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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The true Loves knot untyed, Being the right path, whereby to advi&s;e princely Virgins how to be|have them&s;elves by the example of the Renowned Prince&s;&s;e, the Lady ARABELLA, and the &s;econd Son to the Lord seymor, late Earl of Hartford.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of Frogs Galliard.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AS I from Ireland did pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>I &s;aw a Ship at anchor lay:</L>
<L>Another Ship likewi&s;e there was,</L>
<L>Which from fair England took her way.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This Ship that &s;ail'd from fair England,</L>
<L>Vnknown unto our gracious King,</L>
<L>The Lord Chief-Iu&s;tice did command,</L>
<L>That they &s;hould us to London bring.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I drew more neer, and &s;aw more plain,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">dy <HI>Arabella</HI> in di&s;tre&s;&s;e:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> wrung her hands, and wept amain,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ewailing of her heavine&s;&s;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When neer fair London-tower &s;he came,</L>
<L>Whereas her landing place &s;hould be,</L>
<L>The King and Queen, with all their train</L>
<L>Did meet this Lady gallanty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Arabella</HI> then our King</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> Lady &s;traight did &s;ay,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> tic'd you to this thing,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> England took your way?</L>
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<LG>
<L>None but my &s;elf, my gracious Liege,</L>
<L>This ten long y&eacute;ers I've b&eacute;en in love</L>
<L>With the Lord <HI>Seymors</HI> &s;econd Son,</L>
<L>The Earl of Hartford &s;o we prove.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though he be not the mightie&s;t man</L>
<L>Of Goods and Livings in this land,</L>
<L>Yet I have Lands us to maintain,</L>
<L>So much your Grace doth under&s;tood.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Lands and Livings are well known</L>
<L>Vnto your Books of Maje&s;ty,</L>
<L>Amounts to twelve &s;core pounds a W&eacute;ek,</L>
<L>Be&s;ides what I do give quoth &s;he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In gallant Derby&s;hire likewi&s;e</L>
<L>I nine &s;core Bead&s;men maintain there,</L>
<L>With hats and gowns, and hou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">e-rent free</L>
<L>And every man five Marks a y&eacute;er.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I never rai&s;ed Rent, &s;he &s;aid,</L>
<L>Nor yet oppre&s;t the tenants poor</L>
<L>I never took no Bribes nor Fines,</L>
<L>For why, I had enough before.</L>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame Tune</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>VVHich of your Nobles will do &s;o,</L>
<L>For to maintain the Commonalty?</L>
<L>Such multitudes would never grow,</L>
<L>Nor be &s;uch &s;tore of poverty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I would I had a Milk-maid b&eacute;en,</L>
<L>Or born of &s;ome lower degr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Then I might have lov'd where I like,</L>
<L>And no man could have hindred me.</L>
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<L>Or would I were &s;ome Yeomans childe,</L>
<L>For to receive my portion now</L>
<L>According unto my degr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>As other Virgins whom I know.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The highe&s;t Branch that &s;prings aloft,</L>
<L>Needs mu&s;t ore &s;hade the middle tree,</L>
<L>Needs mu&s;t the &s;hadow of them both</L>
<L>Shadow the third in his degree.</L>
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<LG>
<L>But when that tree is cut and gone,</L>
<L>And from the ground is born away,</L>
<L>The lowe&s;t tr&eacute;e that there doth &s;tand,</L>
<L>In time may grow as high as they.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Once where I thought to have bin Qu&eacute;en,</L>
<L>But yet that &s;tile I did deny,</L>
<L>I know your Grace had right to'th Crown</L>
<L>Before <HI>Elizabeth</HI> did dye.</L>
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<LG>
<L>You of the elder &s;i&s;ter came,</L>
<L>I of the &s;econd in degree,</L>
<L>The Earl of Hartford of the third,</L>
<L>A man of Royall bloud, quoth &s;he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;o goodnight my Soveraign-Leige,</L>
<L>Since in the Tower I mu&s;t lye,</L>
<L>I hope your Grace will condi&s;cend</L>
<L>That I may have my liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Lady <HI>Arabella,</HI> &s;aid our King,</L>
<L>I to your fr&eacute;edom would con&s;ent,</L>
<L>If you will turn and go to'th Church,</L>
<L>There to receive the Sacrament.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;o goodnight <HI>Arabella</HI> fair,</L>
<L>Our King to her reply'd again,</L>
<L>I will take Coun&s;ell of my Nobility,</L>
<L>That you your fr&eacute;edom may obtain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Once more to pri&s;on mu&s;t I go,</L>
<L>Lady <HI>Arabella</HI> then did &s;ay,</L>
<L>To leave my Love breeds all my woe,</L>
<L>The which will be my lifes decay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Love is the knot none can unknit,</L>
<L>Fancie a liking of the heart:</L>
<L>He whom I love cannot forget,</L>
<L>Though from his pre&s;ence I mu&s;t part.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The meane&s;t people injoys their Mates,</L>
<L>But I was born unhappily,</L>
<L>For being cro&s;s'd by cruell Fate,</L>
<L>I want both Love and liberty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But Death, I hope, will end the &s;trife,</L>
<L>Farewel, farewel, dear Love, quot &s;he,</L>
<L>Once had I thought to have been thy wife,</L>
<L>But now am forc'd &s;o part from thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At this &s;ad parting &s;he had cau&s;e</L>
<L>In heart and minde to grieve full &s;ore:</L>
<L>After that time <HI>Arabella</HI> fair</L>
<L>Did never &s;&eacute;e Lord <HI>Seymor</HI> more.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Francis Grove.</HI> 1643.</P>
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