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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21238	The Queenes Maiesties entertainement at VVoodstock	Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. aut; Gascoigne, George, 1542?1577, attributed name. aut; Ferrers, George, 1500?-1579, attributed name. aut	1585 (1585)	STC 7596; ESTC S113259	26,813	50

me leaue whose friendship tride doth bid you bend your eare to that I say The trueth whereof cannot be wel denide though flaming loue in heate seeme to say nay Immortal states as you know mine to be from passions blind affects are quite and free If you may so consent to Parentes minde wherwith is ioyn'd the wealth of countries soyle As loue cannot accuse you for vnkinde ne yet complaine himselfe to haue the foyle Considering he whereon your Loue is bent may haue your loue though you herein relent If you forsake not forst by greater cause loue then of some vnkindnes might you blame But weight of greater worth forbidding pause if you withstand you blemish much your name It were no loue that stood so in your sight but might be tearm'd meere madnes out of right Returne againe with parent whence you came regard the state which birth hath brought you to Relent to loue that wil augment your fame and yet this knight cannot if you so do Condemne you much although you him forsake sith of two gods the greater you doe take Your Fathers reason springs from such a ground as cannot wel by reason be deny'de If he for you so fit a match haue found as for your birth no fitter may be spi'de What haue you then against him to withstand since nought but good can come from parents hand Set al aside and onely this obserue to seeke you out your knight he tooke no paine Yours was the toile you did from countrey swerue you trauail'de stil in rest he did remaine So that of you if loue craue further ayde you answere may he hath his wages payde But though you may thus checke his loue you 'le say how shal I choake the loue which flames in me That do my best so keepes me at the bay as ties me fast when loose I faine would be So that I find the goale must there be woon where fancy fights and loue the broyle begun Your countenance seemes to yeeld debarre al dout let meaner loue to greater quickly yeeld Your good it is these reasons goe about let common care giue priuate wil the field Why stand you stil as one in sodain traunce giue place to that your honour may aduaunce Gaudina Th' assault is great yet loue bids keep the field what al this time hath my long trauel won If now by light attempt I hap to yeeld these reasons helte before my flight begon What is now said but then the same was true the ground is old though floures be fresh and new When he by slight was so withdrawen from me then did my loue condemne these reasons all And shall I now sith nothing els I see by yeelding thus procure both present thral I rather choose to wander with him stil then so to change and countermaund my wil I feele a false alarme as though there were a fitter match to be found out for mee No Contarenus no I smel this geare to try if so I would relent from thee No our consents haue ioynd this faithfull linke til thou saiest nay I wil not from thee shrinke And yet in thee if slender shewes take place I le neuer yeeld for honor of my kind Let men remoue and slightly turne their face in womans brest more stay they stil shal find My parents pardon me my countrey stay for what is said from Loue I wil not stray Occan. You see how sore my headstrong daughter's bent she wil not yeeld for ought that can be said VVere it not good that to the knight we went to see if his desire might be delaide I see by him the meane must first begin to quench the flame my daughter frieth in Queen If it seeme good to you as 't doth to me to him where as he is we wil repaire For at his hand this must be wrought I see if he himselfe wil yeeld to countries care Com Sir and you Madam let vs retire we haue to deale with him whom you desire Gaudi. You may so with perswasions deale I think as he to your demaund may seeme to yeeld But inwardly that he from me wil shrink no reason can such ground bring for her shield Yet to doe that which both you do desire apart with you my selfe I wil retire Exeunt Heere the Pages abiding vse a prety act of sport but because the matter wil be full without it I haue thought good not to trouble you with suche Parenthesis but making their speeches ended I wil only recite the introduction to their comming in Alexandro But yonder comes the Fairy Queene and brings with her in trayne My Lord the Duke with merry looke I hope weis home againe Occa. the Duke Eambia the Fairy Queene Contarenus Gaudina Roxa Niphe Queen You heare Sir Knight the parents iust request you see the force whereon his reasons stand Affections staies what wisedome thinks for best the matter rests al onely in your hand By nature you are farther to forsee you are therefore to strike the stroke not she Occa. You know of old what led me so to let the great desire wherwith you both so brent Against your worth my wil was neuer set to further Countries good was mine intent Which sith in me so constantly doth dwell to yeeld therto me thinks you might do wel Gaudi Yet Contarenus think what is in you if vertues worth and waight in you be great And such as none but blind can disallow why should perswasions then vs two defeate As who say any els might better seeme then you and I to rule so great a realme Birth beares me out and vertue beares vp you and why should any then therof mislike As certaine proofe shal stil preuaile I trow before that is vncertein how to like You are to choose my friend make answere so as you do not procure vs endles wo Conta. The choise is hard in midst of such extreames my Lord and Prince pretending Countries good On th' other side affections dazeling beames which stil wil shine though clypsed with a cloude Layeth in myne eye my Ladies due desart which nought but death can seuer from my heart What flashing flames did she at first abide when as on me her loue she did bestow What constance stil in her wrought on my side to keepe that loue whereto my life I owe What griefe did then consume her careful heart when as my Lord wil'd me from Court depart What was the zeale that made her so forsake the blisse which princely Court to her could bring And for my Loue such passing paines to take to find me out where bruite of me shoulde ring Now should I swerue whom she so long hath sought death were too smal did I but fault in thought How can I leaue her thus and not deserue to be enrould with those infamous men Whom Loue because they did from him so swerue hath painted out by Poets publike pen In hel to haue their wel deseruing hire for so defrauding loue of iust desire Yet pardon

