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but shee caught him ffast by the stones:
thumbes;

wheratt he vext & greiued was,

soe that his flesh did wrinkle;

this maid shee was noe whitt affrayd,

but caught him fast hold by the : pintle :

pimple

which hee had on his chin likwise ;

but lett the pimple passe ;

there is no man heare but he may supposse
shee weere a merry lasse.

he boldly ventured, being tall,

yet in his speech bu[t] blunt,

hee neuer ceast, but tooke vpp all,

& cacht her by the Cun: plumpe.

And red rose lipps he kisst full sweete:
quoth shee, "I craue no sucour."
which made him to haue a mighty mind
to clipp, kisse, & to : ffuck: plucke her
into his armes. "nay! soft!" quoth shee,
“what needeth all this doing?

ffor if you wilbe ruled by me,

you shall vse small time in wooinge.

These and the similar colons following are those of the MS.-F.

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A young

man

met a maiden,

and offered

her 40

crowns

to enjoy her.

She said, "Not yet.

Gold is dross

to my virginity."

℗ nay: O nay: not : yett.

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yong man walking alone, abroad to take the ayre,

itt was his chance ffor him to meete

a maiden pasing ffaire. desiring her of curtesiye

awhile with him downe sitt;
shee answered him most modestlye,
"O nay! O nay! not yett!"

"Forty crownes I will giue thee,
sweete hart, in good red gold,
if that I may thy ffauour haue,
thy bewtye to behold."
& then she spoke now readilye
& with a ready witt,
"I will not sell my honestye!

O nay! O nay! not yett!

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