Love and loyalty well met

Love and loyalty well met

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Love and Loyalty Well met

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Love and Loyalty Well met

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The Faithful Young-man Loved well,

This Damſel Fair and bright,

Whoſe beauty did ſo much excell

She prov'd his hearts delight.

To the Tune of, State and Ambition.

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Young-Man.

Faeireſt of Fair ones, if thou ſhould'ſt prove cruel,

my Love to requite with ſcorn and diſdain,

And to my flaming heart, Add cumbuſtible Fuel,

it would much increaſe both my ſorrow and pain;

Thy beauty it is, that I do ſo deſire,

and on thee I think both by day and by night,

There's none but thy ſelf that I Love and admire

for thou art my true love, my joy and Delight.

Maids Anſwer.

You young men of late are ſo falſe and deceitful,

poor innocent maids know not who to believe,

Much Love you pretend, but do oft prove ungrateful,

and leave us poor Damſels to mourn and to grieve:

Such pretty Court Faſhions of late you have learned,

you'l vow and proteſt your baſe mind to fulfill,

To Credulous Damſels it is not diſcerned,

and ſo wrong young Maiden; that never thought ill.

Young-man.

I'me none of that number, I prethee dont doubt me,

my heart in thy breaſt is impriſoned ſure,

And for my affection I prethee don't flout me,

for my Love ſhall laſt, while my Life doth endure

To this my poor ſuit do not give a denyal,

nor ſeem in the leaſt thy true Lover to ſlight,

Thou plainly wilt find when it comes to the tryal,

that thou art my true love, my joy and Delight.

Maid.

If thou wouldſt be faithful and real unto me,

Oh! then I would tell thee a piece of my mind,

It would be no trouble at all for to wooe me,

to one that is conſtant, I ſoon could be kind:

But if I ſhould venture to come to a tryal,

and grant your deſire your mind to fulfill,

If in the concluſion thou ſhouldſt be Diſloyal,

'would wrong a poor maiden that never thought ill.

Young-Man.

No, no by the power that governs poor creatures,

I will be as Loyal as mortal can be,

For I am enamoured with thy pretty features,

and thou like an Angel appeareſt to me;

In thy Roſie cheeks my delights I have fixed,

and nothing is welcome but thee in my ſight;

When thy Love with my Love together are mixed,

thou art my true love, my joy and Delight.

Maids Anſwer.

Theſe pretty kind ſpeeches, I fear will perſwade me,

to tender good nature to Love and admire,

Blind Cupid already begins to invade me,

and now I‘me poſſeſſ with Loves amorous fire.

Come give me thy hand with a large proteſtation,

that what I deſire thou wilt freely fulfill,

For thou art the man I love beſt in the Nation

then wrong not a Maiden that never thought ill.

Young-Man.

Theſe tydings my deareſt exceedingly pleaſe me,

my heart thou haſt won, I'le for ever be thine,

Of my pains and torments my Love thou doſt eaſe me

as I am thy true Love, I hope thou art mine;

Let us two together lye cloſe in embraces,

in Love we will ſollace by day and by night,

Thou art ſo adorned with beautiful graces,

that thou art my true love my joy and Delight.

Maid.

Come come then my true Love, no longer we‘l tarry,

but finiſh the rites that poor Lovers enjoy,

we‘l go to the Church, and with ſpeed we will marry,

to ſhow that at first ‘twas my real design;

Though it ſeemed, ſtrange, it was onely to try thee,

and yet ſeemed loath thy mind to fulfill,

I knew in my heart that I could not deny thee,

for I am a Maiden that never thought ill.

The AƲTHOR.

Fair Maidens take pattern by theſe faithful Lovers,

who now are faſt linked in Cupids ſtrong Chains,

For when Tell-tale eyes a true paſſion diſcovers,

they ſoon put an end unto torturing pains;

And young-men no more do you now prove deceitful,

bnt conſtant and Loyal by day and by night,

For 'tis no ſmall treſpaſs to be ſo ungrateful,

to her who accounts you her Joy and delight.

FINIS.

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Print [...] for J. Blare at the Sign of the Looking-glaſs, on London-Bridge.

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Love and loyalty well met

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1685

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— Love and loyalty well met,

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Print for J. Blare at the sign of the Looking-glass, on London-Bridge,. [London] :: [1684-85]. (Place and date of publication from Wing.) (Verse - "Fairest of fair ones, if thou should'st prove cruel,".) (Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.)

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