A play of loue a newe and a mery enterlude concernyng pleasure and payne in loue, made by Iho[a]n Heywood. The players names. A man a louer not beloued. A woman beloued not louyng. A man a louer and beloued. The vyse nother louer nor beloued.

The louer not beloued . LO syr , who so that loketh here for curtesy And seth me seme as one pretendyng none But as vnthought vppon thus sodenly Approcheth the myddys amonge you euery chone And of you all seyth nought to any one . May thynke me rewde perceyuyng of what sorte ye seme to be , and of what stately porte . But I beseche you in most humble wyse To omytte dyspleasure and pardon me My maner is to muse and to deuyse So that some tyme my selfe may cary me My selfe knowyth not where , and I asure ye So hath my selfe done nowe , for our lorde wot where I am , or what ye be , I knowe not . Or whence I cam , or whyther I shall All this in maner as vnknowen to me But euyn as fortune guydeth my fote to fale So wander I , yet where so euer I be And whom or howe many so euer I se As one person to me is euery chone So euery place to me but as one And for that one persone euery place seke I which one ones founde I fynde of all the rest Not one myssyng , and in the contrary That one absent , though that there were here prest All the creatures lyuyng most and lest yet lackyng her I shulde and euer shall Be as alone syns she to me is all And alone is she without comparyson Consernyng the gyftys gyuyn by nature In fauour fayrnes and porte as of person No lyfe beryth the lyke of that creature Nor no tonge can attayne to put in vre Her to dyscryue , for howe can wordes expres That thyng the full wherof no thought can ges . And as it is thyng inestymable To make reporte of her bewty fully So is my loue to warde her vnable To be reportyd as who seyth ryghtly For my soole seruyce and loue to that lady Is gyuen vnder such haboundant fashyon That no tonge therof can make ryght relashyon . wherin I suppose this well supposed Unto you all , that syns she perceyuyng As much of my loue as can be dysclosed Euyn of very ryght in recompensyng She ought for my loue agayne to be louyng For what more ryght to graunt when loue loue requireth Then loue for loue , when loue nought els desyreth But euyn as farre wurs as otherwyse then so Stande I in case in maner desperate No tyme can tyme my sewt to ease my wo Before none to erely and all tymes els to late Thus tyme out of tyme mystymeth my rate For tyme to bryng tyme to hope of any grace That tyme tymyth no tyme in any tyme or place . wherby tyll tyme haue tyme so farre extyncte That deth may determyne my lyfe thus dedly No tyme can I reste alas I am so lyncte To greues both so greate and also many That by the same I say and wyll veryfy Of all paynes the moste incomparable payne Is to be a louer not louyd agayne . The woman belouyd not louyng entreth . Belouyd not louyng . Syr as touchyng those wordes of comparyson whiche ye haue seyd and wolde seme to veryfye If it may please you to stande therupon Hearyng and answeryng me pacyently I doubt not by the same incontynently your selfe to see by wordes that shall ensue The contrary of your wordes veryfyed for true . Louer not loued Fayre lady pleasyth it you to repayrenere And in this cause to shewe cause reasonable wherby cause of reformacyon may appere Of reason I muste and wyl be reformable Louyd not louyng well syns ye pretende to be confyrmable To reason , in auoydyng circumstaunce Brefely by reason I shall the truthe auaunce . ye be a louer no whyt louyd agayne And I am louyd of whom I loue nothyng Then standyth our question betwene these twayne Of louyng not louyd , or louyd not louyng which is the case moste paynfull in sufferyng wherto I saye that the moste payne doth moue To those belouyd of whome they can not loue Louer not louyd . Those wordes approued lo , myght make a chaunge Of myne opinion / but verely The case as ye put it I thynke more straunge Then true , for though the belouyd party Can not loue agayne , yet possybly Can I not thynke , nor I thynke neuer shall That to be louyd can be any payne at all . Belouyd not louyng . That reason perceyuyd and receyuyd for trouth From proper comparyson sholde clere confounde me Betwene payne & no payne , no such comparyson growth Then or I can on comparyson grounde me To proue my case paynefull ye haue fyrst bounde me To which syns ye dryue me by your denyall Marke what ensueth before ferther tryall . I saye I am louyd of a certayne man whom for no sewt I can fauour agayne And that haue I tolde hym syns his sewt began A thousand tymes but euery tyme in vayne For neuer seaseth his tonge to complayne And euer one tale whiche I neuer can flee For euer in maner where I am is he . Nowe if you to here one thyng euery where Contrary to your appetyte sholde be led were it but a mouse lo sholde pepe in your ere Or alway to harpe on a crust of bred Howe coulde you lyke such harpyng at your hed Louyng not louyd . Somewhat dyspleasaunt it were I not deny Louyd not louyng . Then somewhat payneful as well seyd say I Dyspleasure and payne be thynges ioyntly annexed For as it is dyspleasaunt in payne to be So it is paynefull in dyspleasure to be vext Thus by dyspleasure in payne ye confes me wherby syns ye part of my payne do see In my ferther payne I shall nowe declare That payne by whyche with your payne I compare . Smale were the quantyte of my paynfull smerte yf hys iangelynge percyd no further then myne erys But thorough myne erys dyrectly to myne harte percyth his wordys euyn lyke as many sperys By whyche I haue spent so many and suche terys That were they all red as they be all whyte The blood of my harte had be gone or thys quyte And almoste in case as though it were gone Am I except hys sewt take end shortely For it doth lyke me euyn lyke as one Shold offer me seruyce most humbly wyth an axe in hys hande , contynually Besechynge me gentylly that thys myght be sped To graunte hym my good wyll to stryke of my hed I alledge for generall thys one symylytude Auoydyng rehersale of paynes partyculer To abreueate the tyme and to exclude Surplusage of wordes in thys our mater By whyche ensaumple yf ye consydere Ryghtly my case at lest wyse ye may see My payne as paynfull as your payne can bee . And yet for shorter end put case that your payne were oft tymes more sharpe and sore in degre Then myne ys at any tyme yet wyll I proue playne My payne at lenght suffycyent to match ye whiche profe to be true your selfe shall agre yf your affeccyon in that I shall resyght May suffer your reason to vnderstande ryght you stand in plesure hauyng your loue in syght And in her absens hope of syght agayne Kepyth moste tymes possessyon of some delyght Thus haue you oft tymes some way ease of payne And I neuer no way for when I do remayne In hys presens , in dedly payne I solorne And absent , halfe ded in feare of hys retourne Syns presens nor absens absenteth my payne But alway the same to me is present And that by presens and hope of presens agayne Ther doth appere myche of your tyme spente Out of payne , me thynke this consequent That my payne may well by meane of the length Compare with your shorter payne of more strength Louer not loued . Maystres if your long payne be no stronger Then is your longe reason agaynst my shorte payne ye lacke no lycklyhod to lyue much longer Then he that wolde stryke of your hed so fayne yet lest ye wolde note me your wordes to dysdayne I am content to agree for a season To graunt and enlarge your latter reason Amytte by her presens halfe my tyme pleasaunt And all your tyme as paynefull as in case can be yet your payne to be most , reason wyl not graunt And for ensample I put case that ye Stood in colde water all a day to the kne And I halfe the same day to myd leg in the fyer wolde ye chaunge places with me for the dryer Loued not louyng . Nay that wolde I not be ye assuered Louer not loued . Forsoth and my payne aboue yours is as yll As fyre aboue water thus to be endewred Came my payne but at tymes and yours contynue styll yet shold myne many weys to whome can skyll Shewe yours , in comparysen betwene the twayne Skantly able for a shadowe to my payne Felt ye but one pang such as I fele many One pang of dyspayre , or one pang of desyre One pang of one dyspleasaunt loke of her eye One pang of one worde of her mouth as in yre Or in restraynt of her loue which I requyre One pang of all these felt ones in all your lyfe Sholde quayle your opinyon and quench all our stryfe which panges I say admytted short as ye lyst And all my tyme besyde pleasaunt as ye please yet coulde not the shortnes the sharpnes so resyst The percyng of my harte in the lest of all these Bur much it ouermatheth all your dysease For no whyt