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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140711.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THE Sea-mans doleful Farewel; Or, The <HI>Greenwich</HI> Lovers mournful Departure.
<Q><L>See here the Pattern of true Love,</L>
<L>which ab&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">nce cannot &s;tain;</L>
<L>And nothing &s;hall his mind remove,</L>
<L>till he returns again.</L></Q></HEAD>
<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>State and Ambition.</HI></OPENER>
<LICENSE LANG="eng" SUBTYPE="permission to print">
<P><HI>This may be Printed,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. <HI>P.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of two figures standing at port</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of two ships at sea</FIGDESC>
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<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<L>FArewel my deare&s;t Love, now mu&s;t I leave thee&punc;</L>
<L>to the <HI>Ea&s;t-Indies</HI> my Cour&s;e I mu&s;t &s;teer,</L>
<L>And when I think upon't lore it doth grie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e me,</L>
<L>let nothing po&s;&s;e&s;s thee w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">th doubt or with fear;</L>
<L>or i'le be Loyal unto thee for ever,</L>
<L>and, like to the Turtle, will con&s;tant remain,</L>
<L>Nothing but cruel Death our Love &s;hall fever,</L>
<L><HI>but we will be married when I come again.</HI></L>
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<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<L>nd mu&s;t we, by Fortune, thus &s;trangely be parted?</L>
<L>what do&s;t thou think will become then of me?</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ho mu&s;t continue here quite broken-hearted,</L>
<L>let me thy true Love now venture with thee:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ear not the dangers that wait on the Ocean,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">y troubles will greater be here on the Shore,</L>
<L>to thy true Love now grant what &s;he doth mention,</L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o el&s;e greatly fears &s;he &s;hall &s;ee thee no more.</HI></L>
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<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<L>With dangers on Seas thou art little acquainted,</L>
<L>for when the winds blow, and the billows do roar,</L>
<L>I fear th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e (my true Love) will greatly be dounted,</L>
<L>then let me intreat thee to &s;tay on the Shore:</L>
<L>My heart in thy brea&s;t I will &s;ure leave behind me,</L>
<L>and thou of my Con&s;tancy ne're &s;hall complain,</L>
<L>A Pattern of true Love thou ever &s;halt find me,</L>
<L><HI>and we will be married when I come again.</HI></L>
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<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<L>How many, like thee, that are con&s;tant and loyal,</L>
<L>do venture to Sea, and do never return?</L>
<L>Then grant me my &s;ute and make no more denyal,</L>
<L>for I in thine ab&s;ence for ever &s;hall mourn:</L>
<L>Oh like to a Sea-Boy let me be attired,</L>
<L>and talk not of leaving me here on the Shore,</L>
<L>Thy Company by me &s;o much is de&s;ired,</L>
<L><HI>that &s;ure I &s;hould dye &s;hould I &s;ee thee no more.</HI></L>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of woman with fan</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of ship at sea</FIGDESC>
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<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<L>Cea&s;e, my true Love, and no more do per&s;wade me,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hy &s;hould&s;t thou run hazards ju&s;t now in thy prime?</L>
<L>Thy true Love for ever blind <HI>Cupid</HI> hath made me,</L>
<L>and then to the top-ma&s;t i'm &s;ure cannot climb;</L>
<L>Thy Lilly white hand cannot handle the tackle,</L>
<L>the pitch and the tar on thy palms will remain,</L>
<L>Tho' now thou art fetter'd in <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">upids</HI> &s;trong &s;hac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">le,</L>
<L><HI>yet we will be married when I come again.</HI></L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<L>Go then, my trur Love, and Heave<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s great ble&s;&s;ing</L>
<L>(where e're thou do&s;t &s;ail) &s;till upon thee attend,</L>
<L>Love is a plea&s;ure beyond all expre&s;&s;ing,</L>
<L>and <HI>Neptune,</HI> my deare&s;t, I pray thee defend:</L>
<L>For if in mine ab&s;ence my Love &s;hould mi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">carry,</L>
<L>whom I for his Virtues do &s;o much adore,</L>
<L>Then I of my life without doubt &s;hould be weary,</L>
<L><HI>and pine to my grave &s;hould I &s;ee thee more.</HI></L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<L>Come be of good comfort and grieve not my deare&s;t,</L>
<L>for I am as loth from my Love to depart,</L>
<L>Heaven can prevent all the dangers thou feare&s;t,</L>
<L>then let not &s;uch jealou&s;ies trouble thy heart:</L>
<L>For &s;hould I behold all the Beauties in <HI>Venice.</HI></L>
<L>yet &s;till to my Dear I would con&s;tant remain,</L>
<L>And nothing &s;hall cau&s;e any difference between us,</L>
<L><HI>but we will be married when I come again.</HI></L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<L>I long for that hour and covet the minute</L>
<L>when <HI>Hymen</HI> my true love and me &s;hall unite:</L>
<L>I &s;urfeit to think of the plea&s;ure there's in it,</L>
<L>'tis comfort by day, but far &s;weeter by night,</L>
<L>VVhen we like true lovers &s;hall joyn our poor face</L>
<L>and find &s;uch delight as I ne'r knew before,</L>
<L>Tis for certain a bli&s;s for to lye in embraces,</L>
<L><HI>and then I will part with my true Love no more.</HI></L>
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<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<L>VVell now the wind &s;erves, in de&s;pight I mu&s;t leave thee,</L>
<L>but at our farewel let us change a &s;weet ki&s;s:</L>
<L>Again I do &s;wear I will never deceive thee,</L>
<L>and hope at the la&s;t to enjoy what I wi&s;h;</L>
<L>Still h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ping that Fortune will &s;how me &s;uch favour</L>
<L>that I may be pro&s;perous on the Salt Main,</L>
<L>My true love in &s;orrow I fear for to leave her,</L>
<L><HI>but hope to enjoy her when I come again.</HI></L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<L>Then down their poor cheeks the &s;alt Tears they did trickle,</L>
<L>whole vollies of &s;ighs from their brea&s;ts there did fly,</L>
<L>At la&s;t he prevailed by little and little</L>
<L>that he might be gone, and &s;he could not deny:</L>
<L>But ki&s;&s;es at parting were wonderful plenty,</L>
<L>and needs it mu&s;t be that it grieved them &s;ore,</L>
<L>Tears they did drop till their eyes they were empty,</L>
<L><HI>for fear &s;he her true love &s;hould never &s;ee more.</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>I. Deacon</HI> at the Angel in <HI>Guilt-&s;pur-&s;treet</HI> without <HI>Newgate.</HI></P>
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