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<HEAD>The kind hearted Maidens Re&s;olution, Wherein &s;he doth &s;how her real affection and true Love unto her deare&s;t friend.</HEAD>
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<L>Her Father and Mother they &s;till do &s;ay no,</L>
<L>Yet &s;he is re&s;olved with her Love for to go.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Jenny Ienny.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>Now farewel dear Father</L>
<L>and Mother al&s;o,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> ble&s;&s;ing</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Shore,</L>
<L><HI>For I will <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> with my Love</HI></L>
<L><HI>all the world o're.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>But I hope my dear Daughter</L>
<L>you'l not be &s;uch a one,</L>
<L>A<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> to go and for&s;ake us</L>
<L>and leave us alone,</L>
<L>Now we have brought you up</L>
<L>and by you &s;it great &s;tore</L>
<L><HI>Now you will go with your Love</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But let rea&s;on rule you</L>
<L>at home for to &s;tay,</L>
<L>And go not &s;uch a journey</L>
<L>lea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t you loo&s;e your way</L>
<L>Thou'&s;t have all when we dye</L>
<L>what would&s;t thou have more,</L>
<L><HI>If thou't not go with thy Love,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I vallue not your <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">iches</L>
<L>nor your brave <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o I have but the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">n</L>
<L>whom my heart <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">,</L>
<L>Theres no Locks nor Bolts</L>
<L>&s;hall k&eacute;ep me in a door,</L>
<L><HI>But I,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>FOr his &s;ight and his pre&s;ence</L>
<L>is dearer to me,</L>
<L>Then all the rich Trea&s;ures</L>
<L>i'th world I can &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>In my arms i'le imbrace him</L>
<L>his joys to re&s;tore,</L>
<L><HI>And I will go with my Love</HI></L>
<L><HI>all the world o're.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For what joy or what comfort</L>
<L>has any young Girl,</L>
<L>Though &s;he wears rich jewels</L>
<L>of Gold or yet Pearl,</L>
<L>If her Sweet-heart be wanting</L>
<L>her heart will be &s;ore,</L>
<L><HI>So I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Does not Ladies of Honor</L>
<L>a man much regard,</L>
<L>And &s;hall I for his kindne&s;s</L>
<L>with disdain him reward,</L>
<L>No fir&s;t i'le be hanged</L>
<L>upon the next door,</L>
<L><HI>For I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh did not fair <HI>Phillis</HI></L>
<L>that Lady &s;o bright,</L>
<L>Vnknown at her Gate</L>
<L>fed her Husband and Knight,</L>
<L>And at his death &s;he</L>
<L>grieved full &s;ore,</L>
<L><HI>So I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then why may not I</L>
<L>be as true to my friend,</L>
<L>As ever was <HI>Phillis</HI></L>
<L>unto my Lives end,</L>
<L>There's no inchanting tongue</L>
<L>&s;hall win me on no &s;core,</L>
<L><HI>But I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>He may be in danger</L>
<L>or &s;ick he may lye,</L>
<L>And for want of my company</L>
<L>there he may dye,</L>
<L>But i'le be his Surgeon</L>
<L>for to cure his &s;ore,</L>
<L><HI>And I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>All that I can do for him</L>
<L>the truth for to tell,</L>
<L>Nothing &s;hall be wanting</L>
<L>my Love to maintain,</L>
<L>I'le run through fire and Water</L>
<L>or though the d&eacute;ep &s;ore,</L>
<L><HI>But I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>His behavior and favor</L>
<L>and &s;o civil in's ways,</L>
<L>That whoever &s;&eacute;es him</L>
<L>they give him the prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Which makes me &s;o much</L>
<L>his fame to implore,</L>
<L><HI>And for to go with,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He's no Ranter nor Swearer</L>
<L>nor Drunkard at all.</L>
<L>Yet he'l laugh and be merry</L>
<L>yet mode&s;t withall,</L>
<L>He's courteous and humble</L>
<L>to'th Rich and to Poor,</L>
<L><HI>Which makes me go with,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus have I told to</L>
<L>young Maids in &s;ome part,</L>
<L>The conditions of him</L>
<L>whom I love as my heart</L>
<L>But pray don't long for him</L>
<L>nor yet cry nor <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">re,</L>
<L><HI>For I will go with my Love</HI></L>
<L><HI>all the world o're.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>Printed for J. Clarke at the Harp and Bible in We&s;t-&s;mith-field.</HI></P>
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