in effecte is your case dyspleasaunt But to deny a thyng which ye lyst not to graunt Or to here a sewter by dayly peticyon In humble maner as wyt can deuyse Requyre a thyng so standyng in condyshyon As no porcyon of all his enterpryse without your consent can spede in any wyse This sewt thus attempted neuer so long Doubt ye no deth tyll your payne be more strong Nowe syns in this mater betwene vs dysputed Myne admyttance of your wordes notwithstandyng I haue thus fully your part confuted what can ye say nowe I come to denyeng your pryncyple , graunted in my foresayeng which was this , by the presens of my lady I graunted you halfe my tyme spent pleasauntly Although myne affeccyon ledyth me to consent That her selde presens is my relefe onely yet as in reason appereth all my torment Bred by her presens and marke this cause why Before I sawe her I felt no malydy And syns I sawe her I neuer was fre From twayne the greatest paynes that in loue be Desyre is the fyrst vpon my fyrst syght And despayre the nexte vpon my fyrst sewt For vpon her fyrst answere hope was put to flyght And neuer came syns in place to dyspewt Howe bryngeth then her presens to me any frewt For hopeles and helpeles in flames of desyre And droppes of despayre I smolder in fyre These twayne beyng endeles syns they began And both by the presens of her wholly Begon and contynued , I wonder if ye can Speke any worde more , but yelde ymmedyately For had I no mo paynes but these , yet clerely A thousande tymes more is my grefe in these twayne Then yours in all the case by which ye complayne Loued not louyng . That is as ye say but not as I suppose Nor as the treuth is , which your selfe myght se By reasons that I coulde and wolde dysclose Sauyng that I see such parcyalyte On your parte , that we shall neuer agre Unlesse ye wyll admyt some man indyfferent Indyfferently to heare vs , and so gyue iudgement . Louer not loued . Agred , For though the knowledge of all my payne Ease my payne no whyt yet shall it declare Great cause of abashement in you to complayne In counterfet paynes with my payne to compare But here is no iudge mete , we must seke elles where Louyd not louyng . I holde me content the same to condyscende Please it you to set forth and I shall attend . Here they go both out and the louer belouyd entreth with a songe . Louer belouyd . By comen experyence who can deny Inpossibylyte for man to showe His inward entent , but by sygnes outwardly As wrytyng , speche , or countenaunce , wherby doth growe Outwarde perceyuynge inwardly to knowe Of euery secrecy in mans brest wrought Fro man vnto man the effecte of eche thought These thynges well weyd in many thynges shewe nede In our outwarde sygnes to shewe vs so that playne Accordyng to our thoughtes / wordes and sygnes procede For in outwarde sygnes where men are sene to fayne what credence in man to man may remayne Mans inwarde mynde with outward sygnes to fable May sone be more comen than commendable . Much are we louers then to be commendyd For loue his apparence dyssembleth in no wyse But as the harte felyth lyke sygnes alway pretendyd who fayne in apparence are loues mortall enmyes As in dyspayr of spede who that can myrth deuyse Or hauyng graunt of grace can shewe them as morners Such be no louers but euyn very skorners . The true louers harte that can not obteyne Is so tormentyd that all the body Is euermore so compelde to complayne That soner may the sufferer hyde the fury Of a feruent feuer , then of that malady By any power humayne he possyble may Hyde the leste payne of a thousande I dare say . And he who in louyng hath lot to suche lucke . That loue for loue of his loue be founde Shal be of power euyn as easely to plucke The mone in a momet with a fynger to grounde As of his ioy to enclose the rebounde But that the refleccion therof from his harte To his beholders shall shyne in eche parte Thus be a louer in ioy or in care All though wyll and wyt his estate wolde hyde yet shall his semblaunce as a dyale declare Howe the clocke goeth which may be well applyed In abrygement of circumstaunce for a guyed To leade you in fewe wordes by my byhauour To knowe me in grace of my ladyes fauour . For beyng a louer as I am in dede And therto dysposyd thus pleasauntly Is a playne apparence of my such spede As I in loue cowld wysh and vndoubtedly My loue is requyted so louyngly That in euery thyng that may delyght my mynde . My wyt can not wyshe it so well as I fynde which thyng at full consydred , I suppose That all the whole worlde must agree in one voyce I beyng beloued as I nowe dysclose Of one beyng chefe of all the hole choyce Must haue incomparable cause to reioyce For the hyest pleasure that man may obtayne Is to be a louer beloued agayne Nother louer nor loued entreth No louer nor loued . Nowe god you good euyn mayster woodcock Louer loued . Cometh of rudenesse or lewdenesse that mock No louer nor loued . Come wherof it shall ye come of such stock That god you good euyn mayster woodcock . Louer loued . This losell by lyke hath lost his wyt No louer nor loued . Nay nay mayster woodcock not a whyt I haue knowen you for a woodcock or this Or els lyke a woodcock I take you a mys But though for a woodcock ye deny the same yet shall your wyt wytnes you mete for that name . Louer loued . Howe so ? No louer nor loued . Thus lo. I do perceyue by your formare proces . That ye be a louer wherto ye confes your selfe beloued in as louyng wyse As by wyt and wyll ye can wyshe to deuyse Concludyng therin determinately That of all pleasures plesaunt to the body The hyest pleasure that man may obtayne Is to be a louer beloued agayne In which conclusyon before all this flock I shall proue you playne as wyse as a woodcock Louer loued . And me thynke this woodcock is tornd on thy syde Contrary to curtsy and reason to vse Thus rudely to rayle or any worde be tryed In profe of thy parte , wherby I do refuse To answere the same , thou canst not excuse Thy foly in this , but if thou wylt say ought Assay to say better for this seyng is nought No louer nor loued . well syns it is so that ye be dyscontent To be called fole or further matter be spent wyll ye gyue me leaue to call ye fole anone when your selfe perceyueth that I haue proued you one . Louer loued . ye by my soule and wyll take it in good worth No louer nor loued . Nowe by my fathers soule then wyll we euyn forth That parte rehersed of your seyng or this Of all our debate the onely cause is For where ye afore haue fastly affirmed That such as be louers agayne beloued Stande in most pleasure that to man may moue That tale to be false truthe shal truely proue Louer loued . what folke aboue those lyue more plesauntly No louer nor loued . what folke mary euyn such folke as am I Louer loued . Beyng no louer what man may ye be No louer nor loued . No louer no by god I warraunt ye I am no louer in such maner ment As doth appere in this purpose present For as touchyug women go where I shall I am at one poynt with women all . The smothest the smyrkest the smallest Thetrewest / the trymest / the tallest / The wysest / the wylyest / the wyldest / The meryest / the manerlyest / the myldest / The strangest / the strayghtest / the strongest / The lustyest / the lest / or the longest / The rashest / the ruddyest / the roundest / The sagest / the salowest / the soundest / The coyest / the curstest / the coldest / The bysyest / the bryghtest / the boldest / The thankfullest / the thynest / the thyckest / The sayntlyest / the sewrest / the syckest / Take these with all the reste and of euerychone So god be my helpe I loue neuer one . Louer loued . Then I beseche the this one thynge tell me Howe many women thynkest thou doth loue the No louer nor loued . Syr as I be saued by ought I can proue I am beloued euyn lyke as I loue Louer loued . Then as appereth by those wordes rehersed Thou art nother louer nor beloued No louer nor loued . Norther louer nor beloued that is euen true Louer loued . Syns that is true I merueyll what can ensue For profe of thy parte in that thou madest auaunt Of both our estates to proue thyne most plesaunt No louer nor loued . My parte for most plesaunt may sone be gest By my contynuall quyetyd rest Louer loued . Beyng no louer who may quyet be ? No louer nor loued . Nay beyng a louer what man is he That is quyet Louer loued . Mary I No louer nor loued . Mary ye lye Louer loued . what pacyens my frende ye are to hasty If ye wyll paciently marke what I shall say your selfe shall perceyue me in quyet alway No louer nor loued . Say what thou wyll and I therin protest To beleue no worde thou sayst most nor lest Louer loued . Than we twayne shall talke both in vayne I see Except our mater awarded may be By iudgement of