Lyly, John · published 1592 · first performed or written 1589 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (first) · before the Court unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 518 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Indeed gold is the devil. Thou art deceived wench, angels are gold. But is it true? True? Why the meat that he toucheth turneth to gold, so doth the drink, so doth his raiment. I would he would give me a good box on the ear, that I might have a golden cheek. How happy shall we be if he would but stroke our heads, that we might have golden hairs. But let us all in, lest he lose the virtue of the gift before we taste the benefit. If he take a cudgel and that turn to gold, yet beating you with it, you shall only feel the weight of gold What difference to be beaten with gold, and to be beaten gold? As much as to say, drink before you go, and go before you drink. Come let us go, lest we drink of a dry cup for our long tarrying. Fair Caelia, thou seest of gold there is satiety, of love there cannot. If thou shouldst wish that whatsoever thou thoughtest might be love, as Midas whatever he touched might be gold, it may be love would be as loathsome to thine ears, as gold is to his eyes, and make thy heart pinch with melancholy, as his guts do with famine. No sweet Caelia, in love there is variety. Indeed men vary in their love. They vary their love, yet change it not. Love and change are at variance, therefore if they vary, they must change. Men change the manner of their love, not the humour: the means how to obtain, not the mistress they honour. So did Iupiter, that could not entreat Danae by golden words, possess his love by a golden shower, not altering his affection, but using art. The same Iupiter was an eagle, a Swan, a Bull, and for every Saint a new shape, as men have for every mistress a new shadow. If you take example of the gods, who more wanton, more wavering? if of yourselves, being but men, who will think you more constant than gods? Eristus, if gold could have allured mine eyes, thou knowest Midas that commandeth all things to be gold, had conquered: if threats might have feared my heart, Midas being a king, might have commanded my affections: if love, gold, or authority might have enchanted me, Midas had obtained by love, gold, and authority, Quorum si singula nostram flectere non poterant, potuissent omnia mentem. Ah Caelia, if kings say they love, and yet dissemble, who dare say that they dissemble, and not love? They command the affections of others yield, and their own to be believed. My tears which have made furrows in my cheeks, and in mine eyes fountains: my sighs, which have made of my heart a furnace, and kindled in my head flames: my body that melteth by piecemeal, and my mind that pineth at an instant, may witness that my love is both unspotted, & unspeakable, Quorum si singula duram flectere non poterant, deberent omnia mentem. But soft, here cometh the Princess, with the rest of the Lords.
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Indeed gold is the deuil. Thou art deceiued wench, angels are gold. But is it true? True? Why the meat that he tutcheth turneth to gold, so doth the drinke, so doth his raiment. I would he would geue me a good boxe on the eare, that I might haue a golden cheeke. How happie shal we be if hee woulde but stroke our heads, that we might haue golden haires. But let vs all in, least he lose the vertue of the gift before wee taste the benefit. If he take a cudgel and that turn to gold, yet beating you with it, you shal only feele the weight of gold What difference to be beaten with gold, and to be beaten gold? As much as to say, drinke before you goe, and goe before you drinke. Come let vs goe, least we drinke of a drie cuppe for our long tarrying. FAire Caelia, thou seest of gold there is sacietie, of loue there cannot. If thou shouldst wish that whatsoeuer thou thoughtest might be loue, as Mydas what euer he toucht might be gold, it may be loue would bee as lothsome to thine eares, as gold is to his eyes, and make thy heart pinch with melancholie, as his guts doe with famine. No sweet Caelia, in loue there is varietie. Indeed men varie in their loue. They varie their loue, yet change it not. Loue and change are at variance, therefore if they varie, they must change. Men change the manner of their loue, not the humor: the meanes how to obteine, not the mistresse they honor. So did Iupiter, that could not intreat Danac by golden words, possesse his loue by a golden shoure, not altering his affection, but vsing art. The same Iupiter was an Aegle, a Swan, a Bull, and for euerie Saint a new shape, as men haue for euery mistres a new shadow. If you take example of the gods, who more wanton, more wauering? if of your selues, being but men, who wil think you more constant then gods? Eristus, if gold could haue allured mine eies, thou knowest Mydas that commaundeth all thinges to bee gold, had conquered: if threats might haue feared my heart, Mydas being a king, might haue commaunded my affections: if loue, golde, or authoritie might haue inchaunted me, Mydas had obteyned by loue, golde, and authoritie, Quorum si singula nostram flectere non poterant, potuissent omnia mentem. Ah Caelia, if kinges saye they loue, and yet dissemble, who dare say that they dissemble, and not loue? They commaunde the affections of others yeeld, and their owne to be beleeued. My teares which haue made furrowes in my cheekes, and in mine eyes fountaines: my sighes, which haue made of my heart a furnace, and kindled in my head flames: my body that melteth by peecemeale, and my mind that pineth at an instant, may witnesse that my loue is both vnspotted, & vnspeakeable, Quorum si singula duram flectere non poterant, deberent omnia mentm. But soft, here commeth the Princesse, with the rest of the Lords.