[{"node":{"title":"Ferg052","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg052","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Maidens, Hunters, Humanity","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg052","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg052_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffAre by the poets and historians\nStuck full of tragedies and woes of war. \n\nILLAN.\nThose are but tales to pass away the time,\nInvented by the fancies of poor swains\nAnd rustic maidens: but the chroniclers,\nWho note the deeds done in the haunts of men,\nHave oft but wicked actions to record. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nAnd therefore thou ? \u2014 \n\nILLAN.\nWould rather if I might,\nFrequent the open country, and converse\nWith shepherds, hunters, and such innocents. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nYet wouldst thou not shun martial deeds of arms ? \n\nILLAN.\nI dare not shun them, did they challenge me,\nFor that were base, unmanly cowardice ;\nBut I would rather win the smiles I love\nBy mild humanity and gentleness. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nThou lovest, then ? \n\nILLAN.\nA peerless maid I love\nAnd, for her sake, methinks, love all the world ;\nFor all the world's perfections are in her. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nLong be thou happy in believing so ;\nHave me in kind regard as I have thee,\nAnd pry thee let thy brother take thy place.\nDark though he be, as thou art flaxen fair\nI trust I may esteem him equally.\nRide near me Buino: let me talk with thee :\nSay, wherefore, do men call thee Buino Borb ? \n","Type":"Text"}}]