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It is not long, since griefe and sorrow, My louing heart began to binde, and to deuoure.
It is not long, since companie (20) I did esteeme a ioy indeede still to frequent: Nor long, since solitarilie I liu’d, and that this life did breede my sole content.
(25) Desirous I (wretched) to see, But thinking not to see so much as then I saw: Loue made me know in what degree, His valour and braue force did touch (30) me with his law.