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<DATE>2008-04-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080312.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<OPENER><HI>To an Excellent new &s;weet Tune, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ words"> <HI>where Helen</HI> lyes.</HI></OPENER>
<LG>
<L>MY &s;weete&s;t &s;weet and faire&s;t fair,</L>
<L>of birth and worth beyond compare</L>
<L>Thou art the cau&s;er of my care</L>
<L>&s;ince fir&s;t I loved thee:</L>
<L>I would I were where H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">len lyes.</L>
<L>where Helen lyes, where Helen lyes,</L>
<L>For night and day on me &s;he cryes,</L>
<L>in land where ever &s;he be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy face is full of ble&s;&s;edne&s;s,</L>
<L>thy lips is full of comline&s;s,</L>
<L>Thou cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">tenance is loveline&s;s:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> heart O I pitie me;</L>
<L>I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ould I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Pitie and vertue they do meet.</L>
<L>which makes thy body &s;o compleat,</L>
<L>The love of thee my only &s;weet</L>
<L>can only comfort me.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet GOD hath given to me a mind,</L>
<L>the which to thee &s;hal prove as kind,</L>
<L>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> any one that thou &s;hall find,</L>
<L>of high or low degree.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet neverthele&s;s I am content,</L>
<L>and never a whit my love repent,</L>
<L>But think the time it was well &s;pent</L>
<L>though I di&s;dained be.</L>
<L>I would I wrere, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet Venus loved a &s;hepherds &s;wain,</L>
<L>who&s;e name is called Ordemain,</L>
<L>And Ro&s;mount an inferior man,</L>
<L>why may not thou love me?</L>
<L>I would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> contemplation be to me,</L>
<L>the height of my felicitie?</L>
<L>Shat I adore a Deitie,</L>
<L>can no wayes pa&s;&s;ed be?</L>
<L>would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Shal I continue &s;till to love,</L>
<L>whom neither tears nor &s;ighs can move:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">uch con&s;tancie will fullie prove</L>
<L>no truth but flatterie</L>
<L>would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">he &s;halde&s;t river makes mo&s;t dine,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">the deepe&s;t pool, the deade&s;t lin-</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">be riche&s;t man lea&s;t truth within,</L>
<L>though he preferred be,</L>
<L> would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Eagle and the Cock a match,</L>
<L>cannot &s;top the Butterflie to catch,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">or can the Hare feed with the Ratch,</L>
<L>no more can&s;t thou love me.</L>
<L>would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ur here I &s;wear I'le be as true</L>
<L>as any one &s;hal favour you</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">he love I love I'le never rue</L>
<L>untill the day I die.</L>
<L>would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> heart with thee thou ha&s;t in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>with thee to live and al&s;o dye</L>
<L>love thee for thy con&s;tanc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>and evermore &s;hall do,</L>
<L>would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">o accident can have the f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ letters"></L>
<L>to change my love or yet <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 words"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">or can the world with its dro&s;s,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">inner my love from you.</L>
<L>would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen fa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">, without compare</L>
<L>let not <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> di&s;pare, nor killing care,</L>
<L>My purebe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ letters">t tear but one word ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">e,</L>
<L>and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> thou pities me.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ letters">eet and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;t compleat,</L>
<L>my capt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ letters"> &s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">rit pyne at thy feet,</L>
<L>O think no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> fit thus for to treat,</L>
<L>thy pri&s;oner with crueltie.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ve this &s;till I crave,</L>
<L>on thy poor &s;lave &s;ome pity have</L>
<L>O do him &s;ave who a near his grave,</L>
<L>and dies for love of thee,</L>
<L>I would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen bed di&s;creet, mode&s;t,</L>
<L>who is po&s;&s;e&s;t with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> is ble&s;t;</L>
<L>With happine&s; thou art <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">re&s;t,</L>
<L>Oh if I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">er with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">.</L>
<L>I would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen wi&s;e do not di&s;pi&s;e</L>
<L>the humb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"> cryes of him who dyes,</L>
<L>Look where he lyes and bid him ri&s;e,</L>
<L>and live and hope for thee.</L>
<L>I would I were &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen great in my conceit,</L>
<L>my ridged fate I mu&s;t regra</L>
<L>Rigour abate, do not him hate;</L>
<L>who loves thee till he die.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> my love my joy,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="4+ words"> thee.</L>
<L>I would I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O He<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"> my wounds bleed fa&s;t</L>
<L>my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ words">, and makes ha&s;t great,</L>
<L>Thou <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;t when time is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>repent thy cruelty</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen fai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"> Hele<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span">et,</L>
<L>O Helen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">, O Helen be&s;t,</L>
<L>O Helen wi&s;er, O Helen great,</L>
<L>O Helen coy and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Think on the place wer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>imbracing of my love <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>At Venus <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> hath <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"></L>
<L>but now I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ words"></L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Helen rare O Helen fair,</L>
<L>I'le wear a Garland of thy hair,</L>
<L>Shal cover <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3+ words"></L>
<L>untill the day I die.</L>
<L>I would I were, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O that I were where I would be,</L>
<L>e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">en <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> beneath you <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> mood <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">,</L>
<L>And my own <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">eary on my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>&s;o well as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> thou'd <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>I would I were where Helen lyes</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"> Helen lyes, where Helen  lyes</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ words"> and day on m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he cryes</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ words"> where ever &s;he be</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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