some indifferent herer No louer nor loued . Mary go thou and be an inquerer And if thou canst bryng one any thyng lyckly He shal be admytted for my parte quyckly Louer loued . Nowe by the good god I graunt to agree For be thou assewred it scorneth me That thou shuldest compare in pleasure to be Lyke me , and surely I promyse the One way or other I wyll fynde redres No louer nor loued . Fynde the best and next way thy wyt can ges And except your nobs for malous do nede ye Make brefe returne a felyshyp spede ye . The louer loued goth out . No louer nor loued . My merueyll is no more then my care is small what knaue this foole shall bryng beyng not perciall And yet be he false and afolyshe knaue to So that it be not to much a do To bryng a daw to here and speke ryght I forse for no man the worth of a myte And syns my doubt is so small in good spede what shulde my studye be more then my nede Tyll tyme I perceyue this woodcock commyng My parte hereof shulde pas euyn in mummyng Sauyng for pastyme syns I consyder He beyng a louer and all his mater To depende on loue and contrary I No louer , by which all such standyng by As fauour my parte , may feare me to weyke Agaynst the louyng of this louer to speyke I shall for your confort declare suche a story As shall perfetly plant in your memory That I haue knowledge in louers laws As depe as some dosyn of those dotyng daws which tolde all ye whose fansyes styck nere me Shall knowe it causeles in this case to feare me For though as I shewe I am no louer now Nor neuer haue ben yet shall I shewe yow Now that I ones chaunced to take in hande To fayne my selfe a louer ye shall vnderstande Towarde such a swetyng as by swete sent sauour I knowe not the lyke in fashyon and fauour And to begyn At settyng in Fyrst was her skyn Whyt smoth & thyn And euery vayne So blewe sene playne Her golden heare To see her weare Her weryng gere Alas I fere To tell all to you I shall vndo you Her eye so rollyng Ech hart controllyng Her nose not long Nor stode not wrong Her fynger typs So clene she clyps Her rosy lyps Her chekes gossyps So fayre so ruddy It axeth studdy The hole to tell It dyd excell It was so made That euyn the shade At euery glade wolde hartes inuade The paps so small And rounde with all The wast not myckyll But it was tyckyll The thygh the kne As they sholde be But suche a leg A louer wolde beg To set eye on But it is gon Then syght of the fote Ryft hartes to the rote And last of all sent katheryns whele was neuer so round , as was her he le Asawt her harte and who coulde wynne it As for her he le no holde in it yet ouer that her beawty was so muche In pleasaunt qualytes her graces were such For dalyaunt pastaunce pas where she sholde No greater dyfference betwene lede and golde Then betwene the rest and her , and suche a wyt That no wyght I wene myght matche her in it If she had not wyt to set wyse men to scole Then shall my tale proue me a starke fole But in this matter to make you mete to ges ye shall vnderstand that I with this maystres Fyll late acquaynted and for loue no whyt But for my pleasure to approue my wyt Nowe I coulde loue to this trycker dyssymble who in dyssymelyng was perfyt and nymble For where or whan she lyst to gyue a mock She coulde and wolde do it beyonde the nock wherin I thought that if I trysed her I shulde therby lyke my wyt the better And if she chaunsed to tryp or tryse me It sholde to learne wyt a good lesson be Thus for my past tyme I dyd determyn To mock or be mockt of this mockyng vermyn For which her presens I dyd fyrst obtayne And that obtayned forth with fell we twayne In great acquayntaunce and made as good chere As we had ben acquaynted twenty yere And I through fayre flatteryng behauour Semed anone so depe in her fauour That though the tyme then so farre passed was That tyme requyred vs asonder to pas yet could I no pasport get of my swettynge Tyll I was full woed for the next dayes metynge For sewrauns wherof I muste as she bad Gyue her in gage best iuell I there had And after mych myrth as our wyttes coulde deuyse we parted and I the nexte morne dyd aryse In tyme not to tymely suche tyme as I coulde I alowe no loue where slepe is not alowde I was or I entred this iorney vowd Deckt very clenly but not very prowd But trym must I be , for slouenly lobers Haue ye wot well no place amonge louers But I thus deckt at all poyntes poynt deuyce At dore were this trull was I was at a tryce wherat I knocked her presens to wyn wherwith it was opened and I was let yn And at my fyrste commyng my mynyon semed Very mery , but anone she mysdemed That I was not meryly dysposed And so myght she thynke , for I disclosed No worde nor loke , but such as shewed as sadly As I in dede inwardly thought madly And so must I shewe for louers be in rate Somtymes mery but most tymes passyonate In geuyng thankes to her of ouer nyght we set vs downe an heuy couple in syght And therwithall I fet a sygh such one As made the forme shake which we both sat on wherupon she without more wordes spoken Fell in wepyng as her harte shulde haue broken And I in secret laughyng so hartely That from myne eyes cam water plenteously Anone I turned with loke sadly that she My wepyng as watery as hers myght se which done these wordes anone to me she spake Alas dere harte what wyght myght vndertake To she we one so sad as you this mornyng Beyng so mery as you last euenyng I so farre then the meryer for you And without desert thus farre the sadder now . The selfe thyng quoth I which made me then gladde The selfe same is thynge that maketh me nowe sadde The loue that I owe you is origynale Grounde of my late toy and present payne all And by this meane , loue is euermore lad Betwene two angels one good and one bad Hope and drede which two be alway at stryfe which one of them both with loue shall rewle most ryfe And hope that good angell fyrst parte of last nyght Drawe drede that bad angell out of place quyght Hope sware I sholde streyght haue your loue at ones And drede this bad angell sware bloud and bones That if I wan your loue all in one howre I sholde lose it all agayne in thre or fowre wherin this good angell hath lost the mastry And I by this bad angell won this agony And be ye sewer I stande nowe in such case That if I lacke your contynued grace In heuyn / hell / or yerth / there is not that he Saue onely god that knoweth what shall come on me I loue not in rate all the common flock I am no fayner nor I can not mock wherfore I beseche you that your rewarde May wytnesse that ye do my truthe regarde Syr as touchyng mockyng quoth she I am sewer ye be to wyse to put that here in vre For nother gyue I cause why ye so shulde do Nor nought coulde ye wynne that way wurth an old sho For who so that mocketh shall surely stur This olde prouerbe mockum moccabitur But as for you I thynke my selfe assewred That very loue hath you hyther alewred For which quoth she let hope hop vp agayne And vaynquysh dred so that it be in vayne To dred or to doubt but I in euery thyng As cause gyueth cause wyl be your owne derlyng Swete harte quoth I after stormy colde smertes warm wordes i warm louers bryng louers warm hartes And so haue your wordes warmed my harte euyn nowe That dredles and doubtles now must I loue you Anone there was I loue you and I loue you Louely we louers loue eche other I loue you and I for loue loue you My louely louyng loued brother Loue me , loue the , loue we , loue he , loue she , Depper loue apparent in no twayne can be Duyte ouer the eares in loue and felt no ground Had not swymmyng holpe in loue I had byn dround But I swam by the shore the bauntage to kepe To mock her in loue semyng to swym more depe Thus contynull we day by day Tyll tym that 〈…〉 was passed away In all the which tya●● 〈…〉 she toke That by no meane 〈…〉 ●● set one loke Upon any 〈…〉 ● But streyght way she set the ●y●●er in the eye And by that same apt●es in ielousy I thought sewer she loued me perfetly And I to shewe my selfe in lyke louyng Dyssimyled lyke chere in all herlyke lokyng By this and other lyke thynges then in hande I gaue her minckes me thought aboue a thousand wherby I thought her owne tale lyke a bur Stack to her owne back mockum moccabitur And vpon this I felt in deuysyng To brynge to ende this ydell dysgysyng wherupon sodaynly I stale away And when I had ben absent halfe a day My harte mysgaue me by god that bought me That if she myst me where I thought she sought me She 〈…〉 be 〈…〉 by loue that she ought me wherin not loue , 〈…〉 ught me That to 〈…〉 a●one I bethought me And so returned to ●●th 〈…〉 brought me To 〈…〉 and hard I knocked knock sofrequ●th ●n●●●o the fame vnlocked An 〈…〉 who was neuer From this sayd 〈…〉 out about her euer Mothes ●●●●th I 〈…〉 oth●●ydere darlyng