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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[I did requyre of late this onely boune of Loue] |
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[I did requyre of late this onely boune of Loue]
I did requyre of late this onely boune of Loue,For recompence of al my paine, my slender sute to moue,
And that he woulde vouchsafe, for comforte of my woe,
I might but licke the sugred lips, frō whēce my grief did floe,
My sute was graunted soone, to take it passing by,
Oh luckelesse daye, wherein, I did enioye suche amitie,
For then mine eies deprivde, of power to see their weale,
Enuide my mouth possessing then his sweet contented heale:
Loue, thou haste nothing done, to cheare my pensiue minde,
Thy former gifts within me breeds, an other war I finde,
VVhiche forceth me alas, to enuy mine estate,
That I shoulde be enforste by thee to curse my crooked fate.
Sith then one dainty bit, cannot two gluttons fill,
I pray thee Loue, haue some remorse, vnlesse thou wilt mee
And either take againe, my first possessed parte,
Or giue me more, that better may, contēt my faithful hart kill:
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