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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="192" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 14 -->
<HEAD>Labour in vaine. OR An imperfect de&s;cription of Love.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Imperfect I well call it may,</L>
<L>For who can all Loves parts di&s;play?</L>
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<OPENER>To a dainty new tune, called <HI>Ienkin&s;on.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>FIe vpon loue, fond loue,</L>
<L>fal&s;e loue,</L>
<L>Great are the torments</L>
<L>that Louers endure:</L>
<L>It is a &s;nare, brings care,</L>
<L>bones bare,</L>
<L>None can a remedy</L>
<L>for it procure:</L>
<L>Of all the afflictions</L>
<L>that are incident</L>
<L>To vs while we march</L>
<L>vnder Times regiment,</L>
<L>There's nothing to man</L>
<L>brings &s;o much di&s;content</L>
<L>as loue vnbeloued againe.</L>
<L>It breaketh our &s;leep,</L>
<L>it di&s;tracteth the wit,</L>
<L>It makes vs doe things</L>
<L>that for men are vnfit:</L>
<L>If I may but giue</L>
<L>It a true cen&s;ure on it,</L>
<L>&s;hall be call'd <HI>Labour in vaine.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loue is a fire, hot fire,</L>
<L>fierce fire,</L>
<L>Who can abide</L>
<L>the extremity on't!</L>
<L>It burnes the reines, great pains,</L>
<L>&s;mall gaines</L>
<L>Shall a man get</L>
<L>after beauty to hunt:</L>
<L>Tis that which the learned</L>
<L>by right doe name</L>
<L>(As I doe coniecture)</L>
<L>the Idalean flame,</L>
<L><HI>Jove</HI> grant that I neuer</L>
<L>doe f&eacute;ele the &s;ame.</L>
<L>&s;o n&eacute;er as I can Ile refrain:</L>
<L>Yet if the blind ra&s;call</L>
<L>at me &s;hall &s;hoot,</L>
<L>I know to with&s;tand him</L>
<L>it were no boot,</L>
<L>Both young men and maidens</L>
<L>with you look to't,</L>
<L>For this is right <HI>Labour in vain.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loue is a well, d&eacute;epe well,</L>
<L>&s;t&eacute;ep well,</L>
<L>No man can &s;ound</L>
<L>its profundity right:</L>
<L>The water in't, melts <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">int</L>
<L>&s;ets &s;tint</L>
<L>Both to the Pe&s;ant,</L>
<L>the Lord, and the Knight:</L>
<L>It is Aganipe,</L>
<L>or Helicon,</L>
<L>It giues him inuention</L>
<L>that er&s;t had none:</L>
<L>It y&eacute;elds enough matter</L>
<L>to worke vpon</L>
<L>For euery illiterate &s;waine:</L>
<L>Tis like to that water</L>
<L>where <HI>Tantalus</HI> &s;tood,</L>
<L>A man may be &s;taru'd</L>
<L>among plenty of food,</L>
<L>I had rather ta&s;te of</L>
<L>the coole running flood,</L>
<L>Then drink at this <HI>Labour in vain.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="193" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 14 -->
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>LOue is a hill, high hill,</L>
<L>great hill,</L>
<L>No man ere climb'd</L>
<L>to the top of the &s;ame:</L>
<L>He that a&s;pires, it tyres,</L>
<L>with bryers</L>
<L>It is inuironed</L>
<L>wilde men to tame.</L>
<L>Tis that again&s;t which</L>
<L>poore <HI>Si&s;iphus</HI> &s;trives</L>
<L>To roule up a &s;tone,</L>
<L>which downward driues,</L>
<L>This re&s;tle&s;&s;e foyle</L>
<L>co&s;ts many mens liues,</L>
<L>&amp; few by the iourney do gain:</L>
<L>The paths are &s;o difficult</L>
<L>to find out,</L>
<L>The be&s;t Co&s;mographer</L>
<L>his skill may doubt,</L>
<L>Twill daunt him if he</L>
<L>thinks him&s;elfe mo&s;t &s;tout,</L>
<L>And this is right <HI>Labour in vain.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loue is a chaine, &s;trong chaine,</L>
<L>long chaine,</L>
<L>He who is bound in it</L>
<L>&s;eldome gets free,</L>
<L>Twill hold him fa&s;t, till th'la&s;t,</L>
<L>houre's pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Though &s;trong as <HI>Hector,</HI></L>
<L>or <HI>Aiax</HI> he be,</L>
<L>Tis that wherewith lu&s;ty</L>
<L><HI>Aleides</HI> bound</L>
<L>The thr&eacute;e headed <HI>Cerberus,</HI></L>
<L>that hell-hound,</L>
<L>When he did Don <HI>Plutoes</HI></L>
<L>power confound,</L>
<L>and got <HI>Pro&s;erpina</HI> againe.</L>
<L>Tis that where with <HI>Samp&s;on,</HI></L>
<L>by'th Phili&s;tims was</L>
<L>Bound to the mill</L>
<L>where he ground like an a&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>Tis &s;tronger then iron,</L>
<L>&s;t&eacute;ele, or bra&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>And this is call'd <HI>Labour in vain.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loue is a wh&eacute;ele, round wh&eacute;ele,</L>
<L>&s;wift wh&eacute;ele,</L>
<L>Which when tis turning</L>
<L>none's able to &s;top:</L>
<L>In circle wi&s;e, it flyes,</L>
<L>and hyes</L>
<L>Swiftly to bring</L>
<L>what was lowe&s;t to'th top:</L>
<L>Tis that which vnfortunate</L>
<L><HI>Ixion</HI> turnes,</L>
<L>While at his nere ending</L>
<L>labour he mournes,</L>
<L>The axletr&eacute;e of it</L>
<L>perpetually burnes,</L>
<L>becau&s;e it no liquor can gaine:</L>
<L>In briefe, Loue is any thing</L>
<L>that's without re&s;t,</L>
<L>A pa&s;&s;ion that boileth</L>
<L>and &s;caldeth the brea&s;t,</L>
<L>Yet he who loues lou'd againe</L>
<L>(&s;o all this je&s;t)</L>
<L>Dwelsr not at the <HI>Labour in vain.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>M. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed at London for <HI>Thomas Lambert.</HI></P>
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