Of 6. Voc.
[XXI. O heare me heauenly powrs.]
O heare me heauēly powrs all at one calling
O heare me heauēly powrs all at one calling, while you see my cheefest
pleasure down falling, stay Phillis now departing, &
inspyre her, That onely my desert & loue may fyre her. And thou for whom Vnlesse
thou wish my death, come againe sweet hart.
[XXII. In chains of hope & fear.]
In chaynes of hope & feare, singing & crying
In chaynes of hope & feare, singing & crying, I clyme & fall: I
liue, but euer dying: O tyrant Loue, ô come at once & slay me, That flying
hence down where Charons boat doth stay me,
Whose prowd aspiring hart doth but delaie me, I may dance in
Elysium, the paines of Loue, there resounding with ioy, and the deep wounding.
[XXIII. When Melibœus soull]
When Melibœus soul flying hēce departed
Astrophill
When Melibœus soul flying hēce departed
Astrophill, whom not long before death darted,
Rysing vp fro the starre with him late graced, Down along
the heauens he swiftly traced, they both imbraced, And
both together ioyfully were placed: O thrise happy payre of frends, drew them vp, to heauenly pleasure.
[XXIIII. The second part. Now twinkling starrs.]
Now twinkling starres do smile
Now twinkling starres do smile, & dance, & play thē, Their lights increased,
& heauens, all new array them, To honor Melibœus, that did obay them.
Tityrus leaue lamenting, & to bewayle him, that is plac't in heauen,
wher ioy for nothing now can quaile him: where ioy shall neuer faile him: And death go pack thee: for nothing now can quaile him.
[XXV. Vnkind, ô stay thy flying.]
Vnkind ô stay thy flying
Vnkind ô stay thy flying, And if I needs must die, pitty me dying:
But in thee, my hart is lying, ô therefore if the
fates bid thee be fleting, stay for me, whose poore hart thou hast in keeping.
[XXVI. Loue hath proclamed war by trumpet sounded.]
Loue hath proclamed warre by Trumpet sounded
Loue hath proclamed warre by Trumpet sounded,
And made a vow yt beauty shalbe wounded, Diana, see thy Nymfs be strōgly garded, see
for his stroks will amaze them, if not well warded, And Amarillis hyde thy beauties treasure,
Lest in thy looks loue
take too great a pleasure: if he assalt thee, being
thus enraged, his wrath in thee alas must be assuaged.
[XXVII. The Fates alas.]
The fates, alas, too cruell
The fates, alas, too cruell, Dianaes
cheefest iewell, euen in a moment, with Astrophill was plac't aboue the firmament,
ô they liue both in plesure, where ioys exced all measure.
