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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080727.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD><HI>Toms-Son</HI> his Repetition to his VVife; Bewailing his pre&s;ent &s;tate.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Young</HI> JEMMY.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>Will you hear of <HI>Tom'&s;ons</HI> Dream?</L>
<L>then take you care no further;</L>
<L>To me it once did &s;eem</L>
<L><HI>Godfrey</HI> him&s;elf did Murther:</L>
<L>This Story I did boldly tell,</L>
<L>and &s;ome thereof did hear;</L>
<L>Now Liberty I bid farewel,</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>What Cour&s;e now &s;hall I Steer</HI></L>
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<LG>
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For this I went to Goal,</L>
<L>which grievou&s;ly did vex me,</L>
<L>I now go under Bail,</L>
<L>which &s;orely doth perplex me;</L>
<L>My two great Friends <HI>Farewel</HI> and <HI>Pain,</HI></L>
<L>once put me in good chear,</L>
<L>But now they do deny't again,</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>What cour&s;e then &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
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<LG>
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Then Farewel <HI>Farewel</HI> now,</L>
<L>I &s;ee thy Friends have left thee,</L>
<L>Thou to thy Fate mu&s;t bow,</L>
<L>of Joys I have bereft thee:</L>
<L>I wi&s;h that thou could&s;t quit thy &s;elf,</L>
<L>or I my &s;elf could clear,</L>
<L>I fear it will impair my Health,</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>O what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
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<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>That Noble Loyal heart,</L>
<L>the Duke of <HI>Monmouth</HI> called,</L>
<L>The world knows his De&s;ert,</L>
<L>whom &s;ome would have Inthralled:</L>
<L>In &s;pight of all their wicked Deeds,</L>
<L>him&s;elf he &s;till keeps clear,</L>
<L>But now with Guilt my heart it bleeds,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thrice Worthy <HI>Shaftsbury;</HI></L>
<L>hath been too much abu&s;ed,</L>
<L>Sir <HI>Robert Cleyton</HI> he,</L>
<L>by me hath been mi&s;u&s;ed:</L>
<L>The <HI>Chamberlain</HI> of <HI>London</HI> too,</L>
<L>who&s;e Candor &s;eemeth clear,</L>
<L>With many of the Hone&s;t Crew,</L>
<L><HI>Now what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
<L>There's many a Worthy Knight,</L>
<L>within great <HI>Londons</HI> City,</L>
<L>In Loyalty delight,</L>
<L>and 'tis the more the pitty</L>
<L>That they &s;hould be by Knaves A&s;pers'd,</L>
<L>who&s;e Actions are &s;o clear,</L>
<L>My Fault can never be Revers'd,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>O what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>A <HI>Synod</HI> may be call'd</L>
<L>of Loyal-hearted Nobles,</L>
<L>Once for their Worth In&s;tall'd,</L>
<L>who grieve to &s;ee our Troubles:</L>
<L>They for their gracious Soveraign King,</L>
<L>will venture Lives mo&s;t dear,</L>
<L>To puni&s;hment Offenders bring,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>O would that I had been</L>
<L>a Stranger to the&s;e Stories,</L>
<L>He's doubly Guilt of Sin,</L>
<L>who in Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion glories:</L>
<L>And happy's he who &s;leeps in peace,</L>
<L>who&s;e Con&s;cience is mo&s;t clear,</L>
<L>For now my Sorrows do increa&s;e,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And what cour&s;e &s;hall I &s;teer?</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>J. Deacon,</HI> at the Sign of the <HI>Rainbow,</HI> between St. <HI>Andrews</HI> Church and <HI>David</HI>'s-Inn, in <HI>Holborn.</HI></P>
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