"Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other"

Tottel, Richard . "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other"
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Wrapt in my carelesse cloke

A carelesse man, scorning and describing, the suttle vsage of women towarde their louers.

1.26.1: Wrapt in my carelesse cloke, as I walke to and fro:
1.26.2: I se, how loue ca&osb;n&csb; shew, what force there reigneth in his bow
1.26.3: And how he shoteth eke, a hardy hart to wound:
1.26.4: And where he glanceth by agayne, that litle hurt is found.
1.26.5: For seldom is it sene, he woundeth hartes alike.
1.26.6: The tone may rage, when tothers loue is often farre to seke.
1.26.7: All this I se, with more: and wonder thinketh me:
1.26.8: Howe he can strike the one so sore, and leaue the other fre.
1.26.9: I se, that wounded wight, that suffreth all this wrong:
1.26.10: How he is fed with yeas, and nayes, and liueth all to long.
1.26.11: In silence though I kepe such secretes to my self:
1.26.12: Yet do I se, how she somtime doth yeld a loke by stelth:
1.26.13: As though it seemd, ywys I will not lose the so.
1.26.14: When in her hart so swete a thought did neuer truely go.
1.26.15: Then say I thus: alas, that man is farre from blisse:
1.26.16: That doth receiue for his relief none other gayn, but this.
1.26.17: And she, that fedes him so, I fele, and finde it plain:
1.26.18: Is but to glory in her power, that ouer such can reign.
1.26.19: Nor are such graces spent, but when she thinkes, that he,
1.26.20: A weried man is fully bent such fansies to let flie:
1.26.21: Then to.
Note: to retain him stil she wrasteth new her grace,
1.26.22: And smileth lo, as though she would forthwith the man embrace.
1.26.23: But when the proofe is made to try such lokes withall:
1.26.24: He findeth then the place all voyde, and fraighted full of gall.
1.26.25: Lorde what abuse is this? who can such women praise?
1.26.26: That for their glory do deuise to vse such crafty wayes.
1.26.27: I, that among the rest do sit, and mark the row,
1.26.28: Fynde, that in her is greater craft, then is in twenty mo.
1.26.29: Whose tender yeres, alas, with wyles so well are spedde:
1.26.30: What will she do, when hory heares are powdred in her hedde?

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