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determine_v to_o sound_v the_o depth_n of_o his_o thought_n take_v he_o before_o he_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o make_v this_o reply_n trust_v i_o eurimachus_n your_o look_n your_o action_n your_o sigh_n and_o gesture_n argue_v no_o less_o than_o a_o lover_n therefore_o see_v we_o be_v alone_o none_o but_o we_o three_o i_o will_v have_v you_o once_o in_o shrift_n and_o therefore_o i_o conjure_v you_o by_o your_o mistress_n favour_n and_o beauty_n to_o tell_v i_o whether_o you_o be_v in_o love_n or_o no._n you_o strain_v i_o so_o hard_a madam_n quoth_v eurimachus_n that_o i_o be_o in_o love_n and_o love_v so_o far_o in_o i_o as_o neither_o time_n nor_o fortune_n can_v raze_v out_o the_o name_n of_o my_o mistress_n madam_n pardon_n for_o in_o name_v she_o i_o discover_v my_o own_o presumption_n have_v aim_v so_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o aspire_a love_n as_o her_o excellency_n cross_v all_o my_o thought_n with_o disdain_n for_o madam_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o say_v make_v no_o compare_n that_o the_o grace_n at_o her_o birth_n do_v agree_v to_o make_v her_o absolute_a i_o have_v soar_v so_o high_a as_o the_o sun_n have_v half_o melt_v my_o feather_n i_o fear_v with_o icarus_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o ocean_n of_o endless_a misery_n for_o be_v her_o disdain_n never_o so_o great_a yet_o my_o desire_n will_v never_o belesse_a scorn_v she_o i_o shall_v look_v so_o high_a affection_n will_v not_o bate_v a_o ounce_n of_o his_o main_n but_o see_v the_o dice_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n will_v throw_v at_o all_o but_o madam_n so_o far_o i_o be_o out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d to_o have_v but_o one_o favour_n at_o her_o hand_n as_o i_o pass_v every_o day_n and_o hour_n in_o as_o 〈◊〉_d perplex_a estate_n as_o the_o ghost_n green_v by_o the_o infernal_a fury_n and_o with_o this_o the_o water_n stand_v in_o his_o eye_n which_o marpesia_n not_o able_a to_o brook_v begin_v to_o salve_v thus_o i_o will_v not_o eurimachus_n be_v inquisitive_a of_o your_o mistress_n name_n since_o you_o have_v yield_v a_o reason_n to_o conceal_v it_o but_o for_o your_o love_n that_o be_v lodge_v so_o high_a fear_v not_o man_n the_o blacksmith_n dare_v to_o covet_v fair_a venus_n the_o little_a sparrow_n peck_v sometime_o wheat_n the_o eagle_n take_v stand_v and_o the_o little_a mouse_n feed_v where_o the_o elephant_n have_v eat_v hay_n love_v as_o soon_o stoop_v to_o visit_v a_o poor_a cottage_n as_o a_o palace_n to_o dare_v i_o tell_v thou_o eurimachus_n in_o love_n be_v the_o first_o principle_n and_o helena_n tell_v paris_n nemo_fw-la succenset_fw-la amanti_fw-la thou_o must_v then_o to_o paphos_n and_o not_o use_v bashfulness_n in_o venus_n temple_n sacrifice_n serve_v at_o her_o altar_n