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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 23 -->
<HEAD>Fancies Phoenix. O<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> The Peerle&s;s Paragon of the Times.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Being a young Gallants de&s;cription of a Lady which hee hath &s;ettled his thoughts on, re&s;olving never to change, nor to love any other beauty or face in the World.</P>
<L>And is per&s;waded if there bee,</L>
<L>A Phoenix in the world, 'tis &s;hee.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To an Amorous new Tune.</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>COme all you Batchelors &s;o brave,</L>
<L>that &s;pend your time in <HI>Cupids</HI> court</L>
<L>And with your Complements do crave,</L>
<L>with many Ladies for to &s;port</L>
<L>I am contrary to your mind</L>
<L>I Court but one and &s;he's unkind.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She's vertuous, cha&s;te, and if there bee</HI></L>
<L><HI>a Phoenix in the world, 'tis &s;hee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e I am in Love</L>
<L>although I thought I never &s;hould</L>
<L>But &s;ure &s;he was &s;ent from above</L>
<L>and made of Natures chiefe&s;t mould</L>
<L>So pure, &s;o fair, and all Divine</L>
<L>Ile quit the world to make her mine,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She's vertuous, cha&s;te, and if there be, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I little thought I ever could</L>
<L>by any beauty ere be won</L>
<L>Nor can I now if that I would</L>
<L>remove my mind on any one</L>
<L>No wealth, no beauty, nor no face</L>
<L>my fixed thoughts from her di&s;place,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Shee's vertuous, cha&s;te, and if there be, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do you not &s;&eacute;e the Stars retreat</L>
<L>when <HI>Sol</HI> &s;alutes the sky &s;o clear</L>
<L>So mu&s;t all beauties ne're &s;o great</L>
<L>&s;hrink and withdraw when &s;hee appear</L>
<L>So bright, &s;o clear that all mu&s;t &s;ay</L>
<L>'tis fair <HI>Ro&s;elia</HI> claims the day</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Shee's vertuous, cha&s;te and if there be, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her ba&s;hful Cheeks with blu&s;hing &s;w&eacute;et</L>
<L>ca&s;ts &s;uch a rich vermilion dye</L>
<L>That Ro&s;e and Lilly there doth m&eacute;et</L>
<L>each &s;triving for the victory</L>
<L>So rare, &s;o pure, you'l &s;carce beleeve</L>
<L>dame Nature could &s;uch colours give</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Shee's vertuous, cha&s;te, and if there be, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her Eyes like &s;parks of Diamonds clear</L>
<L>&s;uch glances ca&s;ts in mode&s;t &s;ort</L>
<L>No wantonne&s;s in them appear</L>
<L>yet <HI>Cupid</HI> &s;ure th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">re keepe his Court</L>
<L>'Twas from her eyes he &s;hot his dart</L>
<L>that thus hath peirc't my love-&s;ick heart</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Shee's vertuous, cha&s;te, and if there be</HI></L>
<L><HI>a Phoenix in the world, 'tis &s;hee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>BVt &s;ay my Mu&s;e, what need have I</L>
<L>to prai&s;e her beauty in &s;uch &s;ort</L>
<L>When as her fame abroad doth flye</L>
<L>more than I can of her report</L>
<L>Were &s;hee to mee as kind as fair</L>
<L>then might I live and not de&s;pair;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But &s;ure I think if that there be</HI></L>
<L><HI>a Phoenix in the world, 'tis &s;he,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For &s;hee de&s;ires to be alone</L>
<L>and never to participate</L>
<L>Her love &s;he &s;aith to any one,</L>
<L>but &s;ingle live without a mate</L>
<L>Such thoughts I think in few remain</L>
<L>yet doth in her, the more's my pain</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then &s;ure I think if that there be, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Cruel &s;he is to none I hear</L>
<L>no more &s;hee is not unto mee</L>
<L>Nor proud &s;hee is not that is rare</L>
<L>you'l &s;ay in women for to be</L>
<L>She's courteous, lovely cha&s;te and fair</L>
<L>'tis few that can with her compare,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For &s;ure I think if that there bee, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then if &s;hee Phenix-like will live</L>
<L>and dye alone I am content</L>
<L>My heart to her Ile freely give</L>
<L>unto no other Ile con&s;ent</L>
<L>But in her flames my heart &s;hall burn</L>
<L>and Phenix-like to a&s;hes turn</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For it is her and none but &s;hee</HI></L>
<L><HI>by whom I mu&s;t revived bee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And if &s;hee will not yeeld at la&s;t</L>
<L>but &s;till her re&s;olutions hold</L>
<L>I will not think my time ill &s;pent</L>
<L>nor yet my love &s;hall near wax cold</L>
<L>To &s;tay for &s;uch a one as &s;he</L>
<L>I think no time there lo&s;t wi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">l bee</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I'de better with my fancy wed</HI></L>
<L><HI>than lodge &s;ome women in my bed.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that you needs would know of mee</L>
<L>whereas this Phenix doth abide</L>
<L>For that I mu&s;t excu&s;ed bee</L>
<L>yet near the <HI>Strand</HI> &s;hee doth re&s;ide,</L>
<L>No other notice will I give</L>
<L>to any one whil&s;t I do live,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And if &s;he doth a Phoenix dye</HI></L>
<L><HI>look in her a&s;hes there am I.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You roving Batchelors that bee</L>
<L>re&s;olved for to &s;pend your time</L>
<L>In &s;everal Maidens company</L>
<L>when as their beauty are in prime</L>
<L>Beware, beware, let virtue guide</L>
<L>thee to a Maid to make thy Bride</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Let not her beauty tempt your eye</HI></L>
<L><HI>lea&s;t vertue too in her you &s;pye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I mu&s;t depart time calls away</L>
<L>I cannot now expre&s;s my mind</L>
<L>This Song is long <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nough <UNCLEAR>you'l</UNCLEAR> &s;ay</L>
<L>unle&s;s that &s;he did prove more kind</L>
<L>She's vertuous, ca&s;te, and therefore I</L>
<L>re&s;olve to love her till I dye;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For &s;ure I think if that there bee</HI></L>
<L><HI>a Phoenix in the world, 'tis &s;hee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>C. H.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London, Printed for F. Grove&punc; Entred according to Order.</P>
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