*TDESIRE *Ff50 *L1 Desire alas my master & my foo / so sore alterd thi sellff how mayst y!u se ? some¶tyme J sowght / y!t dryvys me to & fro *L+0

:C/ : :Cme to & fro some¶tyme thow ledst / y!t ledyth-e th-e¡thee¢ & me . *L+0 :Cthow : :C/ : :Cth-e & me . what reson is to rewle thy subiect-e-s so ? *L+0 :Cis to rewle thy subiect-e-s so by forcyd law & mutabilite for where by th-e¡thee¢ J dowtyd to have blame evyn now by hate agayne J dowt th-e same . -f-i-n-i-s *TVEN TH *L1 Venemus thornes that ar so sharp & kene sometyme ber flowers fayre & fresh-e of hue poyson offtyme is put in medecene and cawsith-e helth-e in man for to renue ffyre y!t purgith-e allthing y!t is vnclene may hele / & hurt . and if thes bene true J trust somtyme my harme may be my helth-e syns¡since¢ evry wo is Joynid w!t some welth -f-i-n-i-s *TIN D B *Ff54v *L1 Jn dowtfull brest / whilst moderly pitie / w!t furyous famyn / stondyth at debat-e / *L+0 :Cw!t : sayth-e thebrew¡the¶hebrew¢ moder / o child vnhappye retorne thi blowd / where thow hadst milk of late . yeld me those l'yms / y!t J made vnto th-e¡thee¢ . and entre there where y!u wert generat-e . for of on¡one¢ body agaynst all nature / to a noth-er must J mak-e sepulture . *L+0 :Cto a noth-er : :Cmust mak-e sepulture . -f-i-n-i-s *TCARTAG *L1 Off cartage he that worthie warier could ou-e-rcome / but cowld not vse his chaunce and J like¶wise off all my long indeu-e-r the sherpe co-nquest tho fortune did avaunce cowld not it vse / the hold y!t is gyvin ou-e-r J vnpossest / so hangith-e in balaunce off warr my pees / reward of all my payne At Mountzon thus J restles rest in spayne *L+0 :CAt Mountzon : :CJ restles rest in spayne -f-i-n-i-s *Ff66 *TFR H H *L1 from th-es hye hilles as when a spryng doth-e fall it tryllyth-e downe w!t still¡adj¢ and suttyll corse *L+0 :Cit tryllyth-e downe w!t : :Cand suttyll corse off this & that it gaders ay & shall *L+0 :Coff this & that it gaders : :C& shall *L+0 :Coff this & that : <&> *L4 tyll it have Just¡adv¢ off flowd th-e streme and forse th-en at th-e fote it ragith-e ou-e-r all so faryth-e love when h-e hath-e tan a sorse *L7 his rayne¡reign¢ is rage resistans vaylyth none *L+0 :Chis rayne is rage :

the first estew is remedy alone . *L+0 :Cthe first estew is : :Cremedy . -f-i-n-i-s *TPROVE *Ff66 *L1 prove wyth-er¡whether¢ J do chainge my dere or if y!t J do still¡adv¢ remayne lik-e as J went or ferre or nere and if ye fynd *TS FEBL *Ff67 *L1 So feble is the threde y!t doth-e th-e burden stay of my pore lyff Jn hevy plyght y!t fallyth-e in dekay *L+0 :Cof my pore lyff : :C... *L+0 :Cof my pore lyff Jn : :Cplyght y!t fallyth-e : That but it have ell-e-s where some aide or some socours *L+0 :CThat but it have : :Cell-e-s where : :Caide or socours the runyng spyndell off my fate anon shall end his cours . sins¡since¢ thunhappy¡the¶unhappy¢ howre y!t did me to depart *L+0 :Csins thunhappy howre y!t did me to depart from my swete wele one only hope hath-e staide my lyff apart . *L+0 :Cfrom my swete wele one only hope hath-e : :Cmy lyff apart . wych doth p-e-rswade such-e word-e-s vnto my sory mynd . *L+0 :Cdoth p-e-rswade :

