"Ye shepheards' daughters, that dwell on the green, Hie you there apace: Let none come there but that virgins bene, To adorn her grace: And, when you come whereas she is in place, See that your rudeness do not you disgrace: Bind your fillets fast, And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. "Bring hither the pink and purple columbine, With gelliflowers; Bring coronations, and sops-in-wine, Worn of paramours: Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lillies: The pretty paunce, And the chevisance, Shall match with the fair flower delice. "Now rise up, Elisa, decked as thou art In royal array; And now ye dainty damsels may depart Each one her way. I fear I have troubled your troops too long; Let Dame Elisa thank you for her song: And, if you come hither When damsines I gather, I will part them all you among." THE. And was thilk same song of Colin's own making? Ah! foolish boy! that is with love yblent; Great pity is, he be in such taking, For naught caren that be so lewdly bent. HOB. Sicker I hold him for a greater fon, That loves the thing he cannot purchase. But let us homeward, for night draweth on, And twinkling stars the daylight hence chase. THENOT'S EMBLEME.[6] _O quam et memorem virgo!_ HOBBINOL'S EMBLEME. _O Dea certe!_ [Illustration: MAY AEGLOGA QUINTA EMBLEMES] MAY. ÆGLOGA QUINTA. ARGUMENT. In this fifth Æglogue, under the person of two shepheards, Piers and Palinode, be represented two forms of Pastors or Ministers, or the Protestant and the Catholic; whose chief talk standeth in reasoning, whether the life of the one must be like the other; with whom having shewed, that it is dangerous to maintain any fellowship, or give too much credit to their colourable and feigned good-will, he telleth him a tale of the Fox, that, by such a counterpoint of craftiness, deceived and devoured the credulous Kid. PALINODE. PIERS.