)rnia flDerr^ Songe anb Ballabs NATIONAL BALLAD AND SONG /Ifterr^ Songs anb Ballabs PRIOR TO THE YEAR A.D. 1800 EDITED BY JOHN S. FARMER VOLUME II PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY MDCCCXCVII INDEX TO VOL. II AUTHORS, TITLES, FIRST LINES, REFRAINS AND SOURCES Abbot of Canterbury (Tune) 178 Academy of Complements 3 4) 37) 38 "After long service and a thousand vows " [Bristol Drollery, 1674) 80 Agreeable Snrprise, The 266 Ah! Chios! Transported I cry^d (Tune) .... 223 "Ah ! my dearest, my dearest CeUde " [Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 164 Akeroyd 164 Alcock (B. J.) 128 " All that have two or but one ear " ( Wit and Mirth, 1682) 85 "Altho' I be but a Country Lass" [Orpheus Caledoniiis, 1733) 205 Amarillis told her Swain (Tune) 30 Amboyna (Dryden) 76 "Amo, Amas, I love a Lass " (Mr. EDWIN, 1798) . 266 "Amongst the Myrtles sat my Love " [Academy of Complements, 1650) 37 vi INDEX Amorous Dialogue between John and his Mistriss An {Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 12) 65 Amyntas {Bristol Drollery, 1674) 80 " Andrew and Maudlin, Rebecca and "Will " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 144 Answer to the Bonny Scot, An {Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 13) 102 Answer to Moggy's Misfortune, An {Roxbtirgh Ballads, ii. i. c. 1635) 26 "As Chloe o'er the meadows past" (Sir C. Sedley, b. 1701) 121 "As I lay musing one night in my Bed" {Windsor Drollery, 1672) 63 " As I walk'd in the AVoods one evening of late " (T. Shadwell, 1672 and 1719) 61, 177 "As I was a driving my Waggon one Day," (1730) 202 " As I was walking one May Morning " ( Choice Garland, c. 1790) 249 " As I went to Westminster Abby " {Rawlinson MS., c. 1610-20) 5 " As itt beffell on a sumers day " {Percy Folio 3IS., c. 1620-50) 20 " As Kate was driving home her cows " ( The Rattle, 1766) 219 Atfield (Mr.) 194 Bachelor's song, The (T. Flatman, 1674) • . . • 1^ Ballad of Andrew and Maudlin, A {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 144 Bancks (John) 210 Barne (Nicol) I INDEX vii Bashful Maid, The {c. 1720) 196 "Beau dress'd fine met Miss divine, A" (Pi'l/s to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 168 " Bee not affrayd thou fayrest, thou rarest" {Percy Folio MS., c. 1620-50) 16 " Behold, I pray, what's come to pass " [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 13) 102 "Bess Black as a Charcole" {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 96 "Beza, quhy bydis thou, quhy dois thou stay" {c. 1581) I Blessed age of Gold (Tune) , 228 " Blithe and bonny Country-lasse, A "{Eiiphiies' Golden Legacie, T. Lodge, 161 2) 7 " Blue clouds from the skies are fled. The " (G. A. Stevens, 1782) 240 Bonny Dundee (Tune) 257 " Bonny Lad came to the Court, A " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 173 " Bonny Peggy Ramsey that any man may see " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 151 Bristol Drollery 80, 82 Burns (R.) 253, 254,255,256,257,258,259,261,262,264 Butcher, The {The Rattle, 1766) 214 Button Hole, The {Garland) 178 " By Moonlight on the Green " {Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1 7 19) 171 "By the side of a green stagnate pool " (Stevens, 1782) 238 Capt. Dighy (Tune) 65 Catholic Sang, Ane (1581) i Cauld Kail in Aberdeen (Tune) 258 viii INDEX Chappell's Popular Music 3° Choice, The 198 Choyce Drollery 40, 42, 43 Choice Garland 249, 251 Church (Mr.) 14/ Clarke (Jeremiah) 116, 130 Clout the Cauldron (Tune) 256 Coachman, The {Choice Garland) 251 Cold and Raw (Tune) 105, 168 " Cold and raw the North did blow " [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 374, 1685-7) 105 " Come let's drink the night away" [Bristol Drollery, 1674) 82 " Come hither my own sweet duck " [Merry Drollery, 1661) 50 " Come, John, sit thee down I have some what to say" [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 12, 1672-86) 65 ComirC thro' the rye (Tune) 262 Cooper o' Dundee, The 257 Coridon's Song (Lodge, 16 12) 7 Coimtry Lass, The [Orpheus Calcdonius, 1733) . 