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<HEAD>The Lovers Joy and Grief,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Or, A Young-mans Relation, in a pittiful fa&s;hion. Being from his Love hindred, by Locks, Bolts, and Kindred.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of Young men and Maids.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AMong&s;t the nine, of Nymphs divine</L>
<L>that haunt the forked mountain:</L>
<L>If any will, bring me a quill</L>
<L>dipt in <HI>Ca&s;talia's</HI> fountain.</L>
<L>Ile &s;hew in brief, my joy and grief</L>
<L>and her due prai&s;es render:</L>
<L>To whom I would, come if I coould</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks and bolts do hinder.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My joy, in that I had the fate</L>
<L>to chu&s;e &s;o rare a jewel,</L>
<L>By greif in this, that &s;he my bli<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s</L>
<L>is kept by kindred cruel</L>
<L>Out of my &s;ight, which day and night</L>
<L>doth pierce my heart &s;o tender,</L>
<L>'Tis &s;he to whom, I fain would come</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks and bolts,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She is a La&s;&s;e that doth &s;urpa&s;s</L>
<L>her neighbours round about her:</L>
<L>Her worth is &s;uch, it grieves me much</L>
<L>to live &s;o long without her:</L>
<L>With &s;trong de&s;ire, in <HI>Cupids</HI> fire</L>
<L>my heart burns to a cinder.</L>
<L>I would po&s;&s;es my happine&s;&s;e</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As T<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">isbe fair by Parents care</L>
<L>fro<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> Pyramus was hidden,</L>
<L>So &s;he to come abroad from home</L>
<L>i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">bidden:</L>
<L>She dare not &s;tir, nor I to her</L>
<L>&s;o clo&s;ely they have pin'd her</L>
<L>She would come out, I make no doubt</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Danae</HI> was, i'th Tower of <UNCLEAR>bra&s;&s;e</UNCLEAR></L>
<L>inclo&s;ed by her father</L>
<L>So th&eacute;e (my &s;w&eacute;et) le&s;t we &s;hould meet</L>
<L>art kept more clo&s;ely rather</L>
<L>Yet as great <HI>Jove</HI> got to his love</L>
<L>though walls did comprehend her,</L>
<L>So I did hope to have free &s;cope</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'th interim I, mo&s;t patiently</L>
<L>expect that happy &s;ea&s;on,</L>
<L>I dare not think, that &s;he will shrink</L>
<L>for in truth I have no rea&s;on:</L>
<L>I find that she is true to me</L>
<L>in that I mu&s;t commend her:</L>
<L>She would not be, &s;o long from me</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It grieves my heart, to think what &s;mart</L>
<L>(poor creature) &s;he endureth,</L>
<L>What means her kindred u&s;e to win</L>
<L>her heart w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ich &s;he a&s;&s;ureth</L>
<L>Is fixed fa&s;t, while life doth la&s;t</L>
<L>no policy can bind her,</L>
<L>To any cour&s;e love hath &s;uch fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ce</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks and bolts do hinder.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>SHe hath tis true, to &s;peak whats due</L>
<L>too great a Marriage portion:</L>
<L>This may I vow, for <HI>Cupid</HI> now</L>
<L>is bent into extortion:</L>
<L>I would therefore, her friends were poor,</L>
<L>or el&s;e in heart more tender;</L>
<L>For poor or rich, w&eacute;ed go through &s;titch</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks and bolts do hinder.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Although my &s;elf want worldly pelf</L>
<L>unto their expectation,</L>
<L>Yet if I may the truth di&s;play,</L>
<L>without any o&s;tentation;</L>
<L>By birth &amp; parts, and due de&s;erts,</L>
<L>are not &s;o weak and &s;lender;</L>
<L>But that I might, earn any delight</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>though locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Were I a Prince of eminence</L>
<L>and &s;he a Pea&s;ants daughter,</L>
<L>Had &s;he more, of Learnings &s;tore</L>
<L>then what wi&s;e nature taught her;</L>
<L>Her p&eacute;erle&s;&s;e face and in ward grace</L>
<L>&s;hews in my heart &s;uch &s;plendor</L>
<L>She mine &s;hould be, the like &s;ayes &s;he</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tis not her pelf, but her &s;weet &s;elf,</L>
<L>that I in heart do covet:</L>
<L>Nece&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ty, let wealth &s;upply</L>
<L>for nothing el&s;e I love it:</L>
<L>Her only love, is that doth move</L>
<L>my heart and make it tender:</L>
<L>I mourn in grief, without relief</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>but locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No ea&s;e of mind, at all I find</L>
<L>but only this a&s;&s;urance:</L>
<L>That my dear wench will never flinch</L>
<L>though &s;he be kept in durance;</L>
<L>She hath her &s;hare of woe and care,</L>
<L>for which I mu&s;t commend her,</L>
<L>On me &s;he hath be&s;towed her faith,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>though locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Continue &s;till in thy good will,</L>
<L>thou Paragon of beauty.</L>
<L>And I to th&eacute;e as true will be</L>
<L>&s;o am I bound in duty:</L>
<L>Though fortune frown, yet the renown</L>
<L>of our affections tender,</L>
<L>Abroad is flown, we two are one</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>though locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With patience we&eacute;el expect to feel</L>
<L>the fruit of all this &s;orrow:</L>
<L>Though &s;orrow may, endure this day</L>
<L>I &s;hall have joy to morrow:</L>
<L>In the mean while, I in exile</L>
<L>will be thy true defender</L>
<L>And &s;pread thy name, which is my claim</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>though locks,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh cruel fate, expire the date</L>
<L>of two dear Lovers trouble.</L>
<L>If once our grief do find relief</L>
<L>our joyes will then be double:</L>
<L>And all our tears our cares and fears</L>
<L>will to our names add &s;plendor,</L>
<L>Thy heart is mine, and mine is thine</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>though locks and bolts do hinder.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<P>London Printed for F. Cole, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.</P>
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