The true Lovers Summons:
Sent in a Letter to his dearest Sweeting,
Desiring from her a happy greeting:
This couple by their honest civill carriage,
Were quickly joyn'd together in Marriage.
To a pleasant new tune: OR, Lady be not coy.
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SWeet heart be not coy,
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for in faith I love thee
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Thou art my only joy,
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now I come to prove thee,
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Though my abscence long,
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may procure suspition,
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Yet I will not wrong
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thee in no condition,
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For I am only he,
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that loves none but thee,
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Wherefore let not me,
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be of hopes frustrated,
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But grant Love to me.
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for which long I have waited.
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Speake thou comely Maid,
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to a man distressed,
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Helpe a love-sick blade,
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that is sore oppressed,
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Give to me my doome,
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for in love I languish,
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Either smile or frowne,
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to my joy or anguish
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Which if thou refraine
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nothing else but paine,
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In me shall remaine,
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then farwell all pleasure,
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Nothing else I gaine,
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but sorrow beyond all measur
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Such a comely face
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modest grave and witty
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Cannot in this case
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be so void of pitty
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Then grant unto me
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what I do desire
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For my heart by thee
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is only set on fire,
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Be not to me unkind,
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in me thou shalt find
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Such a constant mind,
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as doth scorne to waver
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Only I am inclind
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to obtaine thy favour.
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Cupids feathered Dart
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I right well espie it
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Wounded hath my heart
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I cannot deny it
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Although I be,
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in a sad condition
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Thinke not to go free
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by swearing of ambition
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Lest that you do fall
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into Cupids thrall
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As we are subject all
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by the laws of nature
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Both to great and small
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to poore and Princely creatur
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Wise King Solomon
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was taken in that manner
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And great Samson strong
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marcht under that banner
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Venus glittering faire
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and that beauteous Helen
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Farre beyond compare
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yet they all seemd willing
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Thus we plainly see
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all to love agree
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Wheresoever they be
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from Capricorn to Cancer
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Sweet blame not me
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but let me have an answer
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YOu do say you Love,
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but it is no matter,
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Often times it proves
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young-men use to flatter,
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And many a harmlesse Maid,
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by your false delusion,
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Oft times is betray'd
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and brought to confusion:
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Therefore Maids beware,
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take a speciall care,
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Lest you catch the snare?
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for the Serpent lowers,
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Often times not far
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from the fairest Flowers,
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Priam's onely Heire,
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Dido's griefe augmented;
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Promising full faire
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what he nere intended:
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All's not Gold that's bright,
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all's not true that's spoken,
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Many wrongs seemes right,
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a faire Nut may prove rotten
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The fire that burneth fast,
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instantly doth wast,
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And the hotest blast,
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of the eagrest Wooer,
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Long time cannot last,
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in all it's heat and power.
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The fairest Flowers that be,
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have the faintest savor?
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More men match we see,
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for Gold then good behaviour
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You shall hear of few
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that will say what is shee,
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You shall have enough
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that will say what hath shee.
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This wealth is bewitching
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& mens minds outstretching
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Still their fingers itching
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to be joynd in Marriage
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More for gold and riches
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then for comely carriage
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Cupid I do scorne
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and his false enticement
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Ere I match I've sworn
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to take good advisement
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But methinks I speak
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on a slender fashion
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Women are to weak
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to resist that passion
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Should I then refraine
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such a golden Chaine,
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Which wou'd make on traine,
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almost through this nation,
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I must needs confesse,
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here's an alteration.
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The furthest of my thoughts
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you alone have battered,
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If you prove not kind,
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all my hopes are scattered,
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Oh my heart doth yeeld
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through your strong affection
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You have won the field
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and brought me to subjection,
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Constant sure I am
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sweet forever then
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And thee love I can
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as I am a Woman
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You are the only man,
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here I pray the Summon.
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