Per. Sir, the year growing ancient,

Not yet on summer's death, nor on the birth

Of trembling winter, the [fairest] flowers o' the season

Are our carnations and streak'd [gillyvors],

Which some [call] nature's bastards: of that kind

Our rustic [garden's] barren; and I care not

To get slips of them.

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Pol. Wherefore, gentle maiden,

Do you neglect them?