Classic Poem

Great or proud, if shee deryde mee,
lett her goe! I will not dispaire!
ere to-morrow Ile p ro uide mee
one as great, lesse proud, more ffaire.
he that seeks loue to constraine,
shall haue but Labor ffor his paine

And yett strongly will I proue her
whome I meane to haue indeede.
if shee constant proue, Ile loue her;
& if ffalse, Ile not p ro ceede
ought from mee, tha t may constraine
my mind & reason to be twaine!

Man by reason shold be guided,
& not loue where hees disdaind;
If tha t once he be deryded,
others loue may be obtained.
hold you not one mayd soe rare;
theres none tha t liues w i thout compare.