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 March,’ 12

maketh this fhepheardeshoyé ofpurpofe to be wounded by Loue in thc heele, Latched,caught, Wroken,véuenged. ; For eace,In this cale is fette out the fimplicitie of fhe pheardes opinion of Loue. Stouping Phoebus, Is aPeriphrafis of thefunnefetting,. Embljeme.

Heereby is meant, thar all the delightes cfLoue, wherein wanton youthe walloweth, bee but follve mixte with bitrerneffe, andforrowe {awced with repentaunce. For befides. that che verie affetion of Loue itfelfe tormenteth the minde, and vexeth che bodie many wayes, with ynreftfulneffe allnight, and weatinefle alldaye, feeking for chat wee can- not haue, and finding that wee woulde nos haue: euenthe felfe chinges whichke beft beforevs liked,in courie of time, and chaunge of riper yeeres, whiche alio therewithal! chaungeth our woonted liking and former fantafies,will then feeme lethefome and breede vs annoyaunce when youthes flower is withered,and wee finde owr bodyes and witres aun- {were netto fuch vaine iollitie and Inftfull pleafaunce,

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