4. Haue I vow'd and must not breake it.

14. Ayres in Tabletorie to the Lute

M I C H A E L L C A V E N D I S H

1598

4. Haue I vow' d and must not breake it.

Haue I vow' d and must not breake it ?
Fondly vow' d is wisely broken,
Do I loue and dare not speake it ?
Silence doth no loue betoken:
Thus I bind in this my breaking,
And I am in silence speaking.

Loue is bound though I seeme free,
Wrapt in deepe affections snare,
Loue I must how so ere it be,
Too late men say doth come beware.
Then vowe no more sith vowes are vaine,
Wrapt in deepe affections chayne.