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<HEAD>THE Loyal Soldier of Flanders: OR, The Faithle&s;s La&s;s of <HI>London.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of <HI>How can I be marry and glad?</HI></OPENER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P><HI>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</HI></P>
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<LG>
<L>YOung <HI>Thomas</HI> he was a proper Lad,</L>
<L>and lov'd <HI>Elizabeth</HI> as his Life,</L>
<L>Four Years and a half to &s;erve he had,</L>
<L>e'er he could make her Lawful Wife.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When this his Ma&s;ter happen'd to know,</L>
<L>he labour'd the Bonds of Love to break;</L>
<L>Then <HI>Thomas</HI> a Soldier he &s;traight did go,</L>
<L>to venture his Life for his Love's &s;ake.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Remember your &s;olemn-Vows, &s;he &s;aid,</L>
<L>by Letters my Mind to thee I'll tell,</L>
<L>Let no other Love thy Heart invade,</L>
<L>&s;o long as I am alive and well.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Said &s;he, by all the Powers above,</L>
<L>my Heart I'll give to no one but thee,</L>
<L>If e'er I prove fal&s;e unto my Love,</L>
<L>then let me a &s;ad Example be.</L>
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<L>I'll patiently wait for thy Return,</L>
<L>and pray that the Heavens may be my Guide,</L>
<L>The Watery Waves in Flames &s;hall burn,</L>
<L>before I will break my Vow, &s;he cry'd.</L>
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<L>He entered on Board and left his Dear,</L>
<L>the Winds did ri&s;e, and he Seas did roar,</L>
<L>Death did in &s;undry &s;hapes appear,</L>
<L>until he arriv'd at the <HI>Holland</HI> &s;hore.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then like a mo&s;t true entire Friend,</L>
<L>after he had cro&s;s'd the Dream Main,</L>
<L>To her he did loving Letters &s;end,</L>
<L>and &s;he did return him the like again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet they in private often did meet,</L>
<L>their &s;eeming hard Fortune to bemoan;</L>
<L>And with many Vows and Ki&s;&s;es &s;weet</L>
<L>they &s;olemnly joyn'd their Hearts in one.</L>
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<L>At length he taking her by the Hand,</L>
<L>&s;aid he, I mu&s;t cro&s;s the Ocean main,</L>
<L>To venture my Life in a Forreign Land,</L>
<L>yet Loyal to thee I will &s;till remain.</L>
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<LG>
<L>But oh! mo&s;t unfaithful Wretch at la&s;t,</L>
<L>in little more than a Twelve-months &s;pace,</L>
<L>For all tho&s;e Solemn Vows that were pa&s;t,</L>
<L>another Lover &s;he did embrace.</L>
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<L>Now when he return'd and found it &s;o,</L>
<L>he then was tormented in his mind,</L>
<L>He &s;ighing &s;aid, Now full well I know,</L>
<L>no creature &s;o fal&s;e as Woman-kind.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He &s;till from his Heart &s;ad Sighs did fetch,</L>
<L>and often in Pa&s;&s;ion thus &s;aid he,</L>
<L>Thou fal&s;e and for &s;worn Perjur'd Wretch,</L>
<L>'tis thou that alone ha&s;t ruin'd me.</L>
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<LG>
<L>What &s;olemn Vows to me did&s;t thou make,</L>
<L>when fir&s;t I went from the Engli&s;h, Share?</L>
<L>But &s;eeing thou art fal&s;e, now for thy &s;ake,</L>
<L>I'll never believe a Woman more,</L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Brooksby, I. Deacon, J. Blare J. Back.</HI></P>
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