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He said, O! brave Catskins, I find it is thee,
These three nights together hath so charmed me;
Thou art the sweetest creature my eyes e’er beheld,
With joy and contentment my heart it is fill’d.
These three nights together hath so charmed me;
Thou art the sweetest creature my eyes e’er beheld,
With joy and contentment my heart it is fill’d.
Thou art the cook’s scullion, but as I have life
Grant me but thy love, I’ll make thee my wife:
And you shall have maids to be at your call,
Sir, that cannot be, I’ve no portion at all.
Grant me but thy love, I’ll make thee my wife:
And you shall have maids to be at your call,
Sir, that cannot be, I’ve no portion at all.
Thy beauty is a portion, my joy and my dear,
I prize it far better than thousands a year;
And to have my friend’s consent, I have got a trick,
I’ll go to my bed and feign myself sick;
I prize it far better than thousands a year;
And to have my friend’s consent, I have got a trick,
I’ll go to my bed and feign myself sick;
There’s none shall attend me but thee, I protest,
So one day or other, when in thy rich dress,
Thou shalt be drest, If my parents come nigh,
I'll tell them ’tis for thee I’m sick and like to ⟨die.⟩
So one day or other, when in thy rich dress,
Thou shalt be drest, If my parents come nigh,
I'll tell them ’tis for thee I’m sick and like to ⟨die.⟩
PART IV.
HAVING thus consulted, this couple parted,
Next day this ’Squire he took to his bed,
And when his dear Parents this thing perceiv’d,
For fear of his death they were heartily griev’d.
Next day this ’Squire he took to his bed,
And when his dear Parents this thing perceiv’d,
For fear of his death they were heartily griev’d.
To tend him they sent for a nurse presently,
He said, None but Cat-skins my nurse now shall be,
His Parents said no, Son; he said, but she shall,
Or else I shall have no nurse at all.
He said, None but Cat-skins my nurse now shall be,
His Parents said no, Son; he said, but she shall,
Or else I shall have no nurse at all.
His Parents both wond’red, to hear him say thus,
That none but Cat-skins must needs be his nurse,
So then his dear parents, their Son to content,
Up to the chamber poor Cat-skins they sent.
That none but Cat-skins must needs be his nurse,
So then his dear parents, their Son to content,
Up to the chamber poor Cat-skins they sent.
Sweet cordials and other rich things were prepar'd,
Which between this couple were equally shar’d,
And when they were alone, in each others arms,
Enjoy’d one another in love’s pleasant charms.
Which between this couple were equally shar’d,
And when they were alone, in each others arms,
Enjoy’d one another in love’s pleasant charms.
