Heywood, John · published 1534 · first performed or written 1534 [1533-1534] (Annals) not in BritDrama T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.77 · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Nay masters I heartily pray you both banish contention till ye see how this goth I will repet and answer her tale forth with The pith for your part whereof pretendyth A proof for your pain to be more than mine In that my will not only did me incline To the same, but in the same by the same will I willingly will to continue still And as will brought me and keepeth in this bey when I will ye say, will will bring me away Concluding thereby that if my pain were As great as yours that I should surely bear As great and good will to flee my love thus meant As do ye your suitors presence to absent This tale showeth my tale perceived every dell Then for entry to answer it as well Answer this put case ye as deeply now, Did love your lover as he doth love you Should not that loving suppose ye redress That pain which lack of loving doth possess yes sins love given to him giveth yourself ease, than Except ye love pain, why love ye not this man Love him nay as I said must I straight chose To love him or else my head here to lose I know well I could not my life to save with loving will grant him my love to have I think ye speak truly for will will not be Forced in love wherefore the same to ye sins this is to you such difficulty why not a thing as difficult to me To will the let of love where will my love hath set As you to will to set love where will is your let well said and put case it as hard now be For you to will to leave her, as for me To love him, yet have ye above me a mean To learn you at length to will to leave love clean which mean many thousands of lovers hath brought From right fervent loving to love right nought which long and oft approved mean is absens whereto when ye will ye may have lycens which I crave and wish and can not obtain For he will never my presence refrain This is a medsyn like as ye would will me For thing to kewre me the thing that would kill me For presence of her, though I seld when may have Is fool the medsyn that my life doth save Her absens can I with as ill will will As I can will to let to love her still Thus is this will brought in insydently No aid in your purpose worth tail of a fly And as concerning our principal matter All that ye lay may be laid even a water I wonder that shame suffereth you to compare with my pain, sins ye are driven to declare That all your pain is but sight and hearing Of him that as I do dieth in pain feeling
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Nay mayſters I hartely pray you both Banyſhe contencyon tyll ye ſee howe this goth I wyll repet and anſwere her tale forth with The pyth for your part wherof pretendyth A profe for your payne to be more then myne In that my wyll not onely dyd me enclyne To the ſame, but in the ſame by the ſame wyll I wyllyngly wyll to contynue ſtyll And as wyll brought me and kepeth in this bey when I wyll ye ſay, wyll wyll bryng me awey Concludyng therby that if my payne were As great as yours that I ſholde ſuerly bere As great and good wyll to flee my loue thus ment As do ye your ſewters preſens to abſent This tale ſheweth my tale perſeyued euery dell Then for entre to anſwere it as well Anſwere this put caſe ye as depely nowe▪ Dyd loue your louer as he doth loue yow Shulde not that louyng ſuppoſe ye redres That payne whiche lack of louyng doth poſſes yes Syns loue gyuyn to hyme gyueth your ſelfe eaſe, than Except ye loue payne, why loue ye not this man Loue hym nay as I ſayd muſt I ſtreyght choſe To loue hym or els my hed here to loſe I knowe well I coulde not my lyfe to ſaue with louyng wyll graunt hym my loue to haue I thynke ye ſpeke truely for wyll wyll not be Forced in loue wherfore the ſame to ye Syns this is to you ſuch dyffyculte why not a thyng as dyffycult to me To wyll the let of loue where wyll my loue hath ſet As you to wyll to ſet loue where wyll is your let well ſayd and put caſe it as harde nowe be For you to wyll to leue her, as for me To loue hym, yet haue ye aboue me a meane To learne you at length to wyll to leue loue cleane which meane many thouſandes of louers hath brought From ryght feruent louyng to loue ryght nought which long and oft approued meane is abſens wherto when ye wyll ye may haue lycens whiche I craue and wyſhe and can not obtayne For he wyll neuer my preſens refrayne This is a medſyn lyke as ye wolde wyll me For thyng to kewre me the thyng that wolde kyll me For preſens of her, though I ſelde whan may haue Is foole the medſyn that my lyfe doth ſaue Her abſens can I with as yll wyll wyll As I can wyll to lette to loue her ſtyll Thus is this wyll brought in inſydently No ayde in your purpoſe worth tayle of a fly And as concernyng our pryncypall mater All that ye lay may be layd euyn a water I wonder that ſhame ſuffereth you to compare with my payne, ſyns ye are dryuen to declare That all your payne is but ſyght and hearyng Of hym that as I do dyeth in payne felyng