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<DATE>2008-09-03</DATE>
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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>The <HI>DUTCHESS</HI> of PORTSMOUTHs Farewel:</HEAD>
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<L>The Dutche&s;s holds a Dialogue,</L>
<L>and talks with Madam <HI>Gwin;</HI></L>
<L>Yea, doth relate the wretched &s;tate,</L>
<L>that now &s;he liveth in.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Tan tarra rara tan tivee.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>I Prithee dear <HI>Port&s;mouth</HI> now tell me thy mind</L>
<L><HI>with a fa, la, la, la, fa, la la,</HI></L>
<L>Do&s;t thou not think that the Fates are unkind,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>It is not long &s;ince thy fame it was great,</L>
<L>But now 'tis eclip&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d by unkindne&s;s of fate,</L>
<L>Thy ca&s;e now doth &s;eem a &s;ad tale to relate,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la la la, fa la la.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Ah! <HI>Nell</HI> could I but my &s;orrow explain,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Which fi&s;teth my heart with &s;orrow and pain,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> from mine <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> I &s;hould certainly weep,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> of the Ocean &s;o deep,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> friend lyes fa&s;t in his &s;leep.</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Magnificent &s;plendor did on thee attend,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And now I would have thee thy life to amend,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>On rich and on poor, Dame Fortune doth frown,</L>
<L>Thou from thy great honour art tumbled down,</L>
<L>It is not thy money thy actions can crown,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Add not to my &s;orrow now I am perplext,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>For ought I do know <HI>Nell</HI> thou may'&s;t be the next,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Then &s;eem not at my di&s;tre&s;s for to &s;corn,</L>
<L>To happine&s;s la&s;ting few people is born,</L>
<L>And I like my &s;elf am now left forlorn,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What mu&s;t thou return to thy country of <HI>France</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c,</HI></L>
<L>Or will not thy cha&s;tity here thee advance,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>What ha&s;t thou for&s;ook thy mo&s;t amorous trade,</L>
<L>Or ha&s;t thou left off the game thou ha&s;t plaid,</L>
<L>Tho' not one in ten rook thee for a Maid,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e quirks are too quick you do put on me <HI>Nell,</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And thou thine own &s;elf, lov'&s;t the &s;port very well,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Then <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> not one another deride,</L>
<L>For <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> many Gallants that love it be&s;ide,</L>
<L>But <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> I fear now will pull down my pride,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Your beauty and vertus now &s;eem to decline,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>I know not how &s;oon your fate may be mine,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Now un&s;tring your pur&s;e, and be kind to the poor,</L>
<L>I know that confinement you cannot indure,</L>
<L>There is nothing on earth that is &s;table and &s;ure,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You &s;eem <HI>Nell</HI> with &s;peed for to po&s;t me a way,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>But e're I go hence my debts I mu&s;t pay,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And is not this now a mo&s;t &s;orrowful thing,</L>
<L>That I who had the great world in a &s;ling,</L>
<L>Mu&s;t now in this plight mo&s;t mournfully &s;ing,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But Madam from hence you &s;ent trea&s;ure away;</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And here I &s;uppo&s;e that a while you mu&s;t &s;tay,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>But what I my &s;elf have got by my game,</L>
<L>I freely in <HI>England</HI> expended the &s;ame,</L>
<L>But you hane tran&s;ported yours to your &s;hame,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But one of my Si&s;ters hath &s;uffer'd before,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c,</HI></L>
<L>She I do remember was called <HI>lane-&s;hore;</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>For now I am po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed with &s;orrow and fear,</L>
<L>And in my fad dreams &s;trange vi&s;ions appear,</L>
<L>I have lo&s;t my be&s;t friend that I loved &s;o dear,</L>
<L><HI>with a fa la, fa la la.</HI></L>
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<P>printed for I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. pa&s;&s;inger.</P>
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