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<HEAD>The True-Lovers Holidaies:</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, The Wooing, Winning, and Wedding of a fair Damo&s;el; performed by a lu&s;ty Souldier, being one of the Auxiliaries.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>The Souldier Woo'd the Maid with words mo&s;t kind,</L>
<L>She An&s;wered him according to his mind.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Nobody el&s;e &s;hall plunder but I.</HI></OPENER>
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<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>MY &s;w&eacute;ete&s;t, my faire&s;t,</L>
<L>My rare&s;t, my deare&s;t,</L>
<L>Come &s;it thee down by me and let's chat a while,</L>
<L>It doth my heart good, when</L>
<L>I &s;ee thee mo&s;t neare&s;t,</L>
<L>That we with plea&s;ant talk y^e &s;ad times may beguile</L>
<L>If thou'lt have the patience to &s;tay in this Bower,</L>
<L>That I may di&s;cour&s;e with thee ju&s;t half an hour,</L>
<L>I'le &s;hew thee a Ticket from <HI>Cupids</HI> Commi&s;ion,</L>
<L>Which <HI>Venus</HI> &s;et hand to, upon this condition,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>that no body el&s;e &s;hall enjoy thee but I.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>the Summer is come,</L>
<L>and the time is in &s;ea&s;on,</L>
<L>That each pretty bird have made choi&s;e of his Mate,</L>
<L>now I being a young man</L>
<L>of judgement and rea&s;on,</L>
<L>Have cau&s;e to be doing e're time's out of date,</L>
<L>Hark, hark how I hear the &s;w&eacute;et Nightinga<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s ver&s;es</L>
<L>Who&s;e ecchoes records-what true-lovers rehear&s;es;</L>
<L>The true-hearted Turtle-Doves now are a billing,</L>
<L>And &s;o will I do my Love, if thou are willing</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>that no body el&s;e &s;hall enjoy thee but I.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I pray thee Love leave me not,</L>
<L>though I am a Souldier,</L>
<L>And want skill in wooing to deal with a Maid;</L>
<L>yet if thou wilt ki&s;&s;e me,</L>
<L>and make me the bolder,</L>
<L>Mark well and con&s;ider what here &s;hall be &s;aid,</L>
<L>My hand and my &s;word &s;hall from danger defend thee,</L>
<L>My pur&s;e and my per&s;on &s;hall &s;toutly attend thee;</L>
<L>I'l buy th&eacute;e a new kirtle, wrought wa&s;tcoat &amp; beaver</L>
<L>A dainty &s;ilk Apron, my minde &s;hall not waver,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>So no body el&s;e &s;hall enjoy thee but I.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>if thou wilt con&s;ent, that</L>
<L>things &s;hall be &s;o carried,</L>
<L>Before this day fortnight I'l make th&eacute;e my wife,</L>
<L>and we in the Church will</L>
<L>be lawfully married,</L>
<L>So &s;halt thou live bravely all dayes of thy life;</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt have thy &s;ervants to wait on thy lei&s;ure,</L>
<L>thy pur&s;e &s;hall be cram'd with gold crowns, &amp; rich tre|&s;ure</L>
<L>Nothing &s;hall be wanting y^t I can procure th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>So thou wilt be con&s;tant and thus much a&s;&s;ure me,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>that no body el&s;e &s;hall enjoy thee but I.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>make an&s;wer &s;w&eacute;et hony.</L>
<L>to what I have &s;poken</L>
<L>That I may the better know whereon to tru&s;t,</L>
<L>receive this Gold Ring</L>
<L>as an eminent token,</L>
<L>My love &s;hall be permanent, loyal and ju&s;t;</L>
<L>One lovely look from th&eacute;e, for aye will revive me,</L>
<L>But a frown of thine will of life streight deprive me,</L>
<L>Then an&s;wer me kindly at this time dear &s;weeting</L>
<L>That I may finde comfort by this happy meeting,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>and no body el&s;e &s;hall enjoy thee but I.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Second Part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<P>Being the Maids Loving An&s;wer to the Souldier.</P>
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<LG>
<L>I'Le leave all my kindred</L>
<L>both father and mother,</L>
<L>My Vncle, my Aunt, and my Grandam al&s;o,</L>
<L>my neare&s;t acquaintance,</L>
<L>my Si&s;ter and Brother,</L>
<L>For 'tis my de&s;ire with a Souldier to go,</L>
<L>In weal and in woe I will with my Love travel,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t &s;ome at my &s;ervice and toyle do much marvel</L>
<L>So long as my life la&s;ts, if fortune will guide me</L>
<L>I'le march with thee bravely, what ever betide me.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And I'le be thy true-Love until I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"><UNCLEAR>is not</UNCLEAR> the great Ordance</L>
<L>when they do rattle&punc;</L>
<L>Shall make me fly from thee, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <UNCLEAR>minde</UNCLEAR> is &s;o &s;tout,</L>
<L>for when <UNCLEAR>I perceive</UNCLEAR> thee</L>
<L>preparing for battel,</L>
<L>I'le clo&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> <UNCLEAR>&s;tick</UNCLEAR> to th&eacute;e of that make no doubt,</L>
<L>and when thou ha&s;t drawn thy brave blade to befriend me</L>
<L>For courage and valour and skill I'le commend th&eacute;e</L>
<L>In peace and in warres if thou plea&s;e&s;t to prove me,</L>
<L>By day and by night thou &s;halt finde how I love thee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I'le &s;till take thy part till the day that I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>moreover &s;weet Souldier</L>
<L>thus much I mu&s;t tell thee,</L>
<L>When I under&s;tood you took m&eacute;e for your choice,</L>
<L>It made the very heart of me</L>
<L>Leap in my belly,</L>
<L>And all the merry veins in my body rejoyce;</L>
<L>You al&s;o reque&s;ted of me certain ki&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>The which you accounted as true-Lovers bli&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>In &s;tead of one ki&s;&s;e, now I'le give th&eacute;e full twenty,</L>
<L>So thou wilt repay me again with like plenty.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>and I'le be thy true love until I do dye,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>this Ring which thou gave&s;t me,</L>
<L>&s;hall &s;erve for a token,</L>
<L>I'le keep it for thy &s;ake whiles heaven lends me life,</L>
<L>the promi&s;e betwixt us</L>
<L>&s;hall never be broken,</L>
<L>Be thou my &s;w&eacute;et Husband, I'le be thy kinde Wife:</L>
<L>Then &s;erve <HI>Cupids</HI> warrant upon me and &s;pare not,</L>
<L>For what thou can&s;t do with thy Ticket I fear not:</L>
<L>Let <HI>Vulcan</HI> and <HI>Venus</HI> with <HI>Cupid</HI> con&s;pire,</L>
<L>To kindle Loves fuel, or quench Lovers fire,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet I'le love my Souldier until that I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>you &s;aid in a fortnight</L>
<L>that we &s;hould be married,</L>
<L>But I am unwilling to &s;tay for't &s;o long:</L>
<L>be&s;ides in my minde I have</L>
<L>over much tarried;</L>
<L>Delayes among&s;t Lovers doth oftentimes wrong.</L>
<L>Pray make all things ready 'twixt this and <HI>Sunday,</HI></L>
<L>That we may be married on the next <HI>Munday,</HI></L>
<L>So we in the Holy-days may make us merry,</L>
<L>With Banquets and Pa&s;times until we be weary.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>and I'le be thy true-Love until that I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>L. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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