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<HEAD>MAUDLIN The Merchant's Daughter of <HI>BRISTOL.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Maiden's Ioy,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>Behold the touch&s;tone of true love,</L>
<L><HI>Maudlin</HI> the Merchant's daughter of <HI>Bri&s;tow</HI> town,</L>
<L>Who&s;e fi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">m affection nothing could move,</L>
<L>her favour beats the lovely brown.</L>
<L>A gallant youth was dwelling by,</L>
<L>which many years h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d born this maiden great good will,</L>
<L>She loved him &s;o faithfully;</L>
<L>but all her friends with&s;tood it &s;till.</L>
<L>The young man now perceiving well,</L>
<L>he could not get nor win the favour of her friends,</L>
<L>The force of &s;orrow to expel,</L>
<L>and view &s;trange countries he intends;</L>
<L>And now to take his la&s;t farewell</L>
<L>of his true love, his fair and con&s;tant <HI>Maudlin,</HI></L>
<L>With mu&s;ick &s;w&eacute;et that did excel,</L>
<L>he plaid under her window then:</L>
<L>Farewell (quoth he) mine own true love,</L>
<L>farewel my dear and chiefe&s;t trea&s;ure of my heart,</L>
<L>Through fortune's &s;pight that fal&s;e did prove,</L>
<L>I am i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">forc'd from thee to part,</L>
<L>Into the land of <HI>Italy:</HI></L>
<L>there will I wail and weary out my life in woe,</L>
<L>Seeing my true love is kept from me,</L>
<L>I hold my life a mortal foe:</L>
<L>Fair <HI>Bri&s;tow</HI> town therefore adieu,</L>
<L>for <HI>Padua</HI> &s;hall be my habitation now,</L>
<L>Although my love doth re&s;t in thee,</L>
<L>to whom alone my heart I vow.</L>
<L>With trickling tears thus did he &s;ing,</L>
<L>with &s;ighs &amp; &s;obs de&s;cending from his heart full &s;ore,</L>
<L>He &s;aid when he his hands did wring,</L>
<L>Farewel &s;w&eacute;et love for evermore.</L>
<L>Fair <HI>Maudlin</HI> from a window high,</L>
<L>beholding her true love with mu&s;ick where he &s;tood,</L>
<L>But not a word &s;he did reply,</L>
<L>fearing her parents angry mood.</L>
<L>In tears &s;he &s;pent that woful night,</L>
<L>wi&s;hing her&s;elf, though naked, with her faithful friend,</L>
<L>She b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ames her friends and fortune's &s;pight,</L>
<L>that wrought her love &s;uch luckle&s;s end:</L>
<L>And in her heart &s;he made a vow,</L>
<L>clean to for&s;ake her country and her kindred all,</L>
<L>And for to follow her true love,</L>
<L>to abide all chance that might befal.</L>
<L>The night is gone, and he day is come,</L>
<L>and in the morning very early did &s;he ri&s;e,</L>
<L>She gets her down into a lower room,</L>
<L>where &s;undry &s;eamen &s;he e&s;pies:</L>
<L>A gallant ma&s;ter among them all,</L>
<L>the ma&s;ter of a great and godly &s;hip was he,</L>
<L>Who there was waiting in the hall,</L>
<L>to &s;peak with her father if it might be.</L>
<L>She kindly takes him by the hand,</L>
<L>Good &s;ir, &s;aid &s;he, &amp; would thou &s;peak with any here?</L>
<L>Quoth he Fair maid, and therefore I do &s;tand.</L>
<L>Then gentle &s;ir, I pray draw near;</L>
<L>Into a plea&s;ant parlor by,</L>
<L>both hand in hand &s;he brings the &s;eaman all alone,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ng to him mo&s;t piteou&s;ly,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">us to him did make her moan,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> upon her bended kn&eacute;e,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">&s;aid &s;he, now pity you a woman's woe,</L>
