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6 (illegible text) Maſter, with a vengeance, the old man raply'd Yes, yes, your my maſter, the young man he cried O pray me but eaſy and to you I'll tell, The ſaddeſt misfortune that ever befeſ. When my miſtreſs heard I to Londad muſt go, She krav'd nay, led and intreeted me to To be dreſſ'd in my clothes for to go with you, Becauſe ſhe had a mind that city time. Adecoks Cays the old met witte? I have turned my daughter was The devil's b witched er ved at The life of my 'Innocent daughter I've ſold. The old man ran raving way to the barn, And fitching a balur under hiſ arm To a beam near at hand he immediately ran, With a rope about his neck my he ſwung. The young man immediately whip'd out his knife, And cut him do nere he hath d his life; Said, Dear Sir, have parience and not complain, And I'll do what I can for to-utch her again. The old man he ſtar, I like a fox in a fare. Savin . Bring my darling whom I live ſo dear, And that very minute you bring her to town, That moment I'll pay the five hundred pounds. Nay thał is tot all for to fit the ſtrife, I freely agree to make her your wife, And if that I forty years longer reming I never, no never, will cross her again.