After I had obtainèd audience;
I thus began to give in evidence.
[The Author's Evidence against Love.]
"Most sacred Queen! and Sovereign of man's heart!
Which of the mind dost rule the better part!
First bred in heaven, and from thence, hither sent
To guide men's actions by thy regiment!
Vouchsafe a while to hear the sad complaint
Of him that Love hath long kept in restraint;
And, as to you it properly belongs,