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<PB REF="1">
<P>THE Lovers Quarrel: OR, <HI>Cupids Triumph:</HI> BEING The Plea&s;ant Hi&s;tory of Fair <HI>ROSAMOND</HI> of SCOTLAND.</P>
<P>Being Daughter to the Lord <HI>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">undel,</HI> who&s;e love was obtained by the Valour of <HI>Tommy Pots:</HI> who conquered the Lord <HI>Phenix,</HI> and wounded him, and after obtained her to be his Wife.</P>
<P>Being very delightful to read.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>F. Coles, T. V&punc;re, J. Wright,</HI> and <HI>J. Clark<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI> 1677.</P>
</DIV1>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="2">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>THE LOVERS QuARREL; OR, <HI>Cupids Triumph.</HI> BEING The plea&s;ant Hi&s;tory of Fair <HI>Ro&s;amond</HI> of <HI>Scotland,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER>This may be &s;ung, to the Tune of, <HI>Flora</HI>'s Farewel.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>OF all the Lords in <HI>Scotland</HI> fair,</L>
<L>&amp; Ladies that been &s;o bright of blee,</L>
<L>There is a noble Lady among them all,</L>
<L>and report of her you &s;hall hear by me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For of her beauty &s;he is bright,</L>
<L>and of her colour very fair,</L>
<L>She's daughter to Lord <HI>Arundel,</HI></L>
<L>approv'd his parand and his heir.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile &s;ee this bride, Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>that Lady of &s;o bright a blee,</L>
<L>And if I like her countenance well,</L>
<L>the heir of all my lands &s;he'&s;t be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="3">
<L>But when he came the Lady before,</L>
<L>before this comely Maid came he,</L>
<L>O God th&eacute;e &s;ave thou Lady &s;weet,</L>
<L>my heir and Par and thou &s;halt be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Leave off your &s;uit (the Lady &s;aid)</L>
<L>as you are a Lord of high degree,</L>
<L>You may have Ladies enough at home,</L>
<L>and I have a Lord in mine own Country.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For I have a Lover true of mine own,</L>
<L>a Serving-man of low degree,</L>
<L>One <HI>Tommy Pots</HI> it is his name,</L>
<L>my fir&s;t love and la&s;t that ever &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that <HI>Tom pots</HI> is his name,</L>
<L>I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o ken him right verily,</L>
<L>I am able to &s;pend forty pounds a W&eacute;ek,</L>
<L>where he is not able to &s;pend pounds thr&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God give you good of your gold &s;he &s;aid,</L>
<L>and ever God give you good of your fee,</L>
<L><HI>Tom p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ts</HI> was the fir&s;t love that ever I had,</L>
<L>and I do mean him the la&s;t to be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that Lord <HI>ph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nix</HI> &s;oon was mov'd,</L>
<L>towards the Lady did he threat,</L>
<L>He told her Fath<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r, and &s;o it was prov'd,</L>
<L>how his daughters mind was &s;et.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="3">
<L>O Daughter dear thou art my own,</L>
<L>the heir of all my lands to be,</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt be bride to the Lord <HI>Phenix,</HI></L>
<L>if that thou mean to be heir to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O father dear I am your own,</L>
<L>and at your <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ommand I needs mu&s;t be,</L>
<L>But bind my body to whom you plea&s;e,</L>
<L>my heart <HI>Tom pots</HI> &s;hall go with thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Alas the Lady her fondne&s;s mu&s;t leave,</L>
<L>and all her fooli&s;h wooing lay a&s;ide,</L>
<L>The time is come, her friends hath appointed,</L>
<L>that &s;he mu&s;t be Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> bride.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that the Lady began to weep,</L>
<L>&s;he knew not well then what to &s;ay,</L>
<L>How &s;he might Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> deny,</L>
<L>and e&s;cape from Marriage quite away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She call'd unto her little Foot-page,</L>
<L>&s;aying, I can tru&s;t none but thee,</L>
<L>Go carry <HI>Tom Pots</HI> this Letter fair,</L>
