Ofthefilke mrmes 
How oftcn,as his loue on PelifrihiXi 
Stoopt do wnc to gather herbs for wounds and fores. 
Strew ’d he before her Tutfan, Balme,and Dill, 
Long Piantainc,Hyfopc»Sage,and Comfrey naoarcs! 
Offringbcfidcs,theartand pcrfc& skill. 
Of healing bloudy wounds and fcftrcdcoares: 
How oft (I fay)did he eachtday defeend. 
And boocelcfleal h is vowes and wooing* (pend? 
Hclou’d.lheloatirdjhe liked, (he difdain’d: 
H c camc,fljc turn’d, he preft, flie ranne away. 
Neither by words, nor gifts fhec could be gain’d, 
(For onely in her eies the Archer lay) 
Regarding nought but (wherein lhe was train’d) 
yVoundshowtocurc,and{martings to allay: 
As for the wound of Loue,fhe felt it none. 
And therefore lidc htcdcdSaturrtJ mone. 
Thus thus perplext thechicfcand graueft God, 
(Or rather God fuppofd of highcft placed 
Touchtnow, nay throughly fcourg'd with Cupids 
Sent from the eyes but of a mortal face, (rodde, 
Flewc downe forthwith w here Venus made abode. 
And proft rate lying ar her fccte for grace: 
Promifd the ricneft clothing for her Art, 
That now lie did, or could defirc in hart. 
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