:Cword-e-s vnto my : :Cmynd. May-ntene thy sellff o wofull spryte some better luke to fynd ffor tho y!u be depryffd from thy desyerd syght Who can the¡thee¢ tell iff thi retorne be for thy most delyght ? *L+0 :CWho can the tell iff thi retorne be for thy : :Cdelyght ? or who can tell / thy losse if y!u ons maist recover ? *L+0 :Cor who can tell / thy losse if y!u : :Cons recover ? some plesant howre thy wo may rape and y!e defend & cover . *L+0 :Csome plesant howre thy wo may : :Cand y!e defend & cover . this is the trust y!t yet hath my lyff sustaynid and now alas J se it faint and J by trust ame trainid . the tyme doth flete and J p-e-rceyve thowrs¡the¶hours¢ how y!ei bend *L+0 :Cthe tyme doth : :Cand J p-e-rceyve thowrs how y!ei : *L+0 :C...and J p-e-rceyve thowrs how y!ei : so fast / y!t J have skant the space to m-a-rke my comy-ng end . *L16 :Cso fast : :C/ J have... Westward the s'onne¡sun¢ from owt thest¡the¶east¢ skant doth shew his lyght when in the west he hyds hym straite w!t¶in the darke of nyght *L+0 :Cwhen in the west he hyds hym : :Cw!t in the darke of nyght *L19 And coms as fast where he / began his path a¶wrye *L+0 :CAnd coms : :Cwhere he / began his path a wrye from est to west from west to thest¡the¶east¢ so doth-e his Jornei ly *L+0 :Cfrom est to west : *L+0 :Cfrom est to west from west to thest so doth-e his : :Cly the lyff so short so fraile y!t mortall men lyve here so gret a whaite so hevy charge th-e body y!t we bere that when J thinke apon the distance and th-e space y!t doth so ferr devid me from my dere desird face J know not how tattayne¡to¶attain¢ the wyng-e-s y!t J require to lyfft my whaite y!t it myght¡verb¢ fle to folow my desyre y!us off y!t hope y!t doth my lyff some¶thing sustayne *L+0 :Coff y!t hope y!t doth my lyff some thing sustayne alas J fere and p-a-rtly fele full litill doth-e remayne *TS FEBL *Ff67v *L29 Eche place doth bryng me grieff / where J do not behold those lyvely Jyes wich-e off my thowght-e-s were wont the kays to hold *L+0 :Cthose lyvely Jyes : :Coff my thowght-e-s were wont the kays to hold those thowght-e-s were plesaunt swete / whilst J enioyd y!t grace my plesure past / my p-r-esent payne / wher J myght¡verb¢ well embrace . *L+0 :Cmy plesure past / my p-r-esent payne / : :CJ myght well embrace . But for¶becawse my want shold more my wo e-ncresse Jn wache in slepe both day and nyght my will¡noun¢ doth neu-e-r cesse that thing to wishe wheroff / sins¡since¢ J did lese th-e syght J neu-e-r saw the thing y!t myght¡verb¢ my faythfull hert delyght thvnesy lyff J lede doth teche me for to mete¡verb¢ *L+0 ¢> the flowd-e-s the sees / the land and hill-e-s y!t doth y!em entremete twene me and those shini-ng lyght-e-s y!t wontyd to clere my darke pang-e-s off clowdy thowght-e-s as bryght as phebus spere Jt techith-e me also / what was my plesant state *L+0 :CJt techith-e me also : :C... the more to fele by such-e record how y!t my welth-e doth bate . if such record alas / provoke thenflamid¡the¶inflamed¢ mynd wich-e sprang y!t day y!t J did leve the best of me byhynd *L+0 :Csprang y!t day y!t... if love forgett hym sellff by lenght of absence let who doth me guyd o wofull wrech-e vnto this baytid net where doth encresse my care ? much-e better were for me as dome¡dumb¢ as stone all¶thing forgott still¡adv¢ absent for to be . *L+0 :Cas dome as stone :

