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 · 519 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Nay first a few words, sir though I confess That love bringeth some batayle and your case paynses By mean of your contented quietness Yet rha●t●ail pleasures that I possess Are as far above the case that ye profess As is my pain in your 〈…〉 Ʋnder the pleasures of Thus wade how ye will one way or other If ye win one way ye shall lief another But if ye mind for end to be brief jeine with me herein for indifferent proof A tree ye know well is a thing that hath life And such a thing as never feseth pain or strife But ever quiet and always contented And as there can no way be muented To bring a tree displeasure by feeling pain So no feeling pleasure in it can remain A horse is a thing that hath life also And he by feeling feeleth both wealth and woe By driving or drawing all day in the mire Many painful journeys hath be in hire But after all those he hath always at night These pleasures following to his great delight first fair washed at a river or a weyre And strait brought to a stable warm and fair Dry rubbed and chafed from head to hele And toryd till he be flyke as an eel Then he is littered in manner no●●●●● And hay as much as well in his bely Then provender hath he oats peses beans or breed which feeding infelinge as pleasant to his heed As to a covetous man to behold Of his own westminster hall full of gold After which feeding he slepeth in quiet rest Dewring such time as his meat may digest All this considered a horse or a tree If ye must those the tove which would ye be when the horse must to labour by our lady I had liefer be a tree then a horse I But how when he refreth and filleth his gorge Then would I be a horse and no tree by saint George But what if he must needs flick to the tone which were then best by the mass I can name none The first case is yours and the next is for me In case like a tree I may liken ye For as a tree hath life within feeling whereby it feeleth pleasing not displeasing And can not be but contented quietly Even the like case is yours now presently And as the horse feeleth pain and not the tree Like wise I have pain and no pain have ye And as a horse above a tree feeleth pleasure So feel I pleasure above you in rate sure And as the tree felith neither and the horse both Even so pleasure and pain between us twain goeth Sins these two cases so indifferently fall That yourself can judge neither for partial For indifferent end I think this way best Of all our reasoning to debar the rest And in these two cases this one question To be the issue that we shall join on Be it so
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Nay fyrſt a fewe wordes, ſy though I confes That loue bryngeth ſome payue and your caſe paynſes By meane of your contented yetnes Yet rhatail pleaſures that I poſſes Are as farre aboue the caſe that ye profes As is my payne in your Ʋnder the pleaſures of Thus wade how ye wyll one way or oter If ye wynne one way ye ſhall lefe another But if ye minde for ende to be brefe Ieine wyth me herein for indifferent prefe A tree ye knowe wel is a thinge that hath life And ſuch a thinge as neuer feſeth payne or ſtrife But euer quiet and alway contented And as there can no way be muented To bringe a tree dyſpleaſure by felinge paine So no fenge pleaſure in it can remayne A hs is a thinge that hath life alſo And he y felinge felith both welth and wo By dryuinge or drawinge al day in the mer Many paynefull iorneys hath be in hier But after al thoſe he hath alway at night Theſe pleaſures folowing to his great delyght Fyrſt fayre waſht at a riuer or a weyre And ſtraight brught to a abel warme and fayre Dry rubbyd and chafed from hed to hee And toryd tyll he be flyke as an ele Then he is littd in maner no And hey as much as well in his belie Then prouender hath he os peſe benes or brede which feding infelinge as pleaſaunt to his hede As to a couetous man to beholde Of his owue weſtminſter hall full of golde After which feding he flepeth in quiet reſt Dewring ſuch time as his meat may degeſt Al this conſidred a hors or a tree If ye muſt thoſe the toue which woulde ye be when the hors muſt to labour by our lady I had leuer be a tree then a hors I. But hoe when he refreth and fylleth his gorge Then wolde I be a hors and no tree by ſaint George But what if he muſt nedes ke to the tone which were then beſt by the maſſe I can name none The firſt caſe is yours and the next is for me In caſe lyke a tree I may liken ye For as a tree hath lyfe within feling wherby it felith pleaſing not diſpleaſing And can not be but contented quietly Euen the like caſe is yours now preſently And as the hors feleth paine and not the tree Lyke wyſe I haue paine and no paine haue ye And as a hors aboue a tree felyth pleaſure So fele I pleaſure aboue you in rate ſure And as the tre felith nother and the hors both Euen ſo pleaſure and paine betwene vs twaine goeth Sins theſe two caſes ſo indifferently fall That your ſelfe can iudge nother for perciall For indifferent ende I thinke this way beſt Of all our reaſoning to debarre the reſt And in theſe two caſes this one queſtion To be the iſſue that we ſhal ioyne on Be it ſo