Sonnet. Set by Mr. William Lawes

I.
When I by thy faire shape did sweare,
And mingled with each vowe a teare,
     I lov'd, I lov'd thee best,
     I swore as I profest.
For all the while you lasted warme and pure,
     My oathes too did endure.
But once turn'd faithlesse to thy selfe and old,
They then with thee incessantly<23.1> grew cold.

                    II.
I swore my selfe thy sacrifice
By th' ebon bowes<23.2> that guard thine eyes,
     Which now are alter'd white,
     And by the glorious light
Of both those stars, which of<23.3> their spheres bereft,
     Only the gellie's left.
Then changed thus, no more I'm bound to you,
Then swearing to a saint that proves untrue.

<23.1> i.e. at once, immediately.

<23.2> Her eyebrows.

<23.3> Original reads OF WHICH.