205 Country Parson's Folly, The {Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 73, 1685-95) • "2 Country Sheep-Shearing, The (T. DuRFEY, 1719) . 162 Coy Shepherdess, The [Roxburgh Ballads, i. 85, 1641-74) 30 " Creature, for feature I neuer saw a fairer. A" [Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) H Cupid's Victory [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 64, 1701) 118 INDEX ix Dainty dames who trip along, The (Tune) . . , 240 Dancing Master, The 48 Daniel Cooper l^\xxi€) 1/3 " Day is come, I see it rise, The " (Dryden, Ambojna, 1673) 76 Derry dotvn, down hey derry down (Refrain) 179, 214 Deuteromelia 3 Dialogue between a Town Spark and his Miss [Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 166 Dialogue sung by a Boy and Girl {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 164 Dick and Kate {The Rattle) . . 219 Dick the Plow-man turn'd Doctor [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 125, 1685-88) 108 " Dictates of Nature prove school knowledge weak, The" (G. A. Stevens, 5o;7_§.f, 1782) 236 " Did you not promise me when you lay by me " [Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 166 "Dinner o'er, and Grace said, we'll for business prepare" (G. A. Stevens, Songs, 1782) .... 225 Dispairing beside a clear stream (Tune) . . . . 238 "Doe you meane to ouerthrow me? "[Percy Folio MS., c. 1620-50) 18 Do7i Quixote (T. DURFEY) 154 Down the Burn Davie (THOMSON, Orpheus Caledonius) 208 Dryden (John) 74. 76 DuRFEY (T.) 105, 154, 157, 160, 162 East Nook of Fife [Twne) 261 EDVinLN (Mr.) 266 End, The (G. A. Stevens, Songs, 1782) .... 246 X INDEX Epithalamium (Dryden) 76 Etheridge (Sir George) 60 Euphues' Golden Legacie (T. Lodge) 7 Exeter Garland (1720) 184 Fair Lass of Islington, The {Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 140 Fall, The (SiR Charles Sedley) 121 Eine songsters too often apologies make (Tune) . . 243 "Fine Songsters Apologies too often use" (r. 1705) 123 Fishmonger, The (Tune) 214 Flatman (Thomas) 78 "Flye she sat in Shamble Row, The" [Deiiteromelia, 1609) 3 Folly desperate folly (Tune) 112 Fool "who is ivealthy is sure of a Bride, T%^ (Tune) 246 For a little of that which Harry gave Doll {B^eir?i.\n) 177 "For a' that and a' that" [b. 1796) 264 Four-legg'd Quaker, The {JJ'it and Mirth, 1682) . 85 Fright, The (G. A. Stevens, 1782) 223 "From twelve years old, I oft have been told" {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 91 Gee ho Dobin (1730) 202 Genteel is my Damon, engaging is his air (Tune) 234 "Gie the Lass her Fairin' " (R. Burns, b. 1796) . 258 "Gin 'ere I'se in Love" {c. 1720) 194 Good Honest Trooper take Warning {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 173 INDEX xi " He that a Tinker, a Tinker, a Tinker will be " {Choice Drollery, 1656) 40 "He till't and slie till't " (b. 1796) 254 Highland Laddie, The {Musical Miscellany, 1729) 200 "Ho boy, hey boy" (Mr, CHURCH, 1707) .... 147 Humburg, The (G. A. Stevens, Songs, 1782) . . 221 lanthe the Lovely, the joy of the plain (Tune) . 232 "I fee'd a man at Martinmas" {b. 1796) .... 259 " I love thee for thy cmled haire " {Choice Drollery, 1656) 43 "If you will give ear" {Merry Drollery, 1661) . . 56 "I'm a hole, tho' too narrow" [^Button Hole Garland, 1720-50) 178 In April when priynroses paint the sweet plain (Tune) 236 "In Cloe's Chamber, she and I" (J. Bancks, 1738) 210 "In harvest time I walked" {Roxiurgh Ballads, ii. 80) o In Praise of a Deformed Woman {Choice Drollery, 1656) 43 Insatiate Lover, The {Merry Drollery, 1661) . . . 