Dede match 〈…〉 by thyne absentyng And without ●● 〈…〉 ●●re to her she shyt I standyng without 〈…〉 of my wyt In that this woman sholde dye in my faute But ●●●● I coulde ●● t●●●●●y●●ne assawte To hee 〈…〉 I gat about To see at the lest way 〈…〉 layd out And there lokyng in 〈…〉 blessed mother I saw the 〈…〉 another And 〈…〉 me to scorne As 〈…〉 as 〈…〉 beforne The which when I 〈…〉 then rememb●yd The 〈…〉 wordes that another B rendryd And also he 〈…〉 thyng ●● he●ed in this to 〈…〉 loue betokenyng My selfe to see serued thus ●●●tely To my selfe I laughed euyn hartely with my selfe consyderyng to haue had lyke spede If my selfe had ben a louer in dede . But nowe to make som matter wherby I may take my leue of my loue honestly Swete hart quoth I ye take to much vpon ye No more then becomes me knowe thou well quoth she But thou hast takyn to much vpon the In takyng that thou toke in hande to mock me wherin from begynnyng I haue sene the iet Lyke as a foole myght haue iettyd in a net Beleuyng hymselfe saue of hym selfe onely To be perceyued of no lyuyng body But well saw I thyne entent at begynnyng was to bestow a mock on me at endyng when thou laughedest dyssymulyng a wepyng hare Then I with wepyng eyes played euyn the lyke part wherwith I brought in moccum moccabitur And yet thou beyng a long snowted cur Coulde no whyt smell that all my meanyng was To gyue mock for mock as now is come to pas which now thus passed if thy wyt be handsome May defende the from mockes in tyme to come By clappyng fast to thy snowt euery day Noctum moccabitur for a nosegay whetwith shestart vp and shyt her wyndowe to which done I had no more to say nor do But thynke my selfe or any man elles a foole In mockes or wyles to set women to scoole But nowe to purpose wherfore I began All though I were made a fole by this woman Concernyng mockyng yet doth this tale approue That I am well sene in the arte of loue For I entendyng no loue but to mock yet coulde no louer of all the hole flock Ctrcumstaunce of loue dysclose more nor better Then dyd I the substaunce beyng no greater And by this tale afore ye all may see All though a louer as well loued be As loue can deuyse hym for pleasaunt spede yet two dyspleasures telousy and drede Is myxt with loue wherby loue is a drynk mete To gyue babes for wormes for it drynkth bytter swete And as for this babe our louer in whose hed By a frantyk worme his opinion is bred After one draught of this medsyn mynystryd In to his brayne by my brayne apoyntyd Reason shall so temper his opinion That he shall see it not worth an onyon And if he haue any other thyng to ley I haue to conuynse hym euery way And syns my parte nowe doth thus well appere Be ye my parteners now all of good chere But sylence euery man vpon a payne For mayster woodcock is nowe come agayne . The louer loued entreth Louer loued . The olde seyng seyth he that seketh shall fynde which after long sekyng true haue I founde But for suche a fyndyng my selfe to bynde To such a sekyng as I was now bounde I wolde rather seke to lesse twenty punde Howe be it I haue sought so farre to my payne That at the last I haue founde and brought twayne ¶ The louer not loued , and loued not louyng entreth . No louer nor loued . Come they a horse back Louer loued . Nay they come a fote which thou myght see here , but for this great myst No louer nor loued . By iys and yet see I thou blynde balde cote That one of those twayne myght ryde if he lyst Louer loued . How ? No louer nor loued . Mary for he ledyth a nag on his his fyst Maystres ye are welcome , and welcome ye be Loued not louyng . Nay welcome be ye , for we were here before ye No louer nor loued . ye haue ben here before me before now And nowe I am here before you And nowe I am here behynde ye And no we ye be here behynde me And nowe we be here euyn both to gether And nowe be we welcome euyn both hyther Syns nowe ye fynde me here with curtsy I may Byd you welcome hyther as I may say But settyng this asyde , let vs set a broche The mater wherfore ye hyther approche wherin I haue hope that ye both wyll be Good vnto me , and especyally ye For I haue a mynde that euery good face Hath euer some pyte of a pore mans case Beyng as myne is a mater so ryght That a fole may iudge it ryght at fyrst syght Louer not loued . Syr ye may well doubt howe my wyt wyll serue But my wyll from ryght shall neuer swarue Loued not louyng . Nor myne , and as ye sew for helpe to me Lyke sewt haue I to sewe for helpe to ye For as much nede haue I of helpe as yow No louer nor loued . I thynke well that dere hart but tell me how Loued not louyng . The case is this , ye twayn seme in pleasure And we twayn in payne which payne doth procure By comparyson betwene hym and me As great a conflyct which of vs twayn be In greatest payne , as is betwene ye twayne whiche of you twayne in most pleasure doth remayne wherin we somewhat haue here debated And both to tell trueth so gredyly grated Vpon affeccion eche to our owne syde That in conclusion we must nedes prouyde Some such as wolde and coulde be indyfferent And we both to stande vnto that iudgement wherupon for lacke of a iudge in this place we sought many places and yet in this case No man coulde we mete that medyll wyll or can Tyll tyme that we met with this gentylman whome in lyke errand for lyke lacke of ayd was dryuen to desyre our iudgement he sayd Louer loued Forsoth it is so I promysyng playne They twayn betwen vs twayn geuyng iudgement playne we twayn betwen them twayn shuld iudge ryght agayne No louer nor loued . That promysse to performe I not dysdayne For touchyng ryght as I am a ryghteous man I wyll gyue you as muche ryght as I can Loued not louyng . Nothyng but ryght desyre I you among I wyllyngly wyll nother gyue nor take wronge No louer nor loued . Nay in my conscyens I thynke by this boke your conscyens wyll take nothyng that cometh a croke For as in conscyens what euer ye do ye nothyng do but as ye wolde be done to O hope of good ende , o Mary mother Maystres one of vs may nowe helpe a nother But syr I pray you some mater declare wherby I may knowe in what grefe ye arre Louer not loued . I am a louer not loued which playne Is dayly not dolefull but my dedly payne No louer nor loued . A louer not loued haue ye knyt that knot Louer not loued . ye forsoth No louer nor loued . Forsoth ye be the more sot Nowe maystres I hartely besech ye Tell me what maner case your case may be Loued not louyng . I am beloued not louyng wherby I am not in payne but in tormentry No louer nor loued . Is this your tormentour god turne hym to good Loued not louyng . Nay there is another man one me as wood As this man on a nother woman is No louer nor loued . ye thynke them both mad and so do I by iys So mot I thryue but who that lyst to marke shall perceyue here a praty peyce of warke Let vs fall somewhat in these partes to skannyng Louyng not loued , loued not louyng Loued and louyng , not louyng nor loued wyll ye see these foure partes well ioyned Louyng not loued , and loued not louyng Those partes can ioyne in no maner rekenyng Louyng and loued , loued nor louer These partes in ioynyng in lykewyse dyffer But in that ye loue ye twayne ioyned be And beyng not loued ye ioyne with me And beyng no louer with me ioyneth she And beyng beloued with her ioyne ye Had I a ioyner with me ioyned ioyntly we ioyners shulde ioyne ioynt to ioynt quyckly For fyrst I wolde parte these partes in fleses And ones departed these parted peses Parte and parte with parte I wolde so partlyke parte That eche parte shulde parte with quyet harte Louer not loued . Syr syns it passeth your power that part to play Let passe , and let vs partly nowe assay To brynge some parte of that purpose to ende For which all partyes yet in vayne attende Loued not louyng . I do desyre the same and that we twayne May fyrst be harde that I may knowe my payne Louer loued . I graunt for my parte by fayth of my body why where the deuyll is this horeson nody No louer nor loued . I neuer syt in iustyce but euer more I vse to be shryuen a lyttell before And nowe syns that my confessyon is done I wyll depart and come take penaunce sone when conscyens prycketh conscyens must be sercht by god In dyschargyng of conscyens or els gods forbod which maketh me mete when conscyens must come in place To be a iudge in euery comen case But who may lyke me his auaunsement auaunt Nowe am I a iudge and neuer was seriaunt which ye regarde not much by ought that I see By any reuerence that ye do to me Nay yet I prayse women when great men go by They crowch to the grounde loke here how they ly They shall haue a beck by saynt Antony But alas good maystres I crye you mercy That you are vnanswered but ye may see Though two tales at ones by two eares hard