Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

13 2 Fancies and Fantasticks.If meteors and each falling starre,Of heavenly matter framed are,Earth hath my Mistresse, but sure thineAll heavenly is, though not divine.To his Mistresse,I love, because it comes to me by kind ;And much, because it much delights my mind :And thee because thou art within my heart :And thee alone, because of thy desert.I love, and much, and thee, and thee alone,By kind, mind, heart, desert, and every one.Her answer.Thou lovest not, because thou art unkind,Nor much, cause it delighteth not thy mind :Nor me, because I am not in thy heart :Nor me alone, because I want desert :Thou lov'st nor much, nor me, nor me alone,/By kind, mind, heart, desert, nor any one.Clownish Courtship.Excellent Mistresse, brighter than the moon,Then scoured Pewter, or the Silver-spoon,Fairer then Phabus, or the morning starre ;Dainty faire Mistresse, by my troth you areAs far excelling Dian and her nymphs,As lobsters crawfish, and as crawfish shrimps :Thine eyes like Diamonds, do shine most clearly,As I'm an honest Man, I love thee dearly.