Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

And when in mind I did consent

To follow thus my fancy's will,

And when my heart did first relent

To taste such bait myself to spill,

I would my heart had been as thine,

Or else thy heart as soft as mine.[715:A]

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O flatterer false, thou traitor born,

What mischief more might thou devise,