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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The dying Young-man, and the obdurate Maid,</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>OR, A &s;trange and wonderful Relation of a Young-man that dyed for love about the mide&s;t of this pre&s;ent Iune, with the Maids per|plexity for lo&s;s of her love, and how likely &s;he is to dy for the &s;ame cau&s;e worthy the view of all young-men and Maids both in Country and City, delightful to all, hurtful to none.</P>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Fancies Phenix.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<SP>
<LG>
<L>COme you young men and maidens fair</L>
<L>For unto you I will now declare,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e I will hear unfold,</L>
<L>As true a tale as er<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="over-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> was told,</L>
<L>Of a young man that oft did cry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sweet grant me love or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fair Maids I pray you lend an ear,</L>
<L>And you the truth thereof &s;hall hear,</L>
<L>And of the&s;e  times come take a view,</L>
<L>No damage thereby will in&s;ue,</L>
<L>Admit not your love too oft to cry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sweet yield Reliefe or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The young mans Complaint.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Dear love when fir&s;t I ca&s;t mine eye,</L>
<L>Vpon thy feature and beauty</L>
<L>My heart did burn in &s;uch a flame,</L>
<L>That I could never quench the &s;ame,</L>
<L>And doth continue con&s;tantly,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sweet yield Relief or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maids reply.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>King Sir your mind I will make known,</L>
<L>The le&s;s you<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">r mine the more your own,</L>
<L>For on that &s;ide I cannot hear,</L>
<L>Yet thank you kindly for your fear,</L>
<L>No cau&s;e at all I can e&s;py,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For to give credit to your cry.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Dear Love thou lodge&s;t in my heart,</L>
<L>And from thence &s;hall ne'r depart,</L>
<L>Dread <HI>Cupit</HI> hath wounded me &s;o,</L>
<L>Then do not prove my mortall fo,</L>
<L>Which forceth me incea&s;antly,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>To cry &s;weet love me or</HI> I <HI>dye,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Sw&eacute;et Sir your &s;ute is all in vain,</L>
<L>Without a cau&s;e you do complain,</L>
<L>Young-men I know can counterfeit</L>
<L>And &s;&eacute;em to be lovers compleat</L>
<L>Vs &s;illy Maidens for to try,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But we their actions do defie.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Dear love do not obdurate prove,</L>
<L>But this my wo and grief remove,</L>
<L>And ea&s;e me now that am opre&s;t,</L>
<L>So that I may have peace and re&s;t,</L>
<L>For in thy love my heart doth fry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sweet yield relief or el&s;e</HI> I <HI>dy,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Sir to me you a &s;tranger are,</L>
<L>Then wherefore for me &s;hould you care,</L>
<L>Some thing to mitigate your pain,</L>
<L>Come home I wil you entertain,</L>
<L>If I may prove the remedy,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>You for love &s;hall never dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Then receive this ki&s;s my dear,</L>
<L>That I give the in token here,</L>
<L>I love thee dearer then my life,</L>
<L>Intending to make thee my wife</L>
<L>Ten thou&s;and times happy am I,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That thou love&s;t me a&s;&s;uredly.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER><UNCLEAR>To the &s;ame Tune</UNCLEAR></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<SP>
<LG>
<L>HE kept his time and to her came</L>
<L>But &s;he proved a &s;cornfu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> dame,</L>
<L>Her entertainment was har&s;h and cour&s;e</L>
<L>And her reproaches ten times wor&s;e,</L>
<L>Farwel d&eacute;er heart thus did he cry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Tis for thy love that</HI> I <HI>mu&s;t dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Straight home he came and went to bed,</L>
<L>Whereupon fancies &s;till he fed,</L>
<L>And for twelve dayes he there did ly,</L>
<L>In griveous wo and mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>And ever and anon did cry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Tis for thy love that</HI> I <HI>mu&s;t dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
<P><HI>Four lines apiece of the four following ver&s;es, was found written in his own Trunck, &s;ince his departure.</HI></P>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>His Complaint.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>THy heart is harder far then flint,</L>
<L>And will not &s;uffer Cupits plint,</L>
<L>But vears his Arrowes back to <HI>Iove,</HI></L>
<L>Hard hearted thou that can&s;t not love,</L>
<L>My life is now in Ieoperdy,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Tis for thy love that</HI> I <HI>mu&s;t dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when I dye true lovers mourn,</L>
<L>Deck all your heads with witherd corn,</L>
<L>Wear on each hand a &s;able glove,</L>
<L>To te&s;tifie I dyed for love,</L>
<L>Proclaim it in the &s;tr&eacute;es and cry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Twas for her love that</HI> I <HI>did dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then bear me &s;oftly by her door,</L>
<L>And with your mourning breads deplore,</L>
<L>Cry loud look down you gods above,</L>
<L>On her that kills him for her love,</L>
<L>To all the world go te&s;tifie,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Twas for her love that</HI> I <HI>did dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>La&s;t build my Tomb of lovers bones,</L>
<L>Laid round about with marble &s;tones,</L>
<L>My Scho&s;hon being a <HI>Venus</HI> Dove</L>
<L>To &s;ignifie I dyed for love,</L>
<L>For whil&s;t I live in flames I fry,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And &s;o farewel lo here I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<SP>
<LG>
<L>Imediately in came the Maid,</L>
<L>His Cofin made heart to dread,</L>
<L>And <UNCLEAR>to</UNCLEAR> inquire who there did dy,</L>
<L>That within that hou&s;e did ly,</L>
<L>She being told wept bitterly,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And &s;aid I do de&s;erve to dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;ince that hour continues &s;till,</L>
<L>Beyond any Phy&s;itians skill,</L>
<L>Her &s;orrows daily do increa&s;e,</L>
<L>Her burning feavors do not cea&s;e,</L>
<L>She frets and grieves uncea&s;antly,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Confe&s;&s;ing &s;he de&s;erves to dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Young men and maids that love intend,</L>
<L>The&s;e lines unto you I commend,</L>
<L>To tho&s;e that love you prove mo&s;t true,</L>
<L>And do not change them fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> a n<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">w,</L>
<L>Give eare to tho&s;e that truth doth tell,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And &s;o I bid you all farwel.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</SP>
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<P>London, Printed for <HI>John Andrews,</HI> at the White-Lyon near <HI>Py-Corner.</HI></P>
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