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<DATE>2008-10-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080853.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Parthenia's Complaint.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, <HI>The for&s;aken Sheperde&s;s.</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L><HI>The fai&s;hood of Young men &s;he doth di&s;cover,</HI></L>
<L><HI>By &s;ad example of her Faithle&s;s Lover:</HI></L>
<L><HI>And &s;o again&s;t them all &s;he doth enveigh,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tho' injur'd but by one, which makes her &s;ay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Happy Nymph for certain is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e Creature Man.</HI></L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To a New Tune much in Reque&s;t: Or, <HI>Sitting beyond a River &s;ide.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>SItting beyond a Rivers &s;ide,</L>
<L><HI>Parthenia</HI> thus to <HI>Cloe</HI> cry'd;</L>
<L>Who from the fair Nymphs Eyes a pace,</L>
<L>Another &s;tream o'reflow'd her beauteous face,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Ah happy Nymph, &s;aid &s;he, that can</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oft &s;he perfidious things would cry,</L>
<L>They love, they bleed, they burn, they dye,</L>
<L>But if they'r ab&s;ent half a day,</L>
<L>Nay, if they &s;tay but one poor hour away:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>No more they dye, no more complain,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But like uncon&s;tant wretches live again.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that you do their Vows believe,</L>
<L>Then you are lo&s;t without reprieve,</L>
<L>For Maids that's credulous and free,</L>
<L>Are ruin'd &s;oon by their incon&s;tancy:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ugred words they will trappan,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No creature ever was &s;o fal&s;e as Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The &s;ad effects my &s;elf have try'd,</L>
<L>By one that vow'd for love be dy'd;</L>
<L>My pity overcame disdain,</L>
<L>And I requited him with love again:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Which makes me &s;ay with looks &s;o wan,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No creature ever was &s;o fal&s;e as Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For when I thought be lov'd me mo&s;t,</L>
<L>He proved fal&s;e unto my co&s;t,</L>
<L>And like a fickle wretch did change</L>
<L>His mind, 'mong&s;t other beauties for to range,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Therefore &s;he happy is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I upon the flowry Plains,</L>
<L>Did feed my flocks, free from loves pains</L>
<L>And re&s;ted near the Chri&s;tal &s;treams,</L>
<L>Not once affrighted with &s;uch idle dreams,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then could I &s;ay, 'tis I that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>BUt &s;ince that love did me en&s;nare,</L>
<L>My Heart is fill'd with grief and care,</L>
<L>My looks are chang'd, and I complain,</L>
<L>Being requited with &s;uch deep di&s;dain:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then &s;ure he happy is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e Creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wild Bea&s;ts that in the woods do range,</L>
<L>Unto their mates are not &s;o &s;trange,</L>
<L>As men are to their Loves untrue,</L>
<L>Which makes poor &s;imple maids &s;o deeply  rue.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And &s;ay, &s;he happy is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e Creature Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You Birds that warble in the grove,</L>
<L>And hears the fal&s;hood of my Love:</L>
<L>Bear witne&s;s of my &s;ad complaint,</L>
<L>Who am with grief and &s;orrow like to faint</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Help me to learn, if that you can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No more to value that fal&s;e creature Man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The marble Rocks that do divide,</L>
<L>The foaming billows as they glide;</L>
<L>Not &s;o obdurate are in kind,</L>
<L>As men who unto fal&s;hood are inclin'd.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Therefore &s;he happy is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Gods above will &s;ure c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;ti&s;e,</L>
<L>Such fickle Lovers treacher<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">es,</L>
<L>And <HI>Cupid</HI> with his powerful bow,</L>
<L>Will make them all their Errors for to know,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That they may love tho&s;e Nymphs that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You Virgins all who hear my moan,</L>
<L>Let me not langui&s;h all alone,</L>
<L>Come and a&s;&s;i&s;t me in my need,</L>
<L>Le&s;t that my broken heart with &s;orrow Heed,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Help me to learn if that you can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No more to value that fal&s;e Creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>One of a thou&s;and you'll not find,</L>
<L>That<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s true and bears a feithful mind,</L>
<L>But of your hearts they'l you bereave,</L>
<L>And then <UNCLEAR>di&s;loyally</UNCLEAR> they will you leave;</L>
<L><HI>Then &s;ure &s;he happy is that can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>So little value that fal&s;e creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O that &s;uch fal&s;hood &s;hould remain</L>
<L>Within that heart who&s;e deep disdain,</L>
<L>Hath brought me to &s;o &s;ad di&s;pair,</L>
<L>As never for mankind again to care;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>O let me &s;ay if that you can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No more i'le value that fal&s;e creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Into &s;ome De&s;art I will go,</L>
<L>And weary out my days in woe;</L>
<L>And with the Turtle there complain,</L>
<L>And never come in mortals &s;ight again;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But &s;trive by all the means I can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No more to value that fal&s;e creature man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then let all Virgins have a care,</L>
<L>And of their treacheries beware,</L>
<L>Let my m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hap your warning be,</L>
<L>And tru&s;t not to their infidelity.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Let me advi&s;e you if you can,</HI></L>
<L><HI>No more to value that fal&s;e creature m<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI></L>
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