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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Con&s;tant Lover.
<L>Who his affection will not move,</L>
<L>Though he live not where he love.</L></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a Northerne tune called, <HI>Shall the ab&s;ence of my Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>YOu loyall Lovers that are di&s;tant,</L>
<L>from your Sw&eacute;et-hearts many a mile,</L>
<L>Pray come helpe me at this in&s;tant,</L>
<L>in mirth to &s;pend away the while,</L>
<L>In &s;inging &s;w&eacute;etly and compleately,</L>
<L>in commendation of my love,</L>
<L>Re&s;olving ever to part never,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though I live not where I love.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My love &s;h&eacute;e's faire and al&s;o vertuous,</L>
<L>God grant to me &s;he may prove true,</L>
<L>Then there is naught but death &s;hall part us,</L>
<L>and Ile ne're change her for a new,</L>
<L>And though the fates my fortunes hates,</L>
<L>and me from here doe farre remove,</L>
<L>Yet I doe vow &s;till to be true,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My con&s;tancy &s;hall ne're be failing,</L>
<L>what&s;oe're betide me here,</L>
<L>Of her vertue Ile be telling,</L>
<L>be my biding farre or n&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>And though blind fortune prove uncertaine,</L>
<L>from her pre&s;ence me to remove,</L>
<L>Yet Ile be con&s;tant every in&s;tant,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though our bodies thus are parted,</L>
<L>and a&s;under many a mile,</L>
<L>Yet I vow to be true hearted,</L>
<L>and be faithfull all the while;</L>
<L>Though with mine eye I cannot &s;pye,</L>
<L>for di&s;tance great my deare&s;t Loue,</L>
<L>My heart is with her altogether,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I &s;l&eacute;epe I doe dreame on her,</L>
<L>when I wake I take no re&s;t,</L>
<L>But euery moment thinke upon her,</L>
<L>&s;he's &s;o fixed in my bre&s;t,</L>
<L>And though farre di&s;tance may be a&s;&s;i&s;tance,</L>
<L>from my mind her loue to moue,</L>
<L>Yet I will neuer our loue di&s;&s;euer,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To thinke upon the amarous glances,</L>
<L>that haue b&eacute;ene betwixt us twaine,</L>
<L>My con&s;tancy and loue aduances,</L>
<L>though from her pre&s;ence I remaine,</L>
<L>And makes the feares with groanes &amp; feares,</L>
<L>from watery eyes and heart to moue,</L>
<L>And &s;ighing &s;ay both night and day,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>alas I liue &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="69" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 16 -->
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune&punc;</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L><HI>I</HI> To her will be like <HI>Leander,</HI></L>
<L>if <HI>Hero</HI> like &s;h&eacute;e'le prove to me,</L>
<L>For her &s;ake through the world Ile wander,</L>
<L>no de&s;perate danger I will fl&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And into the Seas with little ea&s;e,</L>
<L>the mountains great them&s;elves &s;hal move,</L>
<L>Ere faith I breake, let me ne're &s;peake,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Penelope</HI> &s;hall be uncon&s;tant,</L>
<L>and <HI>Diana</HI> prove uncha&s;te,</L>
<L><HI>Venus</HI> to <HI>Vulcan</HI> &s;hall be con&s;tant,</L>
<L>and <HI>Mars</HI> farre from her &s;hall be plac't,</L>
<L>The blinded boy no more &s;hall ioy,</L>
<L>with Arrowes keene lovers to move,</L>
<L>Ere fal&s;e I be &s;weet-heart to thee,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Birds &s;hall leave their Airy region,</L>
<L>the fi&s;hes in the aire &s;hall fly,</L>
<L>All the world &s;hall be at one religion,</L>
<L>all liuing things &s;hall cea&s;e to dye,</L>
<L>Al things &s;hal change to &s;hapes mo&s;t &s;trange,</L>
<L>before that I di&s;loyall proue,</L>
<L>Or any way my loue decay,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If you lines doe come before her,</L>
<L>or doe deigne to touch her hand,</L>
<L>Tell her that <HI>I</HI> doe adore her,</L>
<L>aboue all Maidens in the land,</L>
<L>Remaining &s;till at her good will,</L>
<L>and alwayes to her loyall proue,</L>
<L>Tell death with dart doe &s;trike my heart,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>though &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And tell my mi&s;tre&s;&s;e that a Louer,</L>
<L>that loues perfect image beares,</L>
<L>As true as loue it &s;elfe doe loue her,</L>
<L>witne&s;&s;e his farre fetcht &s;ighes and feares,</L>
<L>Which forth he groanes with bitter moa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">s,</L>
<L>and from his troubled brea&s;t he moues&punc;</L>
<L>And day nor night takes no delight,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>becau&s;e &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So with my duty to her commended,</L>
<L>her loyall &s;eruant Ile be &s;till,</L>
<L>De&s;iring <HI>I</HI> may be befriended,</L>
<L>with loue againe for my good will,</L>
<L>And wi&s;h that &s;he as true may be,</L>
<L>as I to her will con&s;tant proue,</L>
<L>And night and day I &s;till will pray,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>and wi&s;h I may liue where I loue</L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>P. L.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>Henry Go&s;&s;on.</HI></P>
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