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. yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it, & then anon shee cryes 40 44 48 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 ffins. and cried still "Once more." He declined and went away. She declared she'd get some one else. Qui n'en a qu'un, n'en a point: Prov. (Meant of Cocks, Bulls, &c., and sometimes alledged by lascivious women,) as good have none as have no more but one. Cotgrave.-F. 'O 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! 66 "O Iolly Robin, doe thy worst! thou canst not make my belly burst. I wretched stuff.-Percy. &c." ffins. 2 MS. lydain.-F. When Phebus addrest. [Page 96 of MS.] 66 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 WHEN Phebus addrest himselfe to the west, & set vp his rest below, her bewtie on me to bestow; & walking alone, attended by none, by chance I hard one crye "O doe not, doe not, kill me yett, By moonlight, walking I heard a 12 16 With that I drew neare to see & to heare, & strange did appeare such a showe; the Moone it was bright, & gaue such a light as ffitts not each wight to know: a man & a Mayd together were Laid, "O doe not, doe not, kill me yet, I, for I am not resolued to dye !" I saw a strange show, and still 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. |