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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Ha&s;ty Bride-groom: <HI>OR,</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>The rare&s;t &s;port that ha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">h of late been tri'd,</L>
<L>Between a lu&s;ty <HI>Bride-grome</HI> and his <HI>Bride.</HI></L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Ba&s;s his Carreer:</HI> Or. <HI>Bow Bells</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
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<SP>
<LG>
<L>COme from y^e Temple away to the Bed.</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> y^e Marchant tran&s;ports home his trea|&s;ure</L>
<L>Be not &s;o coy Lady &s;ince we are wed,</L>
<L>tis no &s;in to ta&s;t of the plea&s;ure:</L>
<L>Then come let us be,</L>
<L>Blith merry and fr&eacute;e;</L>
<L>Vpon my life all the Waiters are gon:</L>
<L>and 'tis &s;o</L>
<L>that they know</L>
<L>where you go,</L>
<L>&s;ay not no,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For I mean to make bold with my owne.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What is't to me though our hands joyned be,</L>
<L>if our bodies be &s;till kept a&s;&s;under.</L>
<L>Shall it be &s;aid, their goes a married Maid,</L>
<L>ind&eacute;ed we will have no &s;uch wonder;</L>
<L>Therefore let's jmbrace,</L>
<L>There's non &s;&eacute;es thy face,</L>
<L>The Bride-maids that waited are gone:</L>
<L>non can &s;py,</L>
<L>how you lye</L>
<L>nere deny,</L>
<L>but &s;ay I</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For indeed jle make bold with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then come let us ki&s;s &amp; let us ta&s;t of that bli&s;s</L>
<L>which brave Lords and Ladies enjoy'd,</L>
<L>If all Maids &s;hould b&eacute;e of the humour of th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Generation would &s;oon be de&s;troy'd;</L>
<L>Then where are tho&s;e joys</L>
<L>The G<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rls and the Boys,</L>
<L>Would&s;t thou live in the world all alone,</L>
<L>don't di&s;troy,</L>
<L>but enjoy,</L>
<L>&s;&eacute;em not coy,</L>
<L>for a toy,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For indeed jle make bold with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sweet Love do not frown, put off thy Gown,</L>
<L>tis a Garment unfit for the night,</L>
<L>Some &s;ay that black hath a reli&s;hing &s;mak,</L>
<L>I had rather be dealing with white:</L>
<L>Then be not a fraid,</L>
<L>For you are not betray'd,</L>
<L>Since we two are together alone:</L>
<L>I invite,</L>
<L>you this night,</L>
<L>to do right,</L>
<L>my delight,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Is forthwith to make bold with my own</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Preth&eacute;e begin don't delay but unpin,</L>
<L>for my humour I cannot prevent it,</L>
<L>You are too &s;traight lac'd &amp; your Gorget's &s;o fa&s;t,</L>
<L>undo it or I &s;traight way will rend it</L>
<L>Or to end all the &s;trife,</L>
<L>Il'e cut it with my knif,</L>
<L>Tis to long to &s;tay til it is undone:</L>
<L>let thy wa&s;t,</L>
<L>be unlac'd,</L>
<L>and in half,</L>
<L>be imbrac't,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For I long to be bold with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<SP>
<LG>
<L>FEel here on my hand, how you make me to &s;tand</L>
<L>even ready to &s;tarve in the cold;</L>
<L>O why &s;hould&s;t thou be, &s;o hard-hearted to me</L>
<L>that loves the more dearer then Gold:</L>
<L>And as thou ha&s;t b&eacute;en,</L>
<L>Like fair <HI>Venus</HI> the Qu&eacute;en,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t compleat in thy parts every ane:</L>
<L>let me find,</L>
<L>that thy mind,</L>
<L>is inclin'd</L>
<L>to be kind;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>So that I may make with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As thou art fair, and more &s;w&eacute;et then the Air</L>
<L>that dallies on <HI>Julies</HI> brave Ro&s;es,</L>
<L>Now let m&eacute;e be, to that Garden a Key,</L>
<L>which the Flowers of Virgins inclo&s;es,</L>
<L>And I will not b&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Too rough unto th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>For my nature unto mildne&s;s is prone;</L>
<L>do no le&s;&s;e</L>
<L>but undre&s;&s;e</L>
<L>and unlace,</L>
<L>all a pace.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For this night jle make bold with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I have found, th&eacute;e temprate and &s;ound</L>
<L>thy &s;w&eacute;et brea&s;t I will take for my Pillow</L>
<L>Tis great pitty y^t we which newly married be</L>
<L>&s;hould be forc'd to wear the gr&eacute;en-Willow:</L>
<L>We &s;hall be ble&s;t,</L>
<L>And live &s;w&eacute;etly at re&s;t,</L>
<L>When we two are vnited in one.</L>
<L>with content,</L>
<L>and con&s;ent,</L>
<L>I am bent,</L>
<L>my intent,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Is this night to make bold with my own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The Ladies Loving Reply.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>WElcome dear Love all y^e powers above,</L>
<L>are well plea&s;ed at our <UNCLEAR>happy</UNCLEAR> meeting;</L>
<L>The heavens have decr&eacute;e, &amp; y^e earth is agr&eacute;ed</L>
<L>that I &s;hould imbrace my own Sw&eacute;eting:</L>
<L>At Bed and at Board</L>
<L>Both in D&eacute;ed and in word.</L>
<L>My affection to th&eacute;e &s;hall &s;hown:</L>
<L>thou art mine,</L>
<L>I am thine,</L>
<L>let us joyne,</L>
<L>and combine,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Jle not bar thee from what is thy own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Our Brid-bed is made, y^u &s;halt be my comrade</L>
<L>for to lodge in my arms all night,</L>
<L>Where thou &s;halt inioy being fr&eacute;e from anoy</L>
<L>all the &s;port wherein Love takes delight:</L>
<L>Our mirth &s;hall be crown'd,</L>
<L>And our triump renownd:</L>
<L>Then Sw&eacute;et-heart let thy valour be &s;hown,</L>
<L>take thy fill,</L>
<L>do thy will,</L>
<L>u&s;e thy skill,</L>
<L>welcome &s;till</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>why &s;hould&s;t thou not make bold with thy own</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<LG>
<L>The Bride-groom &amp; Brid w^t much joy on each &s;ide</L>
<L>then togeather they to Bed both <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> go</L>
<L>But what they did there I did neither &s;&eacute;e nor hear,</L>
<L>nor I do not de&s;ire to know,</L>
<L>But by <HI>Cupids</HI> aid,</L>
<L>They being well laid,</L>
<L>They made &s;port by them&s;elves alon:</L>
<L>being plac'd,</L>
<L>&s;he unlac'd,</L>
<L>he uncas'd,</L>
<L>&s;he imbrac'd,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then he &s;toutly made bold with his own.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Francis Grove</HI> dwelling on <HI>Snow-hill</HI></P>
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