50 " It is reported in the East " {Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 7 3) 112 " It was a man and a jolly old man " {Merry Drollery, 1661) 46 Jenney and Molly, and Dolly (DURFEY, c. 1719) . . 162 "Joan has been Galloping" {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 84 John and his Mistriss {Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 12) . 65 John and Jone {Merry Drollery, 1661) 56 xii INDEX Jolly Miller, The (T. Durfey, 1710) 154 Journeyman shooe ?naker (Tune) 98 Kester Crab (Tune) 70 " Lawland Lads think they are fine, The " (Alusical Hftscellany, 1729) ; 20O " Let him fond of fibbing invoke which he'll chuse " (G. A. Stevens, 1782) 234 Leveridge (R.) 153 "Like a Dog with a bottle fast ti'd to his tail" (T. Flatman, Poems, 1674) 78 Little of one with. Vo^itr, A [Pills to Ptirge Melan- choly, 1 7 19) 168 Lodge (T.) 7 London Lasses Folly, The {Pepys Ballads, c. 1635) 98 Love in its colours (Sub-title) 118 Love sick tnaiden cured. The (Sub-title) 108 Love Song, A (Gr. A. Stevens, 1782) 234 "Lusty young Butcher near Leadenhall dwelt. A" {The Rattle, 1766) 214 " Lusty young Coachman his horses was driving, A" {Choice Garland, c. 1790) 251 "Madam be cover'd, why stand you bare? " [Academy of Complements, 1650) 38 ''Madgie cam to my bed-stock" (h. 1796) .... 256 Maggie Lauder (Tune) 254 Maiden beguiled. The (Sub-title) 98 Maids a washing themselves. The (Tune) .... 118 Maid a Bathing, The {Merry Drollery, ys Ballads, iii. 288) 23 "She Gripet at the Girtest o't " {b. 1796) .... 261 " She's so bonny and brisk " (Sir George Etheridge, 1668) 60 She vjou'd if she Cou'd 60 Sing Tantararara Toast all (Tune) 225 Sir Archibald Grant's Strathspey (Time) . . . . 259 Songs Comic and Satyrical, see Ste^'EXS. Sorrowful Complaint of the Yielditig Lass {^vh-^At) I02 Spinning iL'heel, TJie (Tune) 1 02 Stevens (G. A.) 221, 223, 225, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 243, 246 Take Time by the Forelock {The Rattk, 1766) . . 217 "That Hving's a joke, Johnny Gay has express'd " (G. A. Ste\-ens, 1782) 221 " Then Jockey wou'd a Wooing go" [Pills to Piirge Melancholy, 1707) 137 " There was a Knight and he was young " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 135 " There was a Lass of Islington " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 140 "There's Hair On't" {b. 1796) 253 Thing, The 123 THOilsON; see Orpheus Caledonius Toast, A (G. A. Ste\'EXS, 1782) 230 Tom and Doll (T. DuRFEV, 17 15) 157 INDEX xvii Too soon I left my spinning wheel (Refrain) . . 102 "'Twas but yestre'en I stinted graith" (3. 1796) . 253 " 'Twas when Summer was Rosie " (T. DURFEY, 1 7 1 5) 1 60 Tyrannical Wife, The {Merry Drollery, 166 1) . , . 46 " Upon a Summer's day " {Merry Drollery, 1 66 1 ) . 48 Venus Unmasked {Broadside Sojtg, c. 1720) ... 181 Walking in a country town (Tune) 13 "Walking in a meadowe greene " {Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 13 Waterman's Dance (Tune) 162 Westminster Whore, 'Y\i^{Rawli7ison MS., 1610-20) 5 "Wha'll maw me now" (R. BURNS, h. 1796) . . 262 IVhat should a young Woman (Tune) 65 "WTiat's that to me" (G. A. Stevens, 1782) . . 240 " Yv hen a woman that's Buxom a dotard does wed " {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 94 "AVhen Fanny to Woman is growing apace" (W. Yates, 1765) 212 "When Judith had laid Holofemes in Bed" {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 95 " ^\^len riuming life's race, we gallop apace " (G. A. Stevens, 1782) 230 " When the Kine had giv'n a Pail full " (T. Durfey, 1715) ^57 "WTien Trees did bud, and Fields were green" (Thoiison, Orpheus Caledonius, 1733) .... 