:Cabsent for to be . alas the Clere Crystall the bryght transpara-nt glas doth not bewray the colour hyd wich vnder¶neth it has *L+0 :Cdoth not : :Cthe colour hyd wich : :Cit... as doth thaccomberd¡the¶accombered¢ sprite thowghtfull throws discover off fiers delyght / off fervent love / y!t in o-u-r hert-e-s we cover . owt by thes Jyes it shewth y!t eu-e-r more delyght Jn plaint & teres to seke redresse / & that both-e day & nyght . *L+0 :CJn plaint & teres to seke redresse / : :Cboth-e day & nyght . *Ff68 *L55 Thes new kynd-e-s off plesurs / wherein most men reioyse / *L+0 :CThes new kynd-e-s off plesurs / wherein : :Cmen reioyse / to me thei do redowble still¡adv¢ off stormye sygh-e-s th-e voyce ffor J ame one off them / whom plaint doth-e well co-ntent it sitt-e-s me well / myn absent welth / me seems me to lame-nt and w!t my teris for to assay to charge myn Jyes tweyne lyke as myn hert above the brink is frawtid full of pay¡payn?trimmed¢ *L+0 :Cmyn hert : *L+0 :C myn hert : And forby¶cawse therto / off those fayre Jyes to trete do me provoke / J shall retorne / my plaint thus to repete / ffor there is nothing ell-e-s / y!t towch-e-s me so w!t¶in where y!ei rule all / and J alone nowght but th-e cace or skyn . Wherfore J do retorne / to them as well¡noun¢ or spryng from whom decend-e-s my mortall wo / above all other thing . So shall myn Jyes in payne accopagnie¡sc.acco-mpagnie¢ min hert y!t were the guyd-e-s y!t did it lede of love to fele th-e smert . The cryspid gold y!t doth sormount Apollos pryd the lyvely strenes off plesaunt sterres y!t vnder it doth glyd Where¶in the bemes off love doth still¡adv¢ encresse theire het-e wich-e yet so farre towch-e me so nere in cold to make me swet-e¡sweat¢ The wise¡adj¢ and plesaunt talk-e / so rare or ell-e-s alone y!t did me gyve th-e courtese gyfft y!t such-e had neu-e-r none *L+0 :Cy!t did me gyve th-e courtese gyfft y!t : :Chad neu-e-r none be ferre from me alas / and eu-e-ry other thing *L+0 :Cferre from me alas / and eu-e-ry other thing J myght¡verb¢ forbere / w!t better will¡noun¢ / y!en that y!t did me bryng w!t plesant word & chere redresse off lingerd payne *L+0 :Cw!t plesant word & chere redresse off : :Cpayne and wontyd offt in kendlid will¡noun¢ to v-e-rtu me to trayne . *L+0 :Cand wontyd offt : :Ckendlid will : :Cv-e-rtu me to trayne . thus ame J dryven to here¡hear¢ / and herken affter news my confort skant my large desire / in dowtfull trust renews *L81 *Ff68v *TS FEBL And yet w!t more delyght to mone¡moan¢ my wofull cace *L+0 :CAnd yet w!t more delyght to : :Cmy wofull cace J must co-mplaine those hand-e-s those armes y!t fermely do embrace Me from my sellff / and rule / the sterne of my pore lyff the swete disdaynes / the plesant wrath-es / & eke y!e lovely stryff . y!t wontid well to tune / in tempre Just¡adj¢ and met-e¡adj¢ *L+0 :Cy!t wontid : :Cto tune / in tempre Just and met-e