The Beauty and Good Properties of Women (Calisto and Melebea) (Celestina) · chunk 3 of 18
Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.70 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
His saying in this none can control None but such as list to make lies And if the fire of purgatory bren in such wise I had liefer my spirete in brute bestis should be Than to go thydyr and than to the deity Marry sir that is a spice of heryse why so/ For ye speak like no crystyn man I would thou knewest melebea worship I In her I believe and her I love/ A ha than with the melebea is a great woman I know on which foot thou dost halt on I shall shortly hele the my life thereupon An uncredable thing thou dost promise me Nay nay it is easy I enough to do Bnt furst for to hele a man knowlege must be Of the sickness than to give counsel thereto what counsel can rule him sempronio That keepeth in him keepeth no 〈◊〉 of counsel A is this Calisto his fire/ now I know well How that love over him hath cast her net In whose perseverans is all inconstans why. is not Eliceas love and thine met what than. why reprovest me than of ignorans For thou settyst man's dignity in obeysanus To the unperfection of the week woman A woman Nay a god of goddesses. belevyst y● than ye and as a gods I here confess And I believe there is no such sufferayn In heaven though she be in earth. peace peace A woman a god nay to god a villain Of your saying ye may be sorry. it is playn why so. because I love her and think surely To obtain my desire I am unworthy O fearful heart why comparyst thou with Nembroth Or alexander of this world not lord only But worthy to subdue hevyu as saying goth And thou reputyst thyself more high Than them both and dyspayryst so cowardly To win a woman of whom hath been so many Gotten and ungotten never hard of any It is recited in the fest of saint Ihonn This is the woman of auncyoun malice Of whom but of a woman was it long on That adam was expulsed from paradise She put man to pain whom ely did despise Than sith adam gaff him to their governance Am I greater than adam myself to avannce Nay but of those men it were wisdom That overcame them to seek remedy And not of those that they did overcome Flee from their beginning eschew their folly Thou knowest they do evil thing many They keep no mean but rigour of intention Be it fair foul wilful without reason Keep them never so close they willbe she wyd Gyff tokens of love by many subtle ways Seeming to be sheep and serpently shrewd Craft in them renewing that never decays their saying sighting provoking their plays O what pain is to fulfil their appetite And to accomplish their wanton delytis
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Hys sayeng in this none can controll None but such as lyst to make lyes And yf the fyre of purgatory bren in such wyse I had leuer my spirete in brute bestꝭ shuld be Than to go thydyr and than to the deyte ¶ Mary syr that is a spyce of heryse why so / For ye speke lyke no crystyn man I wold thou knewyst melebea worshyp I In her I beleue and her I loue / A ha than wyth the melebea is a grete woman I know on whych fote thou dost halt on I shall shortly hele the my lyff theruppon ¶ An vncredable thyng thou dost promyse me Nay nay it is easy I nough to do Bnt furst for to hele a man knowlege must be Of the seknes than to gyff counsell therto what counsell can rule hym sempronio That kepyth in hym kepyth no of counsell A is this Calisto his fyre / now I know well ¶ How that loue ouer hym hath cast her net In whose perseuerans is all inconstans why. is not Eliceas loue and thyn met what than. why reprouest me than of ignorans For thou settyst mannis dignite in obeysanus To the unperfeccion of the weke woman A womā Nay a god of goddesses. beleuyst y• thā ¶ ye and as a goddes I here confesse And I beleue there is no such sufferayn In heuyn though she be in yerth. peas peas A woman a god nay to god a vyllayn Of your sayeng ye may be sory. it is playu why so. because I loue her and thynk surely To obteyn my desyre I am vnworthy ¶ O ferfull hart why comparyst thou wt Nembroth Or alexander of this world not lorde onely But worthy to subdew heuyu as sayeng goth And thou reputyst thy self more hye Then them both and dyspayryst so cowardly To wyn a woman of whom hath ben so many Gotten and vngotten neuer harde of any ¶ It is resytyd in the fest of seynt Ihōn Thys is the woman of auncyoun malyce Of whom but of a woman was it long on That adam was expulsyd from paradyse She put man to payn whom ely dyd dispyse Than syth adam gaff hym to theyre gouernaunce Am I gretter than adam my self to auannce ¶ Nay but of those men it were wysedome That ouercame them to seke remedy And not of those that they dyd ouercome Fle from theyre beginynge eschew theyre foly Thou knowyst they do euyll thynge many They kepe no meane but rygour of intencyon Be it fayre foule wylfull without reason ¶ Kepe them neuer so close they wylbe she wyd Gyff tokyns of loue by many subtell ways Semyng to be shepe and serpently shrewd Craft in them renewyng that neuer decays Theyre seyenge sightynge prouokynge theyr plays O what payn is to fulfyll theyre appetyte And to accomplysh theyre wanton delytis