COLIN CLOVTS come home againe. He fhepheards boy (beft knowen by that name) That after Tityrus firft fung his lay, Laies of fweet loue, without rebuke or blame, Sate (as his cuftome was) vpon a day, Charming his oaten pipe vnto his peres, Like hartleffe deare, difmayed with thunders found. He rested him: and fitting then around, And lou'd this fhepheard deareft in degree, Colin my liefe, my life, how great a loffe ΙΟ 20 With that they all gan throng about him neare, One day (quoth he) I fat, (as was my trade) And faid he came far from the main-fea deepe. He pip'd, I fung; and when he sung, I piped, So piped we, vntill we both were weary, There interrupting him, a bonie swaine, That Cuddy hight, him thus atweene befpake: And/fhould it not thy readie course restraine, I would requeft thee Colin, for my fake, бо 70 80 |