Where being in fhort space arriv'd

Unto his native dwelling place;

Therein with his dear love he liv'd

And fortune did his nuptials grace:
They many years of joy did fee,
And led their lives at Coventry.

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III.

LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY.

This excellent fong is ancient: but we could only give it from modern copies.

A child for his might;

Or you may deem him

A coward from his flight;

But if fhe, whom love doth honour,

Be conceal'd from the day,

Set a thousand guards upon her,

Love will find out the

way.

Some think to lose him,

By having him confin'd;

And fome do fuppofe him,

Poor thing, to be blind;

But if ne'er fo clofe ye wall him,

Do the best that you may,

Blind love, if fo ye call him,

Will find out his way.

You may train the eagle

To ftoop to your fift;

Or you may inveigle

The phenix of the east;

The lionefs, ye may move her

To give o'er her prey;

But you'll ne'er stop a lover:

He will find out his way.

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IV. THE

IV.

THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY.

Given (with fome corrections) from a MS copy. and col lated with two printed ones in Roman character in the Pepys collection.

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HERE was a knight was drunk with wine,
A riding along the way, fir;
And there he met with a lady fine,
Among the cocks of hay, fir.

Shall you and I, O lady faire,
Among the grafs lye downe-a;
And I will have a special care
Of rumpling of your gowne-a.

fir:

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Upon the grafs there is a dewe,
Will spoil my damaske
My gown, and kirtle they are newe,

gowne,

And coft me many a crowne, fir.

I have a cloak of fcarlet red,

Upon the ground I'll throwe it;
Then, lady faire, come lay thy head;
We'll play, and none fhall knowe it.

O yonder ftands my fteed fo free
Among the cocks of hay, fir;
And if the pinner should chance to fee,
He'll take my fteed away, fir.

Upon my finger I have a ring,
Its made of fineft gold-a;
And, lady, it thy fteed fhall bring
Out of the pinner's fold-a.

O go with me to my father's hall;

Fair chambers there are three, fir: And fhall have the best of all,

you

And I'll your chamberlain bee, fir.

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He mounted himself on his fteed fo tall,
And her on her dapple gray, fir:

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And there they rode to her father's hall,
Faft pricking along the way, fir.

To her father's hall they arrived ftrait;
'Twas moated round about-a;
She flipped herself within the gate,

And lockt the knight without-a.

Here is a filver penny to spend,

And take it for your pain, fir;

And two of my father's men I'll fend
To wait on you back again, fir.

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He from his fcabbard drew his brand,
And whet it upon
his fleeve-a:

And curfed, he said, be every man,

That will a maid believe-a!

She drew a bodkin from her haire,
And whip'd it upon her gown-a;
And curft be every maiden faire,
That will with men lye down-a!

A tree there is, that lowly grows,
And fome do call it rue, fir:
The smallest dunghill cock that crows,

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Would make a capon of you, fir.

A flower there is, that shineth bright,
Some call it mary-gold-a:

He that wold not when he might,

He fhall not when he wold-a.

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The knight was riding another day,
With cloak and hat and feather:

He met again with that lady gay,
Who was angling in the river.

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Now, lady faire, I've met with you,
You fhall no more escape me;
Remember, how not long agoe

You falfely did intrap me.

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