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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Wealthy Gra&s;iers Ioyes <HI>COMPLEATED.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>Or,</HI> The <HI>Shepherd's</HI> beautiful Daughter obtained.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>His Love was pure, and did endure,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And will for evermore;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Her Beauty bright is his delight,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And her he doth adore.</HI></L>
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<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Ladies of</HI> London, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P>This may be printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<LG>
<L>PRithee &s;weet Creature &s;it down by my &s;ide,</L>
<L>I have no de&s;ign to undoe thee;</L>
<L>But am re&s;olved to make thee my Bride,</L>
<L>and therefore am coming to wooe thee:</L>
<L>If that thou wilt but give thy con&s;ent,</L>
<L>there needeth no more di&s;putation;</L>
<L>I &s;hall have comfort and perfect content</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>in thee, the &s;weet Girl of the Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tell me, my deare&s;t, if thou wilt be mine,</L>
<L>'tis nothing but Love I de&s;ire;</L>
<L>All that I have in the World &s;hall he thine,</L>
<L>thy per&s;on I much do admire.</L>
<L>Here I prote&s;t my love it is true,</L>
<L>I never u&s;e di&s;&s;imulation;</L>
<L>Let me enjoy but the favour of you</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the beautiful Girl of the Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L><HI>I</HI> Never fancied no Creature but thee,</L>
<L>thou fair and mo&s;t amorous beauty;</L>
<L>I do de&s;ire thy &s;ervant to be,</L>
<L>and count it no more than my Duty,</L>
<L>Nay, and I call the Powers above</L>
<L>to witne&s;s this my Oration,</L>
<L>That I will never prove fal&s;e to my Love,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the Beauty of all the whole Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Here I do promi&s;e, and give thee my hand,</L>
<L>my Love, that I'll never offend thee;</L>
<L>but will endow thee with Hou&s;es and Land,</L>
<L>and &s;ervants &s;hall alwaies attend thee:</L>
<L>Therefore if thou to love wilt agree,</L>
<L>there needeth no more di&s;putation;</L>
<L>I never fancied no Creature but thee,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the Beauty of all the whole Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Both Corn and Cattle I have a great &s;tock,</L>
<L>and young ones daily are breeding;</L>
<L>Three or four hundred Sheep in a Flock.</L>
<L>with Lambs that are &s;weetly feeding;</L>
<L>I will maintain thee gallant and brave,</L>
<L>and thou &s;hall live free from vexation;</L>
<L>Had I ten thou&s;and times more than I have,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>'tis thine, the &s;weet Girl of the Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Both night and day thou do&s;t run in my mind,</L>
<L>then prithee now do not deny me;</L>
<L>If you imagine I will prove unkind,</L>
<L>my deare&s;t I'd have thee but try me:</L>
<L>Here in my Arms I will thee infold,</L>
<L>believe this my true prote&s;tation,</L>
<L>For I do prize thee far better than Gold,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>thou beautiful Girl of the Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he had told her his hone&s;t intent,</L>
<L>&s;he finding his Love &s;o entire,</L>
<L>This youthful Damo&s;el did give her con&s;ent,</L>
<L>and granted her true Love's de&s;ire;</L>
<L>Then by the hand his Love he did take,</L>
<L>and brought her home to her Relation,</L>
<L>Where he prote&s;ted he'd never for&s;ake</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>this beautiful Girl of the Nation.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He was for making no longer delay,</L>
<L>with her he was truly delighted;</L>
<L>And the young Damo&s;el appointed the day,</L>
<L>their Friends they was likewi&s;e invited;</L>
<L>That they in Love might both he linkt fa&s;t,</L>
<L>according to Laws of the Nation;</L>
<L>And when the Wedding is over and pa&s;t,</L>
<L>we'l give you a further Relation.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> I Deacon <HI>at the</HI> Angel <HI>in</HI> Guilt&s;pur-&s;treet, <HI>without</HI> Newgate.</P>
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