No rude word shall preach / uncivil doctrine to her nor any melting touch /
cast a delicious silence o'er her body / whilst her pleased eye retorts a
second invitation.
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (3.1_sigD), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

Here I sit like to a needle betweem two lodestones / paying a trembling reverence to both / no full allegiance unto either / oh
ye individed moieties of my soul / tear not my heart with
your attractive virtues / thus by piecemeals, divide it
gently / ye both are victors of my better part already / my
body is not worth your quarrel.
By Charastus, King of Lelybaeus, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.1_sig[Ev]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A.
B.
the hardened earth made stiff with winter's frost / views not the sun with
such a full alacrity / as I your highness.
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.1_sigE3), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A.
B.
all as false and as disloyal as thy sister.
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.1_sigE3), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

whilst the amorous girl plays with his wanton hair and in a thousand other ways invites embraces.
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.3_sig[E4]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A.
B.
[He gives him a letter]
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.1_sigE3), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A:
B
thy sister's virtue is of sufficient value to redeem a destin'd Hecatombe of unchaste women, though doom'd by Tyranny itself
By Virtusus, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.3_sig[E4v]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A:
B.
If it be a sin Chastity to love, I am most wicked, if not, I call the Gods to witness I am innocent, for no loose desire has ever yet
prophaned me.
By Constantina, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.4_sigF), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

Trust not too much unto a freind / Opportunity base mischiefs bawd to them is too obsequious Brutus could pierce great Caesars side
when pompey could not: mistrust them al Bermudo, be intimate with none
tis state policy
By Bermudo, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.5_sig[E4]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

with what affection they embrace? See how their wanton heads wearied with
kissing / hang like two drooping lillies on each others shoulders
By Charastus, King of Lelybaeus, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (4.6_sigF2), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A:
B.
A.
thy immaculate mind tells me thy soul is pure / I should suspect the heavens
be fore its whiteness / the alabaster mines helped by the suns reflection / cannot
show a piece so candid.
By Flavanda, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.1_sig[F2v]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A:
B.
can thou forgive me.
By Constantina, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.1_sigF3), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

Weep'st thou, Constantina? I'll plough the earth / and sow those precious seeds we'll
have / a crop of pearl more glorious than the oriental / Venus shall have a
necklace of these gems / Dianas virgin zone these beads shall beautify / the
other dieties shall labor in our harvest / and think one seed a pay too prodigal /
weep sweet no more I prithee weep no more / lest I be forced to sow my tares among that heavenly grain
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.1_sigF3-[F3v]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

A:
B.
Alas! one knocks Fidelio.
By Flavanda, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.1_sig[F3v]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

let me die and go to heaven / there to live hemmed in with happiness / there no felicity will be wanting but when / these tears makes me remem
ber thee.
By Constantina, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.1_sig[F3v]), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

that new star which the astronomers of late / observed in Casseiopeia was but thy harbinger / sent to prepare that room to entertain thy excellence / there thou must sit queen regent of the constella tions
Oh be my zenith ever / lend me thy influence to direct my actions.
By Fidelio, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.2_sigG), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

Tis she / the air's p er fumed the odoriferous clouds / filled with delicious spices
distills to odors / the fragrant flowers as she walks / offer their sweetest
incense and where she treads / the adoring grass bows in a pius grati
tude
By Bermudo, in Love In its Ecstasy: Or, the large Prerogative (5.3_sigG3), William Peaps
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r