| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet VIII. Then to Parthenophe, with all post haste | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | THEN to PARTHENOPHE, with all post haste | |
| (As full assurèd of the pawn fore-pledged), | |
| I made; and, with these words disordered placed, | |
| Smooth (though with fury’s sharp outrages edged). | |
| Quoth I, “Fair Mistress! did I set mine Heart | 5 |
| At liberty, and for that, made him free; | |
| That you should arm him for another start, | |
| Whose certain bail you promisèd to be!” | |
| “Tush!” quoth PARTHENOPHE, “before he go, | |
| I’ll be his bail at last, and doubt it not!” | 10 |
| “Why then,” said I, “that Mortgage must I show | |
| Of your true love, which at your hands I got | |
| Ay me! She was, and is his bail, I wot: | |
| But when the Mortgage should have cured the sore | |
| She passed it off, by Deed of Gift before. | 15 | | | |
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