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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<PB N="480" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 15 -->
<HEAD>The two faithful Lovers, <HI>Or, A merry &s;ong in prai&s;e of</HI> Betty.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Young-men and maids I do intend</L>
<L>To &s;ing a &s;ong that's newly Pen'd;</L>
<L>And if you plea&s;e to have it out</L>
<L>'Twill plea&s;e your fancies without doubt.</L>
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<BYLINE>By T.B.</BYLINE>
<OPENER>Tune of, the amorous Dam&s;el of Bri&s;tol-City.</OPENER>
<HEADNOTE>
<P>With Allowance.</P>
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<LG>
<L>IN a <HI>May</HI>-Morning as I was walking</L>
<L>I heard two Lovers together talking;</L>
<L>With words &s;o &s;weet he &s;pake unto her,</L>
<L>And thus he did begin to wooe her:</L>
</LG>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>Said he well met my deare&s;t <HI>Betty,</HI></L>
<L>Thou art a Girl that is wond<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ous pretty;</L>
<L>If I could gain but your love and favour,</L>
<L>I'd b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> thy deare&s;t Love fo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> e<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">er.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Slight not Sweetheart this loving motion,</L>
<L>A Hundred pound it is my Portion,</L>
<L>But if we never injoy one penny,</L>
<L>True-love is better than b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ggs of Money.</L>
</LG>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>The M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ids A<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;wer.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Good &s;ir your words are kindly <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">poken,</L>
<L>But ha&s;ty love is &s;oone&s;t br<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ken;</L>
<L>'Tis good for you ob&s;erve <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">our doing,</L>
<L>And be not you too, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">uick in wooing.</L>
</LG>
<P><PB N="481" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 15 --><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>If I &s;hould grant you my love to marry,</L>
<L>Perhaps you'd wi&s;h you did longer tarry,</L>
<L>And in one Year begin to flout me,</L>
<L>And wi&s;h that you had gone without me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some men do flout their Wives, 'tis certain</L>
<L>And &s;ay they might had better fortune;</L>
<L>So thus they alwaies frown and lowre,</L>
<L>And &s;carcely live one quiet hour.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The Mans An&s;wer.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Sweet-heart my love on thee is fixed,</L>
<L>Both night and day I am perplexed;</L>
<L>Then prithee do not thou deny me,</L>
<L>But come &s;weetheart and &s;it down by me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Doubt not &s;weetheart ile ne'r offend thee,</L>
<L>My love is true which I pretend thee,</L>
<L>Ile not for&s;ake thee for Gold nor Money,</L>
<L>Then do not &s;light me my deare&s;t Honey.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Betty</HI> blame me not for my &s;peeches,</L>
<L>I do not aim for Gold nor Riches,</L>
<L>My heart is fixed without moving;</L>
<L>Sweet <HI>Betty</HI> be thou kind and loving.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Grant but to me thy Love and Favour,</L>
<L>Both day and night I hard will labour</L>
<L>If that I have but health my honey</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt not want for Meat nor Money.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The maids An&s;wer.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Youngmen have &s;uch a way in wooing</L>
<L>To vow a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d &s;w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">er the<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">'l &s;till <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e lo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ing;</L>
<L>Yet in one Year there is &s;mall regarding</L>
<L>Which makes &s;ome Maids repent their bar|gain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet if I thought your love was con&s;tant</L>
<L>Which you pretend now at this in&s;tant,</L>
<L>Methinks I cannot well deny thee</L>
<L>Becau&s;e with words you &s;atisfie me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For what you &s;aid I do commend you,</L>
<L>And in this cau&s;e <HI>I</HI> will befriend you;</L>
<L>Ask but the good will of my Father,</L>
<L>And you and <HI>I</HI> will joyn together.</L>
</LG>
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<SPEAKER>The mans An&s;wer.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Oh now thy words it doth revive me,</L>
<L>For <HI>I</HI> did fear thou would&s;t deny me,</L>
<L>While life doth la&s;t ile ne'r for&s;ake thee,</L>
<L>Since for my wife <HI>I</HI> mean to take thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There is never a <UNCLEAR>Maid</UNCLEAR> in London City</L>
<L>In my conceit is like my <HI>Betty,</HI></L>
<L>She is &s;o hand<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ome in her favour,</L>
<L>I think my &s;elf a ble&s;t to have her.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<LG>
<L>So to conc<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ude, I wi&s;h each Lover</L>
<L>To prove &s;o con&s;tant to each other</L>
<L>As tho&s;e two did, of whom i'me &s;peaking:</L>
<L>There need not be &s;o much heart-breaking.</L>
</LG>
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