Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A11388
|
Picturæ loquentes. Or Pictures drawne forth in characters VVith a poeme of a maid. By Wye Saltonstall.
|
Saltonstall, Wye, fl. 1630-1640.
|
1631
(1631)
|
STC 21645; ESTC S101219
|
25,570
|
132
|
let_v they_o cast_v up_o their_o loss_n with_o their_o gain_n they_o will_v buy_v repentance_n at_o too_o dear_a a_o rate_n when_o one_o flee_v moment_n shall_v at_o once_o begin_v and_o terminate_v fond_a pleasure_n not_o their_o sin_n let_v she_o consider_v last_o the_o shame_n hence_o get_v which_o do_v reflect_v at_o once_o on_o more_o than_o one_o and_o like_o some_o murder_a piece_n instead_o of_o shot_n disperse_v shame_n on_o more_o than_o her_o alone_a for_o ill_a fame_n still_o than_o good_a be_v long_o live_v and_o to_o the_o stock_n and_o family_n be_v derive_v and_o yet_o it_o be_v hard_a for_o woman_n to_o deserve_v by_o thought_n and_o deed_n this_o maiden_n appellation_n and_o yet_o more_o hard_o the_o same_o still_o to_o preserve_v unless_o by_o help_n of_o modest_a education_n by_o this_o perhaps_o she_o may_v be_v teach_v to_o frame_v a_o maiden_n carriage_n to_o a_o maiden_n name_n 〈◊〉_d or_o maid_n be_v vessel_n and_o but_o weak_a one_o too_o 〈◊〉_d that_o if_o goodness_n be_v not_o straight_o instill_v they_o take_v in_o pride_n and_o love_n though_o steep_v in_o rue_n they_o know_v no_o vacuum_n but_o must_v still_o be_v fill_v â—ood_a counsel_n season_v make_v a_o virgin_n last_o â—s_a vessel_n ever_o of_o first_o liquor_n taste_v at_o fifteen_o year_n some_o notion_n give_v to_o lulke_n of_o general_a evil_n in_o a_o maiden_n breast_n and_o then_o the_o appetite_n begin_v to_o work_v on_o what_o the_o fancy_n do_v at_o first_o suggest_v for_o ovid_n need_v not_o in_o strict_a rule_n have_v show_v the_o art_n of_o love_n which_o maid_n can_v learn_v alone_o those_o young_a year_n be_v flexible_a their_o will_n â—s_v soon_o seduce_v to_o act_v some_o fond_a transgression_n and_o soon_o consent_v importune_v once_o to_o ill_a like_a virgin_n wax_v receive_v all_o impression_n or_o like_o some_o flower_n which_o do_v in_o growth_n proceed_v themselves_o get_v up_o straight_o haste_v to_o run_v to_o seed_n or_o like_v unto_o a_o early_a rose_n new_o blow_v which_o each_o hand_n strive_v to_o pluck_v from_o off_o the_o stem_n so_o be_v ripe_a they_o be_v assoon_o too_o go_v and_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o be_v attempt_v then_o if_o virtue_n force_v secure_v they_o not_o they_o stand_v like_o the_o poor_a rose_n obnoxious_a to_o each_o hand_n what_o do_v avail_v acrisius_n thick_a guard_n when_o jove_n do_v fall_v down_o in_o a_o golden_a shower_n in_o danae_n lap_n he_o pass_v then_o all_o those_o ward_n and_o to_o deny_v he_o then_o she_o have_v no_o power_n with_o maid_n when_o one_o way_n fail_v another_o take_v when_o lover_n like_v to_o proteus_n change_v their_o shape_n it_o be_v no_o cold_a wall_n or_o nunnery_n no_o false_a spy_n that_o can_v secure_v a_o maid_n that_o be_v once_o incline_v to_o ill_a though_o watch_v by_o jealous_a argus_n eye_n to_o act_v her_o thought_n a_o time_n yet_o will_v she_o find_v there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o keep_v a_o maid_n at_o all_o but_o when_o herself_o be_v like_o a_o brazen_a wall_n that_o can_v repel_v man_n flatterye_n though_o afar_o and_o make_v she_o look_v her_o like_n soon_o to_o show_v which_o like_o a_o frost_n such_o thought_n as_o lustful_a be_v nip_v in_o the_o blossom_n ere_o they_o rank_a grow_v since_o then_o the_o eye_n and_o gesture_n