the rage y!t offt did make me erre / by furour vndiscret-e all this is hid me fro / w!t sharp and craggyd hill-e-s at other will¡noun¢ / my long abode / my diepe dispaire fullfill-e-s . *L+0 :C/ my : :C/ : :Cdispaire fullfill-e-s . *L+0 :C : :C / my... But if my hope somtyme / ryse vp by some redresse it stumblith-e strait-e / for feble faint / my fere hath-e such excesse such-e is the sort off hope / the lesse for more desyre *L+0 :Csuch-e is the : :Coff hope / the lesse for more desyre wherby J fere and yet J trust to se y!t J requyre The restyng place of love / where v-e-rtu lyves and grose *L+0 :CThe restyng place of love / where v-e-rtu : where J desire my wery lyff may sometyme take repose *L+0 :Cwhere J desire my wery lyff : :Cmay¡?¢ : My song y!u shalt ataine / to fynd y!t plesant place where she doth lyve / by whome J lyve / may chaunce the have this g'rce *L+0 :Cwhere she doth lyve / by whome J lyve / : :Cg'rce when she hath red and seene the dred wherein J sterve *L98 by¶twene her brest-e-s she shall th-e¡thee¢ put y!ere shall she y!e res-e-rve Then tell her y!t J come she shall me shortly se *L+0 :CThen : :CJ come : yff y!t for whayt-e th-e body fayle my¡or=this¢ sowle shall to her fle -f-i-n-i-s *TTAGUS *Ff69 *L1 Tagus fare well y!t westward w!t thy strems torns vp th-e grayns off gold alredy tryd w!t spurr and sayle for J go seke th-e tems gaynward th-e s'onne¡sun¢ y!t shewth-e her welthi pryd and to th-e town wych-e Brutus sowght by drems *L+0 :Cand to th-e town : :CBrutus sowght by drems like bendyd mone¡moon¢ doth lend her lusty syd . My kyng my Contry alone for whome J lyve *L+0 :CMy kyng my Contry for whome : *L+0 :CMy kyng my Contry for whome : :CJ lyve of myghty love th-e wing-e-s for this me gyve -f-i-n-i-s *TJ FLE *Ff69 *L1 J fle *TO P L *L1 Off purpos love / chase¡chose¢ first for to be blynd for he w!t sight of that that J behold *L+0 :Cfor : :Cthat J behold *L+0 :Cfor he : :C that J behold vanquisht had bene against all godly kynd his bow yo-u-r hand and trusse shold have vnfold *L+0 :Chis bow and he w!t me to s-e-rve had bene assind . but for he blind and rekelesse wold him hold *L+0 :Cbut : for¶ :Crekelesse wold him hold and still¡adv¢ by chaunse his dedly strok-e-s bestow w!t such-e as see J s-e-rve and suffer wow . -f-i-n-i-s *TW RAGE *Ff69v *L1 What rage is this ? what furour of what kynd ? *L+0 :CWhat rage is this ? what furour of : :C? what powre / what plage doth-e wery thus my mynd ? *L+0 :Cwhat powre / : :Cdoth-e my mynd : :C? *L+0 :Cwhat powre / : :Cdoth-e thus my mynd ? with¶in my bons to rancle is assind *L+0 :Cwith in : :Cbons to rancle : what poyson plesant swet-e *L+0 : :Cpoyson plesant *L+0 : Lo se my-n iyes swell w!t contynuall terys *L+0 :CLo se :

:Cswell w!t contynuall terys the body still¡adv¢ away sleples it weris¡wears¢ *L+0 :Cthe body still : :Caway it weris my fode nothing / my faintyng strenght reperis *L+0 :Cmy fode : nor doth-e my l'yms sustayne . *L+0 :Cnor doth-e my l'yms : *L+0 :Cnor doth-e my l'yms : Jn diepe wid wound th-e dedly strok-e doth torne *L+0 :

