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hood,—if I love. And how can that be true love

which is falsely attempted? Love is a familiar;

Love is a devil: there is no evil angel but Love.

Yet was Samson so tempted, and he had an

excellent strength; yet was Solomon so seduced,

and he had a very good wit. Cupid's butt-shaft

is too hard for Hercules' club, and therefore too

much odds for a Spaniard's rapier. The first

and second cause will not serve my turn; the

passado he respects not, the duello he regards

not: his disgrace is to be called boy, but his

glory is to subdue men. Adieu, valour! rust,

rapier! be still, drum! for your manager is in

love; yea, he loveth. Assist me some extemporal

god of rime, for I am sure I shall turn sonnet.

Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole

volumes in folio.

 180 familiar: familiar spirit, i.e. demon

184 butt-shaft: arrow, without barb, for shooting at butts (targets)

187 cause: cause of quarrel

188 passado: pass, or thrust, in fencing

duello: duel

191 manager: wielder of weapons

193 turn sonnet: grow into a sonnet (?), turn sonneteer (?) 