Heywood, John · published 1534 · first performed or written 1534 [1533-1534] (Annals) not in BritDrama T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.74 · 513 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Sweet heart quoth I after stormy cold smertes warm words i warm lovers bring lovers warm hearts And so have your words warmed my heart even now That dreadless and doubtless now must I love you Anon there was I love you and I love you Lovely we lovers love each other I love you and I for love love you My lovely loving loved brother Love me, love thee, love we, love he, love she, Depper love apparent in no twain can be duty over the ears in love and felt no ground Had not swimming holp in love I had been drowned But I swum by the shore the bauntage to keep To mock her in love seeming to swim more deep Thus contynull we day by day Till tim that 〈…〉 was passed away In all the which tya●● 〈…〉 she took That by no mean 〈…〉 ●● set one look Upon any 〈…〉 ● But straight way she set the ●y●●er in the eye And by that same aptness in jealousy I thought sewer she loved me perfectly And I to show myself in like loving Dyssimyled like cheer in all herlyke looking By this and other like things then in hand I gave her minks me thought above a thousand whereby I thought her own tale like a burr Stack to her own back mockum moccabitur And upon this I felt in devising To bring to end this idle dysgysing whereupon suddenly I stole away And when I had ben absent half a day My heart mysgave me by god that bought me That if she mist me where I thought she sought me She 〈…〉 be 〈…〉 by love that she ought me wherein not love, 〈…〉 ught me That to 〈…〉 anone I bethought me And so returned to ●●th 〈…〉 brought me To 〈…〉 and hard I knocked knck sofrequth n o h fame vnlocked An 〈…〉 who was never From this said 〈…〉 out about her ever Moths ●●●●th I 〈…〉 oth●●ydere darling Dde tch by thyne absentyng And without ●● 〈…〉 ●●re to her she shut I standing without 〈…〉 of my wit In that this woman should die in my fault But ●●●● I could ●● t●●●●●y●●ne assault To he 〈…〉 I got about To see at the least way 〈…〉 laid out And there looking in 〈…〉 blessed mother I saw the 〈…〉 another In me to scorne As 〈…〉 as 〈…〉 before The which when I 〈…〉 then remembryd The 〈…〉 words that another B rendered And also he 〈…〉 thing heled in this to 〈…〉 love betokening Myself to see served thus ●●●tely To myself I laughed even heartily with myself considering to have had like speed If myself had been a lover in deed. But now to make some matter whereby I may take my leave of my love honestly Sweet heart quoth I ye take to much upon ye No more than becomes me know thou well quoth she But thou hast take to much upon the
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Swete harte quoth I after ſtormy colde ſmertes warm wordes i warm louers bryng louers warm hartes And ſo haue your wordes warmed my harte euyn nowe That dredles and doubtles now muſt I loue you Anone there was I loue you and I loue you Louely we louers loue eche other I loue you and I for loue loue you My louely louyng loued brother Loue me, loue the, loue we, loue he, loue ſhe, Depper loue apparent in no twayne can be Duyte ouer the eares in loue and felt no ground Had not ſwymmyng holpe in loue I had byn dround But I ſwam by the ſhore the bauntage to kepe To mock her in loue ſeyng to ſwym more depe Thus contynull we day by day Tyll tym that was paſſed away In all the which tya ſhe toke That by meane ſet one loke Upon any But ſtreyght way ſhe ſet the yer in the eye And by that ſame aptes in ielouſy I thought ſewer ſhe loued me perfetly And I to ſhewe my ſelfe in lyke louyng Dyſſimyled lyke chere in all herlyke lokyng By this and other lyke thynges then in hande I gane her kes me thought aboue a thouſand wherby I thought her owne tale lyke a bur Stack to her owne back mockum moccabitur And vpon this I felt in deuyſyng To brynge to ende this ydell dyſgyſyng wherupon ſodaynly I ſtale away And when I had en abſent halfe a day My harte myſgaue me by god that bought me That if ſhe myſt me where I thought ſhe ſought me She be by loue that ſhe ought me wherin not loue, ught me That to aone I bethought me And ſo returned to th brought me To and I knocked knck ſofrequth n o h fame vnlocked An who was neuer From is ſay out about her euer Mothes th I othydere darlyng Dde tch by thyne abſentyng And without re to her ſhe ſhyt I without of my wyt In that this woman dye in my faute But I coulde t yne aſſawte To hee I gat about To ſee at the leſt way layd out And there in bleſſed mother I ſaw the another In me to ſcorne As as beforne The which when I then remembyd The worde that another B rendryd And alſo he thyng heed in this to loue betokenyng My ſelfe to ſee ſerued thus tely To my ſelfe I laughed euyn hartely with my ſelfe conſyderyng to haue had lyke ſpede If my ſelfe had ben a louer in dede. But nowe to make ſom matter wherby I may take my leue of my loue honeſtly Swete hart quoth I ye take to much vpon ye No more then becomes me knowe thou well quoth ſhe But thou haſt takyn to much vpon the