life of john picus earl of mirandola - The Center for Thomas More ...
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66 <strong>Thomas</strong> <strong>More</strong>’s Life <strong>of</strong> John Picus<br />
And glad to die, so that he may be sure<br />
By his departing hence <strong>for</strong> to procure,<br />
After this valley dark, the heavenly light,<br />
And <strong>of</strong> his love the glorious blessed sight.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fifth Property.<br />
Not only a lover content is in his heart<br />
But coveteth eke and longeth to sustain<br />
Some labour, incommodity,° or smart,°<br />
Loss, adversity, trouble, grief, or pain:<br />
And <strong>of</strong> his sorrow joyful is and fain,°<br />
And happy thinketh himself that he may take<br />
Some misadventure <strong>for</strong> his lover’s sake.<br />
Thus shouldest thou, that lovest God also,<br />
In thine heart wish, covet and be glad<br />
For Him to suffer trouble, pain and woe:<br />
For Whom if thou be never so woe bestead,°<br />
Yet thou ne shalt° sustain (be not adread)°<br />
Half the dolour,° grief and adversity<br />
That He already suffered hath <strong>for</strong> thee.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sixth Property.<br />
<strong>The</strong> perfect lover longeth <strong>for</strong> to be<br />
In presence <strong>of</strong> his love both night and day,<br />
And if it haply so befall that he<br />
May not as he would, he will yet as he may<br />
Ever be with his love, that is to say,<br />
Where his heavy body nil° be brought<br />
He will be conversant° in mind and thought.<br />
Lo in like manner the lover <strong>of</strong> God should,<br />
At the least in such wise as he may,<br />
10 incommodity disadvantage, inconvenience / smart pain (typically physical) / 12 fain glad<br />
/ 19 woe bestead surrounded or beset by sorrow (OED s.v. bested, bestead pa. pple. 4) / 20 thou<br />
ne shalt you will not / adread frightened / 21 dolour physical suffering / 31 nil will not /<br />
32 conversant present<br />
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