Heywood, John · published 1534 · first performed or written 1534 [1533-1534] (Annals) not in BritDrama T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.75 · 518 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Felt ye but one pang such as I feel many One pang of despair, or one pang of desire One pang of one displeasant look of her eye One pang of one word of her mouth as in ire Or in restraint of her love which I require One pang of all these felt once in all your life Should quail your opinion and quench all our strife which pangs I say admitted short as ye list And all my time beside pleasant as ye please yet could not the shortness the sharpness so resist The piercing of my heart in the lest of all these Burr much it overmatheth all your disease For no whit in effect is your case displeasant But to deny a thing which ye list not to grant Or to here a sewter by daily petition In humble manner as wit can devise Require a thing so standing in condyshyon As no portion of all his enterprise without your consent can speed in any wise This sewt thus attempted never so long Doubt ye no death till your pain be more strong Now sins in this matter between us disputed Mine admittance of your words notwithstanding I have thus fully your part confuted what can ye say now I come to denying your principle, granted in my foresayeng which was this, by the presence of my lady I granted you half my time spent pleasantly Although mine affection leadeth me to consent That her seld presence is my relief only yet as in reason appeareth all my torment Bred by her presence and mark this cause why Before I saw her I felt no malydy And sins I saw her I never was fire From twain the greatest pains that in love be Desire is the first upon my first sight And despair the next upon my first sewt For upon her first answer hope was put to flight And never came sins in place to dyspewt How bringeth then her presence to me any frewt For hopeless and helpless in flames of desire And drops of despair I smolder in fire These twain being endless sins they began And both by the presence of her wholly Begun and continued, I wonder if ye can Speke any word more, but yield ymmedyately For had I no more pains but these, yet clearly A thousand times more is my grief in these twain Then yours in all the case by which ye complain That is as ye say but not as I suppose Nor as the truth is, which yourself might see By reasons that I could and would disclose Saving that I see such partiality On your part, that we shall never agree Unless ye will admit some man indifferent indifferently to hear us, and so give judgement. Agred, For though the knowledge of all my pain Ease my pain no whit yet shall it declare Great cause of abashment in you to complain In counterfeit pains with my pain to compare But here is no judge meet, we must seek else where
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Felt ye but one pang ſuch as I fele many One pang of dyſpayre, or one pang of deſyre One pang of one dyſpleaſaunt loke of her eye One pang of one worde of her mouth as in yre Or in reſtraynt of her loue which I requyre One pang of all theſe felt ones in all your lyfe Sholde quayle your opinyon and quench all our ſtryfe which panges I ſay admytted ſhort as ye lyſt And all my tyme beſyde pleaſaunt as ye pleaſe yet coulde not the ſhortnes the ſharpnes ſo reſyſt The percyng of my harte in the leſt of all theſe Bur much it ouermatheth all your dyſeaſe For no whyt in effecte is your caſe dyſpleaſaunt But to deny a thyng which ye lyſt not to graunt Or to here a ſewter by dayly peticyon In humble maner as wyt can deuyſe Requyre a thyng ſo ſtandyng in condyſhyon As no porcyon of all his enterpryſe without your conſent can ſpede in any wyſe This ſewt thus attempted neuer ſo long Doubt ye no deth tyll your payne be more ſtrong Nowe ſyns in this mater betwene vs dyſputed Myne admyttance of your wordes notwithſtandyng I haue thus fully your part confuted what can ye ſay nowe I come to denyeng your pryncyple, graunted in my foreſayeng which was this, by the preſens of my lady I graunted you halfe my tyme ſpent pleaſauntly Although myne affeccyon ledyth me to conſent That her ſelde preſens is my relefe onely yet as in reaſon appereth all my torment Bred by her preſens and marke this cauſe why Before I ſawe her I felt no malydy And ſyns I ſawe her I neuer was fre From twayne the greateſt paynes that in loue be Deſyre is the fyrſt vpon my fyrſt ſyght And deſpayre the nexte vpon my fyrſt ſewt For vpon her fyrſt anſwere hope was put to flyght And neuer came ſyns in place to dyſpewt Howe bryngeth then her preſens to me any frewt For hopeles and helpeles in flames of deſyre And droppes of deſpayre I ſmolder in fyre Theſe twayne beyng endeles ſyns they began And both by the preſens of her wholly Begon and contynued, I wonder if ye can Speke any worde more, but yelde ymmedyately For had I no mo paynes but theſe, yet clerely A thouſande tymes more is my grefe in theſe twayne Then yours in all the caſe by which ye complayne That is as ye ſay but not as I ſuppoſe Nor as the treuth is, which your ſelfe myght ſe By reaſons that I coulde and wolde dyſcloſe Sauyng that I ſee ſuch parcyalyte On your parte, that we ſhall neuer agre Unleſſe ye wyll admyt ſome man indyfferent Indyfferently to heare vs, and ſo gyue iudgement. Agred, For though the knowledge of all my payne Eaſe my payne no whyt yet ſhall it declare Great cauſe of abaſhement in you to complayne In counterfet paynes with my payne to compare But here is no iudge mete, we muſt ſeke elles where