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VI. Cruell Madame

Cruell Madame, my heart you haue bereft me,
And to my selfe no part haue you left me,
For yours all wholy loue hath fast infest me,
Wherefore thus plaine I must for euer,
My wofull heart both night and day bewaileth,
My death drawes on, and my poore life it faileth,
I sue for mercy where no teares auaileth,
Wherefore thus plaine I must for euer,
Yet if your eyes did see how you torment me,
Alas, poore man it would the more content me,
But now in absence, ah, ah doe I lament me,