¶The Shepheards resolution in loue.
IF Ioue him-selfe be subiect vnto Loue.
And range the woods to finde a mortall pray.
If Neptune from the Seas him-selfe remoue,
And seeke on sands with earthly wights to play:
Then may I loue my Shepheardesse by right,
Who farre excels each other mortall wight?
If Pluto could by Loue be drawne from hell.
To yeeld him-selfe a silly virgins thrall.
If Phaebus could vouchsafe on earth to dwell,
To winne a rusticke Mayde vnto his call:
Then how much more should I adore the sight,
Of her in whom the heauens them-selues delight?