may be yet can not one mouth two tales at ones answer which maketh you tary but in your mater Syns ye by hast in hauyng ferdest home wolde fyrst be sped of that for which ye come I graunt as he graunted your wyll to fulfyll you twayne to be harde fyrst , begyn when you wyl Louer not loued . As these twayne vs tweyn nowe graunt fyrst to breke Syns twayn to be harde , at ones can not speke I now desyre your graunt , that I may open Fyrst tale which nowe is at poynt to be spoken which I craue no whyt my parte to auaunce But with the pyth to auoyde circumstaunce Loued not louyng . Speke what and whan so euer it please you Tyll reason wyll me , I wyll not dysease you Louer not loued . Syrs other here is a very weyke brayne Or she hath if any a very weyke payne For I put case that my loue I her gaue And that for my loue , her loue I dyd craue For which though I dayly sew day by day what losse or payne to her if she say nay No louer nor loued . yes by saynt Mary so the case may stande That some woman had leuer take in hande To ryde on your errand on hundreth myle Then to say nay one Pater noster whyle Louer not loued . If ye on her parte any payne defyne which is the more paynefull her payne or myne No louer nor loued . your payne is most if she say nay and take it But if that she say nay and forsake it Then is her payne a great way the greater Loued not louyng . Syr ye alledge this nay in this mater As though my denyal my sewter to loue where all or the most payne that to me doth moue wherin the treuth is a contrary playne For though to ofte spekyng one thyng be a payne yet is that one worde the full of my hopyng To bryng his hopyng to dyspayre at endyng Thus is this nay which ye take my most grefe Though it be paynefull yet my most relefe But my most payne is all an other thyng which though ye forget or hyde by dyssymylyng I partely shewed you , but all I coulde nor can But maysters to you with payne of this man That payne that I compare is partely this I am loued of one whome the treuth is I can not loue , and so it is with me That from hym in maner I neuer can flee And euery one worde in sewt of his parte Nyps through myne eares and rons through my harte His gastfull loke so pale that vnneth I Dare for myne eares cast towarde hym an eye And whan I do that eye my thought presentyth Streyght to my hart and thus my payne augmentyth One tale so ofte alas and so importune His exclamacions somtyme on fortune Some tyme on hymselfe some tyme vpon me And for that thyng that if my deth sholde be Brought streyght in place except I were content To graunt the same , yet coulde I not assent And he seyng this yet seasyth not to craue what deth coulde be worse then this lyfe that I haue Louer not loued . This tale to purpose purporteth no more But syght and hearyng complaynt of his sore Is onely the grefe that ye do susteyne Alas tender hart syns ye dye in payne This batayle to perceyue by syght and hearyng Howe coulde you lyue to knowe our payne by felyng Marke well this question and answere as ye can A man that is hanged or that mans hangman which man of those twayne suffereth most payne Loued not louyng . He that is hanged No louer nor loued . By the masse it is so playne Louer not loued . well sayd for me , for I am the sufferer And ye the hangman vnderstande as it were These cases vary in no maner a thyng Sauyng this serues in this mannes hangyng Comenly is done agaynst the hangmans wyll And ye of delyghtfull wyll , your louer kyll Loued not louyng . Of delyghtfull wyll , nay that is not so As ye shall perfetly perceyue or we go But of those at whose hangyng haue hangmen by Howe many haue ye knowen hang wyllyngly No louer nor loued . Nay neuer one in his lyfe by r lady Loued not louyng . In this lo your case from our case doth vary For ye that loue where loue wyll take no place your owne wyll is your owne leder a playne case And not onely vncompelled without alewre But fore agaynst her wyll your sewt ye endewre Nowe syns your wyll to loue dyd you procure And with that wyll , ye put that loue in vse And nowe that wyll , by wyt seth loue such payne As wytty wyll wolde wyll loue to refrayne And ye by wyll that loue in eche condicion To extynct , may be your owne phesicion Except ye be a foole or wolde make me one what seyng cowd set a good ground to syt on To make any man thynke your payne thus strong Makyng your owne salue your owne sore thus long Louer not louyd . Maystres much parte of this proces purposed Is matter of truth truely dysclosed My wyll without her wyll brought me in loue which wyll without her wyll doth make me houe Vpon her grace to see what grace wyll proue But where ye say my wyll may me remoue As wel from her loue , as wyll brought me to it That is false my wyll can not wyll to do it My wyl as farre therin out weyth my power As a sow of led out weyth a saforne flowre Loued not louyng . your wyl out weyth your power then where is your wyt I merueyll that euer ye wyll speke it Louer loued . Nay merueyll ye maystres therat no whyt For as farre as this poynt may stretch in verdyt I am clerely of this mans opinion No louer nor loued . And I contrary with this mynion Louer loued . Then be we come to a demurrer in lawe No louer nor loued . Then be ye come from a woodcock to a daw And by god it is no small connyng brother For me to turne one wylde foole to a nother Louer not loued . Nay maysters I hartely pray you both Banyshe contencyon tyll ye see howe this goth I wyll repet and answere her tale forth with The pyth for your part wherof pretendyth A profe for your payne to be more then myne In that my wyll not onely dyd me enclyne To the same , but in the same by the same wyll I wyllyngly wyll to contynue styll And as wyll brought me and kepeth in this bey when I wyll ye say , wyll wyll bryng me awey Concludyng therby that if my payne were As great as yours that I sholde suerly bere As great and good wyll to flee my loue thus ment As do ye your sewters presens to absent Loued not louyng . This tale sheweth my tale perseyued euery dell Louer not loued . Then for entre to answere it as well Answere this put case ye as depely nowe , Dyd loue your louer as he doth loue yow Shulde not that louyng suppose ye redres That payne whiche lack of louyng doth posses Loued not louyng . yes Louer not loued . Syns loue gyuyn to hyme gyueth your selfe ease , than Except ye loue payne , why loue ye not this man Loued not louyng . Loue hym nay as I sayd must I streyght chose To loue hym or els my hed here to lose I knowe well I coulde not my lyfe to saue with louyng wyll graunt hym my loue to haue Louer not loued . I thynke ye speke truely for wyll wyll not be Forced in loue wherfore the same to ye Syns this is to you such dyffyculte why not a thyng as dyffycult to me To wyll the let of loue where wyll my loue hath set As you to wyll to set loue where wyll is your let Loued not louyng . well sayd and put case it as harde nowe be For you to wyll to leue her , as for me To loue hym , yet haue ye aboue me a meane To learne you at length to wyll to leue loue cleane which meane many thousandes of louers hath brought From ryght feruent louyng to loue ryght nought which long and oft approued meane is absens wherto when ye wyll ye may haue lycens whiche I craue and wyshe and can not obtayne For he wyll neuer my presens refrayne Louer not loued . This is a medsyn lyke as ye wolde wyll me For thyng to kewre me the thyng that wolde kyll me For presens of her , though I selde whan may haue Is foole the medsyn that my lyfe doth saue Her absens can I with as yll wyll wyll As I can wyll to lette to loue her styll Thus is this wyll brought in insydently No ayde in your purpose worth tayle of a fly And as concernyng our pryncypall mater All that ye lay may be layd euyn a water I wonder that shame suffereth you to compare with my payne , syns ye are dryuen to declare That all your payne is but syght and hearyng Of hym that as I do dyeth in payne felyng O payne vpon payne what paynes I sustayne No crafte of the deuyll can expresse all my payne In this body no lym / ioynt / senow / nor veyne / But martreth eche other , and this brayne Chefe enmy of all by the inuentyng Myne vnsauery sewte to her dyscontentyng My speakyng , my hearyng , my lokyng , my thynkyng In syttyng , in standyng , in wakyng , or wynkyng , what euer I do , or where euer I go My brayne and myshap in all these do me wo As for my senses eche one of all fyue wondreth as it can to fele it selfe a lyue And than hath loue goten all in one bed Hym selfe and his seruauntes to lodge in this hed Vayne hope , dyspayre , drede , and audacite , Hast , wast , lust without lykyng or lyberte Dilygence , humilyte , trust , and ielousy , Desyre , pacyent sufferaunce , and constansy , These with other in this hed lyke swarmes of bees Styng in debatyng theyr contraryetees The venym wherof from this hed dystylleth Downe to this brest and this hart it kylleth All tymes in all places of this body By this dystemperaunce thus dystempored am I Sheueryng in colde and yet in hete I dye Drowned in moysture parched perchment drye No louer nor loued . Colde hote moste drye all in all places at ones Mary syr this is an agew for the nones But or we gyue iudgement I must serch to vew whether this euydens be false or trew Nay stande styll your part shall proue neuer the wars Fo by saynt sauour here is a whot ars Let me fele your nose , nay fere not man be bolde well though this ars be warme and this nose colde yet these twayne by attorney brought in one place Are as he seyth colde and whot both in lyke case O what payne drought is see how his dry lyps Smake for more moyster of his warme moyst hyps Breath out . these eyes are dull but this nose is quycker Here is most moyster , your breath smelleth of lycker Loued not louyng . well syns ye haue opened in this tale tellyng The full of your payne for spede to endyng I shall in fewe wordes such one question dysclose As if your answere gyue cause to suppose The hole of the same to be answered at full we nede no iudgement for yelde my selfe I wuil Put case this man loued a woman such one who were in his lykyng the thyng alone And that his loue to her were not so myckyll But her fancy towarde hym were as lyttyll And that she hyd her selfe so day and nyght That selde tyme whan he myght come in her syght And then put case that one to you loue dyd bere A woman that other so vgly were That eche kys of her mouth called you to gybbes fest Or that your fancy abhorred her so at lest That her presens were as swete to suppose As one shulde present No louer nor loued . A torde to his nose Loued not louyng . ye in good fayth , wherto the case is this That her spytfull presens absent neuer is Of these two cases if chaunce shulde dryue you To chose one , which wolde ye chuse tell trouth now what ye study No louer nor loued . Tary ye be to gredy Men be not lyke women alway redy Louer not loued . In good soth to tell treuth of these cases twayne which case is the wurst is to me vncertayne Loued not louyng . Fyrst case of these twayne I put for your parte And by the last case apereth myne owne smarte If they proced with this fyrst case of ours Then is our mater vndoubtedly yours And if iudgement passe with this last case in fyne Then is the mater asewredly myne Syns by these cases our partes so do seme That which is most paynefull your selfe can not deme . If ye nowe wyll all circumstaunce eschew Make this question in these cases our yssew And the payne of these men to abreuyate Set all our other mater as frustrate Louer not loued . Agreed Loued not louyng . Then further to abredge your payne Syns this our yssew apereth thus playne As folke not doubtyng your consciens nor connyng we shall in the same let passe all resonyng yeldyng to your iudgement the hole of my parte Louer not loued . And I lykewyse myne with wyll and good harte No louer nor loued So lo make you low curtsy to me now And streyght I wyll make as lowe curtsy to you Nay stande ye nere the vpper ende I pray ye For the neyther ende is good ynough for me your cases which enclude your grefe eche whyt Shall dwell in this hed Louer loued . And in myne but yet Or that we herein our iudgement publysh I shall desyre you that we twayne may fynysh As farre in our mater towarde iudgement As ye haue done in yours to the entent That we our partes brought together thyther May come to iudgement fro thens to gythes No louer nor loued By r lady syr and I desyre the same Loued not louyng . I wolde ye began Louer not loued . Begyn then in goddes name Louer loued . Shall I begyn No louer nor loued . Syns I loke but for wynnyng Gyue me the ende and take you the begynnyng Louer loued . who shall wynne the ende , the ende at ende shall try For my parte wherof nowe thus begyn I I am as I sayd a beloued louer And he no louer nor beloued nother In which two cases he maketh his auaunt Of both our partes to proue his most pleasaunt But be ye assuered by ought I yet se In his estate no maner pleasure can be No louer nor loued . yes two maner pleasures ye must nedes confes Fyrst I haue the pleasure of quyetnes And the secounde is I am contented Louer loued . That seconde pleasure now secondly inuented To compare with pleasure by contentashyon Is a very seconde ymagynashyon No louer nor loued . Then shewe your wyt for profe of this in hande Louer loued . Pleasure without contentacyon can not be But contentacyon without pleasure we se In thynges innumerable euery day Of all which marke these which I shall nowe ley Put case that I for pleasure of some frende Or some thyng which I longed to se at ende wolde be content to ryde thre score myle this nyght And neuer wolde bayte nor neuer alyght I myght be ryght well content to do this And yet in this doyng no pleasure there is Moreouer ye by pacyent sufferaunce May be contented with any myschaunce The losse of your chylde frende or any thyng That in this worlde to you can be longyng wherin ye contented neuer so well yet is your contentacyon pleasure no dell No louer nor loued . These two exsamples by ought that I se Be no thyng the thynges that any thynge touch me with deth of my chylde my beyng contented Or payne with my frende wyllyngly assented Is not contentacyon voluntary For that contentacyon cometh forceably But my contentacion standeth in such thyng As I wolde fyrst wyshe if it went by wyshyng Louer loued . Syr be ye contented euen as ye tell yet your contentacyon can nother excell Nor be compared egall to myne estate For touchyng contentacyon I am in rate As hyely contented to loue as ye se As ye to forbere loue can wyshe to be Had I no more to say in this argument But that I am as well as you content yet hath my parte nowe good approbacyon To match with yours euen by contentacyon But contentacion is not all the thyng That I for my loue haue in recompencyng Aboue contentacyon pleasures felyng Haue I so many , that no wyght lyuyng Can by any wyt or tonge the same reporte O the pleasaunt pleasures in our resorte After my beyng from her any whyther what pleasures haue we in commyng to gyther Eche tap on the grounde towarde me with her fote Doth bathe in delyght my very harte rote Euery twynke of her aluryng eye Reuyueth my spirites euen thorowoutly Eche worde of her mouth not a preparatyue But the ryght medicyne of preseruatyue we be so ioconde and ioyfully ioyned Her loue for my loue so currantly coyned That all pleasures yerthly the treuth to declare Are pleasures not able with ours to compare This mouth in maner receyueth no food Loue is the fedyng that doth this body good And this hed dyspyseth all these eyes wynkyng Longer then loue doth kepe this harte thynkyng To dreame on my swete harte , loue is my feader Loue is my lorde , and loue is my leader Of all myne affayres in thought , worde , and dede , Loue is the Christs crosse that must be my spede No louer nor loued . By this I perceyue wel ye make rekenyng That loue is a goodly and a good thyng Louer loued . Loue good what yll in loue canst thou make apere No louer nor loued . yes I shal proue this loue at this tyme ment here In this mans case as yll as is the deuyll And in your case I shall proue loue more euyll what tormentry coulde all the deuylles in hell Deuyse to his payne that he doth not tell what payne bryngeth that body those deuyls in that hed which myny sters alway by loue are led He frysyth in fyre he drowneth in drought Eche parte of his body loue hath brought abought where eche to helpe other shulde be dylygent They marter eche other the man to torment without stynt of rage his paynes be so sore That no fende may torment man in hell more And as in your case to proue that loue is wurs than the deuyll my meanyng is this Loue dystempereth hym by torment in payne And loue dystempereth you as farre in ioy playne your owne confession declareth that ye Eate , drynke , or slepe euyn as lyttell as he And he that lacketh any one of those three Be it by ioy or by payne clere ye see Deth must be sequell howe euer it be And thus are ye both brought by loues induccyon By payne or by ioy to lyke poynt of dystruccyon which poynt aproueth loue in this case past Beyonde the deuyll in turmentry to haue a cast For I trowe ye fynde not that the deuyll can fynde To turment man in hell by any pleasaunt mynde wherby as I sayd I say of loue styll Of the deayll and loue , loue is the more yll And at begynnyng I may say to yow If god had sene as much as I say now Loue had ben Lucyfer and doubt ye no