At last in laughter Phillis saide:
"Brave souldier," sayd she, "O my Paris,
In fight, or where so ere he tarries,
The souldiers lyfe lyfes glory carries,
Onely worth Venus household quarries."[9]
While she hir warr-friende did prefer,
Flora lookt coye and laught at her;
And did this adverse speech aver:
"Thou shouldst have said, I love a begger.
"But what doth he my hart embraces?