<L>And prove a faith<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ul friend to me,</L>
<L>that I to you my grief may &s;how,</L>
<L>Sith you repo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e your tru&s;t, be &s;aid,</L>
<L>in me who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">m unknown, &amp; eke a &s;tranger here,</L>
<L>Be you a&s;&s;ur'd mo&s;t proper Maid,</L>
<L>mo&s;t fa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ill I will appear:</L>
<L>I hav<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> a brother then (quoth &s;he)</L>
<L>whom as my life I love &amp; favour tenderly,</L>
<L>In <HI>Padua,</HI> alas! l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">s he,</L>
<L>full &s;ick, God wot, and like to die,</L>
<L>Full fai<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> I would my brother &s;ee,</L>
<L>but that my father will not yield to let me go,</L>
<L>Therefore, good &s;ir, he good to me,</L>
<L>and unto me this favour &s;how:</L>
<L>Some &s;hip boy's garment bring to me,</L>
<L>that I di&s;gui&s;'d may go unknown,</L>
<L>And unto &s;ee I'll go with thee,</L>
<L>if thus much favour might be &s;hown.</L>
<L>Fair maid (quoth he) take her my hand,</L>
<L>I will fulfill each thing that you de&s;ire,</L>
<L>And &s;et you &s;afe in that &s;ame land,</L>
<L>and in the place that you require.</L>
<L>She gave to him a tender ki&s;s,</L>
<L>and faith, your &s;ervant ma&s;ter I will be,</L>
<L>and prove your faithful friend for this,</L>
<L>&s;weet ma&s;ter then forget not me.</L>
<L>This done as they had both agreed,</L>
<L>&s;oon after that before the break of day,</L>
<L>He brings her garments then with &s;peed,</L>
<L>therein her&s;elf &s;he did array;</L>
<L>And e're her father did ari&s;e</L>
<L>&s;he m&eacute;ets her ma&s;ter as he walked in the hill,</L>
<L>She did attend on him likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>until her father did him call.</L>
<L>But e're the merchant made an end</L>
<L>of all his weighty matters all,</L>
<L>His wife came weeping in with &s;peed,</L>
<L>&s;aying, Our daughter's gone away.</L>
<L>The merchant then amaz'd in mind,</L>
<L>Yonder vile wretch intic'd away my child (<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d. he)</L>
<L>But I well wot I &s;hall him find</L>
<L>at <HI>Padua</HI> in <HI>Italy.</HI></L>
<L>With that be&s;poke the ma&s;ter brave,</L>
<L>Wor&s;hipful Merchant, thither goes this you<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h,</L>
<L>And any thing that you would crave,</L>
<L>he will perform and write the truth.</L>
<L>Sweet youth (qd.he) if it be &s;o,</L>
<L>bear me a letter to the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> there,</L>
<L>And gold on thee I will be&s;tow;</L>
<L>my daughter's welfare I do fear.</L>
<L>Her mother took her by the hand,</L>
<L>Fair youth (qd. &s;he) if e're thou do&s;t my daught<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r &s;ee</L>
<L>Let me &s;oon thereof under&s;tand,</L>
<L>and there is twenty crowns for thee,</L>
<L>Thus through the daughter's &s;trange di&s;gui&s;e,</L>
<L>her mother knew not when &s;he &s;pake unto her,</L>
<L>Then after her ma&s;ter &s;traight &s;he hies</L>
<L>taking her leave with countenance mild;</L>
<L>Thus to the &s;ea &s;weet <HI>Maudlin</HI> is gone</L>
<L>with her gentle ma&s;ter, God &s;end them</L>
<L>Where we a while mu&s;t let them alone</L>
