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<HEAD>THE True pattern of Con&s;tancy: OR, The <HI>Loyal Lovers</HI> Joys Compleated.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>When Young-men find their Love's unkind,</HI></L>
<L><HI>they then impatient grow,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But when their Grief do's find Relief,</HI></L>
<L><HI>it Expiates their Woe.</HI></L>
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<OPENER><HI>To an Excellent New Tune: Or,</HI> Farewell the Flower of fal&s;e deceit, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<LG>
<L>FArewell thou Flower of fal&s;e deceit,</L>
<L>and I wi&s;h the heighth of you may fade,</L>
<L>That your Countenance may altered be,</L>
<L>and your Honour in the Du&s;t be laid.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ne'er was a Man more true than I,</L>
<L>as you your &s;elf full well do know;</L>
<L>Till I found you in your Cruelty,</L>
<L>that you &s;ought my final Overthrow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I wi&s;h the bright Sun may not &s;hine</L>
<L>on thee, as it has done before;</L>
<L>For your Countenance hath me beguil'd,</L>
<L>I can love again, but you no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Once I could have been as con&s;tant Sweet-heart</L>
<L>for to cro&s;s the Ocean Seas for thee,</L>
<L>As <HI>Vulcan</HI> did for <HI>Venus</HI>'s &s;ake,</L>
<L>when he Sailed into <HI>Italy.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If you were as fair as <HI>Ro&s;amond</HI> was,</L>
<L>with her Cherry Cheeks and dimpled Chin;</L>
<L>Or if you were as fair as <HI>Hellena</HI> was,</L>
<L>I &s;hould never more delight therein.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But now my heart it is my own,</L>
<L>why &s;hould I for another care?</L>
<L>For to &s;igh and &s;ob, lament, and moan,</L>
<L>for to bring my &s;elf unto De&s;pair?</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>I will enjoy my Liberty,</L>
<L>and in the World I mean to range;</L>
<L>For I will no more your Captive be,</L>
<L>you I for another mean to change.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You treated me with &s;uch de&s;pight,</L>
<L>while I your per&s;on did adore,</L>
<L>That I value not your Beauty bright,</L>
<L>then adieu, adieu for evermore.</L>
</LG>
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<HEAD>The Maidens An&s;wer to the Young-man.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Such Re&s;olutions do not name,</L>
<L>pray let me &s;peak a word or two;</L>
<L>Do not thus again&s;t thy Love exclaim,</L>
<L>when thou know'&s;t I cannot part with thee,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Why do&s;t thou charge me with Deceit?</L>
<L>&s;uch was my Love and Loyalty,</L>
<L>That I never could your Per&s;on meet,</L>
<L>but you proved as a Life to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Here I do offer hand and heart,</L>
<L>with all that I can call my own;</L>
<L>Then do not from thy true Love part,</L>
<L>but take &s;ome pity of my moan.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For my heart to thee is linked fa&s;t,</L>
<L>I cannot waver with the Wind;</L>
<L>But as long as ever Life &s;hall la&s;t,</L>
<L>&s;ure I &s;hall never change my mind.</L>
</LG>
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<HEAD>This Loving Couples happy Agreement.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Can I believe this is my Dear,</L>
<L>who once did &s;light me with di&s;dain?</L>
<L>If it be, then will my joys appear,</L>
<L>&s;eeing &s;he is thus return'd again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now nothing can my peace annoy,</L>
<L>as long as ever Life do's la&s;t;</L>
<L>In my Dear I place my chiefe&s;t joy,</L>
<L>utterly forgetting all that's pa&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I will embrace thee in my Arms,</L>
<L>with many a &s;oft and tender Ki&s;s,</L>
<L>With many thou&s;and plea&s;ant Charms,</L>
<L>in a full perfection of our Bli&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tho' once I did reflect on thee,</L>
<L>'twas while my heart was fill'd with grief,</L>
<L>And I never did expect to &s;ee,</L>
<L>that thou ever would'&s;t afford Relief.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But &s;ince the Frowns of Fate are fled,</L>
<L>and I have found thy Con&s;tancy,</L>
<L>Now my heart is free from fear and dread,</L>
<L>I will love my Iewel till I dye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then he took his true Love by the hand,</L>
<L>calling her his true and Turtle-Dove,</L>
<L>We'll no longer now di&s;puting &s;tand,</L>
<L>but re&s;olve to live and dye in Love.</L>
</LG>
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