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- # II. 43—66
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This is a section of text, labeled "II. 43—66", extracted from a larger text file. The section was extracted on January 30, 2026, by the "structure-extraction-lambda" process. It contains lines 1490-1524 of the source file and includes a title and several stanzas of poetry. The text is part of a chapter titled "VENVS AND ADONIS."
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This section is extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA), which is part of the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. The section is preceded by section "11. 19—42" ([arke:01KG6S5HRFK4QQ6X8D2HC7GSM4]) and followed by section "II. 67—90" ([arke:01KG6S5HRDP7255ADJ0RDY18YR]). The section is contained within the chapter "VENVS AND ADONIS." ([arke:01KG6S4EKY2NN9C1PGK59TDRWY]).
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The section contains several stanzas of poetry. The text describes a scene between Venus and Adonis, focusing on Adonis's resistance to Venus's advances. The verses use imagery of birds, nets, and overflowing rivers to depict the situation. The poetry explores themes of shame, anger, and desire, with Venus's persistence and Adonis's reluctance at the center of the narrative.
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# VENVS AND ADONIS.
Looke how a bird lyes tangled in a net,
So faftned in her armes Adonis lyes,
Pure fhame and aw'd refiftance made him fret,
VVhich bred more beautie in his angrie eyes:
Raine added to a riuer that is ranke,
Perforce will force it ouerflow the banke.
Still fhe intreats, and prettily intreats,
For to a prettie eare fhe tunes her tale.
Still is he fullein, still he lowres and frets,
Twixt crinfon fhame, and anger afhie pale,
Being red fhe loues him beft, and being white,
Her beft is betterd with a more delight.
Looke how he can, fhe cannot chufé but loue,
And by her faire immortall hand fhe fweares,
From his foft bofome neuer to remoue,
Till he take truce with her contending teares,
VVhich lög haue raind, making her cheeks al wet,
And one fweet kiffe fhal pay this comptleffe debt.
Vpon this promife did he raife his chin,
Like a diuedapper peering through a waue,
VVho being lookt on, ducks as quickly in:
So offers he to giue what fhe did craue,
But when her lips were readie for his pay,
He winks, and turnes his lips another way.
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- II. 43—66