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If you be ſo cruel, my ſuit to deny,
My amorous lover for thee I muſt die,
My heart is bleeding, and lies at your feet,
Then kill me or cure me, as you think it meet.
This damſel appeared as quite ſtruck dumb,
While bluſhes like flaſhes of lightning did come,
At length ſhe reply'd, there's no truſt in young men,
And what would you have me to anſwer you then.
My heart to my deareſt ſhall conſtant remain,
The thoughts of falſe lovers I freely diſdain,
May I bid all pleaſures forever adieu,
My deareſt when I prove falſe unto you.
This beautiful damſel no longer could hide;
Her tender affection, but freely reply'd,
My heart is your own, and ſhall be till I die,
Then into his arms ſhe like light’ning did fly.
A ring of pure gold from her finger ſhe took,
And juſt in the middle the ſame ſhe did break,
Quoth ſhe, As a token of love you thus take,
And this as a pledge I'll keep for your ſake.
With hugging and kiſſing in each others arms,
They then were poſſeſt with raptures and charms,
From that very minute they conſtant did prove,
As loyal as ever was the turtle dove.
But fortune was cruel and on them did frown,
Her love to her parents was quickly made known
But they to their daughter were ſharp and ſevere,
For an heireſs ſhe was of three hundred a year.
They preſently ſent this young damſel away,
To London, that ſhe with her uncle might ſtay,
Thinking in a ſhort time her love would abate,
But true love ſhould not be ſerv'd at ſuch a rate,
Sometimes with her uncle this danſel did ſtay,
While ſhe did a letter in private convey,
To her loyal lover, the joy of her heart,
Whom covetous parents did cruelly part.
