Esse : sed ut valeas, multa dolenda feres (T

11. Saepe bibi succos, quamvis invitus, amaros (I, 227) Aeger : et oranti mensa negata mihi est. (TI, 228)

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more bitter it is, y° more better it is in working. To heale the body we trye Phisicke, search cunninge, proue sorcery !, venture through fire and water ?, leauing nothing vnsought, that may be gotten for money, bee it neuer so much, or procured by any meanes, bee they neuer so vnlawfull. Howe much more ought wee to hazarde all thinges, for the sauegarde of minde 8, and quiet of conscience ? And certes easier will the remedy bee when the reason is espyed, doe you not know the Nature of women which is grounded onely vpon extremities?

Do they thinke any man to delyght in them, vnles he doate on them? Any to be zealous, excepte they bee gelous? Any to be feruente in case he be not furious? If he be cleanly, then terme they him proude, if meane in apparel, a slouen, if talle, a longs, if shorte, a dwarfe, if bolde, blunte, if shamefaste, a cowarde. Insomuch, as they haue neyther meane in theire frumpes, nor measure in theire follye. But at the firste the Oxe weildeth not the yoke, nor the Colte the snafïle #, nor the louer good counsell, yet time causeth the one to bende his necke, the other to open his mouth, and shoulde enforce the thirde to yeelde his ryght to reason. Laye before thine eyes the slights and deceits of thy Lady 5, hir snatching in iest, and keeping in earnest 6, hir periurie ?, hir impietie, the countenaunce she sheweth to thee of course, the loue she beareth to others of zeale 8, hir open mallice, hir dissembled mischiefe.

1. Peut-être le mot « sorcery » est-il suggéré par les vers 249-288 d'Ovide (développement sur les moyens magiques employés par les amants).