Lyly, John · published 1597 · first performed or written 1593 [1590-1595] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (first) · before the Court unassigned nearest T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs · 516 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
Envious planets you have done your worst. Yet in despite of you Pandora lives, And seeing the shepherds have abjured her love, She shallbe placed in one of your seven orbs. But thou that hast not served her as I wild, Vanish into a hawthorn as thou standst▪ Near shalt thou wait upon Pandora more. O Nature place Pandora in my sphere, For I am old, and she will make me young. With me, and I will leave the Queen of heaven. With me, and Venus shall no more be mine. With me, and I'll forget fair Daphne's love. With me, and i'll turn Cupid out of doors. with me, and i'll forsake Aglauros' love. No fair Pandora stay with Cynthia, And I will love thee more than all the rest: Rule thou my star, while I stay in the woods, Or keep with Pluto in the infernal shades. Go where thou wilt so I be rid of thee, Speak my Pandora where wilt thou be? Not with old Saturn for he looks like death. Nor yet with Iupiter lest Iuno storm. Nor with thee Mars, for Venus is thy love, Nor with thee Sol, thou hast two paramours. The sea borne Thetis and the ruddy morn. Nor with thee Venus' lest I be in love, With blindfold Cupid or young Ioculus Nor with thee Hermes, thou art full of slights, And when I need thee Ioue will send thee forth. Say Cynthia, shall Pandora rule thy star, And wilt thou play Diana in the woods? Or Hecate in Pluto's regiment? I Pandora. Fair Nature let thy hand maid dwell with her, For know that change is my felicity, And fickleness Pandora's proper form, Thou mad'st me sullen first, and thou Ioue proud, Thou bloody minded, he a Puritan. Thou Venus mad'st me love all that I saw, And Hermes to deceive all that I love, But Cynthia made me idle, mutable, forgetful, Foolish, fickle, frantic, mad, These be the humours that content me best, And therefore will I stay with Cynthia. And Stesias since thou setst so light on her, Be thou her slave, and follow her in the Moon. I'll rather die than bear her company, Nature will have it so attend on her. I'll have thee be her vassal, murmur not. Then to revenge me of Gunophilus, I'll rend this hawthorn with my furious hands▪ And bear this bush, if ear she look but back, I'll scratch her face that was so false to me. Now rule Pandora in fair Cynthia's steed, And make the moon inconstant like thyself, Reign thou at women's nuptials, and their birth, Let them be mutable in all their loves. Fantastical, childish, and foolish, in their desires, Demanding toys: and stark mad When they cannot have their will. Now follow me ye wandering lights of heaven, And grieve not, that she is not placed with you, All you shall glance at her in your aspects, And in conjunction dwell with her a space. O that they had my room. I charge thee follow her, but hurt her not.
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Enuious planets you haue done your worst. Yet in despight of you Pandora liues, And seeing the shepherds haue abiurd her loue, She shalbe placed in one of your seauen orbs. But thou that hast not serud her as I wild, Vanish into a Haythorne as thou standst▪ Neare shalt thou wait vpon Pandora more. O Nature place Pandora in my sphere, For I am old, and she will make me young. VVith me, and I will leaue the Queene of heauen. VVith me, and Uenus shall no more be mine. VVith me, and Ile forget fayre Daphnes loue. VVith me, and ile turne Cupid out of doores. with me, and ile forsake Aglauros loue. No fayre Pandora stay with Cynthia, And I will loue thee more then all the rest: Rule thou my starre, while I stay in the woods, Or keepe with Pluto in the infernall shades. Go where thou wilt so I be rid of thee, Speake my Pandora where wilt thou be? Not with old Saturne for he lookes like death. Nor yet with Iupiter least Iuno storme. Nor vvith thee Mars, for Venus is thy loue, Nor vvith thee Sol, thou hast two Parramours. The sea borne Thetis and the rudy morne. Nor vvith thee Uenus least I be in loue, VVith blindfold Cupid or young Ioculus Nor vvith thee Hermes, thou art full of slightes, And vvhen I need thee Ioue will send thee foorth. Say Cynthia, shall Pandora rule thy starre, And vvilt thou play Diana in the woods? Or Hecate in Plutos regiment? I Pandora. Fayre Nature let thy hand mayd dwe'l with her, For know that change is my felicity, And ficklenesse Pandoraes proper forme, Thou madst me sullen first, and thou Ioue proud, Thou bloody minded, he a Puritan. Thou Venus madst me loue all that I saw, And Hermes to deceiue all that I loue, But Cynthia made me idle, mutable, forgetfull, Foolish, fickle, franticke, madde, These be the humors that content me best, And therefore will I stay with Cynthia. And Stesias since thou setst so light on her, Be thou her slaue, and follow her in the Moone. Ile rather dye then beare her company, Nature will haue it so attend on her. Ile haue thee be her vassaile, murmur not. Then to reuenge me of Gunophilus, Ile rend this hathorne with my furious hands▪ And beare this bush, if eare she looke but backe, Ile scratch her face that was so false to me. Now rule Pandora in fayre Cynthias steede, And make the moone inconstant like thy selfe, Raigne thou at womens nuptials, and their birth, Let them be mutable in all their loues. Fantasticall, childish, and folish, in their desires, Demaunding toyes: and starke madde VVhen they cannot haue their will. Now follow me ye wandring lightes of heauen, And greiue not, that she is not plast with you, All you shall glaunce at her in your aspects, And in coniunction dwell with her a space. O that they had my roome. I charge thee follow her, but hurt her not.