The Queen's Entertainment at Woodstock · chunk 8 of 17
Anonymous · published 1585 · first performed or written 1575 [Sep] (Annals) entertainment; royal entertainment or entry T55 Fairies, fairy queens and enchanted desi typicality 0.83 · 501 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T55: fairy, fairies, oberon, mopsus, queen, land, grace, babylon, mab, thestylis.
This compound case doth cause a fight in mind: to gain my child my grief would soon relent, Though in her flight she followed not her kind, but with her match I cannot be content. But who are you Madam if I may crave, to know your name which seeks them thus to save. I am the Fairy Queen. O noble Dame, whose skill is such, as nought is hid from you, Nothing so dark but you do know the same, I know you know where both they be, and how I may obtain the thing I have so sought, whose want I wrought and dearly have it bought. Well Sir, I do perceive you are content, to take your child into your grace again, In hope whereof she shall straight be present, to please her father's sight, to stay his pain: For other things discourse you when you meet, all will be well since you are won from heat. I thank you noble Dame for pitying me, and tendering this my silly daughter's state, Whom if it be my hap again to see, no such like heat shall set us at debate, And yet I hope by reason so to deal, as that her match shall stand to country's weal. It will be hard her settled love to shake, which grounded once is not light to remove, Yet for your love and for her country's sake, it may fall out she will forget her love: Which being new and young did ravish so, now being old hath better leave to go, But yonder comes the maiden which was sent, and lo my Lady there for whom she went. 'tis true my L. your daughter is in place. perform your speech and let her find some grace. I must dear father crave here at your feet, for mine offence your pardon to obtain, From whom to fly, I yield it was not meet, yet Love (my Lord) in me so sore did rain: As victor once repulse he would not bear, but bade me seek my love in place each where. You understand my Lord the course I kept, you see the gods have brought this gear to end, These fatal lists could not be over leapt, but needs my will to their great might must bend: For fault to you their force I must oppose, I am your child of me you may dispose. Small pardon needs where grace is ready found, upon some better hope you have discharge, Affection heals where folly made the wound, but these things are to be discoursed at large. But now the mean to mend your present case, is that you yield and gain your father's grace. This Lady here the Fairy Queen hath laid, for your defence in so forsaking me, As much as may in your behalf be said, to whom we both are bound exceedingly: One point remains, wherein if you relent, to take you home to grace I am content.
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This compound case doth cause a fight in mind: to gaine my child my griefe would soone relent, Though in her flight she followed not her kind, but with her match I cannot be content. But who are you Madam if I may craue, to know your name which seekes them thus to saue. I am the Fairy Queene. O noble Dame, whose skil is such, as nought is hid from you, Nothing so darke but you doe know the same, I know you know where both they be, and how I may obteine the thing I haue so sought, whose want I wrought and deerely haue it bought. Wel Sir, I doe perceiue you are content, to take your child into your grace againe, In hope wherof she shal straight be present, to please her fathers sight, to stay his paine: For other things discourse you when you meet, all wil be wel since you are wonne from heat. I thanke you noble Dame for pitying me, and tendring this my silly daughters state, Whom if it be my hap againe to see, no such like heat shal set vs at debate, And yet I hope by reason so to deale, as that her match shal stand to Countries weale. It wil be hard her setled loue to shake, which grounded once is not light to remoue, Yet for your loue and for her Countries sake, it may fall out she wil forget her loue: Which being new and young did rauish so, now being old hath better leaue to go, But yonder comes the maiden which was sent, and lo my Ladie there for whom she went. T'is true my L. your daughter is in place. performe your speech and let her find some grace. I must deere father craue here at your feet, for mine offence your pardon to obtaine, From whom to fly, I yeeld it was not meet, yet Loue (my Lord) in me so sore did rayne: As victor once repulse he would not beare, but bade me seek my loue in place ech where. You vnderstand my Lord the course I kept, you see the gods haue brought this geare to end, These fatal liftes could not be ouer lept, but needs my wil to their great might must bend: For fault to you their force I must oppose, I am your child of me you may dispose. Small pardon needs where grace is ready found, vpon some better hope you haue discharge, Affection heales where folly made the wound, but these things are to be discourst at large. But now the meane to mend your present case, is that you yeeld and gaine your fathers grace. This Lady here the Fairy Queene hath laide, for your defence in so forsaking me, As much as may in your behalfe be sayd, to whom we both are bound exceedingly: One point remaines, wherein if you relent, to take you home to grace I am content.