*L+0 : :Cwid wound th-e dedly strok-e doth torne to curid skarre y!t neu-e-r shall retorne / *L+0 : :Ccurid skarre neu-e-r : :Cretorne : <.> Go to / tryvmph-e / reioyse thy goodly torne¡noun¢ thi frend thow dost opresse . Opresse y!u dost / and hast off hym no cure *L+0 :COpresse y!u dost / and hast off hym no : nor yett my plaint no pitie can procure *L+0 :Cnor yett my : :Cno pitie can procure *L+0 :Cnor yett my : :Cno pitie can procure fiers tygre fell / hard rok-e w!t¶owt recure cruell rebell to love ] *L+0 :Ccruell : :Cto love : <.> ons may y!u love / neu-e-r belovffd agayne *L+0 :C/ neu-e-r belovffd agayne *L+0 :Cmay y!u love / neu-e-r belovffd agayne so love y!u still¡adv¢ & not thy love obttayne . *L+0 :C <&> : *L+0 :C <&> : *L+0 <&> :C. so wrath-efull love w!t spit-e-s of Just¡adj¢ disdayne *L+0 :Cwrath-efull love : :Cdisdayne *L+0 :C wrath-efull love w!t : :Cof Just disdayne may thret thy cruell hert *L+0 :Cthy :

:C. *L+0 :Cthy : :C. -f-i-n-i-s *TFR T T *Ff70 *L1 ffrom thowght to thowght / from hill to hill love doth-e me lede clene¡adv.¢ co-ntrary from restfull lyff / thes comon path-e-s J trede . *TPPs 6 *Ff86 *L1 Love to gyve law vnto his subiect-e h-ert-e-s stode in th-e Jyes off barsabe th-e bryght and in a look-e a'none hymsellff convert-e-s cruelly plesant byfore kyng david syght first dasd his Jyes / and forder forth he stert-e-s *L+0 :Cfirst : :Chis Jyes... w!t venemd breth-e as sofftly as he myght¡verb¢ *L+0 :Cw!t : :Cbreth-e as sofftly as he myght towcht his sensis / and ou-e-r¶ronnis his bonis w!t creping fyre sparplid for th-e nonis . *L+0 :Cw!t : :Cfyre And when he saw y!t kendlid was th-e flame the moyst poyson in his hert h-e launcyd *L+0 :Cthe : :Cpoyson in his hert h-e : so y!t th-e sowle did tremble w!t th-e same . And Jn this branle as h-e stode and trauncyd *L+0 :CAnd Jn this branle as : :C... yelding vnto the figure and th-e frame y!t those fayre Jyes had in his p-r-esens glauncid th-e forme that love had p-r-entyd in his brest *L+0 :Cth-e forme : :Clove p-r-entyd in his brest h-e honorth-e it as thing off thing-e-s best . So that forgott th-e wisdome and fore cast *L+0 :CSo that forgott : *L+0 :CSo that forgott th-e wisdome : ( wych-e wo to Remes when y!t th-es kyng-e-s doth-e lakk-e ) *L+0 :C( wych-e wo : :CRemes when y!t : :Cdoth-e lakk-e ) forgettyng eke godd-e-s Maiestie as fast ye¡yea¢ and his own / forthw!t he doth-e to mak-e *L+0 *L+0 :Cye and his own / : :Che doth-e to mak-e vrye to go in to th-e feld / in hast¡haste¢ *L+0

:C/ in hast Vrye J say / y!t was his Jdoll-e-s Mak-e¡mate¢ / *L+0 :CVrye : :C/ y!t was his Jdoll-e-s Mak-e / vnder p-r-etence off certen victorye for emnys¡or=enmys?¢ sword-e-s a redy pray¡prey¢ to dye . *L+0 *Ff86v *L25 Wherby he may enJoy her owt of dowt *L+0 :CWherby he may enJoy her : whom more th-en¡than¢ god or hym sellff h-e myndyth *L+0 :Cwhom : :Chym sellff : *L+0 :Cwhom more th-en god or : :Chym sellff h-e : and after he had browght this thing abowt *L+0 :Cand : :Che... & off that lust posest hym sellff h-e fyndyth-e *L+0 :Coff : :Cposest hym sellff h-e fyndyth-e *L+0 :C& off : :Clust posest hym sellff h-e fyndyth-e y!t hath & doth-e reu-e-rse and clene¡adv.