Anonymous · published 1607 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Unknown T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.78 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Come Barnard, let's to the dancing, let's tickle it tonight, For tomorrow thy heels may be too heavy. All's one; my heart shall be as light as fire. Come, shall we go? Cripple, will you along? My business stays me here. Farewell than dog of Israel, farewell. all's one, my heart shall be as light as fire: 'sblood, were I indebted a hundred pound, My fortune failed, and fled as Barnard's are, Not worth a hundred pence as Barnard's is: I should be now devising sentences And Caveats, for posterity to carve Upon the inside of the counter wall: Therefore I'll now turn provident; I'll to my shop And fall to work. Yonder's his shop, O now you gods above Pity poor Phillis heart, that melts in love; Instruct the Cripple to find out my love, Which I will shadow under the conceit Of my invention for this piece of work; O teach him how to yield me love again, A little little love, a dram of kind affection, His many virtues are my true direction: By your leave M. Drawer. Welcome Mistress Flower, what's your pleasure? My cause of coming is not unknown to you, Here is be spoken work which must be wrought With expedition, I pray have care of it; The residue I refer to your direction: Only this hankercher, a young Gentlewoman, Wished me acquaint you with her mind herein: In one corner of the same, place wanton love, Drawing his bow shooting an amorous dart, Opposite against him an arrow in a heart, In a third corner picture forth disdain, A cruel fate unto a loving vain: In the fourth draw a springing Laurel tree, Circled about with a ring of poesy: and thus it is: Love wounds the heart and conquers fell disdain, Love pities love, seeing true love in pain: Love seeing Love how faithful Love did breathe, At length impalà love with a Laurel wreath. Thus you have heard the Gentlewoman's mind, I pray be careful that it be well done: And so I leave you, more I fain would say, But shame forbids and calls me hence away. Sweet fair, I pity, yet no relief Harbours within the closet of my soul: This Phillis bears me true affection, But I detest the humour of fond love: Yet am I hourly solicited As now you see, and fain she would make known The true perplexion of her wounded heart: But modesty checking her forwardness Bids her be still; yet she in similes And love-comparisons, like a good Scholar By figures makes a demonstration Of the true love enclosed in her heart. I know it well, yet will not tell her so, Fancy shall never marry me to woe; Take this of me, a young man's never marred, Till he by marriage from all joy be barred. you gods of Love that sits above, and pity lovers pain, Look from your thrones upon the moans, that I do now sustain. Was ever man thus tormented with love?
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Come Barnard, lets to the dancing, lets tickle it to night, For to morrow thy heeles may be too heauy. Alls one; my heart shall be as light as fire. Come, shall we goe? Cripple, will you along? My busines stayes me heere. Fare-well then dogge of Israell, farewell. Als one, my heart shall be as light as fire: Sblood, were I endebted a hundred pound, My fortune faild, and fled as Barnards are, Not worth a hundred pence as Barnards is: I shoud be now deuising sentences And Caueats, for posteritie to carue Vpon the inside of the counter wall: Therefore Ile now turne prouident; Ile to my shoppe And fall to worke. Yonder's his shop, O now you gods aboue Pittie poore Phillis heart, that melts in loue; Instruct the Cripple to finde out my loue, Which I will shadow vnder the conceit Of my inuention for this piece of worke; O teach him how to yeeld me loue againe, A little little loue, a dramme of kinde affection, His many vertues are my true direction: By your leaue M. Drawer. Welcome Mistresse Flower, whats your pleasure? My cause of comming is not vnknowne to you, Here is be spoken worke which must be wrought With expedition, I pray haue care of it; The residue I referre to your direction: Onely this hankercher, a yong Gentlewoman, Wishd me acquaint you with her mind herein: In one corner of the same, place wanton loue, Drawing his bow shooting an amorous dart, Opposite against him an arrow in a heart, In a third corner picture foorth disdaine, A cruell fate vnto a louing vaine: In the fourth drawe a springing Lawrell tree, Circled about with a ring of poesie: and thus it is: Loue wounds the heart and conquers fell disdayne, Loue pitties loue, seeing true loue in paine: Loue seeing Loue how faithfull Loue did breath, At length impalà loue with a Laurell wreath. Thus you haue heard the Gentle-womans minde, I pray be carefull that it be well done: And so I leaue you, more I faine would say, But shame forbids and calles me hence away. Sweet faire, I pittie, yet no reliefe Harbors within the closet of my soule: This Phillis beares me true affection, But I detest the humor of fond loue: Yet am I hourely solicited As now you see, and faine she would make knowne The true perplexion of her wounded heart: But modestie checking her forwardnesse Bids her be still; yet she in similies And loue-comparisons, like a good Scholler By figures makes a demonstration Of the true loue enclosed in her heart. I know it well, yet will not tell her so, Fancie shall neuer marry me to woe; Take this of me, a yong man's neuer mar'd, Till he by marriage from all ioy be bar'd. Yo gods of Loue that sits aboue, and pitty Louers paine, Looke from your thrones vpon the mones, that I do now sustaine. Was euerman thus tormented with loue?