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  But ah, my wounds are full of sprightperhaps used in the sense of Cupid’s spirit , and cannot be recuredcured again : The boy that kist his Mothers paine, Gan smile, and kist her whole againe, and made her hope assured.  She suckt the wound, and swag’dassuaged, lessened the pain of  the sting, And little Loue ycurdecured  did sing, then let no Louer sorrow: To day though greefe attainthit, assault  his hart, Let him with courage bide the smartwait out the pain ,  amends will come to morrow. 

FINIS. Thom. Lodge.

¶ Menaphons Roundelay. +Printed in Robert Greene, Menaphon (1589), sig. D1v-2, from the point where ‘Samela could scarce keepe her from smiling, yet she couered her conceipt with a sorrowful countenance, which Menaphon espying, to make her merrie, and rather for his own aduantage, seeing Lamedon was a sleepe, tooke her by the hand and sate downe, and pulling foorth his pipe, began after some melodie to carroll out this roundelay’. An expansion of the proverb, ‘The Eagle does not catch flies’, cf. Erasmus, Adages , 761E: ‘Aquila non captat muscas’, Tilley, Proverbs , E1. Author: Robert Greene. Structure (May/Ringler): 30: 3×10 a10bb4a10c4d8c4dee10

W Hen tender Ewes brought home with euenings Sun, Wendmake their way, return  to their Folds, And to their holds The Sheepheards trudge when light of day is done:  Vpon a tree, The Eagle  Ioues  faire bird +The eagle was Jove’s personal messenger and companion.  did pearch, There resteth hee. A little Flie his harbour then did search, And did presume, (though others laugh’d thereat)  To pearch whereaswhere  the Princely Eagle sat. 

The Eagle frownd, and shooke his royall wings, and charg’d the Flie From thence to hiego . Afraide, in hast the little creature flingsflies off quickly ,  Yet seekes againe, Fearefull to pearkeperch, perhaps also playing on ‘perk’, impudently  him by the Eagles side. With moodie vaine The speedie poast of  Ganimede  replide: Vassaile auauntbe off slave , or with my wings you die.  Is’t fit an Eagle seate him with a Flie? 