III. Did not the heavenly
rhetoric1 of thine eye, 'Gainst whom the world could not hold argument. Persuade my heart to this false
perjury2?
Vows4 for thee broke deserve not punishment. A woman I forswore; but I will prove, Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee: My
vow3 was earthly, thou a heavenly love: Thy grace being gain'd cures all disgrace in me. My vow was breath, and breath a vapour is; Then, thou fair sun, that on this earth doth shine,
Exhale5 this vapour vow; in thee it is: If broken, then it is no fault of mine. If by me broke, what fool is not so wise To break an oath, to win a paradise?