13881382Nor none of thee thou pale and common drudge

13891383tweene man and man: but thou, thou meager lead

13901384which rather threatenst then dost promise ought,

13911385thy palenes moues me more then eloquence,

13921386and heere choose I, ioy be the consequence.

13931387Por. How all the other passions fleet to ayre,

13941388As doubtfull thoughts, and rash imbrac'd despaire:

13951389And shyddring feare, and greene-eyed iealousie.

13961390O loue be moderate, allay thy extasie,

13971391In measure raine thy ioy, scant this excesse,

13981392I feele too much thy blessing, make it lesse

13991393for feare I surfeit.

14001394Bas. What finde I heere?

14011395Faire Portias counterfeit. What demy God

14021396hath come so neere creation? moue these eyes?

14031397Or whither riding on the balls of mine

14041398seeme they in motion? Heere are seuerd lips

14051399parted with suger breath, so sweet a barre

14061400should sunder such sweet friends: heere in her haires

14071401the Paynter playes the Spyder, and hath wouen

14081402a golden mesh tyntrap the harts of men

14091403faster then gnats in cobwebs, but her eyes

14101404how could he see to doe them? hauing made one,

14111405me thinkes it should haue power to steale both his

14121406and leaue it selfe vnfurnisht: Yet looke how farre

14131407the substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow

14141408in vnderprysing it, so farre this shadow

14151409doth limpe behind the substance. Heeres the scroule,

14161410the continent and summarie of my fortune.

14171411 You that choose not by the view

14181412Chaunce as faire, and choose as true:

14191413Since this fortune falls to you,

14201414Be content, and seeke no new.

14211415If you be well pleasd with this,

14221416and hold your fortune for your blisse,

14231417Turne you where your Lady is,

14241418And claime her with a louing kis.

F. Bass.