208 " Where's my Shepherd (my love) hey -ho " {Rox- burgh Ballads, ii. 64) 1 1 8 xviii INDEX "Whilst Alexis lay prest " (Dryden, Marriage a la mode, 1673) 74 " 'Will you heare the Mode of france" [Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 9 Willie's Intreague (/'z7/j to Purge Melancholy, 17 15) 160 Willing Maid, A Day too Young, The 249 Willing Mida, The {c. 1682) 97 Windsor Drollery 63 " Wishing well to good folks both on this and that" (G. A. Stevens, 1782) 243 Wit and Mirth 84, 85, 91, 94, 95, 96 Woman with child that desired a son, which might prove a preacher, A {Choice Drollery, 1656) , . 42 Wojuen all tell me. The (Tune) 217 Yates (W.) 212 " Ye coopers and hoopers, attend to my ditty " {b. 1796) 257 Ye Lads who approve (Tune) 230 " You gallants all in London, pray draw near a while" (^Exeter Garland, 1720) 184 " You maidens all of London City " [Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 125) 108 Y''oung Corydon (J. Clarke, 1700) 116 You7ig DittcJrii'oman of Westminster come off -witli flying colours, The (Sub-title) 112 "Young John the Gard'ner having lately got" {c. 1705) 126 (Jficvv^ QowQ^ anb Ballabs ANE CATHOLIC SANG [c. 1581] [" Nicol Barne, his testimonie of Theodore Beze, the neu pseudo-prophet and pretendit reforma- tor of the varld, concerning his sodomitrie bougerie with the young man Audebertus, and adulterie with Candida, ane uther mannis vyf, quha is has harlet zet for the present, composit be himself in Latin 158 1 "—Ane Pleasant Garde?i\. Beza, quhy b}'dis thou, quhy dois thou stay, Sen Candida and Audebert ar baith away? Thy love is in Pareis, in Orleanis thy mirth, Zit thou vald Vezel keip to thy gidt. Far from Candida lust of thy cors, Far fr(-)m Audebert thy gret plca-sors. MERRY SON'OS II. , AXE CATHOLIC SANG Fair veil Vezel, veil mot ze fair Fair veil my brethering quha du-ellis thair I may spair Vezel, my father, and you, Bot nather Audebert nor Candida is mu. Then quhilk of thir prefer sould I? Quhilk sould I \-issie first or espy. Candida may onie be deerar nor thou? Or Audebert ony preferrit to zou? Quhat gif I cuttit my body in tuay, And give the ane half to Candida gay, The uther't Audebert? zit Candida nei-die Vald Beza have hail, scho is so gre-die. And Audebert \'ald Beze have hail, So covetous is he for to prevail: Bot I vald so thaime baith imbrace. To be al hail \'ith baith in a place, Hir w-ith hir cunt, him •with his erss, And I bettiix with ane stif terss. Zit th'ane sould I prefer indeid, But 6 hou hard a thing is neid ! And sen the ane mon be preferd, My fore-quarters sal be con-ferd. To Audebert for bougo-rie. The chiefest of my voluptie; But Candida, gif sho complaine, I sail hir cunt kiss laich a2:ane ! "THE FLYE IN SHAMBLE ROW " "THE FLYE SHE SAT IX SHAMBLE ROW" [1609] [From Dftiferomelia, p. 2. with music]. The Flye she sat in Shamble row, and shambled with her heeles I trow. And then ia came sir Cranion, with legs so long and many a one. And said loue speede Dame Flye, Dame Flye, marry you be welcome good Sir quoth she: The Master humble Bee hath sent me to thee, to wit and if you will his true loue be. But shee said nay, that ma}- not be, for I must haue the Butterflye: F^r and a greater Lord there may not be. But at the last consent did shee. And there was bid to this wedding, all Flyes in the field and Wormes creeping: The Snaile she came crawling all ouer the plaine, with all her iolv trinckets at her traine. 