speak_v the_o heart_n a_o maiden_n carriage_n be_v a_o maid_n chief_a art_n first_o she_o shall_v not_o be_v coy_a or_o proud_a withal_o though_o she_o alone_o be_v nature_n masterpiece_n nor_o yet_o show_v undeserued_a scorn_n to_o all_o and_o think_v herself_o a_o second_o jasons_n fleece_n who_o none_o but_o he_o that_o venture_v life_n must_v please_v and_o like_v to_o jason_n sail_v the_o grecian_a sea_n 〈◊〉_d by_o scorn_n their_o ruin_n thus_o procure_v â—â—ting_v their_o thought_n soar_v high_a than_o their_o place_n â—â—e_z yet_o at_o last_o stoop_v to_o some_o vulgar_a lure_n 〈◊〉_d so_o remain_v the_o object_n of_o disgrace_n 〈◊〉_d scorn_n do_v still_o this_o punishment_n obtain_v â—â—eed_v of_o pity_n to_o find_v scorn_n again_o â—â—uld_v all_o perfection_n that_o do_v woman_n grace_v â—â—joying_v one_o whereof_o make_v many_o proud_a â—â—all_v contract_v in_o one_o maiden_n face_n 〈◊〉_d shall_v not_o keep_v they_o mask_v up_o in_o a_o cloud_n 〈◊〉_d let_v her_o beauty_n which_o make_v lover_n pine_v â—â—â—ike_v the_o sun_n on_o all_o at_o once_o to_o shine_v 〈◊〉_d since_o their_o look_n at_o once_o can_v cure_v &_o wound_n 〈◊〉_d like_o achilles_n lance_n both_o hurt_n and_o heal_v â—â—ould_v not_o have_v they_o cruel_a tyrant_n find_v â—â—hen_o lover_n do_v for_o favour_n once_o appeal_v 〈◊〉_d just_a god_n cupid_n will_v revenge_v that_o wrong_n â—hen_o lover_n be_v befoold_v and_o scorn_v too_o long_o 〈◊〉_d not_o too_o coy_a so_o likewise_o not_o so_o kind_a 〈◊〉_d shall_v not_o be_v as_o straightway_o to_o be_v move_v â—ith_n the_o false_a gale_n of_o every_o flatter_a wind_n 〈◊〉_d give_v all_o cause_n to_o think_v themselves_o belove_v 〈◊〉_d love_n shall_v passive_a be_v so_o love_v to_o entertain_v 〈◊〉_d be_v belove_v not_o love_v all_o again_o for_o she_o that_o scatter_v out_o her_o love_n amongst_o many_o since_o love_v and_o truth_n admit_v of_o no_o division_n can_v never_o be_v true_o say_v yet_o to_o love_v any_o for_o love_n and_o truth_n remain_v entire_o one_o let_v maid_n than_o give_v to_o one_o their_o love_n and_o self_n to_o be_v a_o monarchy_n no_o commonwealth_n though_o good_a be_v better_v by_o community_n yet_o since_o that_o love_n and_o sovereignty_n do_v know_v no_o partner_n but_o consist_v in_o unity_n maid_n shall_v not_o let_v their_o love_n too_o common_a grow_v â—â—ored_v hold_v in_o they_o though_o not_o in_o matter_n civil_a a_o common_a good_a be_v but_o a_o private_a evil_n for_o who_o will_v spend_v time_n in_o such_o a_o vain_a assault_n to_o gain_v her_o love_n who_o if_o she_o yield_v the_o same_o like_o some_o french_a castle_n will_v assoon_o revoult_v and_o let_v another_o straight_o the_o same_o obtain_v she_o shall_v be_v proof_n against_o the_o false_a flattery_n and_o never_o to_o yield_v upon_o the_o strong_a battery_n for_o as_o those_o virgin_n from_o the_o sun_n alone_o kindle_v their_o vestal_a lamp_n and_o if_o the_o same_o be_v once_o extinct_a they_o can_v renew_v from_o none_o unhallowed_a fire_n but_o from_o the_o sun_n again_o so_o maid_n love_v shall_v be_v like_o that_o sacred_a fire_n and_o both_o from_o one_o take_v light_n in_o one_o expire_v thus_o by_o oppose_a contrary_n together_o maid_n may_v from_o hence_o avoid_v each_o rash_a extreamâ—_n and_o since_o that_o contrary_n best_o do_v show_v each_o other_o they_o may_v from_o hence_o draw_v forth_o the_o golden_a mean_n by_o participation_n which_o they_o shall_v find_v iâ—_n to_o be_v courteous_a not_o too_o coy_a too_o kind_a and_o by_o a_o wise_a discretion_n well_o shall_v know_v not_o to_o be_v coy_a