Peri.  Our great god Pan reward thee for that good
Thou hast given thy poor Shepherd:  fairest Bud
Of Maiden Vertues, when I leave to be
The true Admirer of thy Chastitie,
Let me deserve the hot polluted Name
Of the wild Woodman, or affect:  some Dame,
Whose often Prostitution hath begot
More foul Diseases, than ever yet the hot
Sun bred through his burnings, whilst the Dog
Pursues the raging Lion, throwing Fog,
And deadly Vapour from his angry Breath,
Filling the lower World with Plague and Death. [Ex. Am.

Enter Amaryllis.

Ama.  Shepherd, may I desire to be believ’d, What I shall blushing tell?

Peri.  Fair Maid, you may.

Am.  Then softly thus, I love thee, Perigot,
And would be gladder to be lov’d again,
Than the cold Earth is in his frozen arms
To clip the wanton Spring:  nay do not start,
Nor wonder that I woo thee, thou that art
The prime of our young Grooms, even the top
Of all our lusty Shepherds! what dull eye
That never was acquainted with desire,
Hath seen thee wrastle, run, or cast the Stone
With nimble strength and fair delivery,
And hath not sparkled fire, and speedily
Sent secret heat to all the neighbouring Veins? 
Who ever heard thee sing, that brought again
That freedom back, was lent unto thy Voice;
Then do not blame me (Shepherd) if I be
One to be numbred in this Companie,
Since none that ever saw thee yet, were free.

Peri.  Fair Shepherdess, much pity I can lend
To your Complaints:  but sure I shall not love: 
All that is mine, my self, and my best hopes
Are given already; do not love him then
That cannot love again:  on other men
Bestow those heats more free, that may return
You fire for fire, and in one flame equal burn.

Ama.  Shall I rewarded be so slenderly
For my affection, most unkind of men! 
If I were old, or had agreed with Art
To give another Nature to my Cheeks,
Or were I common Mistress to the love
Of every Swain, or could I with such ease
Call back my Love, as many a Wanton doth;
Thou might’st refuse me, Shepherd; but to thee
I am only fixt and set, let it not be
A Sport, thou gentle Shepherd to abuse
The love of silly Maid.

Peri.  Fair Soul, ye use
These words to little end:  for know, I may
Better call back that time was Yesterday,
Or stay the coming Night, than bring my Love
Home to my self again, or recreant prove. 
I will no longer hold you with delays,
This present night I have appointed been
To meet that chaste Fair (that enjoys my Soul)
In yonder Grove, there to make up our Loves. 
Be not deceiv’d no longer, chuse again,
These neighbouring Plains have many a comely Swain,
Fresher, and freer far than I e’r was,
Bestow that love on them, and let me pass. 
Farewel, be happy in a better Choice. [Exit.