The paine of pleasure describing in a perfect mirror, the miseries of man [by Anthony Munday] |
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Leaping, The eight pleasure.
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Leaping, The eight pleasure.
Some
men leape short, and fall into a ditch,
And who leapes so, is laught at for his paine:
Some men in leape, their legges giue such a twitch,
As ten to one if ere they leape againe.
Some their legs slip, and fall vpon their backe:
And thinke what paine if once the chine-bone cracke,
And who leapes so, is laught at for his paine:
Some men in leape, their legges giue such a twitch,
As ten to one if ere they leape againe.
Some their legs slip, and fall vpon their backe:
And thinke what paine if once the chine-bone cracke,
Some when they slip they fall vpon their arme,
And some vpon their head, and thats the worst:
And who fals so, may hap to haue such harme,
That he may well thinke leaping sporte accurst.
And he that leapes most lightly of them all,
Shall haue great hap and if he misse a fall.
And some vpon their head, and thats the worst:
And who fals so, may hap to haue such harme,
That he may well thinke leaping sporte accurst.
And he that leapes most lightly of them all,
Shall haue great hap and if he misse a fall.
And he that takes in pleasure such delight,
As seekes thereby the pricke and praise to gaine:
Let him haue skill, and be he nere so light,
In leaping yet he straineth euery vaine.
Of which, if one he chaunce to straine too farre,
He may thereby his leaping wholy marre.
As seekes thereby the pricke and praise to gaine:
Let him haue skill, and be he nere so light,
In leaping yet he straineth euery vaine.
Of which, if one he chaunce to straine too farre,
He may thereby his leaping wholy marre.
Now some againe will stumble at a straw,
And lightly thinke to leape ouer a blocke:
But who leapes so, will proue himselfe a Daw,
And on his shinnes perhaps receiue a knocke.
But now such leapes are meant another way,
And therefore now no more of Leapes I say.
And lightly thinke to leape ouer a blocke:
But who leapes so, will proue himselfe a Daw,
And on his shinnes perhaps receiue a knocke.
But now such leapes are meant another way,
And therefore now no more of Leapes I say.
Saue onely this, that I would wish each one,
For to delight, and vse his leaping so:
As that he venter not to breake a bone,
Nor vnawares, doe worke himselfe such woe,
As that he finde it not to his despight:
Rather a paine then any sweete delight.
For to delight, and vse his leaping so:
As that he venter not to breake a bone,
Nor vnawares, doe worke himselfe such woe,
As that he finde it not to his despight:
Rather a paine then any sweete delight.
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