Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Parthenophil and ParthenopheSonnet VIII. Then to Parthenophe, with all post haste
Barnabe Barnes (1569?1609)T
(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
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 P
I’ll be his bail at last, and doubt it not!”
“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.