<L>&amp; bid him on <HI>Guilford-green</HI> meet me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For I mu&s;t marry again&s;t my mind,</L>
<L>or in faith well proved it &s;hall be,</L>
<L>And tell to him I am loving and kind,</L>
<L>and wi&s;hes him this Wedding to &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="4">
<L>But &s;&eacute;e that thou note his countenance well</L>
<L>and his colour, and &s;hew it to me,</L>
<L>And go thy way and high thee again,</L>
<L>and forty &s;hillings I will give thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For if he &s;mile now with his lips,</L>
<L>his &s;tomach will give him to laugh at the heart</L>
<L>Then may I &s;eek another true Love,</L>
<L>for of <HI>Tom Pots</HI> &s;mall is my part.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if he blu&s;h now in his face,</L>
<L>then in his heart he will &s;orry be,</L>
<L>Then to his vow he hath &s;ome grace,</L>
<L>and fal&s;e to him I will never be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Away this lacky boy he ran,</L>
<L>and a full &s;peed for&s;ooth went he,</L>
<L>Till he came to <HI>Strawberry-Ca&s;tle,</HI></L>
<L>and there <HI>Tom Pots</HI> came he to &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He gave him the Letter in his hand,</L>
<L>before that he began to read,</L>
<L>He told him plainly by word of mouth,</L>
<L>his Love was forc'd to be Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> bride.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he look'd on the Letter fair,</L>
<L>the &s;alt tears blemi&s;hed his eye,</L>
<L>Says, I cannot read this Letter fair,</L>
<L>nor never a word to &s;ee or &s;py.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="4">
<L>My little boy be to me true,</L>
<L>here is five marks I will give thee,</L>
<L>And all the&s;e words I mu&s;t peru&s;e,</L>
<L>and tell my Lady this from me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>By faith and troth &s;he is my own,</L>
<L>by &s;ome part of promi&s;e &s;o its to be found,</L>
<L>Lord <HI>Phoenix</HI> &s;hall not have her night nor day</L>
<L>except he can win her with his own hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On <HI>Guilford-Green</HI> I will her meet,</L>
<L>&s;ay that I wi&s;h her for me to pray,</L>
<L>For there I'le lo&s;e my life &s;o &s;weet,</L>
<L>or el&s;e the Wedding I mean to &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Away this Lackey-boy he ran,</L>
<L>even as fa&s;t as he could hie,</L>
<L>The Lady &s;he met him two miles of the way,</L>
<L>&s;ays, why ha&s;t thou &s;taid &s;o long my boy?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My little boy thou art but young,</L>
<L>it gives me at heart thou'l mock &amp; &s;corn</L>
<L>Ile not believe thee by word of Mouth,</L>
<L>unle&s;s on this book thou wilt be &s;worn.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now by this book the boy did &s;ay,</L>
<L>and Ie&s;us Chri&s;t be as true to me,</L>
<L><HI>Tom Pots</HI> could not read the Letter fair,</L>
<L>nor never a word to &s;py or &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="5">
<L>He &s;ays by faith and troth you are his own,</L>
<L>by &s;ome part of promi&s;e &s;o its to be found</L>
<L>L. <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;hall not have you night nor day,</L>
<L>except he win you with his own hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On <HI>Guilford-green</HI> he will you meet,</L>
<L>he wi&s;hes you for him to pray,</L>
<L>For there he'l lo&s;e his life &s;o &s;weet,</L>
<L>or el&s;e the Wedding he means to &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If this be true my little boy,</L>
<L>the&s;e tidings which thou telle&s;t to me,</L>
<L>Forty Shillings I did thee promi&s;e,</L>
<L>here is then pounds I will give thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Maidens all the Lady &s;aid,</L>
<L>that ever wi&s;h me well to prove,</L>
<L>Now let us all kneel down and pray,</L>
<L>that <HI>Tommy pots</HI> may win his Love.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If it be his fortune the better to win,</L>
<L>as I pray to Chri&s;t in Trinity,</L>
<L>Ile make him the flower of all his kin,</L>
<L>for the young Lord <HI>Arundel</HI> he &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="5">
<HEAD>THE Second Part.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>LEts leave talking of this Lady fair,</L>
<L>in prayers full good where &s;he may be,</L>
