The Queen's Entertainment at Woodstock · chunk 11 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 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T48: lady, love, heart, fair, eyes, la, lord, tears, fie, face.
Yet this I may not leave that is begun, Madam of you I must crave farther aid, By whom I trust this fort shall yet be won: you have perceived by both what hath been said, You see the ground whereon my reasons lean, to work my daughter's weal be you the mean. I see affection armed and loath to yield, whom length of time and strength of love support, I see whereon persuasions right doth build, which hath methinks possessed the stronger fort: If love had sight and reason could be hold, or fiery flame could be subdued with cold. But Lady, give me leave whose friendship tried, doth bid you bend your ear to that I say, The truth whereof cannot be well denied, though flaming love in heat seem to say nay: Immortal states as you know mine to be, from passions blind affects are quite and free. If you may so consent to Parents mind, (wherewith is joined the wealth of country's soil) As love cannot accuse you for unkind, ne yet complain himself to have the foil: Considering he whereon your Love is bent, may have your love though you herein relent. If you forsake, not forced by greater cause, love then of some unkindness might you blame. But weight of greater worth forbidding pause if you withstand, you blemish much your name. It were no love that stood so in your sight: but might be termed mere madness out of right. Return again with parent whence you came, regard the state which birth hath brought you to, Relent to love that will augment your fame, and yet this knight cannot, if you so do, Condemn you much although you him forsake, sith of two gods the greater you do take. Your Father's reason springs from such a ground, as cannot well by reason be denied: If he for you so fit a match have found, as for your birth no fitter may be spied, What have you then against him to withstand, since nought but good can come from parents' hand. Set all aside, and only this observe, to seek you out, your knight he took no pain, Yours was the toil, you did from country swerve, you travailed still, in rest he did remain: So that of you if love crave further aid, you answer may, he hath his wages paid. But though you may thus check his love you'll say, how shall I choke the love which flames in me, That, do my best, so keeps me at the bay, as ties me fast when loose I fain would be: So that I find, the goal must there be won, where fancy fights, and love the broil begun? Your countenance seems to yield, debar all doubt, let meaner love to greater quickly yield, Your good it is these reasons go about, let common care give private will the field, Why stand you still as one in sudden trance, give place to that your honour may advance.
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Yet this I may not leaue that is begonne, Madam of you I must craue farther ayde, By whom I trust this fort shal yet be wonne: you haue perceiu'd by both what hath byn said, You see the ground whereon my reasons leane, to work my daughters weale be you the meane. I see affection arm'd and loth to yeeld, whom length of time and strength of loue support, I see whereon perswasions right doth build, which hath me thinks possest the stronger fort: If loue had sight and reason could be hold, or fiery flame could be subdu'de with cold. But Lady, geue me leaue whose friendship tride, doth bid you bend your eare to that I say, The trueth whereof cannot be wel denide, though flaming loue in heate seeme to say nay: Immortal states as you know mine to be, from passions blind affects are quite and free. If you may so consent to Parentes minde, (wherwith is ioyn'd the wealth of countries soyle) As loue cannot accuse you for vnkinde, ne yet complaine himselfe to haue the foyle: Considering he whereon your Loue is bent, may haue your loue though you herein relent. If you forsake, not forst by greater cause, loue then of some vnkindnes might you blame. But weight of greater worth forbidding pause if you withstand, you blemish much your name. It were no loue that stood so in your sight: but might be tearm'd meere madnes out of right. Returne againe with parent whence you came, regard the state which birth hath brought you to, Relent to loue that wil augment your fame, and yet this knight cannot, if you so do, Condemne you much although you him forsake, sith of two gods the greater you doe take. Your Fathers reason springs from such a ground, as cannot wel by reason be deny'de: If he for you so fit a match haue found, as for your birth no fitter may be spi'de, What haue you then against him to withstand, since nought but good can come from parents hand. Set al aside, and onely this obserue, to seeke you out, your knight he tooke no paine, Yours was the toile, you did from countrey swerue, you trauail'de stil, in rest he did remaine: So that of you if loue craue further ayde, you answere may, he hath his wages payde. But though you may thus checke his loue you'le say, how shal I choake the loue which flames in me, That, do my best, so keepes me at the bay, as ties me fast when loose I faine would be: So that I find, the goale must there be woon, where fancy fights, and loue the broyle begun? Your countenance seemes to yeeld, debarre al dout, let meaner loue to greater quickly yeeld, Your good it is these reasons goe about, let common care giue priuate wil the field, Why stand you stil as one in sodain traunce, giue place to that your honour may aduaunce.