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A21238	The Queenes Maiesties entertainement at VVoodstock	Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. aut; Gascoigne, George, 1542?1577, attributed name. aut; Ferrers, George, 1500?-1579, attributed name. aut	1585 (1585)	STC 7596; ESTC S113259	26,813	50

You vnderstand my Lord the course I kept you see the gods haue brought this geare to end These fatal listes could not be ouer lept but needs my wil to their great might must bend For fault to you their force I must oppose I am your child of me you may dispose Occa. Small pardon needs where grace is ready found vpon some better hope you haue discharge Affection heales where folly made the wound but these things are to be discourst at large But now the meane to mend your present case is that you yeeld and gaine your fathers grace This Lady here the Fairy Queene hath laide for your defence in so forsaking me As much as may in your behalfe be sayd to whom we both are bound exceedingly One point remaines wherein if you relent to take you home to grace I am content Queen I dare my selfe for her part vndertake that on her side resistance wil be small To what request her father here shal make the cause once knowen and circumstance withall To compasse your good will is her desire wherefore demaund the thing that you require Occa. Gaudina this long time you haue giuen raine to serue your choise and feed your fancy still Wherin as you haue suffered part of payne so I became partaker of your yll Now is the time to come to reasons schoole which can alone these hot affections coole For loue to leaue the land where you were borne to tread your Fathers teares quite vnder feet To stray you wote not where as one forlorne to wander stranger like in such a heat Doth ill beseem a person of your port which being done to reason now resort You are mine only child heire to my state the wealth wherof doth rest vpon your choyce Which wil be wel if you in taking mate do vse aduise of Fathers careful voyce Mark wel hereon doth hang your Fathers loue besides the good by you my state may proue I wil considering both birth and your degree wherto at first I cast my chiefe respect To Countries good you chiefly haue an eie which calles you home and wils you to neglect The Loue of him which led you so astray and for her sake to take a better way Gaudin. A dainty choyse my Lord you offer me old rooted loue stil wedded to conceit With rufull looke appearing in mine eye and to your suit presenting stil debate Whom Countries good and nature bids obay wherby my tongue knowes not what 's best to say But good my Lord sith you which may command doe giue me leaue for my defence to plead May it please you in short to vnderstand how things haue past twixt him and me indeed Which being heard if you be not content my wil to yours shal presently be bent How worth in him did worke loue first in me in Princely state while I did liue at home Your selfe therewith displeasd did right wel see which banishing him inforced me to rome Because the baite which loue for vs had layde held vs so fast as it could not be stayde By land and Sea I wandred farre and neere not finding rest til Sibil told me plaine her hap of that I hop'd remained here where I should rest and finish al my payne Successe confirm'd her speech and here I found to whom by chained linke loue hath me bound For farther linke in marriage to proceed because therein I had not your consent I followed stil Apollos holy reed whose priest in that restrained myne intent And wild me not to marriage to giue place til he should like of whom I tooke my race Our state is thus our loue which thus did grow stands in these termes in other termes yet free I loued where I likt which reft me froe I hasted on the thing I likt to see I sought I found our loue remayneth stil so to passe forth if it be your good will Occa. If you stand free saue only that it pleasd the mighty Cupid this to cause you rome Therein I find my heart wel easd and trust to match you wel when I come home With loue more fit for you then this can be where both estate and wealth shal wel agree Gaud. Alas my Lord it is but fortunes gift to haue discent brought down from Princes traine The persons worth is vertues worthy drift which by desart the highest place should gaine Care not for birth though it be neuer so base but vertue reke which craues the highest place Occa. As t' is a chance to be a Princes child so if you thinke that vertue is restraind To one alone therin you are beguild she doth refuse of none to be obtaind And where that royall blood with vertues meet doth not such one best seem a Princely seate Such one I know in place where you were borne more fit for you then this to whom you cleaue Whefore giue your consent and thinke no scorne at Fathers suit your former loue to leaue For duty so despisde for al my payne to find you out I craue this only gaine Gaudi. But yet my Lord consider al the toile which I haue past to compasse this my loue Shal old conceit at length receiue the foyle whose force I feele not minding to remoue VVhen Loue forsaken shal reuiue agayne alas my Lord how sore wil be my payne To be constraind not once to cast a looke where I tofore did pitch my whole delight To leaue him thus for whom I all forsooke how can true loue abide such poysoned spight VVhat 's to be said in this vnequall fight where loue denies what nature claimes of right O Cupid be content with that is past thus long to thee I haue my seruice vowd Let nature now preuaile at last what she demands hold it not disalowd And shal I then forsake my former ioy nay my Gaudina death were lesse annoy Plaint hath found meane and loue hath won his right from whom but death no force shal seuer me Dame Nature