to_o quench_v all_o lover_n fire_n nor_o yet_o so_o kind_a but_o that_o she_o can_v too_o show_v scornful_a neglect_n on_o man_n unchaste_a desire_n to_o mix_v these_o passion_n well_o shall_v be_v her_o care_n to_o cherish_v chaste_a hope_n make_v unchaste_a despair_n she_o may_v be_v courteous_a when_o that_o lover_n woe_n yet_o not_o seem_v easy_a straight_o to_o condescend_v to_o her_o inferior_a and_o her_o equal_a too_o yet_o not_o below_o herself_o seem_v to_o descend_v she_o must_v from_o time_n and_o place_n take_v chief_a direction_n and_o from_o the_o person_n vary_v speech_n and_o action_n next_o courteous_a chaste_a she_o shall_v be_v not_o for_o fear_n truthâ—telling_v time_n her_o shame_n at_o last_o may_v show_v but_o because_o she_o love_v her_o chastity_n so_o dear_a she_o will_v not_o lose_v it_o though_o none_o the_o loss_n may_v know_v â—or_a it_o be_v no_o thanks_n to_o she_o who_o none_o do_v woe_n to_o be_v a_o maid_n since_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o two_o and_o to_o remain_v so_o let_v they_o shun_v such_o pleasure_n as_o do_v pervert_v the_o mind_n by_o strong_a temptation_n then_o let_v some_o business_n give_v their_o thought_n no_o leisure_n for_o i_o allow_v not_o maid_n much_o contemplation_n since_o they_o do_v seldom_o such_o a_o subject_n find_v as_o may_v inform_v but_o often_o hurt_v the_o mind_n nor_o shall_v they_o read_v book_n which_o of_o some_o fond_a lover_n the_o various_a fortune_n and_o adventure_n show_v nor_o such_o as_o nature_n secret_n do_v discover_v since_o still_o desire_n do_v but_o from_o knowledge_n grow_v these_o book_n if_o that_o within_o the_o breast_n remain_v one_o spark_n of_o ill_n will_v blow_v it_o into_o a_o flame_n nor_o too_o indulgent_a to_o herself_o become_v since_o by_o soft_a ease_n and_o by_o too_o lofty_a fare_n rebel_n desire_v unto_o their_o object_n run_v and_o for_o the_o reins_n of_o reason_n do_v not_o care_n
for_o ease_n instil_v a_o secret_a close_a desire_n and_o bacchus_n help_v to_o kindle_v venus_n fire_n and_o much_o less_o shall_v she_o through_o a_o gad_a mind_n converse_v with_o woman_n who_o suspect_v fame_n may_v her_o disgrace_n since_o that_o we_o often_o find_v vice_n elixir_n turn_v we_o to_o the_o same_o ill_a woman_n oft_o spoil_v maid_n by_o conversation_n and_o in_o the_o patient_a work_n assimilation_n thus_o she_o shall_v still_o be_v chaste_a but_o not_o enforce_v to_o keep_v this_o maiden_n chastity_n for_o ever_o since_o it_o be_v but_o keep_v for_o to_o be_v lose_v at_o last_o and_o like_o a_o flower_n will_v if_o not_o gather_v wither_v for_o it_o be_v the_o final_a cause_n of_o maiden_n carriage_n to_o gain_v themselves_o a_o fit_a and_o timely_a marriage_n they_o have_v no_o way_n advancement_n to_o derive_v unto_o themselves_o but_o when_o they_o match_v aright_o for_o it_o be_v their_o marriage_n must_v they_o honour_n give_v they_o shine_v but_o with_o a_o mutaticious_a light_n for_o woman_n honour_n from_o their_o husband_n come_v as_o cynthia_n borrow_v lustre_n from_o the_o sun_n and_o sure_o the_o fit_a time_n love_n to_o engage_v be_v when_o to_o youth_n time_n do_v discretion_n bring_v for_o who_o can_v love_v the_o winter_n of_o her_o age_n that_o never_o enjoy_v part_n of_o youthful_a spring_n let_v they_o improve_v their_o time_n then_o least_o at_o last_o the_o brazen_a head_n in_o they_o speak_v time_n be_v past_a and_o since_o that_o marriage_n be_v a_o strict_a relation_n i_o think_v good_a counsel_n be_v not_o here_o in_o vain_a that_o they_o be_v sure_a to_o make_v a_o