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<HEAD>A Pattern of LOVE; OR, The Faithful Lovers well met.</HEAD>
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<L>Here's Love for Love you may behold,</L>
<L>And true love better is than Gold:</L>
<L>For if my Song you well do mind,</L>
<L>Patterns of true love here you'l find</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Cannons Rore.</HI></OPENER>
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<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<LG>
<L>COme and help me to complain,</L>
<L>Er'e my heart doth break with pain,</L>
<L>My love unkind doth me di&s;dain,</L>
<L>which doth increa&s;e my pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>His per&s;on it is &s;o compleat,</L>
<L>All Females do delight to &s;ee't</L>
<L>And &s;tand amaz'd when him they meet,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the flower of all the Nation.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>He is &s;o rare in every part,</L>
<L>So full of vertue and de&s;ert,</L>
<L>That he did quickly win my heart,</L>
<L>and made &s;uch alteration:</L>
<L>That all my comforts &s;oon were gon</L>
<L>And him alone I doted on;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ea night and day I think upon</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the flower of all the Nation.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus langui&s;hing in Bed all night,</L>
<L>And thinking on my hearts delight,</L>
<L>As if he had been in my &s;ight</L>
<L>&s;uch was Loves operation;</L>
<L>I wrung my hands and tore my hair,</L>
<L>And almo&s;t fell into di&s;pair,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e my deare&s;t was not there,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>the flower of all the Nation.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>I often &s;tretched forth my arms,</L>
<L>And with a kind of &s;eeming Charms,</L>
<L>I &s;trove to keep him from all harms,</L>
<L>by <HI>Cupids</HI> &s;trong per&s;wa&s;ion;</L>
<L>Then in a moment I did cry,</L>
<L>O come my Love, or el&s;e I dye,</L>
<L>Wanting thy precious company,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I love be&s;t in the Nation.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>For while &s;he made this grievous moan,</L>
<L>For her beloved deare&s;t one,</L>
<L>He was hard by, to her unknown,</L>
<L>and near her kept his &s;tation;</L>
<L>At la&s;t he blu&s;hing to her came,</L>
<L>Which &s;et the Dam&s;el on a flame,</L>
<L>'Cau&s;e &s;he again&s;t him did Exclaim,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>&s;he lov'd be&s;t in the Nation.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Don't complain, my deare&s;t dear,</L>
<L>For I thy hearts delight, am here,</L>
<L>And come to bani&s;h all thy fear,</L>
<L>then do no more torment thee;</L>
<L>For I will work both night and day,</L>
<L>To keep my true love fine and gay,</L>
<L>Then all the world will &s;urely &s;ay,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I &s;trive for to content thee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Nothing &s;hall be too dear for thee,</L>
<L>If it for Gold may purchas'd be,</L>
<L>For &s;ince thou ha&s;t made choice of me,</L>
<L>thou need'&s;t not to repent thee;</L>
<L>Thy Beauty I mo&s;t highly prai&s;e,</L>
<L>I will be kind to thee always,</L>
<L>And thou &s;halt &s;ee brave Golden days,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>let this my love, content thee.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>And where&s;oever I do go,</L>
<L>The world &s;hall all thy Vertues know,</L>
<L>And i'le &s;et forth thy prai&s;es &s;o,</L>
<L>that nothing &s;hall torment thee;</L>
<L>I'le write Encomiums on thy Name,</L>
<L>And &s;pread them on the Wings of fame,</L>
<L>Then do no more thy true love blame;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>that &s;trives for to content thee.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'le truly keep my Nuptial Vows,</L>
<L>As Law and Rea&s;on both allows,</L>
<L>And be &s;o careful of my Spou&s;e,</L>
<L>that nothing &s;hall torment thee;</L>
<L>I'le fea&s;t mine eyes with thy dear &s;ight;</L>
<L>And in thy company delight,</L>
<L>Yea, never leave thee day nor night,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>my Dear let this content thee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Vnto the Church &s;traightway we'l go,</L>
<L>And to the world will plainly &s;how,</L>
<L>The faithful love to thee I owe,</L>
<L>then do not thou torment thee;</L>
<L>According to thy just De&s;ert,</L>
<L>I'le change with thee my love-&s;ick heart,</L>
<L>Till cruel death our loves &s;hall part,</L>
<L><HI>my Dear let this content thee.</HI></L>
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