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<HEAD>The Spani&s;h Ladies Love,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>WIll you here a <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Lady,</L>
<L>how &s;he woo'd an <HI>Engli&s;h man,</HI></L>
<L>Garments gay as rich as may be,</L>
<L>deckt with Iewels had &s;he on,</L>
<L>Of a fair and comly countenance</L>
<L>and grace was &s;he.</L>
<L>And by birth and Parentage,</L>
<L>of high degree.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As his pri&s;oner there he kept her,</L>
<L>in his hands her life did lie</L>
<L><HI>Cupids</HI> hands did tye her fa&s;ter</L>
<L>by the liking of an eye.</L>
<L>In his courteous company,</L>
<L>was all her joy</L>
<L>To favour him in any thing,</L>
<L>&s;he was not coy.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But at la&s;t there came commandment</L>
<L>for to &s;et all Ladies fr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>With their Iewels &s;till adorned,</L>
<L>none to do them injury.</L>
<L>O then &s;aid the Lady gay,</L>
<L>full wo is me,</L>
<L>O let me &s;till &s;u&s;tain this kind</L>
<L>Captivity.</L>
<L>Galiant Captain take &s;ome pity</L>
<L>on a woman in di&s;tre&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Leave me not within this City</L>
<L>for to dye in heavine&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t &s;et this pre&s;ent day</L>
<L>my body free,</L>
<L>But my hear'ts in pri&s;on &s;till</L>
<L>remain with th&eacute;e,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How &s;hould&s;t thou fair Lady lovo me</L>
<L>whom thou know&s;t thy Countries foe</L>
<L>Thy fair word makes me &s;u&s;pect th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Serpents lie where flowers grow,</L>
<L>All the harm I think on thee,</L>
<L>mo&s;t courteous Knigh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>God grant upon my life the &s;ame</L>
<L>may fully light.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ble&s;&s;ed be the time and &s;ea&s;on,</L>
<L>that you came on <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> ground,</L>
<L>If you may our foes be termed,</L>
<L>gentle Foes we have you found,</L>
<L>With our City you have won</L>
<L>our hearts each one.</L>
<L>Then to your Country hear away,</L>
<L>that is your own,</L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd Part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>R<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">span1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> more,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> plenty,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> wondrous &s;tore.</L>
<L>Spaniards <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>we <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> find,</L>
<L>But <HI>Engli&s;h men</HI> throughout the world,</L>
<L>are counted kind,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Leave me not unto a Spaniard,</L>
<L>thou alone enjoy'd my heart</L>
<L>I am lovely young and tender,</L>
<L>love is likewi&s;e my de&s;ert,</L>
<L>Still to &s;erve thee day and night,</L>
<L>my mind is pre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">,</L>
<L>The wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e of every <HI>Engli&s;h man,</HI></L>
<L>is counted ble&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It would be a &s;hame fair Lady,</L>
<L>for to bear a woman hence</L>
<L>Engli&s;h Souldiers never carry</L>
<L>any &s;uch without offence,</L>
<L>I will quickly change my &s;elf,</L>
<L>if it be &s;o,</L>
<L>And like a page will follow th&eacute;e</L>
<L>where are thou go.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have neither gold nor &s;ilver,</L>
<L>to maintain thee in this ca&s;e,</L>
<L>And to travel to great charges</L>
<L>as you know in every place,</L>
<L>My chains and jewels every one,</L>
<L>&s;hall be thine own.</L>
<L>And eke a hundred pound in gold,</L>
<L>that lies unknown.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On the Seas are many dangers,</L>
<L>many &s;torms do there ari&s;e,</L>
<L>Which will be to Ladies dreadful,</L>
<L>and force tears from watry eye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>Well in worth &s;hall I endure</L>
<L>extremity.</L>
<L>For I could find in heart to lo&s;e</L>
<L>my life for th&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> this fancy</L>
<L>here comes all that breeds the &s;tr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">s</L>
<L>I in England have already,</L>
<L>a &s;weet woman to my wife.</L>
<L>I will not fal&s;ife my vow</L>
<L>for gold nor gain,</L>
<L>Nor yet for all the faire&s;t Dames</L>
<L>that live in Spain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O happy is that woman</L>
<L>that enjoys &s;o true a friend,</L>
<L>Many happy dayes God &s;end h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>of my &s;uit Ile make an end,</L>
<L>On my kn&eacute;es I pardon cra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e</L>
<L>for my offence,</L>
<L>Which love and true affection</L>
<L>did fir&s;t commence.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Commend me to that gallant Lady</L>
<L>bear to her this chain of gold,</L>
<L>With the&s;e bracelets for a token,</L>
<L>grieving that I was &s;o bold,</L>
<L>All my jewels in like &s;ort</L>
<L>take thou with th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>For they are fitting for thy wife</L>
<L>but not for me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I will &s;pend my days in prayer,</L>
<L>love and all her Laws de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">e,</L>
<L>In a Nunnery will I &s;hrow'd me</L>
<L>far from any company,</L>
<L>But ere my Prayer have all end</L>
<L>be &s;ure of this,</L>
<L>I pray for th&eacute;e and for my love</L>
<L>I will not mi&s;&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus farewell mo&s;t gallant Lady.</L>
<L>and farewell my hearts content</L>
<L>Count not Spani&s;h Ladies want of</L>
<L>though to th&eacute;e my mind was bent</L>
<L>Ioy and true pro&s;perity</L>
<L>remain with th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>The like fall unto thy &s;hare,</L>
<L>mo&s;t fair La<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">y.</L>
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<P>Printed for F. Coles, <HI>T.</HI> Vere, and W. ilbert&s;on.</P>
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