1306WHen thou
shalt be di
spode to
set me light,
1307And place my merrit in the eie of skorne,
1308Vpon thy
side,
again
st my
selfe ile
fight,
1309And proue thee virtuous,
though thou art for
sworne:
1310With mine owne weakene
sse being be
st acquainted,
1311Vpon thy part I can
set downe a
story
1312Of faults conceald,
wherein I am attainted:
1313That thou in loo
sing me
shall win much glory
: 1314And I by this wil be a gainer too,
1315For bending all my louing thoughts on thee,
1316The iniuries that to my
selfe I doe,
1317Doing thee vantage,
duble vantage me.
1318 Such is my loue,
to thee I
so belong,
1319That for thy right,
my
selfe will beare all wrong.
1321SAy that thou did
st for
sake mee for
some falt,
1322And I will comment vpon that o
ffence,
1323Speake of my lamene
sse, and I
straight will halt:
1324Again
st thy rea
sons making no defence.
1325Thou can
st not
(loue)di
sgrace me halfe
so ill,
1326To
set a forme vpon de
sired change,
1327As ile my
selfe di
sgrace,
knowing thy wil,
1328I will acquaintance
strangle and looke
strange:
1329Be ab
sent from thy walkes and in my tongue,
1330Thy
sweet beloued name no more
shall dwell,
1331Lea
st I (too much prophane)
should do it wronge:
1332And haplie of our old acquaintance tell.
1333 For thee,
again
st my
selfe ile vow debate,
1334For I mu
st nere loue him whom thou do
st hate.
1336THen hate me when thou wilt, if euer,
now,
1337Now while the world is bent my deeds to cro
sse,
1338Ioyne with the
spight of fortune,
make me bow,
1339And doe not drop in for an after lo
sse
: 1340Ah doe not,
when my heart hath
scapte this
sorrow,
1341Come in the rereward of a conquerd woe,
1342Giue not a windy night a rainie morrow,
1343To linger out a purpo
sd ouer-throw.
1344If thou wilt leaue me, do not leaue me la
st,
1345When other pettie griefes haue done their
spight,
1346But in the on
set come,
so
stall I ta
ste
1347At
fir
st the very wor
st of fortunes might.
1348 And other
straines of woe, which now
seeme woe,
1349Compar'd with lo
sse of thee,
will not
seeme
so.