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<HEAD>The Lovers Battle, Being a &s;ore Combat fought between Mars and Venus, at a place calle Cunney Ca&s;tle, under Belly-hill.</HEAD>
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<LG>
<L>Bold <HI>Mars</HI> like to a warrier-&s;tout great brags did make in field</L>
<L>But <HI>Venus</HI> &s;he gave him the rout. and forc't him for to yeild,</L>
<L>Then <HI>Mars</HI> drew out his Rapier &s;trong thinking to win the day</L>
<L>But <HI>Venus</HI> charg'd him &s;o &s;ore he was glad he got away.</L>
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</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>The Tune is, The <HI>Chorals delight.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AS <HI>I</HI> by chance abroad was walking,</L>
<L>under a plea&s;ant &s;hadow tr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>There <HI>Mars</HI> and <HI>Venus</HI> I heard talking</L>
<L>not thinking I had been &s;o nigh,</L>
<L>Then I drew near and &s;ate down by them</L>
<L>They not thinking I had been &s;o nigh them,</L>
<L>For to hear their complementing</L>
<L>And to &s;ee &s;ome jovial &s;port</L>
<L>How <HI>Mars</HI> fair <HI>Venus</HI> there did court.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Said <HI>Mars I</HI> am the god of battle</L>
<L>I and Ma&s;ter of the field,</L>
<L>I love to hear the Mu&s;quets rattle</L>
<L>I am well armed with lance &amp; &s;heild,</L>
<L>Oh <HI>I</HI> can make the World to wonder,</L>
<L>And break the bands of peace a&s;under,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> can conquer Towns and Nations,</L>
<L>Be they ne're &s;o &s;tout or &s;trong</L>
<L>Bold <HI>Mars</HI> can lay them all along.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The &s;toute&s;t he which ever drew Rapier;</L>
<L>if <HI>Mars</HI> do meet him in the field:</L>
<L>Though like a warrier he doth vapor</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> care not for his &s;phear or &s;heild,</L>
<L>For I can make loud Cannons thunder</L>
<L>And I can cut his Troops a&s;under,</L>
<L>If my Granad<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">'s I let fly &s;ir,</L>
<L>I will make the proude&s;t foe to yeild</L>
<L>Or el&s;e by <HI>Mars</HI> he dies in field.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There is no Town which in this Nation</L>
<L>no Hall, nor Tower, Ca&s;tle, nor Fort,</L>
<L>But I can &s;oon make alteration</L>
<L>if they delight with me to &s;port,</L>
<L>For the &s;tronge&s;t Ca&s;tle, Town or Tower</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> can conquer in an hour</L>
<L>If clo&s;e &s;eige <HI>I</HI> once do lay too't,</L>
<L>My men will to me &s;toutly &s;tand</L>
<L>And &s;oon the &s;ame we can command.</L>
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<LG>
<L>BOld <HI>Mars I</HI> think you do but vapor</L>
<L>a challenge with you I will make</L>
<L><HI>A</HI> Ca&s;tle I know defies your Rapier</L>
<L>your men and you cannot it take,</L>
<L>If that you plea&s;e but for to try it</L>
<L>Your men and you mu&s;t dearly buy it</L>
<L>E're you do gain the Fort or Ca&s;tle,</L>
<L>You will be fore't for to retreat</L>
<L>For 'tis thr&eacute;e to one you will be beat.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Venus</HI> come &s;how to me that favor,</L>
<L>to let me know where this ca&s;tle doth &s;tand</L>
<L>I will not re&s;t till won I have her</L>
<L>and make her yield at my command,</L>
<L>This Ca&s;tle <HI>I</HI> pray thee let me know it</L>
<L>And the ready way to go unto it,</L>
<L>And I will thank you for your pain,</L>
<L>For clo&s;e &s;iege I will lay out right</L>
<L>And I vow to &s;torm it Day or Night.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The ready way unto this Ca&s;tle</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> can direct you very well,</L>
<L>For through thigh alley you mu&s;t rattle</L>
<L>if I the truth to you mu&s;t tell,</L>
<L>Hard by Bum-lane if you do but mind it</L>
<L>Vnder Belly hill there you may find it</L>
<L>This Ca&s;tle is well fortifi'd</L>
<L>If you again&s;t it &s;iege do lay</L>
<L>It is three to one you't heat away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then in a rage <HI>Mars</HI> drew his Rapier</L>
<L>and vowed this ca&s;tle he would take,</L>
<L>So up thigh alley he did viper,</L>
<L>and towards bum-lane he &s;trait did make,</L>
<L>Vnder belly-hill he found a center</L>
<L>Where his lance &s;oon did enter,</L>
<L>Clap to clap to <HI>Mars</HI> then cry'd,</L>
<L>And clo&s;e &s;iege with his men he lay</L>
<L>But in the end bold <HI>Mars</HI> did loo&s;e the Day.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For <HI>Venus</HI> boldly did &s;o charge him</L>
<L>with &s;ervice hot in open field,</L>
<L>By her valor &s;tout &s;he almo&s;t &s;car'd him</L>
<L>which made him and his men to yeild,</L>
<L>How now bold <HI>Mars</HI> &s;tout <HI>Venus</HI> cry'd</L>
<L>The battle is mine who dare deny it</L>
<L>I thought bold <HI>Mars</HI> you did but vapor,</L>
<L>For no &s;uch courage <HI>I</HI> can &s;ee</L>
<L>So &s;he kickt <HI>Mars</HI> out of her centere.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When <HI>Mars</HI> he &s;ee he was &s;o beaten</L>
<L>he took his leave with <HI>Venus</HI> fair,</L>
<L>In a rage the&s;e words he fell a &s;peaking</L>
<L>my lance is &s;poyl'd <HI>I</HI> greatly fear,</L>
<L>Farewel thigh la<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e where I fir&s;t did enter</L>
<L>Farewel bum alley and belly hill center,</L>
<L>And farewel <HI>Venus</HI> Ca&s;tle fair,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> never will come at th&eacute;e again</L>
<L>For <HI>I</HI> have lo&s;t my labor and my pain.</L>
</LG>
<BYLINE>By <HI>T. R.</HI></BYLINE>
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