whyt But experyens nowe hath taught god such wyt That if ought come at Lucyfer other then good To whyp soules on the brech loue shal be the blood And sewer he is one that can not lyue long For aged folke ye wot well can not be strong And an other thyng his phisicyou doth ges That he is infecte with the blak iawndes Louer loued . No ferther then ye be enfecte with folye For in all these wordes no worde can I espye Such as for your parte any profe auoucheth No louer nor loued . For profe of my parte , no but it toucheth The dysprofe of yours for where you alledged your parte aboue myne to be compared By pleasures in which your dyspleasures are such That ye eate , drynke , nor slepe , or at most not much In lacke wherof my tale proueth playnly Eche parte of your pleasure a turmentry wherby your good loue I haue proued so euyll That loue is apparauntly wors then the deuyll And as touchyng my parte there can aryse No maner dyspleasures nor tormentryes In that I loue not , nor am not loued I moue no dyspleasures nor none to me moued But all dyspleasures of loue fro me absent By absens wherof I quyetly content Louer loued . Syr where ye sayd and thynke ye haue sayd wel That my ioy , by loue shall bryng deth in sequell In that by the same in maner I dysdayne Fode and slepe , this prouerbe answereth you playne Loke not on the meat , but loke on the man Nowe loke ye on me and say what ye can No louer nor loued Nay for a tyme loue may puffe vp a thynge But lackyng fode and slepe deth is the endyng Louer loued well syr tyll such tyme as deth approue it This part of your tale may slepe euery whyt And where ye by absent dyspleasure wolde Match with my present pleasure ye seme more bolde Then wyse , for those twayne be farre dyfferent sewer No louer nor loued . Is not absens of dyspleasure a pleasure Louer loued . yes in lyke rate as a post is pleased which as by no meane it can be dyseased By dyspleasure present so is it trew That no pleasure present in it can ensew Pleasures or dyspleasures felyng sensybly A post ye knowe well can not fele possybly And as a post in this case I take you Concernynge the effecte of pleasure in hande now For any felyng ye in pleasure indure More then ye say ye fele in dyspleasure No louer nor loued . Syr though the effecte of your pleasure present Be more pleasaunt then dyspleasure absent yet howe compare ye with myne absent payne By present dyspleasures in which ye remayne Louer loued . My present dyspleasures I knowe none such No louer nor loued . Knowe ye no payne by loue lytell nor much Louer loued . No. No louer nor loued . Then shall I shewe such a thyng in this purs As shortly shall shewe herein your parte the wurs Nowe I pray god the deuyll in hell blynde me By the masse I haue lefte my boke behynde me I beseche our lorde I neuer go hens If I wolde not rather haue spent forty pens But syns it is thus I must go fetch it I wyll not tary , a syr the deuyll stretch it Louer loued . Farewell dawcock No louer nor loued . Farewell woodcock Louer loued . He is gone Loued not louyng . Gone ye but he wyll come agayne anone Louer loued . Nay this nyght he wyll no more dyssease you Gyue iudgement hardely euen whan it please you which done syth he is gone my selfe streyght shall Ryghtously betwene you gyue iudgement fynall But lorde what a face this fole hath set here Tyll shame defaced his foly so clere That shame hath shamfully in syght of you all with shame dryuen hym hens to his shamefull fall wherin all though I nought gayne by wynnyng That ought may augment my pleasure in louyng yet shall I wyn therby a pleasure to see That ye all shall see the mater pas with me what though the profyte may lyghtly be lodyn It greueth a man to be ouertrodyn Nay whan I saw that his wynnyng must growe By payne pretendyng in my parte to shewe Then wyst I well the nody must cum To do as he dyd or stande and play mum No man / no woman / no chylde in this place But I durst for iudgement trust in this case All doubt of my payne by his profe by any meane His ronnyng away hath nowe scrapt out cleane werfore gyue iudgement and I shall returne In place hereby where my dere hart doth soiurne And after salutacion betwene vs had Such as is mete to make louers hartes glade I shall to reioyce her in mery tydynges Declare the hole rable of this fooles lesynges Here the vyse cometh in ronnyng sodenly aboute the place among the audyens with a hye copyn tank on his hed full of squybs fyred cryeng water water / fyre fyre / fyre / water / water / fyre / tyll the fyre in the squybs be spent . Louer loued . water and fyre No louer nor loued . Nay water for fyre I meane Louer loued . well thanked be god it is out nowe cleane Howe cam it there No louer nor loued . Syr as I was goyng To fet my boke for which was my departyng There chaunced in my way a house hereby To fyre which is burned pyteously But meruelously the people do mone For a woman they say a goodly one A feloner whome in this house burned is And showyng of the people for helpe in this Made me ●●●●● thyther to haue done some good And at a wyndowe therof as I stood I thrust in my hed and euyn at a flush Fyre flasht in my face and so toke my bush Louer loued . what house ? No louer nor loued . A house paynted with red oker The owner wherof they say is a broker Louer loued . Then brek hart alas why lyue I this day My dere harte is dystroyd lyfe and welth away No louer nor loued . what man syt downe and be of good chere Gods body mayster woodcock is gone clere O mayster woodcock fayr mot be fall ye Of ryght mayster woodcock I must nowe call ye Maystres stande you here afore and rubbe hym And I wyll stande here behynde and dubbe hym Nay the chylde is a stepe ye nede not rock Mayster woodcock mayster wood wood woodcock where folke be farre within a man must knock Is not this a pang trow ye beyonde the nock Speke mayster woodcock , speke parot I pray ye My leman your lady ey wyll ye see My lady your leman one vntertakes To be safe from fyreby styppyng through a takes Louer loued . That worde I harde but yet I see her not No louer nor loued . No more do I mayster woodcock our lorde wot Louer loued . Vnto that house where I dyd see her last I wyll seke to see her and if she be past So that to apere there I can not make her Then wyll I burne after and ouertake her The louer loued goeth out . No louer nor loued . well ye may burne to gyther for all this And do well ynough for ought that is yet amys For gods sake one ronne after and bast hym It were great pyte the fyre shulde wast hym For beyng fatte your knowledge must recorde A woodcock well rost is a dyshe for a lorde And for a woodcock ye all must nowe knowe hym By mater of recorde that so doth shewe hym And breuely to bryng you all out of dowt All this haue I feyned to brynge abowt hym selfe to conuynce hym selfe euen by acte Is he hath done here in doyng this facte He taketh more thought for this one woman nowe Then coulde I for all in the worlde I make auowe which hath so shamefully defaced his parte That to returne nother hath he face nor harte which fene , whyles he and she lese tyme in kyssyng Gyue ye with me iudgement a godes blessyng Louer loued . The profe of my sayeng at my fyrst entre That wretch bryngeth now in place in that I leyde Dyssimblyng mans mynde by apparence to be Thyng meanuenyent , which thyng as I seyd Is proued nowe true , howe was I dysmeyd By his false facyng the deth of my darlyng whome I thanke god is in helth and eyleth nothyng No louer nor loued Syn I beseche you of all your dysmaying what other cause can ye ley then your louyng Louer loued . My louyng nay all the cause was your lyeng No louer nor loued . what had my lye done if ye had not loued Louer loued . what dyd my loue tyll your lye was moued No louer nor loued . By these two questions it semeth we may make your loue and my lye to parte euenly the stake Louyng and lyeng haue we brought nowe hyther Louers and lyers to ley both to gyther But put case my lye of her deth were true what excuse for your loue coulde then ensue Louer loued . If fortune god saue her dyd bryng her to it The faute were in fortune and in loue no whyt No louer nor loued . The hole faute in fortune by my sheth well yt God sende your fortune better then your wyt Louer loued . well syr at extremyte I can proue The faute in fortune as much as in loue No louer nor loued . Then fortune in lyke case with loue nowe ioyne yow As I with louyng ioyned lyeng euen now And well they may ioyne all by ought that I se For eche of all thre I take lyke vanyte But syns ye confesse that your part of such payne Cometh halfe by loue , and that it is certayne That certayne paynes to loued louers do moue In whiche the faute in nothyng saue onely loue As dred and ielousy