You and I will Lovers die.
My vow is past, while life doth last.
Lovers' knot once tied, who can divide?
_Verbum sat amanti._
_Amo te, si amas me._
I love thee, if thou love me.
55.
_To a fair Maid, sent with a Posy of Flowers._
Beauty is like a flower, sweet Maid!
Which quickly doth decay and fade:
Then wisely now make use of time,
Since you are now even in your prime.
56.
_Two lines embroidered on the top of a Pair of Gloves._
I wish that we two were a pair
As these happy Gloves here are.
57.
_NICK, a farmer's son, sendeth to JOAN HOBSON a
yard of blue Ribbon with these lines._
I send you here of ribbon a whole yard:
And money goeth with me very hard;
For else this yard, two yards should be,
Since I do hold nothing too dear for thee.
And part therefore my love, if that thou wilt,
In this same ribbon; which is made of silk.
58.
_A Posy wrought on a Handkercher in silk Letters._
Do not too lightly of me think,
Who write in Letters 'stead of ink.
To send this token I made shift;
Esteem the giver, and not the gift!
59.
_A Posy on a Thimble._
He that sent me, loveth thee.
60.
_A Cabinet being sent to a Gentlewoman, these verses were put in
one of the drawers._
This little Cabinet will conceal
All things which you would not reveal;
Your letters and your other things,
As your jewels and your rings.
Let me know then in what part,
Or box, you will lay up my heart!
Which with it I do send; and pray
That in your heart you would it lay.
Let me such favour from you get:
Make your heart, my heart's Cabinet.
61.
_To a Maid, a young Man sendeth a silk Girdle._
This girdle haply shall be placed
To compass round your neat small waist.
I were happy if, in this place,
I might thy slender waist embrace.
62.
_A Posy of four lines, written in red letters, the four sides of a
Handkercher._
Things of most constancy still are
Resembled to solid Square;
So my triangular heart shall be
A four square figure of constancy.
63.
_Posies for Rings._
Be thou mine, as I am thine.
In weal and woe, my love I'll show.