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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<BIBNO T="oclc">47012651</BIBNO>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<HEAD>The young Mans Re&s;olution to the Maidens Reque&s;t.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A witty Dialogue between a young Man and a Maid.</P>
<L>Wherein &s;he asks him when he inteads to marry,</L>
<L>And he re&s;olves her how long he will carry.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the tune of, In Summer time.</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>AS I was walking under a grove,</L>
<L>within my &s;elf as I &s;uppo&s;ed;</L>
<L>My minde did often times remove,</L>
<L>and by no means could be di&s;clo&s;ed:</L>
<L>At lenght by chance a friend I met,</L>
<L>which cau&s;ed me long time to tarry,</L>
<L>And th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n of me &s;he did entreat,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>to tell her when I did mean to marry.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">w&eacute;et heart quoth I if you would know,</L>
<L>that mark the&s;e works and I'le reveal it;</L>
<L>Since in your minde you bear it &s;o,</L>
<L>and in your heart you do con&s;ent it;</L>
<L>She promise me for to make no words,</L>
<L>but of &s;uch things &s;he would be wary,</L>
<L>And thus in brief I did begin,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>to tell her when I mean't to marry,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Shrove-tide falls in Ea&s;ter week</L>
<L>and Chri&s;tmas in the mid'&s;t of July.</L>
<L>And Lawyers for no fees will plead,</L>
<L>and Taylors they deal ju&s;t and truly.</L>
<L>When all deceits are quite put down,</L>
<L>and truth by all men is prefered;</L>
<L>And Indigo dies Red and Brown,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O they my love and I'le be married.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Safron grows on every tr&eacute;e</L>
<L>and every &s;tream flows milk and hony,</L>
<L>And &s;ugar grows in karret fields,</L>
<L>and U&s;urers refu&s;e good money:</L>
<L>When Countrey men for Iudges fits,</L>
<L>and Lammas falls in February,</L>
<L>And millers they their Tole forgets,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O then my Love and I will marry.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Second Part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>When men and bea&s;ts I'th ocean flows</L>
<L>and fi&s;hes in green fields are f&eacute;ed</L>
<L>When mu&s;ele &s;hels I'th &s;treets do grow, (my,</L>
<L>and &s;wans upon dry rocks are br&eacute;eding,</L>
<L>when Cockle &s;hells are Diamond rings,</L>
<L>And gla&s;s to pearls may be compared;</L>
<L>and Gold is made of the gray goo&s;e wings,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O then my love and I'le be married.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When &s;ummer doth not dry up mire,</L>
<L>and men on earth do leave to flatter;</L>
<L>When bakers they do u&s;e no fire,</L>
<L>and brewees they do u&s;e no water,</L>
<L>When mountains ar<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> by men removed,</L>
<L>and England into France is carried</L>
<L>And all maids prove true to their Loves,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O then my love and I'le be married.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Ho&s;te&s;&s;es do recken true,</L>
<L>and Dutch-men leave off drinking brandy.</L>
<L>When Cats do bark and Dogs do mew,</L>
<L>and Brim&s;tane's tok for Sugarcandy,</L>
<L>Or when that Whit&s;untide doth fall,</L>
<L>within the moneth of January,</L>
<L>And a C<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">bl<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">r  <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> without an a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="2 letters">le</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O then my Love and I will marry.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When women know not how to &s;cold,</L>
<L>and Maids of &s;weethearts ne'ree ar thinking</L>
<L>When men ith fire comlain of cold,</L>
<L>and &s;hips on Salisbury Plain fear &s;inking</L>
<L>When hor&s;e-cour&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">rs turne bone&s;t men,</L>
<L>and London unto York is carried</L>
<L>Or when you out of one can take ten,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>O then my love and I'le be married.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Candle&s;ticks do &s;erve for Bells,</L>
<L>and frying pans are us'd for Ladles,</L>
<L>Or when in the Sea they dig for wells,</L>
<L>and porrige pots they make for cradles,</L>
<L>When maids forget to go a maying,</L>
<L>and a man on his back an oxe can carry</L>
<L>Or when the mice with the cat be playing,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>'tis then my Love and I will marry.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Good Sir, &s;ince you have told me when;</L>
<L>you are re&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">lved for to marry;</L>
<L>I wi&s;h with all my heart till then,</L>
<L>that for a wife you &s;till might tarry:</L>
<L>For if all young men were of your minde,</L>
<L>and maids no better were preferred,</L>
<L>I think it would be when the D<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">vil is blind</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>that we and our Lovers &s;hould be married.</L>
</LG>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>By J. S</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London, Printed for Eliz. Andrews, in little St. Bartholomews Court is We&s;t-Smithfield.</P>
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