The Queen's Entertainment at Woodstock · chunk 4 of 17
Anonymous · published 1585 · first performed or written 1575 [Sep] (Annals) entertainment; royal entertainment or entry unassigned nearest T48 Addressing a lady: love, desire and inti · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T48: lady, love, heart, fair, eyes, la, lord, tears, fie, face.
I thank you Sir, I can no longer stay, but for requite command me any way. I thank you for your courtesy. Now to my L. I'll go with speed, that hearing this she may accordingly proceed. Ah, ah, it is but vain to hope in sleep, to purchase ease, where waking fills with care: In sleep I felt my slumbering eyes did weep, my heart did pant for grief in mind I bore. Now let us pass unto our journeys end, till we find out what chance the Gods will send. My Lord, if words that pass from faithful heart may stay your mind, my hope here bids me stay, For marking all that's here in every part, and minding that which Sibyl once did say: methink this place should be the happy land, where we should rest, as she bore us in hand. Besides while you took rest, a Lady came with show of grief, that your mishaps were such, And learning both yours and your daughter's name, did pass away: all which persuade me much: That if you stay till she again return, your heavy heart with joyful news shall burn. The nearer hope to have that I desire, to see my child whom I so far have sought, The more I burn, the greater is my fire, for fear to fail of that to win I thought, The wished end requites the toil that's past, and joy for grief is recompense at last. What is the force of father's care I see, though I myself am father to my care, To this effect the same hath wrought in me, that though it be among examples rare: myself I have disrobed of my state, to find my child which I did lose of late. For great offence my Lord the payment great, the meanest man feels not the greatest fall, You rue with time that you did work in heat, and yet you find to comfort you withal: This cost to Sibilles words so doth agree. But sir behold what Ladies do I see? A royal blood her virtue will bew ray, though Fortune seek her near so to oppress, And noble race will not run far astray. but of herself will work her own redress: As I myself even now have found most true, in this your lady's case whom I so rue. She fearing father's wrath for her offence, though by constraint unkindly caused to stray, As she intends with speed departure hence, so will she not but wisely part away, And for advise resorted unto me, to learn what way her best return might be. My Council was, since fates had found the mean, the English Queen to make for her defence, To whose assured stay she might welleane to suage her father's wrath, so wrought for her offence: For none could help her more nor so as she, if with such suit her grace content might be.
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I thank you Sir, I can no longer stay, but for requite commaund me any way. I thanke you for your curtesie. Now to my L. Ile goe with speed, that hearing this she may accordingly proceed. Ah, ah, it is but vaine to hope in sleepe, to purchase ease, where waking fils with care: In sleepe I felt my slumbering eies did weepe, my heart did pant for griefe in minde I bare. Now let vs passe vnto our iourneyes end, til we find out what chance the Gods will send. My Lord, if words that passe from faithfull heart may stay your mynd, my hope here bids me stay, For marking all that's here in euery part, and minding that which Sibil once did say: Me thinke this place should be the happy land, where we should rest, as she bare vs in hand. Besides while you tooke rest, a Lady came with shew of griefe, that your mishaps were such, And learning both yours and your daughters name, did passe away: all which perswade me much: That if you stay til she agayne returne, your heauy heart with ioyful newes shal burne. The neerer hope to haue that I desire, to see my child whom I so farre haue sought, The more I burne, the greater is my fire, for feare to faile of that to winne I thought, The wished end requites the toile that's past, and ioy for griefe is recompense at last. What is the force of fathers care I see, though I my selfe am father to my care, To this effect the same hath wrought in me, that though it be among examples rare: My selfe I haue disrobed of my state, to find my child which I did lose of late. For great offence my Lord the paiment great, the meanest man feeles not the greatest fall, You rew with time that you did worke in heat, and yet you find to comfort you withal: This cost to Sibilles words so doth agree. But sir behold what Ladyes do I see? A royall blood her vertue wil bew ray, though Fortune seek her neere so to oppresse, And noble race wil not run farre astray. but of her selfe wil worke her owne redresse: As I my selfe euen now haue found most true, in this your Ladies case whom I so rue. She fearing fathers wrath for her offence, though by constraint vnkindly causd to stray, As she intends with speed departure hence, so wil she not but wisely part away, And for aduise resorted vnto me, to learne what way her best returne might be. My Councel was, since fates had found the meane, the English Queene to make for her defence, To whose assured stay she might welleane to swage her fathers wrath, so wrought for her offence: For none could helpe her more nor so as she, if with such sute her grace content might be.