The discontented lover. To a pleasant new court tune.

The discontented lover. To a pleasant new court tune.

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The Discontented Lover.

The second part;

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The Discontented Lover.

To a pleasant new Court Tune.

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TOule, toule, gentle bell for a soule,

Killing care doth controule,

And my minde is sore opprest:

But I feare I shall dye

For a glance of that eye,

Which so late'y did flye

Like a Comet from the skye,

Or like some great Diety:

But my wishes are in vaine,

I shall never sée't again.

When I in the Temple did spye

This divine purity,

On her knées to her Saint;

Shée séem'd so divine,

All her graces did shine

Farre more fairer then the shrine:

Faith I wisht shée had beene mine,

And my heart full resigne,

May powerfully prove

No Religion like love.

Faire, faire, and as chast as the aire.

Holy Nuns breath in prayer,

Was this Votresse divine:

From each eye dropt a teare,

Like the pearled violets were,

When the spring doth appeare

To usher in the yeare;

But I dare safely sweare,

That those teares trickle downe

For no sins of her own.

But now encreaseth my woe,

I by no meanes can know

Where this beauty doth dwell:

All her rites being done

To her Lady and her Sonne,

I was left all alone,

And my Saint was from mée gone,

And to Heaven shée is flowne,

Which makes mée to say

I can scarce live a day.

Now I must make haste and dye,

And ascend to the skye

Where my hopes are inthron'd:

You Ladyes all adue,

Be your Loves false or true.

I am going to view

One that far excels all you,

One whom I never knew;

But must breath out my breath

For acquaintance in death.

The second part;

To the same tune.

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RIng, ring, merry bels, while we sing,

Drinking healths to our King,

And our mindes all advanc'd;

Let us never feare to dye,

Till we drinke out each eye,

Let cash and cans flye

Like hailestones from the skye,

Bacchus great Deity:

But my wishes are but vaine,

Fill the cans round againe.

When I in the Taverne did spye

Such faire boone company

On our knées drinking healths,

Wée looke so divine,

When our noses did shine

Well burnisht with rich Wine,

Faith I wisht the cup were mine:

Vnto thée I resigne,

And may powerfully proove

In drinking thy love.

Frée, frée, as the aire let us bée,

Estéeming no degrée,

But to all breaths alike,

From one eye dropt a teare,

Lest you Maudlin appeare,

And next morning do feare

To be physick'd with small béere;

But I dare safely sweare

If a teare trickles downe.

'Tis for love to the Crowne.

But now encreaseth my woe,

I by all meanes must know

What is due for our Sack;

But the reckoning being payd

To the Hostes or Mayd,

Wée néed not be afraid

To be scurvily betrayd

To the Constables ayd:

Let us honestly pay

Else wée scarce get away.

Now must I make haste and sée

What wil us all frée

All our hands from the bar;

You Ladyes all adiew,

Be your reckoning false or true,

I am going for to view

What belongeth to all you,

Though wée pay more then our due,

Yet my purse I will spend,

And my life for my friend.

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Imprinted at London for Richard Harper, 1650.

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The discontented lover. To a pleasant new court tune.

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1650

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B02702

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Wing D1566B

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Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[11]

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99887536

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182269

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— The discontented lover. To a pleasant new court tune.,

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1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill (woodcuts).

for Richart Harper,. Imprinted at London :: 1650.. (Verse: "Toule, toule, gentle bell for a soule ...") (In two parts, printed side by side.) (At head of second part: The second part; to the same tune.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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