<L>till you the &s;econd part do find.</L>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Second PART of Sweet <HI>MAUDLIN,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>WElcome &s;weet <HI>Maudlin</HI> from the &s;eas,</L>
<L>where bitter &s;torms &amp; tempe&s;ts do ari&s;e,</L>
<L>The plea&s;ant banks of <HI>Italy,</HI></L>
<L>you may behold with mortal eyes;</L>
<L>Thanks gentle ma&s;ter, then &s;aid &s;he,</L>
<L>a faithful friend in &s;orrow thou ha&s;t been,</L>
<L>If fortune once do &s;mile on me,</L>
<L>my gentle heart &s;hall &s;oon be &s;een;</L>
<L>Ble&s;t be the land that feeds my love,</L>
<L>ble&s;t be the place whereas his per&s;on doth abide,</L>
<L>No tryal will I &s;tick to prove,</L>
<L>thereby my true love may be try'd:</L>
<L>Now will I walk with joyful heart,</L>
<L>to view the town whereas my darling doth re|main</L>
<L>And &s;eek him out in every part,</L>
<L>until his &s;ight I do obtain;</L>
<L>And I quoth he, will not for&s;ake</L>
<L>&s;weet <HI>Maudlin</HI> in her &s;orrow up and down,</L>
<L>In wealth or woe thy part I'll take,</L>
<L>and bring thee &s;afe to <HI>Padua</HI> town:</L>
<L>And after many weary &s;teps,</L>
<L>in <HI>Padua</HI> they arrived at the la&s;t,</L>
<L>For very joy her heart it leaps,</L>
<L>&s;he thinks not on her &s;orrows pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Condemn'd he was to dye, alas!</L>
<L>except he would from his religion turn,</L>
<L>But rather then he would to ma&s;s,</L>
<L>in fi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ry flames he vow'd to burn.</L>
<L>Now doth &s;weet <HI>Maudlin</HI> weep and wail,</L>
<L>her joy is turn'd to w&eacute;eping, &s;orrow, grief &amp; care,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">or nothing could her plaints prevail,</L>
<L>for death alone mu&s;t be his &s;hare,</L>
<L>She walks under the pri&s;on walls,</L>
<L>where her true love did lye &amp; langui&s;h in di|&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>Then wofully for food he calls,</L>
<L>when hunger did his heart <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">re&s;s;</L>
<L>He &s;ighs and &s;obs, and makes great moan,</L>
<L>Farewel &s;weet-heart for ever more,</L>
<L>And all my friends that have me known,</L>
<L>in <HI>Bri&s;tow</HI> town with wealth and &s;tore.</L>
<L>But mo&s;t of all, farewel, quoth he,</L>
<L>my own &s;weet <HI>Maudlin</HI> whom I left behind,</L>
<L>For never more thou &s;halt me &s;ee,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> to thy father mo&s;t unkind:</L>
<L>Ho<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2+ letters"> well I were if thou were here,</L>
<L>With thy fair hand to clo&s;e the&s;e my wretched eyes</L>
<L>My torment ea&s;ie would appear,</L>
<L>my &s;oul with joy would &s;cale the skies.</L>
<L>When <HI>Maudlin</HI> heard her lover's moan,</L>
<L>her eyes with tears, her heart with &s;orrow filled was,</L>
<L>To &s;peak with him no means was found,</L>
<L>&s;uch grievous doom did on him pa&s;s.</L>
<L>Then &s;he put off her lad's attire,</L>
<L>her maidens weed upon her back &s;he &s;&eacute;emly &s;et,</L>
<L>To the judge's hou&s;e &s;he did inquire,</L>
<L>and there &s;he did a &s;ervice get:</L>
<L>She did her duty there &s;o well,</L>
<L>and eke &s;o prudently &s;he did her&s;elf behave,</L>
<L>With her in love her ma&s;ter fell</L>
<L>his &s;ervant's favour he doth crave:</L>
<L><HI>Maudlin,</HI> quoth he, my heart's delight,</L>
<L>to whom my heart in affection is ty'd,</L>
<L>Br<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> not my death through thy di&s;pight,</L>
