3232Who
se
strength
subdues me more than all the world.
3333Valingford. We goe and wi
sh thee priuate conference,
3434Publicke a
ffe
cts in this accu
stomed peace.
3535Exit all but William and the Marques. 3636William. Now
Marques mu
st a Conqueror at armes
3737Di
sclo
se him
selfe thrald to vnarmed thoughts,
3838And threatned of a
shaddow, yeeld to lu
st:
3939No
sooner had my
sparkeling eyes beheld
4040The
flames of beautie bla
sing on this peece,
4141But
suddenly a
sence of myracle
4242Imagined on thy louely Mai
stres face,
4343Made mee abandon bodily regard,
4444And ca
st all plea
sures on my wounded
soule:
4545Then gentle
Marques tell me what
she is,
4646That thus thou honoure
st on thy warlike
shield:
4747And if thy loue and intere
st be
such,
4848As iu
stly may giue place to mine,
4949That if it be: my
soule with honors wings
5050May
fly into the bo
some of my deare.
5151If not, clo
se them and
stoope into my graue.
5252Marques. If this be all renowned Conquero:
5353Aduance your drooping
spirits, and reuiue
5454The wonted courage of your Conquering minde,
5555For this faire pi
cture painted on my
shield
5656Is the true counterfeit of louelie
Blanch 5757Princes and daughter to the King of
Danes: 5858Who
se beautie and exce
sse of ornaments
5959De
serues another manner of defence
6060Pompe and high per
son to attend her
state
6161Than
Marques Lubeck any way pre
sents:
6262Therefore her vertues I re
signe ro thee,
6363Alreadie
shrind in thy religious bre
st,
6464To be aduanced and honoured to the full.
6565Nor beare I this an argument of loue:
6666But to renowne faire
Blanch my Soueraignes Childe,
6767In euerie place where I by armes may doe it.
William