¢ torn owt *L+0 :Cy!t hath & doth-e reu-e-rse and clene : :Cowt kyng-e-s from kyndomes¡sc.kyngdomes¢ & cyt-es vndermyndyth-e *L+0 :Ckyng-e-s : he blyndyd think-e-s this trayne so blynd & closse *L+0 :Che : to blynd all¶thing y!t nowght may it discloss-e But Nathan hath-e spyd owt this trecherye *L+0 :CBut Nathan hath-e spyd owt this : w!t rufull chere & sett-e-s afore his face th-e gret offence outrage & Jniurye y!t h-e hath-e done to god as in this Case by murder for to clok-e Adulterye he shewth-e hym ek-e from hevyn th-e thret-e-s alas *L+0 :Che shewth-e hym ek-e : :Chevyn... *L+0 :Che shewth-e hym ek-e from¡or=how¢ hevyn th-e : so sternly sore this prophet-e this Nathan y!t all amasid this agid woofull Man / lyke hym y!t met-e-s w!t horrour & w!t fere the hete doth-e strayt-e forsake the l'yms¡or=ly-mnis?¢ cold *L+0 :Cthe : the colour eke drowpith-e down from his ch-ere so doth-e h-e fele his fyer maynifold / *L+0 :Cso doth-e h-e fele : :Cmaynifold / his hete his lust / and plesur all in fere¡together¢ consume and wast¡waste¢ / and strayt his crown of gold his purpull pall his sceptre h-e lett-e-s fall *L+0 :Chis : :C... and to th-e ground h-e throwth hym sellff w!t¶all *Ff87 The pompous pryd of stat-e and dygnit-e fortw!t rabat-e-s repentant humblenes thynner vyle cloth-e th-en¡than¢ clothyth pou-e-rt-e *L+0 :Cthynner vyle cloth-e th-en clothyth : *L+0 *L+0 :C : :C doth-e skantly hyde and clad his nak-ednes his fayre hore berd of reverent gravit-e *L+0 :Chis : :Cberd of reverent gravit-e w!t ruffeld here¡hair¢ . knowyng his wyknednes¡sc.wykednes¢ *L+0 :Cw!t ruffeld here . : :Chis : More lyk-e was he th-e sellff same repentance *L+0 :CMore lyk-e : :Cwas th-e sellff same repentance th-en statly prynce off wordly¡sc.worldly¢ governance . His harpe h-e taketh in hand to be his guyde *L+0 :CHis harpe h-e : :Cin : :Chand... wh-erw!t h-e offerth-e his plaint-e-s his sowle to save *L+0 :Cwh-erw!t h-e offerth-e : :Cplaint-e-s :

y!t from his h-ert distill-e-s on eu-e-ry syde w!tdrawyng hym in to a dark Cave w!t¶in th-e grownd wherin h-e myght¡verb¢ hym hyde fleing th-e lyght as in pryson or grave *L+0 :Cfleing th-e lyght in pryson or : :Cgrave Jnwych-e as sone as David enterd had th-e dark horrour did mak-e his fawte a drad *L+0 :Cth-e dark horrour : :Chis fawte... But he w!t¶owt prolonging or delay *L+0 :CBut he w!t owt prolonging : :Cdelay of¡or=rof?¢ that that myght¡verb¢ his lord his god apese *L+0 :Cthat myght his lord his god apese fallth-e on his knees . & w!t his harp J say afore his brest / frawtyd w!t disese off stormy sygh-e-s / his chere colourd lyk clay dressyd vpryght / sekyng to co-nterpese *L+0 :Cdressyd vpryght / : his song w!t sygh-e-s and towching of th-e stryng-e-s w!t tendre hert Lo thus to god h-e syng-e-s . *T Ps 6 *L1 *Ff87v O Lord sins¡since¢ in my mowght thy myghty name *L+0 :CO Lord sins : :Cmy mowght thy myghty name sufferth-e it sellff / my lord to name and call here hath-e my hert hope taken by the same *L+0 :Chere hath-e my hert :

:Cby the same that th-e repentance wych-e J have and shall may at thi hand sek-e marcy as th-e thing *L+0 :Cmay at thi hand sek-e :