<L>Now let us talk of <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>to his Lord and Ma&s;ter for aid went he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he came Lord <HI>Jockey</HI> before,</L>
<L>he kneeled lowly on his Knee,</L>
<L>What news, what news, thou <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>thou art &s;o full of courte&s;ie?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What tydings, what tydings, thou <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>thou art &s;o full of courte&s;ie;</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t &s;lain &s;ome of thy fellows fair,</L>
<L>or wrought to me &s;ome villany.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have &s;lain none of my fellows fair,</L>
<L>nor wrought to you no villany,</L>
<L>But I have a love in <HI>Scotland</HI> fair,</L>
<L>and I fear I &s;hall lo&s;e her with poverty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="6">
<L>If you'l not believe me by word of mouth,</L>
<L>but read this Letter and you &s;hall &s;ee,</L>
<L>Here by all the&s;e &s;u&s;pitious words</L>
<L>that &s;he her own &s;elf had &s;ent to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he had read the Letter fair,</L>
<L>of all the &s;u&s;pitious words in it might be</L>
<L>O <HI>Tommy Pots</HI> take thou no care,</L>
<L>thou'&s;t never lo&s;e her with poverty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For thou'&s;t have forty pounds a week,</L>
<L>in gold and &s;ilver thou &s;halt row,</L>
<L>And <HI>Harvy</HI> Town I will give thee,</L>
<L>as long as thou intend'&s;t to wooe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thou'&s;t have forty of thy fellows fair,</L>
<L>and forty hor&s;es to go with thee,</L>
<L>Forty of the be&s;t Spears I have,</L>
<L>and I my &s;elf in thy company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I thank you Ma&s;ter, &s;aid <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>that proffer is too good for me,</L>
<L>But if Ie&s;us Chri&s;t &s;tand on my &s;ide</L>
<L>my own hands &s;hall &s;et her free.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God be with you Ma&s;ter, &s;aid <HI>Tommy pots</HI></L>
<L>now Ie&s;us Chri&s;t you &s;ave and &s;ee,</L>
<L>If ever I come alive again,</L>
<L>&s;taid the Wedding it &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="6">
<L>O God be your &s;peed thou <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>thou art well proved for a man,</L>
<L>See never a drop of blood thou &s;pil,</L>
<L>nor yonder Gentleman confound.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>See that &s;ome truce with him you take,</L>
<L>and appoint a place of liberty;</L>
<L>Let him provide him as well as he can,</L>
<L>as well provided thou &s;halt be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he came to <HI>Guilford-green,</HI></L>
<L>and there had walkt a little a&s;ide,</L>
<L>There was he ware of Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> come,</L>
<L>and Lady <HI>Ro&s;amond</HI> his bride.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Away by the bride then <HI>Tommy pots</HI> went,</L>
<L>but never a word to her did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Till he the Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> came before,</L>
<L>he gave him the right time of the day.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O welcome, welcome, thou <HI>Tommy pots,</HI></L>
<L>thou &s;erving-man of low degree,</L>
<L>How doth thy Lord and Ma&s;ter at home,</L>
<L>and all the Ladies in that countrey.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Lord and Ma&s;ter is in good health,</L>
<L>I tru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ce that I did him &s;ee,</L>
<L>Will you walk with me to an out-&s;ide,</L>
<L>two or three words to talk with me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="7">
<L>You are a noble man, &s;aid <HI>Tom,</HI></L>
<L>and born a Lord in <HI>Scotland</HI> free,</L>
<L>You may have Ladies enough at home,</L>
<L>and never take my Love from me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Away, away, thou <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>thou &s;erving-man &s;tand thou a&s;ide,</L>
<L>It is not a &s;erving-man this day,</L>
<L>that can hinder me of my bride.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If I be a Serving-man &s;aid <HI>Tom,</HI></L>
<L>and you a Lord of high degree,</L>
<L>A &s;pear or two with you i'le run,</L>
<L>before i'le lo&s;e her cowardly.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Appoint a place I will thee meet,</L>
