A pattern of love; or, The faithful lovers well met. Here's love for love you may behold, and true love better is than gold: for if my song you well do mind, patterns of true love here you'l find. To the tune of, The cannons rore. This may be printed, R.P. 1685-1688? Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04952 Wing P872 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[51] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[250] 99887256 ocm99887256 183404

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A Pattern of LOVE; OR, The Faithful Lovers well met. Here's Love for Love you may behold, And true love better is than Gold: For if my Song you well do mind, Patterns of true love here you'l find To the Tune of, The Cannons Rore.

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COme and help me to complain, Er'e my heart doth break with pain, My love unkind doth me diſdain, which doth increaſe my paſſion, His perſon it is ſo compleat, All Females do delight to ſee't And ſtand amaz'd when him they meet, the flower of all the Nation. He is ſo rare in every part, So full of vertue and deſert, That he did quickly win my heart, and made ſuch alteration: That all my comforts ſoon were gon And him alone I doted on; • ea night and day I think upon the flower of all the Nation. Thus languiſhing in Bed all night, And thinking on my hearts delight, As if he had been in my ſight ſuch was Loves operation; I wrung my hands and tore my hair, And almoſt fell into diſpair, Becauſe my deareſt was not there, the flower of all the Nation. I often ſtretched forth my arms, And with a kind of ſeeming Charms, I ſtrove to keep him from all harms, by Cupids ſtrong perſwaſion; Then in a moment I did cry, O come my Love, or elſe I dye, Wanting thy precious company, I love beſt in the Nation.

For while ſhe made this grievous moan, For her beloved deareſt one, He was hard by, to her unknown, and near her kept his ſtation; At laſt he bluſhing to her came, Which ſet the Damſel on a flame, 'Cauſe ſhe againſt him did Exclaim, ſhe lov'd beſt in the Nation. Don't complain, my deareſt dear, For I thy hearts delight, am here, And come to baniſh all thy fear, then do no more torment thee; For I will work both night and day, To keep my true love fine and gay, Then all the world will ſurely ſay, I ſtrive for to content thee. Nothing ſhall be too dear for thee, If it for Gold may purchas'd be, For ſince thou haſt made choice of me, thou need'ſt not to repent thee; Thy Beauty I moſt highly praiſe, I will be kind to thee always, And thou ſhalt ſee brave Golden days, let this my love, content thee. And whereſoever I do go, The world ſhall all thy Vertues know, And i'le ſet forth thy praiſes ſo, that nothing ſhall torment thee; I'le write Encomiums on thy Name, And ſpread them on the Wings of fame, Then do no more thy true love blame; that ſtrives for to content thee. I'le truly keep my Nuptial Vows, As Law and Reaſon both allows, And be ſo careful of my Spouſe, that nothing ſhall torment thee; I'le feaſt mine eyes with thy dear ſight; And in thy company delight, Yea, never leave thee day nor night, my Dear let this content thee. Vnto the Church ſtraightway we'l go, And to the world will plainly ſhow, The faithful love to thee I owe, then do not thou torment thee; According to thy just Deſert, I'le change with thee my love-ſick heart, Till cruel death our loves ſhall part, my Dear let this content thee.

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