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The Eglouge wch a dispaiering Shepheard
spak to a Nimph att my Ladys departure.
He sange a passionate ditty wc h don̄ he spak thus.
Shepheard
Now fairest daine once to impart
did ever live so coy a Lass
who vnto love was never moved
Nimph
Yes Sheepherd she yt hath the hart
and is resolv'd hir life to pass
Nether to love, or be beloved
Shep-
She senceles lives wthout affection
Nimph-
yett happye lives wthout subjection
Shep-
To be pluckt are roses blowne
To be mow'd are meddowes growne
Gemms are made but to be showne
And womans best:—
Nimph
To keepe hir owne
Shep-
well shepheardess still hate to love me
No scorne from my fixt vow shall move me.
when sheepe, to finest grass have loathing
when courtiers shall disdaine rich cloathing
when shepheards shun̄ theire maydays sports
green-sicknes when tis rife in courtes
O then, & not till then I'le hate
Beliza my sole love & fate.
Nimph-
When Love in daughters shall assend
for simple Pietys sole end
when any child hir mother graces
wt h all she can, yett all defaces
in hir faire thought, the faith she oweth
tho what she can she freely showeth,
Then Shepheard maist thou hope attend
for then my Hate shall have an End.
Shep-
So the Countess passed on vntill she came through the Little Park where Niobe presented hir wth a Cabinet. & so departed.
Stay faire Beliza & whilst Heaven throws
on the crackt Earth
his burning breath
O heare thy Dorus woes
Whose cause & cure only Beliza knowes
on the crackt Earth
his burning breath
O heare thy Dorus woes
Whose cause & cure only Beliza knowes
See now the God of flames in full pompe rides
and now each Lass
on flowery grass
by the coole fountaine sides
wth quiett boosome & soft ease abides
and now each Lass
on flowery grass
by the coole fountaine sides
wth quiett boosome & soft ease abides
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Doe you so too for see this bounteous spring
praise thee sitt downe
then shall I crowne
thy browes wt h flowery ring
whilst thus wt h Shepheards homely voice I sing
praise thee sitt downe
then shall I crowne
thy browes wt h flowery ring
whilst thus wt h Shepheards homely voice I sing
He sange a passionate ditty wc h don̄ he spak thus.
Shepheard
Now fairest daine once to impart
did ever live so coy a Lass
who vnto love was never moved
Nimph
Yes Sheepherd she yt hath the hart
and is resolv'd hir life to pass
Nether to love, or be beloved
Shep-
She senceles lives wthout affection
Nimph-
yett happye lives wthout subjection
Shep-
To be pluckt are roses blowne
To be mow'd are meddowes growne
Gemms are made but to be showne
And womans best:—
Nimph
To keepe hir owne
Shep-
well shepheardess still hate to love me
No scorne from my fixt vow shall move me.
when sheepe, to finest grass have loathing
when courtiers shall disdaine rich cloathing
when shepheards shun̄ theire maydays sports
green-sicknes when tis rife in courtes
O then, & not till then I'le hate
Beliza my sole love & fate.
Nimph-
When Love in daughters shall assend
for simple Pietys sole end
when any child hir mother graces
wt h all she can, yett all defaces
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tho what she can she freely showeth,
Then Shepheard maist thou hope attend
for then my Hate shall have an End.
Shep-
Th'art mine Beliza, for behold
all the hopes thy wishes craue
all the best the world can have
Heere these happy charecters vnfold
wc h who dares but once deny
in the most just & faire defence
of hir loves highest exelence
I of thousands am the weakst will dye
the Sheph—presented scarfe.all the hopes thy wishes craue
all the best the world can have
Heere these happy charecters vnfold
wc h who dares but once deny
in the most just & faire defence
of hir loves highest exelence
I of thousands am the weakst will dye
From wch o daine to give this touch
who gives what he can gett gives much
who gives what he can gett gives much
Farewell farewell
Joy, Love, peace Health
in you longe dwell
wth our farewell farewell.
Joy, Love, peace Health
in you longe dwell
wth our farewell farewell.
So the Countess passed on vntill she came through the Little Park where Niobe presented hir wth a Cabinet. & so departed.
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