4 "THE FLYE IN SHAMBLE ROW" Tenne Bees there came all clad in Gold, and all the rest did them behold : But the Thonbud refused this sight to see, and to a Cow-plat away flyes shea. And where now shall this wedding be? for and hey nonny no in an old lue tree : And where now shall we bake our bread ? for and hey nonny in an old horse head. And where now shall wee brew our Ale? but euen within one Walnut shale: And also where shall we our dinner make, but euer vpon a galde Horse backe. For there wee shall haue good companie, with humbling and bumbling and much melody : When ended was this wedding day the Bee bee took his five away. And laid her downe vpon the Marsh, betweene one Marigold and one long grasse: And there they begot good master Gnat, and made him the heire of all, thats flat. THE WESTMINSTER WHORE THE WESTMINSTER WHORE [1610-20] [Rawlinson MS. Poet. B 35. leaf 36]. As I went to Westminster Abby I saw a young wench on her back, Cramwing in a Dildo of Tabby Into her — till 'twas ready to crack. "By your leave," said I, "pretty maid, Methinks your sport is but dry." "I can get no better," she said, "Sir, And He tell you the reason why: " Madam P. hath a thing at her breech, Sucks up all ihe scad of t/?e town; She's a dammed lasivious bitch, And fucks for halfe a crown. Now the Curse of a Cunt w/thout hair. And ten thousand poxes upon her, Wee poor whores may go hang in dispair, Wee're undone by t/ze Maids of honour." THE WESTMINSTER WHORE Then in loyalty as I was bound, Hearing her speak in this sort, I fackt her thrice on t^e ground, And bid her speak well of the court. CORIDON'S SONG CORIDON'S SONG [1612] [From Euphues' Golden Legacie, by T. Lodge, Sig. O iij] A Blithe and bonny Country-Iasse, heigh ho, bonny lasse; Sate sighing on the tender grasse, and weeping said, will none come woo me. A smicker boy, a lither swayne, heigh ho, a smicker swayne. That in his loue was wanton faine, with smiling lookes strait came vnto her. When as the wanton wench espide, heigh ho, when she espide, The meanes to make her selfe a bride, she simpred smooth like bonny bell. The swayne that saw her squint eide Kind, heigh ho, squint-eide Kinde, His armes about her body twind, and faire lasse, how fare yee, well ? 8 CORIDON'S SONG The countrie Kit said, well forsooth, heigh ho, well forsooth; But that I haue a longing tooth, a longing tooth that makes me crie: Alas (said he) what garres thy griefe? heigh ho, what garres thy griefe? A wound (quoth she) without reliefe, I feare a maide that I shall die. If that be all, the shepheard said, heigh ho, the shepheard said; He make thee wiue it gentle maide, and so recure thy maladie: Hereon they kist with many an oath; heigh ho, with many an oath, And fore god Pan did plight their troth, and to the church they hied them fast. And God send euery pretty peate, heigh ho the pretty peate That feares to die of this conceite, so kinde a friend to helpe at last: Then maydes shall neuer long againe. Heigh ho, to long againe ; When they finde ease for such a paine. Thus my roundelay is past. THE MODE OF FRANCE THE MODE OF FRANCE [1620-50] [Percy Folio Manuscript, page 193 of MS.J. Will you heare the Mode of france to stopp the mouthe of those that done you ? \i.e. dun you] neatly Leade them in a dance, because wee are behind in mony. If yoici Lanlord chance to call either for dyett or for rayment, Leade him in a dance w/thall, & forgett itt in yo/zr payment. If yo?/r taylor chance to strike you w/th his bill, & stay noe Leasure; Lead him in a dance that likes you, & in-stead of coyne take measure. If your shoomaker come on w/th his last, tfe neatly Lead itt; lett [t]his eu^rlasting done d"ii see his owne boots neatly tread itt. lo THE MODE OF FRANCE If yota Landlady doe call, needs must satisfye her pleasure; current coin shcc despises your carrant, sheele be payd with standing measure. If yota Lawer finds you out for fees for this devise or tother, let him dance for all his goute, & pay one Motion w/th another. Thus wee range the world about, thus wee scape then all disasters; then Let all the world declare //lat wee are nimble quicke paymasters. A CREATURE FOR FEATURE ii A CREATURE FOR FEATURE [c. 1620-50] [Fercy Folio Manuscript, page 199 of MS.]