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14. Nan James

(with her barber's boy).

15. Besse Broughton.

16. Jane Selbe.

17. Beunkards.

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PANDERS COME AWAYE.

armed;

. ce & Iames, Cupid will haue you

for with his hottest fflames he hath them soundlye 2

warmed;

marke their names!

Nan: Iames is growne soe Coy, that no man

endure her;

can

yett I haue heard some say, a barbers boy did cure her of a toye.

But with the wicked sire, that yett was neuer thought

on,

44 by quenching of loues ffire, hath tane away Besse BROUGHTON

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18. Foulgam 52

(with her

holy father)

19. Dodson.

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one desire.

Its3 ill that simix rydes, Iane selbe doth oppresse her; with other more besides, vnlesse there were a dresser of their hyds.

Beunkards, how yee speed, tis shrewdly to be ffeared; yee cannott aske to reade, soe oft you haue beene

seared

ffor the deede.

ffoulgam will appeale, from Cupid, as men gather,
for in her wandring taile, hath beene her holy father;
hees her bayle.

Dodson is not ill, yeett hath shee beene a deale-her; the falt was in his skill, who knew not how to appease

her

with his quill.

1 Part of the line has been cut away

from the MS. by the binder.-F.

2 One stroke too few in the MS.-F.

3? MS. Itt.-F.

4 ? MS.: the e is oddly made; it may be Birmkards, the i not dotted.-F.

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her husband saies shee[s] nought, I thinke an honest

woman

by Lewdnesse may be brought, to be like others,

common,

being sought.

Ales Bradshaw is fforgott, the Cittye that ingrost her; 20. Ales but happy is his lott, that neuer did arrest her,

for shee is hott.

Bradshaw
(of the city).

City-wives, don't in

Cittye wiues, they say, doe occupye by Charter;
but Cupid grant they may, that ware for-ware the dulge.

barter

without pay.

Ladyes name wee none, nor yett no Ladyes women

Ladies, and
Ladies'

your honors may begone; ffor Caesars loue will women,

summon

you alone.

But because that some will not allow the order,

to morefeelds see you Come, your Maiour & your
recorder

with a drum.

I don't name you.

barlots!

Thus farwell, yee whores, yee hackneys & yee harlotts! Farewell but get you to your

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My hart shall ay disdaine, to thinke of such pore blisses;
my lipps shall eke the same, to touch with breathing

I shall have do with you,

no more to

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Thus here ends my song, made only to be merrye :

If I offend in toung, in hart I shalbe sorry

ffor the wrong. ffinis.

and I hope I don't offend.

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[A leaf is gone here in the MS., containing, among other things perhaps, the beginning of “The Spanish Lady."]

Written at the lower corner: the first words of the next page.--F.

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Now ffye on Dreames.

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Now ffye on dreames1 & ffond delights

that оссируе the minde 2!

tis worser ffor to dreame by nights

then occupye by kind!

ffor if Cupid thy hart doth stryke

with lead or golden fflight,

O then, O then, O then, in dreames

thy thoughts strange 3 things doe write!

Methought itt was my Chance to Clipp

thee Creature I loued best,

& all alonge the ffeilds to tripp,

to moue some sport or Iest,

& then & then, my [suite] I gan to pleade
vnto that ffairest mayd;

But shee, but shee, would nought beleeue,

which made me sore affrayd.

But yett by prayer & ernest suite

I moued her att the Last;

yett cold I not inioye the ffruite

that hath soe pleasing tast.

but when, but when, that motyon I bewrayd;

shee still this answer said,

"O no! O no! O no! I will dye

ere I loose my maiden-head!"

I dreanes in the MS.-F. 2 ninde in the MS.-F.

Fie on dreams!

For when you're in love

you dream strange things.

I lately thought

I was tripping along with my love,

and praying

her to grant me her favors.

3 Only half an n in the MS.-F.

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NOW FYE ON DREAMES.

Yett did shee giue me leaue to tuch
her ffoote, her legg, her knee;
a litle ffurther was not much,

they way I went was ffree.

"Offye! O ffye! your are to blame!" shee sayd,
"thus to vndoe a maid;

but yett, but yett, the time is so meete,
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Not Ioue himselfe more Iouyall was
when he bright dyana wonn;

Nor Hercules, that all men did passe,
when hee with distaffe spunn,

then I, then I, all ffeares when I had past,
& scalled the ffort att Last,

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my signes of victory placet.

But when Aurora, goddesse bright,
appeared ffrom the east,

& Morpheus, that drowsye wight,

withdrawen him to his rest;

O then, O then, my ioyes were altered cleane!
which makes me still Complaine;

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ffor I awaked, for I awaked, ffor I awaked; and I

ffo[und]

all this was but a dreame!

ffinis.

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