Thu. It is not Lent nor Advent;[101] if it were The Court is not so strickt but 'twill dispense With freinds, and graunt a licence.
Cla. Whole be bound With you that theres no hindrance but we may Be lawfully espoused?
Thu. Ime not so barren Of freinds but I shall find security For what will nere be question'd.
Cla. It may be soe; but one who calculated My birth did warne me to abstaine from marriage Til I was twenty.
Thu. You're no Atlanta; if you be, Ile play Hippomanes and over runn you.
Cla. You'd scarce catch me,
Though you had Venus apples to seduce
My covetous eyes. Henceforth Ide have you leave
Your love to me.
Thu. I must leave to live then. Why doe you say soe?
Cla. Cause it is [un]iust You should mispend affection on her Who is incapeable of it.
Thu. You'd faine wrest
A new expence of complement from me:
If you delight to heare your praise, Ile hire
Some mercenary [poet][102] to comend
In lofty verse your bewty.
Cla. You are merry: My humor is not specious; we must know A further distance.