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Fond loue why dost thou dally: or, The passionate louers ditty in praise of his loue thats faire and witty. To the tune of The mocke widdow.
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The Constant Lover Who his affection will not move Though he live not where he love To a Northerne tune called Shall the absence of my Mistresse YOu loyall Lovers that are distant from your Swéet hearts many a mile Pray come helpe me at this instant in mirth to spend away the while In singing swéetly and compleately in commendation of my love Resolving ever to part never though I live not where I love My love shee 's faire and also vertuous God grant to me she may prove true Then there is naught but death shall part us and I le ne're change her for a new And though the fates my fortunes hates and me from her doe farre remove Yet I doe vow still to be true though c. My constancy shall ne're be falling whatsoe're beside me here Of her vertue I le be telling be my biding farre or néere And though blind fortune prove uncertaine from her presence me to remove Yet I le be constant every instant though c. Though our bodies thus are parted and asunder many a mile Yet I vow to be true hearted and be faithfull all the while Though with mine eye I cannot spye for distance great my dearest Loue My heart is with her altogether though c. When I sléepe I doe dreame on her when I wake I take no rest But euery moment thinke upon her she 's so fixed in my brest And though farre distance may be assistance from my mind her loue to moue Yet I will neuer our loue disseuer though c. To thinke upon the amarous glances that haue béene betwixt us twaine My constancy and loue aduances though from her presence I remaine And makes the teares with groanes feares from watery eyes and heart to moue And sighing say both night and day alas I liue c. The second part to the same Tune I To her will be like Leander if Hero like shée'le prove to me For her sake through the would I le wander no desperate danger I will flée And into the Seas with little ease the mountains great themselves shal move Ere saith I breake let me ne're speake though c. Penelope shall be unconstant and Diana prove unchaste Venus to Vulcan shall be constant and Mars farre from her shall be plac't The blinded boy no more shall toy with Arrowes keene lovers to move Ere false I be sweet-heart to thee though c. The Birds shall leave their Airy region the fishes in the aire shall fly All the world shall be at one religion all liuing things shall cease to dye Al things shal change to shapes most strange before that I disloyall proue Or any way my loue decay though c. If you lines doe come before her or doe deigne to touch her hand Tell her that I doe adore her aboue all Maidens in the land Remaining still at her good will and alwayes to her loyall proue Tell death with dart doe strike my heart though c. And tell my mistresse that a Louer that loues perfect image beares As true as loue it selfe doe loue her witnesse his farre fetcht sighes and teares Which forth he groanes with bitter moanes and from his troubled breast he moues And day nor night takes no delight because c. So with my duty to her commended her loyall seruant I le be still Desiring I may be befriended with loue againe for my good will And with that she as true may be as I to her will constant proue And night and day I still will pray and wish I may liue where I loue P. L. FINIS London Printed for Henry Gosson Fond Loue why dost thou dally OR The passionate Louers Ditty In praise of his Loue that 's faire and witty To the tune of The mocke Widdow FOnd Loue why dost thou dally And mocke my passions with thy disdaine there is no blisse where coynesse is Seeke not thy pleasure in my paine But let the chast torments of my desire Kindle in thee propitious fire So shall the pleasures of thy swéet imbraces Conquer the griefe of my former disgraces Then those stormes past shall mercie appeare And thou of cruelty goe quit and cleare If not thou art accused For being a lure of my griefe and care for from thy sight comes my delight Thy frowne onely procures despaire But in thy smiles there dwell eternall ioyes Which from my heart all flouds of woes destroies Then be not thou obdurate vnto me Séeing thou art my chiefe felicity Thou séest how passionate I am for thée O then grant Loue forgetting cruelty Swéet loue thou art my goddesse To whom my heart I soly dedicate then morele send to me thy friend My sad griefe to abreulate