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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.

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A MAN & a younge maid that loued a long time

were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime;
the maid shee lay drooping, hye;

the man he lay whopping, hey, the man he lay
whopping hoe.

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.

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He shifted his hand wheras he had placet,
hee handled her knees instead of her wast,
The Maid, &c.

He shiffted his hand till hee came to her knees,

he tickeled her, & shee opened her thyhes,
yett s[t]ill shee, &c.

He hottered & totered, & there was a line

that drew him on forward; he went on amaine ;
yett still shee, &c.

He light in a hole ere he was aware!

the lane itt was streat; he had not gone farr,
but shee fell a kissing, hye!

& he lay drooping, hoe, & he lay drooping, hoe.

"My Billy, my pilly! how now?" quoth shee;
"gett vp againe, Billy, if that thou louest me;
yett still he Lay, &c.

He tickled her,

she kissed him,

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A MAID AND A YOUNGE MAN.

He thought Mickle shame to lye soe longe;

he gott vp againe & grew very strong;
the Mayd shee Lay, &c.

The trees & the woods did wring about,

& euery leafe began to showte,

& there was such, &c.

A creature for feature.

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A creature, for feature I neuer saw a fairer,
soe witty, soe prettye, I neuer knew a rarer;
shee soe kind, & I soe blynd,

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"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,

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"I stayd him, & praide him, & proffered him a
favour;

he kist mee, & wisht me to beare with his be-
hauior;

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,

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and I only kist her.

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then thought I, & thought noe lye,

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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,

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