ΒΆ A Nimphs disdaine of Loue. +Author: ‘Ignoto’, unidentified. Structure (May/Ringler): 16: 2×8 ab6a8bcd6c8d6, + burden 5: a8b6a8b6ci8
H Ey downe a downe did Dian sing, amongst her Virgins sitting: Then loue there is no vainer thing, for Maydens most vnfitting, (5) And so thinke I, with a downe downe derrie.
When women knew no woe, but liu’d them-selues to please: Mens fayning guilesfalse deceptions they did not know, the ground of their disease. (10) Vnborne was false suspectsuspicion , no thought of iealousie: From wanton toyes and fond affect, the Virgins life was free. Hey downe a downe did Dian sing, &c.
(15) At length men vsed charmes, to which what Maides gaue eare: Embracing gladly endlesse harmes, anone enthralled werequickly were enslaved . Thus women welcom’d woe, (20) disguis’d in name of loue: A iealous hell, a painted show, so shall they finde that prouetry, experience (love) .