Ma se l’un dà più che l’altro non dona,
È ben giusta quistione;
Che l’un sormonta, e l’altro non perdona.
’Tis burdensome, however it be sweet,
The friendly boon that doth oblige the friend;
My liberty, thy courtesy to meet,
Worse than if robbed, doth with true love contend.
The soul of friendship is equality;
If friend more freely than his fellow give,
Ariseth rivalry;