be content here in thy sight my Loue I doe release and yeeld to thee Yet neither loue nor nature may possesse but only death the mother to redresse Occa. See how this heate doth burst to extreame flame see what deuise extreame desire hath founde She loues and cannot leaue yet to voyd blame she hath found out another helples grounde By death to disappoint both our desires see reasons checke when senslesse loue aspires Yet this I may not leaue that is begonne Madam of you I must craue farther ayde By whom I trust this fort shal yet be wonne you haue perceiu'd by both what hath byn said You see the ground whereon my reasons leane to work my daughters weale be you the meane Queen I see affection arm'd and loth to yeeld whom length of time and strength of loue support I see whereon perswasions right doth build which hath me thinks possest the stronger fort If loue had sight and reason could be hold or fiery flame could be subdu'de with cold But Lady geue

of great displease and tied vs thus to trie more bitter crosse By duety she is forced to relent and leaues to loue a leasure to repent Yet can I not Gaudina blame therefore her hearty loue her toyling tractes bewayles She is the lodge where vertue makes her store it was her syre that bred my doleful daies Most happy he that on her ioue can hit most haplesse I for so forgoing it And so farre went I yet as one that spied her whole estate depend vpon my graunt Though my mishap herein be not denied yet of her spide my selfe may iustly vaunt To worke her good my life I would forgoe as I haue done though to my endlesse woe Niphe and Roxane entreth Rox. Friend Niphe could we two haue euer once surmised that such euent would fall to this exceeding loue Or that blind Cupid could so quickly be suppressed which to all reason first so strongly gaue the gloue Ni. I neuer thought but that there might fal out some turn the streame did run so strong it threatned stil to stay The flame so flashing hot could not so alwaies burn but being closely kept would burst some other way Contar. What Niphe art thou here and heard'st my plaint with silent voyce couldst thou such griefe abide Which heretofore when fortune gaue the taint from sounding shril couldst not thine anguish hide Oh helpe in sound to shew my sorrowing state which seem'd to thee most happy but of late Niphe I wil good sir doe al that lieth in me to ease your care whose case doth touch me neere To finde you out by lande and eke by Sea my selfe did toyle twixt hope and trembling feare Whose shaking off in sort as now we see is sowre to you and nothing sweet to mee But sith you may with licence of my Lord returne againe from whence you were exilde Why wil you not with him therein accord me thinks refusing that you are beguilde There whom you loue you may haue still in sight which step in loue was neuer holden light Conta. Can I beholde another to embrace where I my selfe my Loue haue alwayes cast Would not my griefe bewray it selfe in place to see my Loue so cleerely from me past Good Niphe helpe this is my last request to shew my griefe good Niphe doe thy best Niphes song O silly Bird what feeles thy heauy brest which seeking foode to feed thy young withall At thy returne doest find thy empty nest and none therein to answere at thy call How can thy heart but melt away for griefe forgoing them to thee of late so liefe How could'st thou Thisby stay by trembling hand from reauing thee thy then so lothsome life When dead on ground thy Pyrramus gan stand who hop'd forthwith to haue thee to his wife The neerer hope the fuller fraught with gall when trust in hope to rest hath sodaine fall Poore Contarenus how hath Fortune fickle dame procur'd thy griefe in offring thee her hand VVhich in thy cause doth now deserue most blame when she would seem thy special friend to stand O ye that trust the whirling of her wheele beware the wrench at turning of her heele And you that looke aloft beyond degree when fayrest wind doth fill your flying sayle Hold fast for feare your footing ficklest bee when hope wil seeme to helpe you to preuayle So did she here with Contarenus play from whom she fled when she made shew of stay Conta. I thank thee Niphe for thy mournful song the tune whereof delights the doleful eares Of such as iustly may complaine the wrong whose griefe dammes vp the floud of trickling teares Farewell to both sith I must needs depart beare witnes of my woe and careful heart And tel my Lady deere that I intend henceforth to seeke if I may meet her friend Loricus whom the Hermit did commend I le bid him thinke and hope one day to find Reward for that his faithful seruice long til when we both may plaine of fortunes wrong Yet say I wil abide hers to command where so aduentures hard shal carry me Not leauing loue by Sea nor yet by land though that I loue I neuer hap to see Oh careful heart opprest with such desires as lacks the ioyes that lyking aye requires Yet this I am assur'de her Princely heart where she hath lou'd wil neuer quite forget I know in her I shal haue stil apart in honest sort I know she loues me yet These thoughts in me mainteine the hope of life which other waies by death should end the strife Exit Contar. Rox. Wel then I see our fortune must deuide we must againe to Countries land retire This knight delights in sorrowing to abide For missing her which was his whole desire My selfe haue felt such trauel on their traine as I am glad home to returne agayne The Gods send al good speed that tarry here and chiefly her which gouernes al the rest As for my selfe I wil spread farre and neere for princely prayse that she deserueth best And that God loued vs which made vs stay where vertuous Queene doth stately scepter sway Finis Imprinted at London for Thomas Cadman 1585