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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[Ovt of the Easte did spring]
Ovt of the Easte did spring
A grafte from gracious tree,
VVhome Fortune made a king,
Both valiaunt, wise, and free.
A grafte from gracious tree,
VVhome Fortune made a king,
Both valiaunt, wise, and free.
A VVesterne stocke of price,
This grafte tooke to his choice,
Both vertuous, faire, and wise,
In whome he did reioyce.
This grafte tooke to his choice,
Both vertuous, faire, and wise,
In whome he did reioyce.
Their perfecte giftes of kinde,
Their treasures of grace,
Declarde their heauenly minde,
And shewde their princely race:
Their treasures of grace,
Declarde their heauenly minde,
And shewde their princely race:
Their vertues linckt in one
By loyall wedlockes lore,
Had freed their mindes of mone,
And toyle for euermore.
By loyall wedlockes lore,
Had freed their mindes of mone,
And toyle for euermore.
If Enuie had not fraught
Two nobles with despight,
To bring their blisse to naught,
And reaue their hartes delight.
Two nobles with despight,
To bring their blisse to naught,
And reaue their hartes delight.
By whome, besides their strife
For rule by lawlesse way,
These Princes loste their life,
VVhose loue shall laste for aye.
For rule by lawlesse way,
These Princes loste their life,
VVhose loue shall laste for aye.
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