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 feele the fire that burneth thy minde with ſuch vnquiet thoughts. Likewiſe, ſaith he, beware thou doe not twiſe peruſe the ſecret flattering letters of thy ſuppoſed friendly ioy: for if thou doe not refuſe the often view thereof, it will much encreaſe thy griefe, dolour and annoy: vſe no talke of her whom thou loueſt, nor once name her: for that will encreaſe thy care; by thinking in thy minde, that thou beholdeſt her face: but ſome are perſwaded that no rules of reaſon can aſſwage this griefe; for loue is lawleſſe, and obeyes no law, no nor yet no counſell can perſwade, nor take effect, or ſubdue the affection of his bewitched ſpirits. Furthermore, Ouid perſwades other reaſons to expell the heate of loue, for where loue is ſetled, the louers are many times hindred of their purpoſe: ſometimes for want of friends conſent, or diſtance of place; then and in ſuch a caſe, his counſell is to loue two or three, for loue being ſo diuided, makes the loue of one the leſſe thought vpon: or elſe, ſaith he, ſatisfie thy luſt vpon ſome other dame, for it will alſo helpe to weare the former loue out of thy minde. Loe, thus Ouid ſhot, but yet he miſt the marke, not for want of learning, but for want of grace, for grace ſubdues and treads all vices vnder foot, although mortall meanes doth preſcribe diuers other dyets to waſte the heate of loues deſire, as long abſence from the place where thy liking liues, for the coals of comfort doth kindle and heate the heart, that with abſence would be voyde of harme; for abſence doth qualifie that fire, and coole the mindes of thoſe which many times the company of wantons doth warme: for he which doth not ſhun the place where Venus in her glory ſits, hath no care of himſelfe, but ſuffers her to ſurprize his wits. The