Q 152

IN loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn,
But thou art twice forsworn to me love swearing,
In act thy bed-vow broke and new faith torn,
In vowing new hate after new love bearing:
But why of two oaths' breach do I accuse thee,
When I break twenty: I am perjur'd most,
For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee:
And all my honest faith in thee is lost.

For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness:
Oaths of thy love, thy truth, thy constancy,
And to enlighten thee gave eyes to blindness,
Or made them swear against the thing they see.

For I have sworn thee fair: more perjur'd eye,
To swear against the truth so foul a lie.
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