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That thou might’st say: O turne thee once about,
And looke on me: and that I may deride,
And answere thee, whom now I haue forgot,
Hence (Shepherdesse) away and vexe me not.

That thou maist say for thee I die in paining,
And on my knees to thee I come a creeping,
What noueltie is this, O what disdaining?
And I may goe, and leaue thee thus a weeping,
And answere thee for paines that I did borrow,
I ioy and laugh to see thee in this sorrow.

If this thou doubt’st with solemne oth I sweare,
That while I liue, I will doe this and more:
For now no paines, nor torments I doe feare,
And suffer not, as I did once before:
And I did neuer loue so much thy name,
As from my hart I now abhor the same.

And glad I am he hath forgot thee quite,
That for thy sake was once so great a foole;
And for thy loue did suffer such despite,
And such fond lessons in blinde fancies schoole:
And it is meete that he should suffer shame,
That in these follies was so much to blame.

For cruell Loue with Fortune doth agree,
And tickle Fortune like to Cupid wauers:
Then (iolly Shepherdes) I would counsell yee
Not to gape after Loues, and Fortunes fauours:
And if ye meane a sweete life to procure,
Freedome imbrace, and captiue Loue abiure.

O that thou heard’st me now (ingrate Diane)
To vnder stand, what I doe say more cleere,
And how much more my soule doth yet retaine
In plainer termes, if thou wert present heere,
To tell thee, that I might vnto thy face
Degorge my minde vnto thy great disgrace.

But yet it is the best (to ioy my hart)
For thee to shun the presence of my sight:
For I shall loose (no doubt) no little part
Of that great ioy, that pleasure, and delight
Of my reuenge, for it would pitie mee
And greeue me too I thinke in seeing thee.

Then doe I wish, that I may neuer see

Thy greeuous presence, nor thy face againe,