The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
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Val. That's on some shallow Storie of deepe loue,
How yong Leander crost the Hellespont Pro. That's a deepe Storie, of a deeper loue, For he was more then ouer-shooes in loue Val. 'Tis true; for you are ouer-bootes in loue, And yet you neuer swom the Hellespont Pro. Ouer the Bootes? nay giue me not the Boots Val. No, I will not; for it boots thee not Pro. What? Val. To be in loue; where scorne is bought with grones: Coy looks, with hart-sore sighes: one fading moments mirth, With twenty watchfull, weary, tedious nights; If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine; If lost, why then a grieuous labour won; How euer: but a folly bought with wit, Or else a wit, by folly vanquished Pro. So, by your circumstance, you call me foole Val. So, by your circumstance, I feare you'll proue Pro. 'Tis Loue you cauill at, I am not Loue Val. Loue is your master, for he masters you; |
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