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Louers hea[r]ke alarum.

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LOUERS: harke! an alarum is sounding: now loue Lovers,

cryes;

who-soe feares, or in ffaintnesse abounding,' will

surprise.

O then, on! charge them home! if you delay your charge your time,

your hopes will ffaile;

girls home;

these ffair ffoes yeelding lookes doe bewray their their hearts

harts

as yours, more then their owne.

If they striue, itts a tricke ffor a triull who is most
bold.

No braue man ffor a silly denyall will grow cold;
None but ffooles fflinch ffor noe when 2 a I by nois 3

ment

in louing scance;

are more yours than theirs.

Take no denial;

On then, & charge them home! perchance you may charge

soe put them

home!

ffrom their ffence.

Downe, Downe with them! o, how the tremble for the Down with

crye!
what, for feare? no!

they know why.

no! no! they dissemble 4 4;

them!

1 Only half the u in the MS.-F.

2 ? MS. whema.-F.

3?uois. I can make no sense of it.-F. There's a tag at the end like an s.-F.

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They'll fight

again.

LOUERS HEA[R]KE ALARUM.

Quickly woone, Quickly lost, the delight of life is lost, procured with paines.

These respects makes them bold to fight, to Cry, to

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A FREINDE OF MINE.

"Insooth," then did this youngman say,
"I thinke this ffragrant place

was only made for louers true

eche others to inbrace."

hee tooke her by the middle small,—
good sooth I doe not mocke,-
not meaning to doe any thing

but to pull vpp her: smo: blocke

wheron shee sate, poore silly soule,

to rest her weary bones.

this maid shee was noe whitt affraiyd,

but shee caught him ffast by the stones:

thumbes;

wheratt he vext & greiued was,

soe that his flesh did wrinkle ;

:

this maid shee was noe whitt affrayd,

but caught him fast hold by the : pintle:

pimple

which hee had on his chin likwise ;

but lett the pimple passe ;—

there is no man heare but he may supposse

shee weere a merry lasse.

he boldly ventured, being tall,

yet in his speech bu[t] blunt,

hee neuer ceast, but tooke vpp all,

& cacht her by the Cun: plumpe.

And red rose lipps he kisst full sweete:
quoth shee, "I craue no sucour."
which made him to haue a mighty mind
to clipp, kisse, & to : ffuck: plucke her
into his armes. "nay! soft!" quoth shee,
"what needeth all this doing?

ffor if you wilbe ruled by me,

you shall vse small time in wooinge.

1 These and the similar colons following are those of the MS.-F.

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