<L>a faithful friend then &s;halt ame find.</L>
<L>O grant me thy love fair maid, quoth he,</L>
<L>and at my hands de&s;ire what thou can&s;t devi&s;e,</L>
<L>And I will grant it unto thee,</L>
<L>whereby thy credit may ari&s;e,</L>
<L>I have a brother, &s;ir, &s;aid &s;he,</L>
<L>for his religion is now condemn'd to dye,</L>
<L>In loath&s;ome pri&s;on he is ca&s;t,</L>
<L>oppre&s;t with grief and mi&s;rey:</L>
<L>Grant me my brother's life (&s;he &s;aid)</L>
<L>and now to you my love &amp; liking will I give.</L>
<L>That may not be (quoth he) fair maid,</L>
<L>except he turn he cannot live:</L>
<L>An <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> fryer there is (&s;he &s;aid)</L>
<L>of learning great, and pa&s;&s;ing pure of life,</L>
<L>Let him to my brother be &s;ent,</L>
<L>and he will fini&s;h &s;oon the &s;trife.</L>
<L>Her ma&s;ter granted her reque&s;t,</L>
<L>the marriner in fryer's w&eacute;eds &s;he did array</L>
<L>And to her love that lay di&s;tre&s;t,</L>
<L>&s;he did a letter &s;oon convey,</L>
<L>When he had read the&s;e gentle lines,</L>
<L>his &s;tart was ravi&s;hed with plea&s;ant joy,</L>
<L>Where now &s;he is full well he knew,</L>
<L>the fryer likewi&s;e was not coy;</L>
<L>But did declare to him at large,</L>
<L>the enterprize his love for him had taken in hand:</L>
<L>The young man did the fryer charge,</L>
<L>his love &s;hould &s;traight depart the land</L>
<L>Here is no place for her (he &s;aid)</L>
<L>but woful death and danger other life,</L>
<L>Profe&s;&s;ing truth I was betraid,</L>
<L>and fearful flames mu&s;t end the &s;trife.</L>
<L>For e'er I will my faith deny,</L>
<L>and &s;wear my&s;elf to follow damned antichri&s;t,</L>
<L>I'll yield my body for to dye,</L>
<L>to live in heav<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the highe&s;t.</L>
<L>O &s;ir, the gentle <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">id</L>
<L>con&s;ent thereto, and end the &s;trife,</L>
<L>A woful match (quoth he) is made,</L>
<L>where Chri&s;t is left to win a wife.</L>
<L>When &s;he had us'd all means &s;he might,</L>
<L>to &s;ave his life, and yet all would not be,</L>
<L>Then of the judge &s;he claim'd her right,</L>
<L>to dye the death as well as he.</L>
<L>When no per&s;wa&s;ions could prevail.</L>
<L>nor change her mind in any thing that &s;he had &s;aid</L>
<L>She was with him condemn'd to dye,</L>
<L>and for them both one fire was made:</L>
<L>Yea, arm in arm mo&s;t joyfully,</L>
<L>the&s;e lovers twain unto the fire did go,</L>
<L>The marriner mo&s;t faithfully,</L>
<L>was likewi&s;e partner of their woe.</L>
<L>But when the judges under&s;tood,</L>
<L>the faithful friend&s;hip did in them remain,</L>
<L>They &s;av'd their lives, and afterwards,</L>
<L>to <HI>England</HI> &s;ent them back again.</L>
<L>Now was their &s;orrow turn'd to joy,</L>
<L>and faithful lovers have their hearts de&s;ire,</L>
<L>Their pains &s;o well they did imploy,</L>
<L>God granted that they did de&s;ire,</L>
<L>And when they did to <HI>England</HI> come,</L>
<L>and in merry <HI>Bri&s;tow</HI> arrived at the la&s;t,</L>
<L>Great joy there was to all and &s;ome,</L>
<L>that heard the dangers they had pa&s;t:</L>
<L>Her father he was dead God wot,</L>
<L>and the her mother was joyful at her &s;ight,</L>
<L>Their wi&s;hes &s;he denyed not,</L>
<L>but wedded them to hearts delight:</L>
<L>Her gentle ma&s;ter &s;he de&s;ired,</L>
<L>to be her father, and at Church to give her then</L>
<L>It was fulfilled as &s;he required,</L>
<L>to the joys of all good men.</L>
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