The hekatompathia or Passionate centurie of loue diuided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the authors sufferance in loue: the latter, his long farewell to loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson Gentleman; and published at the request of certaine gentlemen his very frendes.

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The hekatompathia or Passionate centurie of loue diuided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the authors sufferance in loue: the latter, his long farewell to loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson Gentleman; and published at the request of certaine gentlemen his very frendes.
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Watson, Thomas, 1557?-1592.
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London :: Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe for Gabriell Cawood, dwellinge in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Holy Ghost,
[1582]
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Authoris ad Libellum suum Protrepticon.

VAde, precor, timidus patrium mittende per orbē, Nec nugas iacta parue libelle tuas. Si quis Aristarchus mordaci laeserit ore, Culparum causas ingeniosus habe. Si rogat, vndè venis, dic tu de paupere Vena, Non ambire tuas laurea serta comas. Si{que} rogat, verbis quis adauxit metra solutis, Ex amimo nomen dic cecidisse tibi. Forsitan intrabis nostrae sacraria Diuae, Quam colit in medijs multa Diana rosis, Quae Cybele caeli nostri; quae gloria regni Vnica; quae{que} sui sola Sybilla soli; Quae vatum lima est; quae doctis doctior ipsa; Iuno opibus, Pallas moribus, ore Venus; Quae superat Reges, quantum querceta myricas; Quam recinat Famae buccina nulla satis, Illa tuos sancto si spectet lumine rithmos, O quantum gemino Sole beatus eris? Tu sed stratus humi, supplex amplectere plantas, Cuius erit vili pondere laesamanus. Híc tamen, híc moneo, nésperes tanta futura; Attica non auris murmura vana probat. Hic quo{que} seu subeas Sydnaei, siue Dyeri Scrinia, quà Musis area bina patet;

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Dic te Xeniolum non diuitis esse clientis, Confectum Dryadis arte, rudi{que} manu; Et tamen exhibitum Vero, qui magna meretur Virtute et vera nobilitate sua. Indè serenato vultu te mitis vterque Perleget, et naeuos condet vterque tuos. Dum amulus Verum comitaris in aurea tecta, Officij semper sit tibi cura tui. Tùm fortasse pijs Nymphis dabit ille legendum, Cùm de Cyprigeno verba iocosa serent. Si qua tui nimiùm Domini miseretur amantis, Sic crepita folijs, vt ge••••uisse putet. Tetrica si qua tamen blandos damnauerit ignes, Dic tu, mentito me tepuisse foco; Tum{que} refer talos, et fixum calce sigillum, Quà Venerem temnis, filiolum{que} suum. Taliter efficies, vt amet te candida turba, Forsan & Autoris palma futura tui. Viue libelle, precor, Domino faelicior ipso, Quem sine demerito sors inopina premit: Deni{que}, (si visum fuerit) dic montis in alto Pierij vacuum tempora dura pati.
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