12871195gancie, facilitie, and golden cadence of poe
sie
caret: Ouiddius 12881196Naso was the man. And why in deed
Naso, but for
smel
- 12891197ling out the odoriferous
flowers of fancie
? the ierkes of in
- 12901198uention
imitarie is nothing: So doth the Hound his mai
ster,
12911199the Ape his keeper, the tyred Hor
se his rider: But
Damosella 12921200virgin, Was this dire
cted to you?
12941201Iaq. I
sir from one
mounsier Berowne, one of the
strange
12961203Nath. I will ouerglaunce the
super
script.
To the snow-white hand of the most bewtious Lady Rosaline.
12981205I will looke againe on the intelle
ct of the letter, for the no
- 12991206mination of the partie written to the per
son written vnto.
Your Ladiships in all desired imployment, Berowne.
13021208Ped. Sir
Holofernes, this
Berowne is one of the Votaries
13031209with the King, and here he hath framed a letter to a
sequent
13041210of the
stranger Queenes: which accidentally, or by the way
13051211of progre
ssion, hath mi
scarried. Trip and goe my
sweete,
13061212deliuer this Paper into the royall hand of the King, it may
13071213concerne much:
stay not thy complement, I forgine thy
13091215Mayd. Good
Costard go with me:
sir God
saue your life.
13111216Cost. Haue with thee my girle.
Exit. 13121217Holo. Sir you haue done this in the feare of God verie reli
- 13131218giou
sly: and as a certaine Father
saith
13141219Ped. Sir tell not mee of the Father, I do feare colourable
13151220coloures. But to returne to the Ver
ses, Did they plea
se you
13171222Nath. Marueilous well for the pen.
13181223Peda. I do dine to day at the fathers of a certaine pupill of
13191224mine, where if (before repa
st) it
shall plea
se you to grati
fie
13201225the table with a Grace, I will on my priuiledge I haue with
13211226the parentes of the fore
said childe or pupill, vndertake your
13221227bien venuto, where I will proue tho
se Ver
ses to be very vn
- 13231228learned, neither
sauouring of Poetrie, wit, nor inuention.
13261230Nath. And thanke you to: for
societie (
saith the text)
13281232Peda. And certes the text mo
st infallibly concludes it.
Sir
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