The Royal Master - Results found: 9
Tis pitty such beauty should B ōined
to to a country house /
live among hindes and thick- skind fellowes y
t make faces and
wil hope a furlong back / to find y
e t'other leg they threw away /
to shew their reverence w
th things y
t squat / when they
should make a curtesy.
By Octavio,
in The Royal Master (1.2),
James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v
tell y
e world / how envius diamonds cause they culd not /
reach to y
e lustre of y
r eyes dissolvd / to angry tears y
e roses
droop and gathering / their leaves together seem to chide their
blushes / y
t they must yeild y
r cheek y
e victory / y
e lillies
when they are censurd for ōpared / w
th y
r more cleare
and native purity / want white to doe their pennance in.
By Octavio,
in The Royal Master (1.2),
James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v