good_a foundation_n since_o that_o they_o can_v play_v their_o cast_n again_o for_o hence_o their_o future_a good_a be_v lose_v or_o win_v and_o once_o to_o err_v be_v still_o to_o be_v undo_v yet_o to_o propound_v such_o rule_n i_o do_v not_o know_v by_o which_o their_o choice_n herein_o may_v never_o fail_v since_o he_o that_o fear_v the_o wind_n shall_v never_o sow_v nor_o he_o yet_o build_v that_o counsel_n take_v of_o all_o in_o something_n we_o can_v but_o advise_v our_o best_a but_o must_v commit_v to_o fortune_n all_o the_o rest_n first_o let_v not_o then_o the_o love_n of_o wealth_n so_o sway_v their_o mind_n to_o match_v with_o age_n for_o than_o they_o must_v but_o sacrifice_v their_o youth_n up_o as_o a_o pray_v to_o feed_v the_o vulture_n of_o some_o beastly_a just_a and_o what_o can_v be_v more_o horrid_a thought_n or_o say_v than_o age_a impotency_n be_v unto_o a_o maid_n for_o though_o that_o beauty_n can_v make_v age_n turn_v lover_n and_o like_o medea_n charm_n can_v youth_n advance_v and_o dead_a desire_n again_o to_o life_n recover_v which_o straight_o again_o be_v kill_v with_o dalliance_n yet_o all_o this_o fire_n be_v but_o like_a spark_n that_o lie_v conceal_v in_o ash_n life_n and_o so_o do_v die_v nor_o yet_o to_o match_v with_o some_o rich_a suit_n of_o clothes_n some_o outside_n be_v but_o a_o man_n in_o seem_v that_o can_v set_v forth_o his_o love_n with_o graceful_a oath_n protest_v that_o which_o be_v not_o worth_a believe_a his_o love_n be_v lust_n fruition_n to_o obtain_v which_o once_o enjoy_v his_o love_n turn_v haâ—e_v again_o nor_o yet_o with_o some_o young_a beardless_a heir_n to_o lie_v who_o like_o adonis_n will_v some_o venus_n tire_n to_o prompt_v his_o boyish_a thought_n which_o stili_fw-la do_v fly_v her_o meaning_n and_o can_v raise_v but_o quench_v no_o fire_n a_o shadow_n there_o of_o marriage_n but_o appear_v when_o there_o be_v so_o great_a disparity_n of_o year_n but_o let_v she_o choose_v out_o one_o that_o may_v but_o be_v her_o just_a immediate_a senior_n for_o it_o be_v ever_o observe_v that_o they_o do_v always_o best_o agree_v who_o have_v both_o spend_v their_o youth_n &_o age_n together_o but_o that_o they_o prosper_v who_o can_v ever_o remember_v when_o youthful_a may_n be_v match_v with_o cold_a december_n and_o much_o less_o shall_v they_o be_v enforce_v to_o love_v or_o sway_v to_o like_a by_o some_o matchmaking_a mother_n but_o where_o equality_n of_o desire_n do_v move_v first_o â—et_z they_o like_o and_o after_o pair_n together_o when_o that_o his_o year_n her_o year_n do_v equalise_v and_o when_o their_o nature_n both_o do_v sympathize_v and_o if_o she_o choose_v she_o must_v too_o likewise_o take_v let_v her_o love_n in_o one_o begin_v and_o end_v she_o must_v be_v fix_v and_o but_o one_o centre_n make_v to_o which_o the_o line_n of_o her_o affection_n tend_v for_o she_o must_v be_v a_o subject_n but_o to_o one_o who_o be_v must_v consist_v in_o she_o alone_o if_o of_o love_n she_o make_v a_o deed_n of_o gift_n and_o before_o witness_n do_v confirm_v the_o same_o for_o to_o revoke_v it_o back_o she_o have_v no_o shift_n or_o to_o reverse_v her_o deed_n thus_o make_v again_o her_o love_n thus_o give_v to_o one_o she_o can_v deny_v since_o in_o love_n court_n no_o writ_n of_o error_n lie_v her_o word_n must_v here_o irrevocable_a stand_n more_o fix_v than_o any_o chancery_n decree_n which_o as_o though_o write_v by_o the_o eternal_a hand_n can_v never_o be_v alter_v by_o posterity_n for_o let_v she_o think_v when_o once_o she_o plight_n her_o love_n the_o same_o