<L>appoint a place of liberty,</L>
<L>For there i'le lo&s;e my life &s;o &s;weet,</L>
<L>or el&s;e my Lady i'le &s;et free.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On <HI>Guilford-green</HI> I will thee meet,</L>
<L>no man nor boy &s;hall come with me;</L>
<L>As I am a man, &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>i'le have as few in my company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus &s;taid the Marriage was,</L>
<L>the bride unmarried went home <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">gain,</L>
<L>Then to her Maids fa&s;t did &s;he laugh,</L>
<L>and in her heart &s;he was full fain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="7">
<L>My Maidens all, the Lady &s;aid,</L>
<L>that ever wait on me this day,</L>
<L>Now let us all kneel down,</L>
<L>and for <HI>Tommy Pots</HI> let us all pray.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If it be his fortune the better to win,</L>
<L>as I tru&s;t to God in Trinity,</L>
<L>Ile make him the flower of all his kin,</L>
<L>for the young Lord <HI>Arundel</HI> he &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>THE Third Part,</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>WHen <HI>Tom Pots</HI> came home again,</L>
<L>to try for his love he had but a w&eacute;ek,</L>
<L>For &s;orrow God wot he need not care,</L>
<L>for four days that he fell &s;ick.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that his ma&s;ter to him came,</L>
<L>&s;ays, pray thee <HI>Tom Pots</HI> tell me if thou doubt,</L>
<L>Whether thou ha&s;t gotten thy gay Lady,</L>
<L>or thou mu&s;t go thy love without.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="8">
<L>O Ma&s;ter yet it is unknown,</L>
<L>within the&s;e two days will try'd it mu&s;t be,</L>
<L>He is a Lord, I but a Serving-Man,</L>
<L>I fear I &s;hall lo&s;e her with poverty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I prethee <HI>Tom pots</HI> get thee on thy feet,</L>
<L>my former promi&s;es kept &s;hall be,</L>
<L>As I am a Lord in <HI>Scotland</HI> fair,</L>
<L>thou'&s;t never lo&s;e her with poverty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For thou'&s;t have the half of my Lands a year,</L>
<L>and that will rai&s;e thee many a pound,</L>
<L>Before thou &s;halt out-braved be,</L>
<L>thou &s;halt drop Angels with him on the ground.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I thank you Ma&s;ter &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>yet there is one thing of you I would fain,</L>
<L>If that I lo&s;e my Lady &s;weet,</L>
<L>how i'&s;t re&s;tore your goods again?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that thou win the Lady &s;weet,</L>
<L>thou may&s;t well forth thou &s;halt pay me,</L>
<L>If thou loo&s;e&s;t thy Lady, thou lo&s;e&s;t enough,</L>
<L>thou &s;halt not pay me one penny.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You have thirty hor&s;es in one clo&s;e,</L>
<L>you keep them all both frank and free,</L>
<L>Among&s;t them all there's an Old White hor&s;e,</L>
<L>this day would &s;et my Lady free.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="8">
<L>That is an old Hor&s;e with a cut tail,</L>
<L>full &s;ixteen years of age is he,</L>
<L>If thou wilt lend me that old hor&s;e,</L>
<L>then could I win her ea&s;tly.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That's a fooli&s;h opinion his Ma&s;ter &s;aid,</L>
<L>and a fooli&s;h opinion thou tak'&s;t to thee,</L>
<L>Thou'&s;t have a better then ever he was,</L>
<L>though forty pounds more it co&s;t me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O your choice hor&s;es are wild and tough,</L>
<L>and little they can skill of their train,</L>
<L>If I be out of my &s;addle ca&s;t,</L>
<L>they are &s;o wild they'l ne'r be tain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thou'&s;t have that hor&s;e, his Ma&s;ter &s;aid,</L>
<L>if that one thing thou wilt me tell,</L>
<L>Why that hor&s;e is better then any other,</L>
<L>I pray thee <HI>Tom Pots</HI> &s;hew thou to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That hor&s;e is old, of &s;tomach bold,</L>
<L>and well can he skill of his train,</L>
<L>If I be out of my &s;addle ca&s;t,</L>
<L>he'l either &s;tand &s;till, or turn again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thou'&s;t have the hor&s;e with all my heart,</L>
<L>and my Plate Coat of &s;ilver free,</L>
<L>An hundred men to &s;tand at thy back,</L>
<L>to fight if he thy Ma&s;ter be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="9">
