Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
My sister false? Amilcar such a knave? Who indeed is, but is affection's slave? And none but him, judgements encounter can, Although aspersions touch the honest man. Remember these my motives, morning peeps, The day no dilatory time doth give, To echo forth at large, thy Queen doth live. Doth Favorina live? dear shadow stay, My absence is enforced through rising day. Split then in pieces thou pernicious toad, My plagues diminish to augment thy load. My Queen survive! joint-cause of all my woe! Of all my anger, blasphemy and rage! Is she reserved? doth Favorina live? Whose absence made me rail at Cinthia? O I have swallowed poison, which torments All my distracted veins with agony, A grief continuing without all release, Consumption of my pain breeds pains increase. Now for obnoxious compounds to possess The soul with everlasting lethargy, Ransom of thousand Kings would I exchange, Or like a beast, humanity estrange. O for enchanted Peppei, or the juice Of drunken Hemlock, to lay souls asleep, I'd like a Serpent on our belly creep, Licking each humble shrub, and careless feed Upon the stubble of each stinking weed. shriek o the midnight-mandrakes voice aloud, So may the horror of that piercing sound, Turn soul and body both alike to ground: pell-mell together my affections fight, Each conquer each, some scud away by flight. Coins and Lust, arch-enemies to love, Combat apace within my youthful blood; Fear to attempt my unexperienced wish, Tells me with what a coy and constant face The Queen will start in motives of my lust; (For I no better Title can bestow On our audacious meaning) lust abounds, Free from all apprehension of that love Which simple-meaning youths do still protest And vow to virgin-chastity; but I, Who am inflamed with ambiguity Will not embark a faithless vow so far As evaporate promise, which infects Beyond fierce nature's lust, and stabs my fame: Because rich Nature, although covetous, Loath to confer a full satiety Of goodness, upon me her suppliant, Hath yet imposed one virtue above all, In promise ever to disdain the breach, Though strict observance do my weal impeach: Yes, I prefer the violent attach Of maidenhead, before false promises; For (all can witness) rape's a thing in act, So there's an end; We never do dissemble, Nor do extinguish sparks of sanctity With fraud, with unsupported perjury, (joining rank falsehood to concupiscence) Protesting marriage to enjoy a smack, And so deceive the long desirous womb Of hoped fruition: A hot ravisher Gives what the womb would otherwise demand: Yet will I not enrage my lust so far, As violence to wrong the beauteous Queen, If she (as women will) prove pliable, Nor will engage on oath to assevere What I disdain, yoked-marriage; for indeed, Women be clogs which hang about the neck Of man, so heavy till it sometimes break: A well-couched theme of love shall therefore try
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My sister false? Amilcar such a knaue? Who indeed is, but is affections slaue? Ad none but him, iudgements incounter can, Although aspersions touch the honest man. Remember these my motiues, morning peepes, The day no dilatory time doth giue, To eccho forth at large, thy Queene doth liue. Doth Fauorina liue? deere shadow stay, My absence is enforc'd through rising day. Split then in peeces thou pernitious toade, My plagues deminish to augment thy load. My Queene sur-viue! ioynt-cause of all my woe! Of all my anger, blasphemy and rage! Is shee reseru'd? doth Fauorina liue? Whose absence made me raile at Cinthia? O I haue swallow'd poyson▪ which torênts All my distracted veines with agony, A griefe continuing without all re-lease, Consumption of my paine breeds paines increase. Now for ob-noxious compounds to possesse The soule with euerlasting lethargy, Ransome of thousand Kings would I exchange, Or like a beast, humanity estrange. O for inchanted Peppei, or the iuice Of drunken Hemlocke, to lay soules asleepe, I'de like a Serpent on our belly creepe, Licking each humble shrub, and carelesse feed Vpon the stubble of each stinking weed. Shreike ô the mid-night-mandrakes voyce aloud, So may the horror of that piercing sound, Turne soule and body both alike to ground: Pel-mel together my affections fight, Each conquer each, some scudd away by flight. Coyns and Lust, arch-enemies to loue, Combat apace within my youthfull bloud; Feare to attempt my vn-experienc'd wish, Tels me with what a coy and constant face The Queene will start in motiues of my lust; (For I no better Title can bestow On our audacious meaning) lust abounds, Free from all apprehension of that loue Which simple-meaning youths do still protest And vow to virgin-chastity; but I, Who am inflam'd with ambiguity Will not imbarque a faithlesse vow so farre As evaporate promise, which infects Beyond fierce natures lust, and stabs my fame: Because rich Nature, although couetous, Loth to conferre a full satiety Of goodnesse, vpon me her suppliant, Hath yet impos'd one vertue aboue all, In promise euer to disdaine the breach, Though strict obseruance do my weale impeach: Yes, I preferre the violent attache Of maiden-head, before false promises; For (all can witnesse) rape's a thing in act, So there's an end; We never doe dissemble, Nor do extinguish sparkes of sanctity With fraud, with vn-supported periury, (Ioyning ranke false-hood to concupiscence) Protesting marriage to enioy a smacke, And so deceiue the long desirous wombe Of hop'd fruition: A hot rauisher Giues what the wombe would otherwise demand: Yet will I not enrage my lust so farre, As violence to wrong the beauteous Queene, If shee (as women will) proue plyable, Nor will engage on oath to assevêtre What I disdaine, yoak'd-marriage; for indeed, Women be clogs which hang about the necke Of man, so heauy till it sometimes breake: A well-couch'd theame of loue shall therefore try