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<DATE>2009-01-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081153.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballads">
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Fairy Queene.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Her invitation to tho&s;e Elves,</L>
<L>That in the night doe &s;port them&s;elves,</L>
<L>Of them a ju&s;t Character here,</L>
<L>Decipher'd is as't &s;hall appeare.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>The Spani&s;h Gyp&s;ies.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>COme follow follow me,</L>
<L>You Fairy Elves that be,</L>
<L>That trip it on the Green,</L>
<L>Come circle me your Queen,</L>
<L>Hand in hand wee'l dance a round,</L>
<L>For this place is Fairy ground.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Vpon the dewy gra&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>So nimbly we can pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Your young and tender &s;talke,</L>
<L>Nere bends when we doe walke,</L>
<L>Yet in the morne it may be &s;eene,</L>
<L>Where we the night before have been,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When mortalls ar at re&s;t,</L>
<L>And &s;norting in their ne&s;t,</L>
<L>Through Key-holes clo&s;e we &s;lide,</L>
<L>Vnheard or une&s;py'd:</L>
<L>Over Tables &s;tooles, and &s;helves,</L>
<L>We trip it with our Fairy Elves.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And if the hou&s;e be foule,</L>
<L>Either platter, di&s;h, or bowle,</L>
<L>Vp &s;taires we nimbly creep,</L>
<L>And finde the &s;luts a&s;l&eacute;epe:</L>
<L>There we pinch them armes and thighs,</L>
<L>None doth heare, nor none e&s;pies.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if the hou&s;e be &s;wept,</L>
<L>And all things cleanly kept,</L>
<L>We prai&s;e the hou&s;hold Maid,</L>
<L>And &s;urely &s;he is paid;</L>
<L>For 'tis our u&s;e before we goe,</L>
<L>To leave a Te&s;ter in her &s;hooe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Vpon a Mo&s;hrompe head,</L>
<L>Our Table-cloth we &s;pread,</L>
<L>The manchet that we eate,</L>
<L>Is a graine of Rye or wheat:</L>
<L>The pearly drops of dew we drinke,</L>
<L>In Acorne cups fill'd to the brinke.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The braines of Nightingales,</L>
<L>With the unctious dew of Snales,</L>
<L>Between two Nut&s;hels &s;tew'd,</L>
<L>Is meat that's ea&s;ily chew'd:</L>
<L>The brains of Wrens, the bre&s;ts of Mice</L>
<L>Doth make us fea&s;ts of wondrous price</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Gra&s;hopper, Gnat, and Fly,</L>
<L>Our Min&s;trels playes &s;upply,</L>
<L>And with that a while,</L>
<L>We doe the time beguile:</L>
<L>And when the Moon doth hide her <UNCLEAR>head</UNCLEAR>,</L>
<L>The Gloe-worme lights us to our <UNCLEAR>bed</UNCLEAR>,</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><Q><L>Being the Pa&s;times and other Slights,</L>
<L>Of Will-with-a-wi&s;pe, and other mad Sprights.</L></Q></HEAD>
<LG>
<L><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></L>
<L>YOu Airy &s;prights not a few,</L>
<L>Of <HI>Robin-good-fellowes</HI> crew,</L>
<L>Let's our old &s;ports renew,</L>
<L>Vntill the sky look blew:</L>
<L>That mortall men may know and &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cuning, merry, mad blades we be.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Ignis Fatuus</HI> fir&s;t,</L>
<L>Among the Fairies nur&s;t,</L>
<L>By Travellers often cur&s;t,</L>
<L>By putting them to the wor&s;t:</L>
<L>But they &s;hall with amazement &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, merry, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Full many a joviall &s;parke,</L>
<L>I put be&s;ide his marke,</L>
<L>As he walkes home ith' darke,</L>
<L>Through Forre&s;t Grove, or Parke;</L>
<L>He by a fained fire may &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A &s;mall deluding light,</L>
<L>Pre&s;ents it &s;elfe in &s;ight,</L>
<L>And leads him with delight,</L>
<L>Through uncouth paths all night,</L>
<L>All weary rent, and torn h&eacute;e'l &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis called <HI>Will with a wi&s;pe,</HI></L>
<L>But terme it what you li&s;t,</L>
<L>It is mo&s;t manife&s;t</L>
<L>That many men have mi&s;t,</L>
<L>Their way thereby, and thus you &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Old <HI>Robin-good-fellow</HI> likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>In many a &s;trange di&s;gui&s;e,</L>
<L>Playes many an enterprize,</L>
<L>To blind the peoples eyes,</L>
<L>In &s;undry &s;hapes he'l let you &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Your gallants that venture faire,</L>
<L>To &s;teale either hor&s;e or Mare,</L>
<L>Them in that &s;hape he'l bearse</L>
<L>Through water, earth and mire,</L>
<L>In wet and dirty ca&s;e they &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes to them he appeares,</L>
<L>A fat Weather, which he that beares,</L>
<L>Were as good to loo&s;e his eares,</L>
<L>For with tormenting feares</L>
<L>The burthens vani&s;ht then they &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes he &s;ubtly jeeres,</L>
<L>Night-walking wa&s;tcoat&eacute;eres,</L>
<L>When like a man he appeares,</L>
<L>And them to the Con&s;table beares,</L>
<L>Then in Bride-well they f&eacute;ele and &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c,</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus <HI>Robin</HI> and the re&s;t,</L>
<L>Not n&eacute;edfull to be expre&s;t,</L>
<L>(In humane feature dre&s;t)</L>
<L>Play many a merry je&s;t;</L>
<L>And Th&eacute;eves upon the Gallowes &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For when they have lo&s;t the game,</L>
<L>Then thus they doe exclaime,</L>
<L>The Devill ought me a &s;hame,</L>
<L>And now he has paid the &s;ame;</L>
<L>All &s;uch as the&s;e with &s;hame &s;hall &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cunning, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e things and more be&s;ide,</L>
<L>Might here be &s;pecifi'd,</L>
<L>But let the ca&s;e be try'd,</L>
<L>Our Pen-man hath not ly'd,</L>
<L>For mortals by experience &s;ee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>What cuning, merry, mad blades we be.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for Edw. Wright in Gilt|&s;pur-&s;treet.</P>
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