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THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER
THOMALIN
Ah God shield, man, that I should clime,
and learne to looke alofte, 10
This reede is ryfe, that oftentime
great clymbers fall vnsoft
AEgloga septima.
In humble dales is footing fast,
ARGVMENT
the trode is not so tickle
And though one fall through heedlesse hast,'
THis AEglogue is made in the honour and yet is his misse not mickle
l commendation of good shepeheardes, and And now the Sonne hath reared vp
to the shame and disprayse of proude and ambt his fynefooted teme,
tious Pastours Such as Morrell ts here imagined Making his way betweene the Cuppe,
to bee
and golden Diademe 20
THOMALIN MORRELL The rampant Lyon hunts he fist,
IS not thilke same a goteheard prowdt, with Dogge of noysome breath,
that sittes on yonder bancke,
Whose balefull barking bringes in hast
Whose straying heard them selfe doth shrowde pyne, plagues, and dreery death
emong the bushes rancke ?
Agaynst his cruell scortching heate
where hast thou couerture ?
MORRELL
The wastefull hylls vnto his threate
What ho, thou lollye shepheards swayne,
is a playne ouerture
come vp the hyll to me
But if thee lust, to holden chat
Better is, then the lowly playne,
with scely shepherds swayne,
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als for thy flocke, and thee
Come downe, and learne the little what,
that Thomalin can sayne
MORRHL
Syker, thous but a laesie loord,
and rekts much of thy swinck,
That with fond termes, and weetlesse words
to blere myne eyes doest thinke