eche of which with mo To your estate of loue is a dayly fo And I clere out of loue declaryng such show As in my case no payne to me can grow I say this consydred hath pyth suffycyent In profe of my parte to dryue you to iudgement Louer loued . Nay fyrst a fewe wordes , syr though I confes That loue bryngeth some batayle and your case paynses By meane of your contented quyetnes Yet rha●t●ail pleasures that I posses Are as farre aboue the case that ye profes As is my payne in your 〈…〉 Vnder the pleasures of contintacion Thus wade how ye wyll one way or other If ye wynne one way ye shall lefe another But if ye miende for ende to be brefe Ieine wyth me herein for indifferent prefe A tree ye knowe wel is a thinge that hath life And such a thinge as neuer feseth payne or strife But euer quiet and alway contented And as there can no way be muented To bringe a tree dyspleasure by felinge paine So no felinge pleasure in it can remayne A hors is a thinge that hath life also And he by felinge felith both welth and wo By dryuinge or drawinge al day in the mier Many paynefull iorneys hath be in hier But after al those he hath alway at night These pleasures folowing to his great delyght Fyrst fayre washt at a riuer or a weyre And straight brought to a stabel warme and fayre Dry rubbyd and chafed from hed to hele And toryd tyll he be flyke as an ele Then he is littrid in maner no●●●●● And hey as much as well in his belie Then prouender hath he otes pese benes or brede which feding infelinge as pleasaunt to his hede As to a couetous man to beholde Of his owue westminster hall full of golde After which feding he flepeth in quiet rest Dewring such time as his meat may degest Al this considred a hors or a tree If ye must those the toue which woulde ye be No louer nor loued . when the hors must to labour by our lady Leuer loued . I had leuer be a tree then a hors I. No louer nor loued . But howe when he refreth and fylleth his gorge Louer loued . Then wolde I be a hors and no tree by saint George No louer nor loued . But what if he must nedes flicke to the tone which were then best by the masse I can name none Louer Loued The first case is yours and the next is for me In case lyke a tree I may liken ye For as a tree hath lyfe within feling wherby it felith pleasing not displeasing And can not be but contented quietly Euen the like case is yours now presently And as the hors feleth paine and not the tree Lyke wyse I haue paine and no paine haue ye And as a hors aboue a tree felyth pleasure So fele I pleasure aboue you in rate sure And as the tre felith nother and the hors both Euen so pleasure and paine betwene vs twaine goeth Sins these two cases so indifferently fall That your selfe can iudge nother for perciall For indifferent ende I thinke this way best Of all our reasoning to debarre the rest And in these two cases this one question To be the issue that we shal ioyne on No louer nor loued . Be it so Louer loued . Nowe are these issues cowched so nie That both sides I trust shall take ende shortly Louer not loued . I hope and desire the same and syns we were fyrst harde , we both humbly beseche ye That we in like wise maye haue iudgement furst Louer loued . I graunt No louer nor loued . By the masse and I come best or wurst Louer loued . Though nature force man styfly to encline To his owne parte in ech particuler thing ! yet reason wolde man whan man shal determine Other mens partes by indifferent awarding Indifferent to be in al his reasoning wherfore in this parte cut out of affection So that indifferency be direction No louer nor loued . Contented with that and by ought I espy we may in this mater take ende quickly Stan we theyr cases as she did apply them That we may perceiue what is ment by them He loueth vnloued a goodly one She is loued not louinge of an vgly one Or in his eye his louer semeth goodly And in her eye her lober semeth as vgly Her most desyred angels face he can not see His most lothely hell houndes face she can not flee He loueth , she abhorreth wherby presens is His life , her deth , wherby I say euen this Be his feling paines in euery degre As great and as many as he sayth they be yet in my iudgement by these cases hath she As great and as many feling paines as he Louer loued . When mater at full is indifferently leyd As ye in this iugement haue leyd this nowe what reason the tyme by me shulde be deleyd ye haue spoken my thought wherfore to you In peysing your paines my consciens doth alowe A iust counterpasse and thus your paynes be A iudged by vs twaine one paine in degre Louer not loued . Well sins your conscyens driueth you thus to iudge I receiue this iudgement without grefe or grudge Loued not louing . And I in like rate , yelding vnto you twaine Harty thankes for this your vndeseruid paine Louer not loued . Nowe maisters may it please you to declare As touching their partes of what minde ye are Loued not louinge . With right good will sir , and sure I suppose Their partes in fewe wordes mate come to pointe well The two examples which he did disclose All errours or doubtes do clerly expell The estate of a tre his estate doth tell And of the hors his tale wel vnderstande Declareth as well his case nowe in hande For as nothing can please or displease a tre By ani pleasure or displeasue feling Nor neuer bring a tre discontent to be So like case to him not loued nor louing Loue can no way bring pleasing or displeasing Liue women , die women , sinke women , or swim , In all he content , for al is one to him And as a horse hath mani painefull ●orneis A louer best loued hath paines in like wise As here hath apered by sondry weys which sheweth his case in wurst part to rise But then as the horse feleth pleasure in sise At night in the stable aboue the tre So feleth he some pleasure as farre aboue ye In some case he feleth much more pleasure then he And in some case he feleth euen as muchelesse Betwene the more and the lesse it semeth to me That betwene their pleasures no choise is to gesse Wherfore I giue iudgement in short processe Set the tone pleasure euiu to the tother No louer nor loued . Womanly spoken maistres by the roodes mother Louer not loued . Who heareth this tale wyth in different minde And seeth of these twaine eche one so full bent To his owne parte that nother in harte can finde To chaunge pleasures with other must nedes assent That she in these wordes hath gyuen ryght iudgement In affirmance wherof I iudge and awarde Both these pleasures of yours as one in regarde Louer loued . wel syns I thinke ye both without corrupcion I shall moue no mater of interrupcion No louer nor loued . Nor I but maysters though I say nought in this May I not thinke my pleasure more than his Loued not louing . Affeccion vnbridled may make vs al thynke That eche of vs hath done other wronge But where reason taketh place it can not sinke Syns cause to be percial here is none vs amonge That one hed that wolde thinke his owne wit so strong That on his iudges he myght iudgement deuise what iudge in so iudging coulde iudge hym wyse Louer loued . well myne estate ryght wel contenteth me No louer nor loued . And I with myne as well content as ye Louer not loued . So shulde ye both likewise be contented Eche other to see content in such degree As on your partes our iugement hath awarded your neyghbour in pleasure lyke your selfe to be Gladly to wishe Christes precept doth byndeye Thus contentacion shulde alway prefer One man to ioy the pleasure of an other Louer loued . True and contencion may be in like case All though no helth yet helpe and greate relefe In both your paynes for ye hauing such grace To be contented in sufferaunce of grefe Shall by contentacion auoide much myschiefe Such as the contrary shall suerly bring you Payne to paine as paineful as your paine is nowe Thus not we foure but al the worlde beside Knowledge them selfe or other in ioy or payne Hath nede of contentacion for a gyde Hauinge ioy or payne content let vs remayne In ioy or payne of other flee we disdaine Be we content welth or woo , and eche for other Reioyse in the tone and pyte the tother Louer not loued . Syns such contencion may hardly acorde In such kynde of loue as here hath ben ment Let vs seke the loue of that louyng lorde who to suffer passion for loue was content wherby his louers that loue for loue assent Shall haue in fyne aboue contentacyon The felyng pleasure of eternall saluacyon which lorde of lordes whose ioyfull and blessed byrth Is now remembred by tyme presentyng This accustomyd tyme of honest myrth That lorde we beseche in most humble meanyng That it may please hym by mercyfull hearyng Thestate of this audyens longe to endure In myrth , helth , and welth , to graunt his pleasure AMEN .