Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.78 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
They are. They jar (you say) yet in that strife maintain Perpetual league: why should their influence In rational souls be checked by erring sense? Or why should mutual love (confirmed by heaven) B'infringed by men, methinks 'tis most uneven. Thou arguest well Maria: and this withal That Bruits, nor Animals do prove a thrall To such servility: souls that are wards To gold opinion, or th' undue regards Of broking men, wolves that in sheepskin bands, Pray on the hearts to join th' unwilling hands, Ruin fair Stocks, when generous houses die, Or propagate their name with Bastardy. Sterility and barrenness ensue, Such forced love: nor shall erroneous men Pervert my settled thoughts, or turn mine eye From thy fair object, which I will pursue, Rich in thy love, proud of this interview. I'll suck these accents, let our breaths engender A generation of such pleasing sounds, To interchange delights: O my blood's on fire, Sweet let me give more scope to true desire. What wouldst thou more than our minds firm contract? Tut words are wind: thought unreduct to Art, Is but an embryon in the truest sense. I am unvalued I had need of sense, You make me blush: play fair yet above board: hear me exemplify loves Latin word Together with thyself As thus: hearts joined Amore: take A from thence, Then more is the perfect moral sense, Plural in manners, which in thee do shine Saintlike, immortal, spotless and divine. Take m away, over in beauty's name, Craves an eternal Trophy to thy fame, Lastly take o, in re stands all my rest, which I in Chaucer style do term a jest. You break all modest bounds, away, away? So when men come behind, do women say. Come come, I say I that's the word indeed, Men that come bold before, are like to speed. But who comes here? monstrum horrendum, my nostrils have the rank scent of knavery, Maria let's remove ourselves to the window, and observe this piece of man's flesh. Now mistress Maria ward yourself, if my strong hope fail not, I shall be with you to bring. To bring what sir? some more o'your kind. Faith boy that's mine aim. Jle be sworne sir, you haue a good loose, you let fly at chem a pace. I have shot fair and far off, but now I hope to hit the mark indeed. God save it. But where's the Sign? Why there. That's a special thing to be observed. I have heard talk of the Gemini, methinks that should be a Star favourable to your proceeding. The Gemini, O I apprehend thee: that's because I am so like Gerardine, ha is't not so boy? As if you were spit out on's mouth sir, you must needs be like him, for you are both cut out of a piece: but Lord sir, how you hunt this chase of love, are you not weary?
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They are. They iar (you ſay) yet in that ſtrife maintaine Perpetuall league: why ſhould their influence In rationall ſoules be checkt by erring ſence? Or why ſhould mutuall loue (confirmd by heau'n) B'infringd by men, me thinks tis moſt vneuen. Thou argu'ſt well Maria: and this withall That Bruites, nor Animalls do proue a thrall To ſuch ſeruility: ſoules that are wards To gold opinion, or th' undue regards Of broking men, wolues that in ſheep-ſkin bands, Pray on the harts to ioyne th' vnwilling hands, Ruine fayre Stocks, when generous houſes die, Or propagate their name with Baſtardy. Sterility and barennes enſue, Such forced loue: nor ſhall erronious men Peruert my ſetled thoughts, or turne mine eye From thy fayre obiect, which I will purſue, Rich in thy loue, prowde of this interuiew. Ile ſuck theſe accents, let our breaths ingender A generation of ſuch pleaſing ſounds, To enterchange delights: O my bloud's on fire, Sweet let me giue more ſcope to true deſire. What wouldſt thou more then our minds firm contract? Tut words are wind▪ thought vnreduct to Art, Is but an Embrion in the trueſt ſence. I am beleagued I had need of ſence, You make me bluſh: play faire yet aboue boord: Here me exemplify loues Latine word Together with thy ſelfe As thus: harts ioynd Amore: take A from thence, Then more is the perfect morall ſence, Plurall in manners, which in thee doe ſhine Saintlike, immortall, ſpotles and diuine. Take m away, ore in beauties name, Craues an eternall Trophee to thy fame, Laſtly take o, in re ſtands all my reſt, which I in Chaucer ſtile do tearm a ieſt. You breake all modeſt bounds, away, away? So when men come behind, do women ſay. Come come, I ſay I thats the word indeed, Men that come bold before, are like to ſpeed. But who comes here? monſtrum horrendum, my noſtrills haue the ranke ſent of knauery, Maria lets remoue our ſelues to the window, and obſerue this piece of mans fleſh. Now miſtris Maria ward your ſelfe, if my ſtrong hope fayle not, I ſhall be with you to bring. To bring what ſir? ſome more o'your kind. Faith boy thats mine ayme. Jle be ſworne ſir, you haue a good looſe, you let fly at chem a pace. I haue ſhot fayre and far off, but now I hope to hit the mark indeed. God ſaue it. But wher's the Signe? VVhy there. Thats a ſpeciall thing to be obſeru'd. I haue heard talke of the Gemini, me thinks that ſhould be a Star fauourable to your proceeding. The Gemini, O I apprehend thee: that's becauſe J am ſo like Gerardine, ha is't not ſo boy? As if you were ſpit out ons mouth ſir, you muſt needs be like him, for you are both cut out of a peece: but Lord ſir, how you hunt this chaſe of loue, are you not weary?