be_v register_v straight_o in_o heaven_n above_o but_o such_o a_o lover_n let_v she_o still_o detest_v who_o before_o the_o appoint_a day_n of_o resignation_n will_v of_o her_o modesty_n be_v foreposs_a by_o a_o old_a figure_n of_o praeoccupation_n it_o be_v lust_n that_o hunt_v thus_o hot_o to_o obtain_v when_o true_a love_n seek_v but_o love_n for_o love_n again_o for_o when_o the_o tyrian_a queen_n do_v make_v her_o feast_n she_o shall_v not_o then_o have_v let_v aeneas_n taste_v those_o pleasure_n which_o she_o may_v have_v wise_o guess_v by_o their_o enjoy_n will_v be_v soon_o too_o waste_v for_o nature_n can_v her_o action_n so_o suspend_v but_o have_v once_o begin_v she_o haste_v to_o end_v let_v she_o not_o then_o be_v draw_v to_o make_v surrender_n of_o that_o which_o do_v so_o sweeten_v expectation_n that_o lover_n even_o joy_v when_o they_o remember_v the_o day_n shall_v give_v their_o hope_n full_a consummation_n when_o she_o with_o blush_n shall_v unwilling_a yield_v and_o weak_o strive_v lose_v at_o last_o the_o field_n this_o day_n once_o come_v she_o must_v then_o understand_v that_o marriage_n be_v a_o tenure_n not_o at_o will_n but_o with_o her_o heart_n to_o one_o must_v give_v her_o hand_n to_o hold_v for_o term_n of_o life_n for_o good_a or_o ill_a the_o church_n afford_v but_o witness_n to_o this_o act_n till_o both_o the_o party_n seal_v to_o this_o contract_n and_o now_o it_o be_v time_n to_o bid_v the_o bride_n good-night_n have_v bring_v she_o thither_o where_o she_o now_o must_v leave_v the_o thought_n of_o father_n mother_n &_o delight_n in_o one_o alone_a and_o unto_o one_o must_v cleave_v tie_v their_o love_n with_o such_o a_o gordian_a knot_n none_o can_v but_o death_n like_o alexander_n cut_v finis_fw-la picturae_fw-la loquentes_fw-la or_o pictures_n draw_v forth_o in_o character_n 1._o the_o world_n be_v a_o stage_n man_n the_o actor_n who_o seldom_o go_v off_o with_o a_o applause_n often_o be_v hiss_v at_o or_o it_o may_v be_v liken_v to_o a_o scale_n or_o predicament_n of_o relation_n wherein_o the_o king_n be_v the_o summum_fw-la genus_fw-la under_o who_o be_v many_o subordinate_a degree_n of_o man_n till_o at_o last_o we_o descend_v to_o the_o beggar_n the_o infima_fw-la species_n of_o mankind_n who_o misery_n can_v be_v subdivide_v into_o any_o lesser_a fortune_n the_o world_n contemn_v a_o scholar_n and_o learning_n make_v a_o scholar_n contemn_v the_o world_n art_n and_o science_n be_v account_v here_o mere_a speculation_n terminate_v only_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o subject_n and_o therefore_o the_o most_o study_v the_o great_a volume_n of_o the_o world_n and_o strive_v to_o reduce_v knavery_n to_o practice_v poverty_n be_v account_v as_o spread_o contagious_a as_o the_o plague_n he_o that_o be_v infect_v with_o it_o be_v shun_v of_o all_o man_n and_o his_o former_a friend_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o man_n look_v upon_o dial_n with_o a_o skew_z countenance_n and_o so_o find_v he_o in_o the_o afternoon_n of_o â—his_n fortune_n pass_v by_o he_o acquaintance_n be_v here_o choose_v with_o the_o brave_a not_o with_o the_o wise_a and_o a_o good_a shoot_n make_v a_o man_n good_a company_n the_o chief_a goddess_n here_o adore_v be_v riches_n she_o may_v have_v her_o temple_n as_o well_o as_o juno_n minerva_n and_o the_o rest_n but_o in_o lieu_n thereof_o she_o take_v up_o every_o man_n heart_n and_o for_o her_o sacrifice_n exact_v their_o first_o morning_n thought_n so_o that_o the_o most_o universal_a government_n be_v now_o a_o ploutocracy_n