Heywood, John · published 1534 · first performed or written 1534 [1533-1534] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 512 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Sir as touching those words of comparison which ye have said and would seem to verify If it may please you to stand thereupon Hearing and answering me patiently I doubt not by the same incontinently yourself to see by words that shall ensue The contrary of your words verified for true. Fair lady pleaseth it you to repayrenere And in this cause to show cause reasonable whereby cause of reformation may appear Of reason I must and willbe reformable well sins ye pretend to be confirmable To reason, in avoiding circumstance briefly by reason I shall the truth advance. ye be a lover no whit loved again And I am loved of whom I love nothing Then standeth our question between these twain Of loving not loved, or loved not loving which is the case most painful in suffering whereto I say that the most pain doth move To those beloved of whom they can not love Those words approved lo, might make a change Of mine opinion/ but verily The case as ye put it I think more strange Than true, for though the beloved party Can not love again, yet possibly Can I not think, nor I think never shall That to be loved can be any pain at all. That reason perceived and received for troth From proper comparison should clear confound me Between pain & no pain, no such comparison growth Then or I can on comparison ground me To prove my case painful ye have first bound me To which sins ye drive me by your denial Mark what ensueth before further trial. I say I am loved of a certain man whom for no sewt I can favour again And that have I told him sins his sewt began A thousand times but every time in vain For never seizeth his tongue to complain And ever one tale which I never can flee For ever in manner where I am is he. Now if you to here one thing every where Contrary to your appetite should be led were it but a mouse lo should peep in your ere Or always to harp on a crust of bred How could you like such harping at your head Somewhat displeasant it were I not deny Then somewhat painful as well said say I displeasure and pain be things jointly annexed For as it is displeasant in pain to be So it is painful in displeasure to be vexed Thus by displeasure in pain ye confess me whereby sins ye part of my pain do see In my further pain I shall now declare That pain by which with your pain I compare. Small were the quantity of my painful smart if his jangling pierced no further than mine ears But through mine ears directly to mine heart percyth his words even like as many spears By which I have spent so many and such tears That were they all red as they be all white The blood of my heart had be gone or this quite
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Syr as touchyng thoſe wordes of comparyſon whiche ye haue ſeyd and wolde ſeme to veryfye If it may pleaſe you to ſtande therupon Hearyng and anſweryng me pacyently I doubt not by the ſame incontynently your ſelfe to ſee by wordes that ſhall enſue The contrary of your wordes veryfyed for true. Fayre lady pleaſyth it you to repayrenere And in this cauſe to ſhewe cauſe reaſonable wherby cauſe of reformacyon may appere Of reaſon I muſte and wylbe reformable well ſyns ye pretende to be confyrmable To reaſon, in auoydyng circumſtaunce Brefely by reaſon I ſhall the truthe auaunce. ye be a louer no whyt louyd agayne And I am louyd of whom I loue nothyng Then ſtandyth our queſtion betwene theſe twayne Of louyng not louyd, or louyd not louyng which is the caſe moſte paynfull in ſufferyng wherto I ſaye that the moſte payne doth moue To thoſe belouyd of whome they can not loue Thoſe wordes approued lo, myght make a chaunge Of myne opinion / but verely The caſe as ye put it I thynke more ſtraunge Then true, for though the belouyd party Can not loue agayne, yet poſſybly Can I not thynke, nor I thynke neuer ſhall That to be louyd can be any payne at all. That reaſon perceyuyd and receyuyd for trouth From proper comparyſon ſholde clere confounde me Betwene payne & no payne, no ſuch comparyſon growth Then or I can on comparyſon grounde me To proue my caſe paynefull ye haue fyrſt bounde me To which ſyns ye dryue me by your denyall Marke what enſueth before ferther tryall. I ſaye I am louyd of a certayne man whom for no ſewt I can fauour agayne And that haue I tolde hym ſyns his ſewt began A thouſand tymes but euery tyme in vayne For neuer ſeaſeth his tonge to complayne And euer one tale whiche I neuer can flee For euer in maner where I am is he. Nowe if you to here one thyng euery where Contrary to your appetyte ſholde be led were it but a mouſe lo ſholde pepe in your ere Or alway to harpe on a cruſt of bred Howe coulde you lyke ſuch harpyng at your hed Somewhat dyſpleaſaunt it were I not deny Then ſomewhat payneful as well ſeyd ſay I Dyſpleaſure and payne be thynges ioyntly anex For as it is dyſpleaſaunt in payne to be So it is paynefull in dyſpleaſure to be vext Thus by dyſpleaſure in payne ye confes me wherby ſyns ye part of my payne do ſee In my ferther payne I ſhall nowe declare That payne by whyche with your payne I compare. Smale were the quantyte of my paynfull ſmerte yf hys iangelynge percyd no further then myne erys But thorough myne erys dyrectly to myne harte percyth his wordys euyn lyke as many ſperys By whyche I haue ſpent ſo many and ſuche terys That were they all red as they be all whyte The blood of my harte had be gone or thys quyte