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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23370	An excellent historie bothe pithy and pleasant, discoursing on the life and death of Charles and Iulia, two Brittish, or rather Welshe louers No lesse delightfull for varietie, then tragicall in their miserie, not hurtfull to youthe, nor vnprofitable to age, but commodious to bothe. By W.A.	Averell, W. (William)	1581 (1581)	STC 980; ESTC S104464	43,054	145

néede This faynting feare that frayes thy heart denyes thou art a man And yet thy shape dooth shewe full well the arte that Nature can Vngyrde thy minde of inwarde gréefe let wisedome welde thy wyll Thy looue is thine doo not dismay and so shee shall be styll With that he starteth vp amazde releast of inwarde payne And hopte assuredly of helpe through this his vision vayne And beeing perfectly awakte he tooke his prime prospect Vnto the coast where shée was lodgd that dyd his heart protect O luckie Land O Flint quoth he thrise happy be the howre That I to fixe my féebel féete in thée dyd finde the powre Thou harborest her that hath my heart and shall tyll death agrée To shryne mée in my shyuering shéete what so betyde of mée With that a clowde of smoking sighes he sendes to her amayne To signifie her loyall looue dyd so procure his payne Then to his man he calles for Horse he hyes him home apace That he may wynne his Fathers Court ere Phoebus showe his face And by that tyme he had aspyrde vnto his hasted home Bright Lucifer the morning Star about the Skies dooth rome He wylles his man to make his bed whome he dooth chardge full straight Not to disclose his secrete walkes which was a thing of waight And there in bedde he dooth deuise where he a Préest may finde That may procure his wished wyll and ease his carefull minde At last supprest with sluggish sléepe he takes a nappe or twayne And then he starts from stately bed to cloathe him selfe agayne And ere he had him selfe addrest the Sunne dooth South declyne The clocke strykes twelue the boord is layd and it is dynner tyme. It were too long for to expresse the chaunge of costly cates For seru'de they were as dooth become the stay of noble States Let it suffise that they were set and into talke they fell Of this and that I knowe not what nor dyd not marke it well But well I wot Charles lyked not to heare theyr tedious talke For all that whyle his wandring wittes a thousande wayes dooth walke He sate so sadly in his dumpes with armes enclosde to breast That men might think some cause there was that bread his great vnrest His Father and his Mother bothe doo fixe theyr eyes on him They muzd what clowds had clipst his mirth or made his ioyes so dym And thus his Father gan to speake my Sonne I maruayle much What mooues thy minde to myrthlesse chéere or makes thy gestures such Hath lynkes of Looue by Cupids crafte inchaynde thy heart by chaunce Hath Venus vayne inuolu'de thy minde in her delyghts to daunce Hath fancie fettered thee so faste that thou canst not reioyce Then tell me who and what shée is whereon thou makste thy choyce His Mother eke whose tender care was ouer him not small Desyres him tell what chyppe of chaunce by sorie happe dooth fall That ere the wound be waxen stale shee may a salue prepare To heale the harmes that holdes his heart and for to cure his care Theyr woordes doo much amaze his minde the blood dooth stayne his face A signe of séemely shamefastnesse and token of good grace And thus to them with reuerence due he dooth replye agayne My Parentes bothe you gesse amysse your iudgementes are but vayne No shiuering shafte of Cupids crafte nor force of Fancies fume Hath any force to crushe my coarse my pleasures to consume I coumpt but vyle of Venus vaunts her beauty is but blacke It cannot dym my christall sight nor pluck my pleasures backe I haue my health I thanke the Heauens with cares ne am I clad My minde is stuft with inwarde myrth although I seeme so sad And then he throwes a forced smyle to dryue their mindes from dout Least they might else surmyse the trueth which made him séeme so stout By that they thus had spent the tyme the dynner came to ende All ryse with course of courtesie with shortnesse to extende The Lordes and Ladyes doo delyght at Chesse to spende the tyme And some reuolue the auncient bookes was writ in Brittish ryme Some Dice some Carde some Hunt some Hawke as best content their minde And euery one to passe the tyme some pleasaunt play doo finde But Charles enchaynd by thrystles thoughts the day in care consumes And wisheth Nox for to approch that sléepe may ease his sumes Which béeing come his former woes withholdes his eyes from rest He turnes and tosseth too and fro to ease his carefull brest At last Aurora lendes her lyght and Titan dooth display His gladsome beames to each mans eyes that couets for the day Syr Charles that longed for the lyght from carefull couch dooth ryse And then howe he might finde a Préest he dooth all meanes deuyse By happe it came into his minde of one whome he dyd knowe Which was his fréende and vnto whome he straight for helpe dyd goe Requesting him to yeelde supplie for to releeue his case Because in him dyd onely rest his hope of wished grace Protesting then if he would graunt to comfort him in neede He would requight his great good wyll with fruites of treble méede In you quoth he remaynes my helpe and lengthning of my lyfe And you alone can ease my gréefe and stint my inwarde stryfe Wherefore as I may rest your fréend in after tyme to come So lende reléefe to ayde my lacke then shall you heare the some The Préest replyed with reuerence dew good Syr what lyes in me My lyfe and death is ready prest at your commaund to be If I may pleasure you in ought expresse the same with speede And héere I vowe in what I can I wyll support your néede And if it doo concerne such things as must be needes conceald Though death should daūger me with doubt it shall not be reueald Wherefore detract no longer tyme heere is bothe heart and hand In weale or woe I wyll not sticke your helper for to stand Charles lyked well his faythfull heart and thought him selfe thryse blest That Fortune stoode so much his fréend to graunt him wished rest With thousand thankes for his good wyll which he had not deseru'de Protesting then his kindnesse great his lothed lyfe preseru'de Wherefore quoth he with lystning eare attende vnto my tale So shalt thou heare my lyngering ioyes which bréedes my bytter bale It was my lot to lyght in place where Ladyes dyd resort Amongst the which I spyed out one of most surpassing port Whome Natures arte so finely framde with such excelling glée As would intrappe the stoutest heart her featured forme to sée The shyning shape that Venus shewde on toppe of Ida Mount Was nothing to her Princely port of whome I make account In whome such vertue dooth remayne to matche her heauenly face As makes me iudge shée dooth excell Pandora for her grace Whose seemely showe with manners milde when I had marked well Withdrewe the fréedome of my minde to bondage straight I fell The