They lay soe close together, they made me much to wonder ; I knew not which was wether, vntill I saw her vnder. then off he came, & blusht for shame His lookes were dull & verry sadd, & play about at in & out; once more, & none can mend it." And then he thought to venter her, thinking the ffitt was on him; but when he came to enter her, the poynt turnd' backe vpon him. Yet shee said, "stay! goe not away although the point be bended! but toot againe, & hit the vaine ! once more, & none can Mend it." Then in her Armes shee did him fold, There is a tag to the d like an s.-F. 40 44 48 1 yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it, & then anon shee cryes 66 come on 66 once more, & none can mend it! Adew, adew, sweet hart," quoth hee, "for in faith I must be gone." "nay, then you doe me wronge," quoth shee, to leaue me thus alone." Away he went when all was spent, wherat shee was offended; Like a troian true she made a vow Qui n'en a qu'un, n'en a point: Prov. (Meant of Cocks, Bulls, &c., and sometimes alledged by lascivious women,) as ffins. good have none as have no more but one. Cotgrave.-F. ℗ Jolly Robin.' [Page 95 of MS.] Iolly Robin, hold thy hande ! I am not tyde in 2 Cupids bande; I pray thee leaue thy foolinge, heyda! I must cry out! I cannot holde heyda, fie!" heyda, fye! oh! oh! oh! oh!" "what was that you sayd? heyda heyda! heyda! heyda ! 'by my faith & troth I cannot: heyda, fie!" I pray thee Robin let me goe: heyda, fye!" I wretched stuff.-Percy. &c." ffins. 2 MS. lydain.-F. When Phebus addrest. [Page 96 of MS.] THIS song is printed in "Merry Drollery Complete," Part 2, 1661 and 1670, also in "Wit and Drollery, Jovial Poems," 1656, p. 35. The tune is printed under the title of the burden "O doe not, doe not kill me yet," in J. J. Starter's "Boertigheden," Amsterdam, 4to, 1634, with a Dutch song written to the tune. This proves that the popularity of the song had extended to Holland twenty-two years before the earliest English copy that I have hitherto found. If the date given for the Percy folio, about 1620, is right, it contains the earliest copy known.-W. C. 4 12 16 WHEN Phebus addrest himselfe to the west, & set vp his rest below, her bewtie on me to bestow; & walking alone, attended by none, "O doe not, doe not, kill me yett, With that I drew neare to see & to heare, as ffitts not each wight to know: a man & a Mayd together were Laid, & euer the mayd shee did cry, "O doe not, doe not, kill me yet, I, for I am not resolued to dye!" By moonlight, walking I saw a strange show, and still WHEN PHEBUS ADDREST. The youth was rough, he tooke vp her stuffe, but shee was soe yonge, & he was soe stronge, with that he gaue ore, & solemplye swore ffor Now I am willing to dye!" ffins. |