<L>I thank you Ma&s;ter, &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>that proffer is too good for me,</L>
<L>I would not for ten thou&s;and pounds,</L>
<L>have man or boy in my company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God be with you Ma&s;ter, &s;aid <HI>(Tommy Pots)</HI></L>
<L>now as you are a man of Law,</L>
<L>One thing let me crave at your hand,</L>
<L>let never a one of my fellows know.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For if that my fellows they did wot,</L>
<L>or ken of my extremity,</L>
<L>Except you keep them under a lock,</L>
<L>behind me I am &s;ure they would not be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he came to <HI>Guilford-green,</HI></L>
<L>be waited hours two or three,</L>
<L>There he was ware of Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> come,</L>
<L>and four Men in his company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You have broken your vow, &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>the vow which you did make to me,</L>
<L>You &s;aid you would bring neither man nor boy,</L>
<L>and now has brought more then two or 3.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e are my men, Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>which every day do wait on me,</L>
<L>any of the&s;e dare proffer to &s;trike,</L>
<L>i'le run my &s;pear through his body.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="9">
<L>Ile run no race now, &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>except now this may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>If either of us be &s;lain this day,</L>
<L>the other &s;hall forgiven be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile make that vow with all my heart,</L>
<L>my men &s;hall hear witne&s;s with me,</L>
<L>And if thou &s;lay me here this day,</L>
<L>in <HI>Scotland</HI> wor&s;e belov'd thou never &s;halt be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They turn'd their hor&s;es thrice about,</L>
<L>to run the race &s;o eagerly,</L>
<L>Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> he was fierce and &s;tout.</L>
<L>&amp; ran <HI>Tom Pots</HI> through the thick o'th thigh.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He bor'd him out of the Saddle fair,</L>
<L>down to the ground &s;o &s;orrowfully,</L>
<L>For the lo&s;s of my life I do not care,</L>
<L>but for the lo&s;s of my fair Lady.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now for the lo&s;s of my Lady &s;weet,</L>
<L>which once I thought to have b&eacute;en my wife,</L>
<L>I pray thee Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> ride not away,</L>
<L>for with thee I would end my life.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Tom Pots</HI> was but a Se<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ving-man,</L>
<L>but yet he was a Doctor good,</L>
<L>He bound his handkerchief on his wound,</L>
<L>and with &s;ome kind of words he &s;tanc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t his blood.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="10">
<L>He leapt into his &s;addle again,</L>
<L>the blood in his body began to warm,</L>
<L>He mi&s;t Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> body fair,</L>
<L>&amp; ran him through the brawn of the arm.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He bor'd him out of his Saddle fair,</L>
<L>down to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">round mo&s;t &s;orrowfully,</L>
<L>Says, prethee Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> ri&s;e up and fight,</L>
<L>or yield my Lady unto me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now for to fight I cannot tell,</L>
<L>and for to fight I am not &s;ure;</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t, run me throw the brawn o'th arm,</L>
<L>that with a &s;pear I may not endure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thou'&s;t have the Lady with all my heart,</L>
<L>it was never likely better to prove,</L>
<L>With me or any Nobleman el&s;e,</L>
<L>that would hinder a poor man of his love.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Seeing you &s;ay &s;o much &s;aid <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>I will not &s;eem your butcher to be,</L>
<L>But I will come and &s;tanch your blood,</L>
<L>if any thing you will give me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As he did &s;tanch Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> blood,</L>
<L>Lord in his heart he did rejoyce,</L>
<L>Ile not take the Lady from you thus,</L>
