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xen which have drawn the plough before: And rough jades' mouths with stubborn bits are torn, But managed horses' heads are lightly borne.[136] Unwilling lovers, love doth more torment, Than such as in their bondage feel content. Lo! I confess, I am thy captive I, And hold my conquered hands for thee to tie. 20 What need'st thou war? I sue to thee for grace: With arms to conquer armless men is base. Yoke Venus' Doves, put myrtle on thy hair, Vulcan will give thee chariots rich and fair: The people thee applauding, thou shalt stand, Guiding the harmless pigeons with thy hand. Young men and women shalt thou lead as thrall, So will thy triumph seem magnifical; I, lately caught, will have a new-made wound, And captive-like be manacled and bound: 30 Good meaning, Shame, and such as seek Love's wrack Shall follow thee, their hands tied at their back. Thee all shall fear, and worship as a king Ioe triumphing shall thy people sing. Smooth speeches, Fear and Rage shall by thee ride, Which troops have always been on Cupid's side; Thou with these soldiers conquer'st gods and men, Take these away, where is thine honour then? Thy mother shall from heaven applaud this show, And on their faces heaps of roses strow, 40 With beauty of thy wings, thy fair hair gilded,[137] Ride golden Love in chariots richly builded! Unless I err, full many shalt thou burn, And give wounds infinite at every turn. In spite of thee, forth will thine arrows fly, A scorching flame burns all the standers by. So, having conquered Inde, was Bacchus' hue; Thee pompous birds and him two tigers drew; Then seeing I grace thy show in following thee, Forbear to hurt thyself in spoiling me. 50 Behold thy kinsman[138] Caesar's prosperous bands, Who guards the[139] conquered with his conquering hands. FOOTNOTES: [134] Then. [135] So the Isham copy and ed. A. Other eds. "struggling." [136] "_Frena minus sentit_ quisquis ad arma facit."--Marlowe's line strongly supports the view that "bear hard" in _Julius Caesar_ means "curb, keep a tight rein over" (hence "eye with suspicion"). Cf. Christopher Clifford's _School of Horsemanship_ (1585):--"But the most part of horses takes it [a 'wil of his owne'] through the
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