A Courtlie controuersie of Cupids Cautels Conteyning fiue Tragicall Histories, very pithie, pleasant, pitiful, and profitable: Discoursed uppon wyth Argumentes of Loue, by three Gentlemen and two Gentlewomen, entermedled with diuers delicate Sonets and Rithmes, exceeding delightfull to refresh the yrkesomnesse of tedious tyme. Translated out of French as neare as our English phrase will permit, by H. VV. Gentleman [i.e. Henry Wotton] |
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The seconde Song.
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The seconde Song.
VVhat hard mishap doth hamper youth,
when cursed Cupid list to frowne.
And yet he will not credite truth,
til hard mishap doth throw him downe,
He hath the power in his distresse.
to see what may his smart redresse.
when cursed Cupid list to frowne.
And yet he will not credite truth,
til hard mishap doth throw him downe,
He hath the power in his distresse.
to see what may his smart redresse.
Must hoarie heares needes make vs wise
dicouering naked treasons hooke?
VVhose glittering hue by sleight deuise
doth make them blind that theron loke,
And til into the trappe they slide,
belieue that reason is their guide.
dicouering naked treasons hooke?
VVhose glittering hue by sleight deuise
doth make them blind that theron loke,
And til into the trappe they slide,
belieue that reason is their guide.
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If liuing wightes might plainely see,
the suttelties of womens wittes,
That couered in their bosomes lye
hid and disclosde by wily fittes,
Then would they shunne the glaring eye,
whose burning beames doth cause thē dye.
the suttelties of womens wittes,
That couered in their bosomes lye
hid and disclosde by wily fittes,
Then would they shunne the glaring eye,
whose burning beames doth cause thē dye.
VVhere suters serue with long delay,
in dayly hope of some good happe,
Tormenting griefes at length doe pay
their hiers, with an afterclappe,
For such rewardes they dayly finde,
that beate a stedfast loyal minde.
in dayly hope of some good happe,
Tormenting griefes at length doe pay
their hiers, with an afterclappe,
For such rewardes they dayly finde,
that beate a stedfast loyal minde.
Behold the guerdon due to loue
bestowed on a fickle femme,
As good of rotten wood to proue
the forging of some pretious gemme.
Repentaunce last doth pinch the hart,
that loue consumes with bitter smart.
bestowed on a fickle femme,
As good of rotten wood to proue
the forging of some pretious gemme.
Repentaunce last doth pinch the hart,
that loue consumes with bitter smart.
Youth bends the net to catch the pray,
which some inioy that takes no paine,
He toyles, yet seeth euery day
his labour wasted al in vaine.
He beates the bush, by sugred wordes
but other steale away the burdes.
Thus to the fine of Louers gaine,
is lothsome trauaile for their paine.
which some inioy that takes no paine,
He toyles, yet seeth euery day
his labour wasted al in vaine.
He beates the bush, by sugred wordes
but other steale away the burdes.
Thus to the fine of Louers gaine,
is lothsome trauaile for their paine.
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