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The Antipathy.

A Pastorall

Tetricezza
Sooner the olive shall provoke
To amorous clasp's this sturdy oke,
And doves in league with eagles be,
Ere I will glance a smile on thee.

Amelius
Sooner, yond dustish mulberry
In her old white shall cloathed be,
And lizards with fierce asps combine,
Ere I will twist my soul with thine.

Tetricezza
Yet art thou in my judgement farre
Fairer then a rising starre,
And might deserve even Dian's love
But shalt not Tetricezza move.

Amelius
And thou art sweeter then the doun
Of damast-roses yet unblown,
And Phœbus might thy bridegroom be,
Yet shalt thou never conquer me,

Tetricezza
Why meet we then, when either's mind
Or com's compelled, or stay's behind?

Amelius
Just as two boughs together tyed
Let loose again do stand more wide.