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Now ffye on Dreames.

[Page 499 of MS.]

Now ffye on dreames & ffond delights

that occupye 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!”

1 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.

She let me touch her,

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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,

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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;

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

ffo[und]

all this was but a dreame!

ffinis.

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A Mayden heade.

[Page 508 of MS.]

COME, sitt thee downe by these Coole1 streames

neuer yet warmed by Tytans beames!
my tender youth thy wast shall clippe,

& ffix vpon thy Cherry lipp;

& lay thee downe on this greene bed,
where thou shalt loose thy mayden-head.

See how the litle Phillipp Sparrow,
8 whose ioynts doe ouer-fflow with marrow,
on yonder bough how he doth proue
with his make 2 the ioyes of loue,

& doth instruct thee, as hee doth tread, 12 how thou shalt loose thy maidenhead. O you younglings, be not nice! coines 3 in mayds is such a vice, that if in youth you doe not marry, in age young men will lett you tarrye. by my perswasyon then be led,

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Sit down,

and lose thy maidenhead,

as the sparrow

teaches thee to do.

Young
maids,

marry in youth, or you'll be left in age.

Then lose your

maidenheads

soon.

ffinis.

1 colde.-P.

2 A.-S. mace, a wife.-F.

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coyness.-F.

Tom Longe.

[Page 508 of MS.]

IN Mr. Payne Collier's Extracts from the Registers of the Stationers' Company, 1557-70 (Shaksp. Soc. 1848) are two entries, on pages 46, 58, under the year 1561-2, which may relate to this song, but probably don't.

"Rd. of William Shepparde, for his lycense for pryntinge of a ballad intituled, Tom Longe, y Caryer. iiijd. Rd. of Thomas Hackett, for his fyne, for that he prynted a ballett of Tom longe the Carryer. ijs. vjd. ["Tom Long, the Carrier" had been licensed to William Shepparde (see p. 46), and Thomas Hackett must have invaded Shepparde's right. The fine was considerable for the time, comparing it with other impositions of the same kind.]”

Come all you men of every

kind,

and bring each a bit of a girl

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COME in, Tom longtayle, come short hose & round,
Come ffatt gutts & slender, & all to be ffound,

Come fflatt Capp and ffether, & all to be found,
Strike home thy pipe, Toм Longe.

Come lowcy, come laced shirt, come damm me, come [ruffe ! 1]

Come holy geneua, a thing with-out Cuffe,

Come dughtye dom diego, with LINENS enough,

8 Strike &c.

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Bring a fface out of England, a backe out of fran[ce,]
A belly ffrom fflanders, come all in a dance!

pinn buttockes of Spayne, aduance! aduance!
Strike &c.

1 ruffe.-P.

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Come bring in a wench shall ffitt euery natyon,
ffor shape & ffor makeing, a Taylors creatyon,
& new made againe to ffitt euery natyon.
Strike &c.

the day,

Come tricke itt, and tire itt, in anticke array!
Come trim itt, and trosse1 itt, and make тр
for Tom & nell, nicke & Gill, make vp the hay!
Strike &c.

to make one to fit every nation,

and then dress her up.

Here's a

health to all

A health to all Captaines that neuer was in warres, thats knowne by their Scarletts, & not by their scarres! cowards a health to all Ladyes that neuer used Merkin,2 24 yett their stuffe ruffles like Buff lether ierkin! Str[ike &c.]

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A health to all Courtiers that neuer bend knees!
& a health to all schollers that scornes their degrees!
a health to all Lawyers that neuer tooke ffees!

& a health to all welchemen that loues tosted Cheese!
Strike home the pipe, Tom Long!

ffinis.

and honest courtiers, and idlers!

? MS.-F.

2 Merkin, counterfeit hair for a woman's privy parts.

Phillips.-F.

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