Then shall I praise thy goodly tresses Shining like gold as all the Gods confesses And eke the splendor of thy comely face Which doth so well thy compleat body grace As thou appear'st like Cynthia in her spheare Or like Apollo in the dayes bright chaire The second part To the Same tune O how I am astonish't To view the nature of my true loue thy sweet face and comely grace World in an Angel envy moue Thy eyes giue luster these shadowes ore-spread And thy swéet language would waken the dead The musicke of the spheeres is but a dull noise When we shall heare thee in thy sweetest voyce Curious wondors within thee doe shine Which doe perswade me that thou art diuine Iuno the Queene of glory Cannot come neare thee for thy vertuous grace thou art more faire in beauty rare And dost deserue as well that place Wherein loues darling in her glory moues Thy hands farre whiter then faire Venus Doues And thou thy selfe compleate in each degree Upon thy forehead dwels rare Maiestie Thou art indeed a lamye of heauenly wonder And for thy vertues keepst all creatures vnder All earthly ioyes and pleasures Are to be had in thy society Lorina's name deserues true fame She is indued with pietie Fairer she is by 〈◊〉 then rocks of pearle loue till this time nere saw a brauer Girle The Phenix mate maked not a gayer show Nor yet the Lillies on the banke of Poe She is indeed the mirror of our age And with Ioues Queene may walk in equipage Wherefore should I dally then To court this glory and to imbrace euen in thee all blisse I see Liuely depainted in thy fare Come then le ts dally and to the wanton ayre Change loues delightments so shall we declare Our loues by our kisses whist I nothing fearing Breath my best wish in my wisht beauties hearing Which when I haue done thy captius I le be Yet thinke I haue a glorious liberty Come then come my Lorina And yeeld that treasure which who so knowes knowes a blisse by which he is Eternally exempt from woes Should loue himselfe enuy at our best delight These ioyes wee le enioy still in enuies despight Nay should his anger descend so vpon me As my Lorina to rauish thee from me I le flye in my fury as high as his spheare And snatch thee from his armes or perish there Come then let me enioy thee Printed at London for Francis Coules FINIS A New Ditty Of a Lover tost hither and th ther That cannot speake his mind when they are together To the Tune of Hide Park ALas I am in love and cannot speake it My mind I dare not move nor nere can break it She doth so farre excell all and each other My mind I cannot tell when we are together But I le take heart to me I will reveale it I le try her constancy I le not conceale it But alas but alas I doe consider I cannot breake my mind When c. Her loving lookes and smiles hath to bewitch't me Her vertue me beguiles she hath inricht me Shée 's so faire shée 's so rare her due to give her Makes me I cannot speake when c. Our oft frequented iests are turn'd to earnest In ' thnight I cannot rest for loves severenesse It hath turn'd it hath burn'd my heart for ever Alas I cannot speake when c. Like to the foolish Flies too long I have dallyed With her bright glistering eyes my Fort shee th sallied That I have scorcht my wings and heart for ever Alas c. Her presence is my ioy her want my sadnesse When I her face enioy I am turn'd to gladnesse And with our compeny may last for ever but yet I c. The second part to the same Tune I Thinke she loves me well but I nere broke it I am sure I love her well though I nere spoke it And my love to her shall prove constant for ever Although c. Suppose she loves me not or loves another Too much yet care I not still I will love her And doe vow to be true and faithful for ever Although c. I will doe the best I can I le strive to please her I will doe any thing whereby to ease her Ouer Sea I will flée swimme like Leander Before I le loose her love through the world I le wander And I le doe much more too if shée'le command it If 't be to lose my life I le not gaine stand it But alas but alas I doe consider I cannot speake my mind when c. The more I strive to hide the more it shameth These paines I cannot bide my wits it lameth And if it hidden be will burne for euer Unlesse I speake my mind when c. I thinke t were good I tride and went to proue her And lay all feare aside stoutly to moue her But when I am going to speake my tongue doth quiver And will not breake my mind when we are together Peter Lowberry FINIS Printed at London for Edward Wright dwelling neere Christs Church gate