Once againe to try your forces, thus I dare thee to the feild; time is lost that time diuorces from the pleasures loue doth yeeld. Ah ha! fyee, fye! itt comes yett still! itt comes, I, I! doe what you will! my breath doth passe, my blood doth trickle! was euer lasse in such a pickle ? ffins. A maid & a younge man. [Page 197 of MS.] A MAN & a younge maid that loued a long time were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime; the man he lay whopping, hey, the man he lay Thus talking & walking thé came to a place A man and a maid came to a shady place. Inuironed about with trees & with grasse, The maid shee, &c. 8 12 16 20 He shifted his hand wheras he had placet, He shiffted his hand till hee came to her knees, he tickeled her, & shee opened her thyhes, He hottered & totered, & there was a line that drew him on forward; he went on amaine ; He light in a hole ere he was aware! the lane itt was streat; he had not gone farr, & he lay drooping, hoe, & he lay drooping, hoe. "My Billy, my pilly! how now?" quoth shee; He tickled her, she kissed him, A MAID AND A YOUNGE MAN. He thought Mickle shame to lye soe longe; he gott vp againe & grew very strong; The trees & the woods did wring about, & euery leafe began to showte, & there was such, &c. A creature for feature. [Page 199 of MS.] A creature, for feature I neuer saw a fairer, "I did complaine, & I mett a swaine, but [he] knew not how to wooe me nor doe mee, he was soe dull conceipted. 8 I gaue a smile him to beguile, I made a show to make him know, I pincht his cheeke to make him seeke & find some further pleasure, whose treasure I met a lass so pretty and kind. But I was dull. She may tell how she tempted me, 16 "I stayd him, & praide him, & proffered him a he kist mee, & wisht me to beare with his be- but hie tro lolly lolly, le silly willy cold not doe. all content with him was spent when he had clipt & kist me, & mist me, and I only kist her. then thought I, & thought noe lye, perhapps his pipe is not yett ripe; yett an hower may haue the power to make itt grow in full Lenght & full strenght; but fooles are led in blindnesse. 1? she.-F. for me to serve her, |