out whom Nature made so deare With mynde resolu'd if he her met againe to thinke such hap sweet pay for all his payne Rox. And hath he not as yet heard where she is Ach. Not yet but that Sibilla bade him goe to such a soyle as I suppose is this and there to haue his hope and end his woe Rox. These things be strāge yet stranger things haue been accomplisht here as I my selfe haue seen Well Sir I am to thinke my selfe much bound for this your curchy shew'd at my request And if your ease may grow within this ground by meanes of me sure I wil doe my best But Sir may I desire your Princes daughters name Ach. Gaudina she is called of worthy fame Rox. I thank you Sir I can no longer stay but for requite commaund me any way Ach. I thanke you for your curtesie Rox. Now to my L. I le goe with speed that hearing this she may accordingly proceed Exit Occanon from sleepe Ah ah it is but vaine to hope in sleepe to purchase ease where waking fils with care In sleepe I felt my slumbering eies did weepe my heart did pant for griefe in minde I bare Now let vs passe vnto our iourneyes end til we find out what chance the Gods will send Ach. My Lord if words that passe from faithfull heart may stay your mynd my hope here bids me stay For marking all that 's here in euery part and minding that which Sibil once did say Me thinke this place should be the happy land where we should rest as she bare vs in hand Besides while you tooke rest a Lady came with shew of griefe that your mishaps were such And learning both yours and your daughters name did passe away all which perswade me much That if you stay til she agayne returne your heauy heart with ioyful newes shal burne Occa. The neerer hope to haue that I desire to see my child whom I so farre haue sought The more I burne the greater is my fire for feare to faile of that to winne I thought The wished end requites the toile that 's past and ioy for griefe is recompense at last What is the force of fathers care I see though I my selfe am father to my care To this effect the same hath wrought in me that though it be among examples rare My selfe I haue disrobed of my state to find my child which I did lose of late Acha. For great offence my Lord the paiment great the meanest man feeles not the greatest fall You rew with time that you did worke in heat and yet you find to comfort you withal This cost to Sibilles words so doth agree But sir behold what Ladyes do I see The Fairy Queene and Roxane entreth A royall blood her vertue wil bew ray though Fortune seek her neere so to oppresse And noble race wil not run farre astray but of her selfe wil worke her owne redresse As I my selfe euen now haue found most true in this your Ladies case whom I so rue She fearing fathers wrath for her offence though by constraint vnkindly causd to stray As she intends with speed departure hence so wil she not but wisely part away And for aduise resorted vnto me to learne what way her best returne might be My Councel was since fates had found the meane the English Queene to make for her defence To whose assured stay she might welleane to swage her fathers wrath so wrought for her offence For none could helpe her more nor so as she if with such sute her grace content might be Her credit is so good her fame so flies her Honour such her wisedome so in note Her name so knowne to all mens eares and eies as better mean could no where els be gotte Then if he might at her hands vnderstand what she hath heard and seen within her land Whereon when we resolu'd by ioynt assent and I at her request was drawing neere To moue the suit according as we ment I met you by the way which had byn heere By whom I learned a very speedy meane to worke her weale and voyde al terrour cleane But mayde where is the Duke of whom you spake which tooke this toyle for your good Ladies sake Rox. Yon same is he whose strange attire descries his griefe and points at his desire Queen Wel I le feele his pulse Sir knight I heare you are inquest your daughter here to find In weed disguisd because behaps you feare least being known contrary to your mynd Your seerch might grow too long yet may it be your state descride you may find helpe of me Occa. Alas Madam and must it needs be so must griefe burst out and must my careful thought Make you by speech partaker of my woe wherein the wrong that I haue iustly wrought vnto my selfe shal lead me on along til her I find whose wandring is my wrong My natiue Countrey is where Indies streame doth enter Sea nigh to th' Cambaian coste From whence I rome into this famous realme to seeke my child which by mischance I lost There Duke I am a Lord of fruitful soyle though Fortunes force now taxe me with this toyle Queen How hap your child did leaue you so alone was there no helpe but she must needes be gone Occa. She would needs loue where I misliked much a man of meane estate of base degree She is my only care and his case such as though wel borne a subiect yet to me Whom I in heate remou'd from her but she in greater heat remou'd her self from me Queen Me thinks these words in such high state bewray more egar minde then gift of great conceate A Princesse peere a Duke should seeke to stay and not gainst fume with wit to worke debate Are you so farre misledde for want of skill as you know not that loue wil haue his will He knowes no peere al states stoupe to his checke he spares no prince no more then meane estate But makes ech one obey him at a becke He takes great scorne to heare tell of a mate But where he findes such match as he doth like without gainsay he bends his bow to strike Because you are a Prince of high degree in Countrey where you dwell you hold it light That Loue should should wound your only heire I see but were you of farre more puissant might And she of price as peerelesse as may be loue hath subdu'de farre brauer Dames then she Occa. Madam I must confesse the force of loue to be a thing in vaine against to bend Which blind reason first did after proue to set vs so as we can not defend And so triumphing when we cannot see we must confesse who is the God but he Queen As who should say Loue neuer hits aright but beetle like bereau'd of sight doth runne Not waying worth nor marking where to light But loue oft times by due desart is wonne And most prest on in Dames of highest prise wherfore iudge right for loue