<p>Hee that shall say he Loves, and was againe<lb/> So well-belov'd, that neither Hee nor Shee<lb/> Suspects each other, neither needs to gaine<lb/> New proofes, that they in all Desires agree;<lb/> And, yet, shall coole againe in their Affection,<lb/> (And leave to Love) or live till they are Lovers<lb/> The second-time; It some grosse Imperfection<lb/> In One (if not in Both) of them discovers.<lb/> It was not Love which did between them grow;<lb/> But, rather, somewhat like unto the same;<lb/> Which (having made a faire deceiving Show)<lb/> Obtain'd, a while, that honorable Name.<lb/> For, False-Affections will together play<lb/> So lovingly; and, oft, so act those Parts<lb/> Which reall seeme; that, for a time, they may<lb/> Appeare the Children of Vnfeigned-Hearts:<lb/> Yea, Many-times, true Turtles are deceiv'd<lb/> By counterfeited Passions, till their Love<lb/> Of her true Object findes her selfe bereav'd;<lb/> And, after it, is forced to remove:<lb/> But, where True Love begetteth, and enjoyes<lb/> The proper Object, which shee doth desire,<lb/> Nor Time, nor Injury the same destroyes;<lb/> But, it continues a Perpetuall Fire.<lb/> Like am'rous Thisbe to her Pyramus,<lb/> On all occasions, it continues true:<lb/> Nor Night, nor Danger, makes it timorous;<lb/> But, through all Perills, it will him pursue.<lb/> Thus, both in Life, in Death, in all estates,<lb/> True-Lovers will be true-Associates.<lb/> </p>

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Upon the discovery of the body of Pyramus, dying at the foot of a fountain, Thisbe throws herself on his sword

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<p>PERSEQUAR EXSTINCTVM.</p>

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<p>True-Lovers Lives, in one Heart lye,<lb/> Both Live, or both together Dye.</p>

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