<L>but of her you'&s;t have another choice.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="10">
<L>Here is a lane of two miles long,</L>
<L>at either end we &s;et will be,</L>
<L>The Lady &s;hall &s;tand us among,</L>
<L>her own choice &s;hall &s;et her free.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If thou'l do &s;o Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;aid;</L>
<L>to lo&s;e her by her own choice it's hone&s;ty,</L>
<L>Chu&s;e whether I get her or go her without,</L>
<L>forty pounds I will give thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when they in that lane was &s;et,</L>
<L>the wit of a woman for to prove,</L>
<L>By the faith of my body the Lady &s;aid,</L>
<L>then <HI>Tom Pots</HI> mu&s;t needs have his love.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Towards <HI>Tom Pots</HI> the Lady did hie,</L>
<L>to get on behind him h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;til<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">;</L>
<L>Nay &s;tay, nay &s;tay, Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>better proved it &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Stay you with your Maidens here,</L>
<L>in number fair they are but three:</L>
<L><HI>Tom Pots</HI> and I will go b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hind yonder wall,</L>
<L>that one of us two be proved to dye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when they came behind the wall,</L>
<L>the one came not the othe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">igh,</L>
<L>For the Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> had made a vow,</L>
<L>that with <HI>Tom Pots</HI> he would never fight.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="11">
<L>O give me this choice Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>to prove whether true or fal&s;e &s;he be,</L>
<L>And I will go to the Lady fair,</L>
<L>and tell her <HI>Tom Pots</HI> &s;lain is he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he came from behind the Wall,</L>
<L>with his face all bloody as it might be,</L>
<L>O Lady &s;weet thou art my own,</L>
<L>for <HI>Tom Pots</HI> &s;lain have I.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now have I &s;lain him, <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>and given him deaths wounds two or thr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>O Lady &s;weet thou art my own,</L>
<L>of all loves wilt thou live with me?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If thou ha&s;t &s;lain him <HI>Tommy Pots,</HI></L>
<L>&amp; given him deaths wounds two or three,</L>
<L>Ile &s;ell the &s;tate of my fathers Lands,</L>
<L>but hanged &s;hall Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that the Lady fell in a &s;wound,</L>
<L>for a grieved woman god wot was &s;he,</L>
<L>Lord <HI>Phenix</HI> he was ready then,</L>
<L>to take her up &s;o ha&s;tily.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Lady &s;weet, &s;tand thou on thy feet,</L>
<L><HI>Tom Pots</HI> alive this day may be,</L>
<L>Ile &s;end for thy Father Lord <HI>Arundel,</HI></L>
<L>and he and I the wedding will &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="11">
<L>I'le &s;end for thy Father Lord <HI>Arundel,</HI></L>
<L>and he and I the Wedding will &s;&eacute;e:</L>
<L>If he will not maintain you well,</L>
<L>both Lands and livings you'&s;t have of me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'le f&eacute;e this Wedding, Lord <HI>Arundel</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>of my daughters luck that is &s;o fair,</L>
<L>S&eacute;eing the matter will be no better,</L>
<L>of all my Lands <HI>Tom Pots</HI> &s;hall be the heir.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that the Lady began to &s;mile,</L>
<L>for a glad woman God wot was &s;he,</L>
<L>Now all my Maids the Lady &s;aid,</L>
<L>example you may take by me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But all the Ladies of <HI>Scotland</HI> fair,</L>
<L>and la&s;&s;es of <HI>England</HI> that well would prove</L>
<L>Neither marry for Gold nor Goods,</L>
<L>nor marry for nothing but only love.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For I had a lover true of my own,</L>
<L>a Serving-man of low degree,</L>
<L>Now from <HI>Tom Pots</HI> I'le change his name,</L>
<L>for the young Lord <HI>Arundel</HI> he &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
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</DIV1>
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