. A creature, for feature I neu^r saw a fairer, soe witty, soe prettye, I neu^r knew a rarer; shee soe kind, & I soe blynd, tha\ I may say another day ^' ^^^ «'^y ^^^^ " I did complaine, & I mett a swaine, but [he] knew not how to wooe me nor doe mee, he was soe dull conceipted. I gaue a smile him to beguile, I made a show to make him know, I pincht his cheeke to make him seeke & find some further pleasure, whose treasure needs not to be Expected. "I stayd him, & praide him, & pr(?ffered him a favour ; he kist mee, & wisht me to beare w/th his be- hauior ; but hie tro lolly lolly, le silly willy cold not doe. all content w?th him was spent 12 A CREATURE FOR FEATURE when he had dipt & kist me, & mist me, & cold not . . kisse . . \line ad off by the binder] then thought I, & thought noe lye, p^rhapps his pipe is not yett ripe; yett an hower may haue the power to make itt grow in full Length & full strength ; but fooles are led in blindnesse. " But woe mee, & woe mee ! alas, I cold not raise ! itt wold not, nor cold not, doe all I cold to please. his inke was run, his pen was done. lacke! art thou dead? hold vp thy head! I will litter thee & water thee, & feed thee w/th my neet, & better, if thou wilt lye besyd me. but all in vaine I did complaine, his lacke was tyrd, heed not be hyred for all my prayers & all my teares." WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN 13 WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN [1620-50] [Percy Folio Manuscript, page 93 of MS. Tune, Walking in a connhy loum (Robinson's Schoole of Musi eke, 1603)]. Walking in a mcadowe greene, fayre flowers for to gather, where p[r]imrose rankes did stand on bankes to welcome comers thither, I hard a voice w///ch made a Noise, w///ch caused me to attend it, I heard a kisse say to a Ladd, " once more, & none can mend it." They lay soe close together, they made me much to wonder; I knew not w/«ch was wether, vntill I saw her vnder. then off he came, & blusht for shame soe soone ///at he had endit; yet still shee lyes, & to him cryes, "Once More, & none can mend it." 14 WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN His lookes were dull & verry sadd, his courage shee had tamed; shee bad him play the lusty lad or else he quite was shamed; "then stifly thrust, hee hit me iust, fFeare not, but freely spend it, & play about at in & out; once more, & none can mend it." And then he thought to venter her, thinking the ffitt was on him; but when he came to enter her, the poynt turnd backe vpon him. Yet shee said, "stay! goe not away although the point be bended! but toot againe, & hit the vaine! once more, & none can Mend it." Then in her Armes shee did him fold, & oftentimes shee kist him, yett still his courage was but cold for all the good shee wisht him; yett With her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it, & then anon shee cryes " come on once, more, & none can mend it!" "Adew, adew, sweet hart," quoth hee, "for in faith I must be ffone." WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN 15 "nay, then you doe me wronge," quoth shee, "to leaue me thus alone." Away he went when all was spent, wherat shee was offended; Like a troian true she made a vow shee wold have one shold mend it. 1 6 BE NOT AFRAYD BE NOT AFRAYD [c. 1620-50] [Percf Folio Manuscript, page 194 of MS.]. " Bee not aflfrayd thou fayrest, thou rarest iliaX Qxxer was made ! deny mc not a kisse ; then thou shah see the Measure of pleasure thai I will haue from thee, what hurts there in this? Then lets imbrace, & lett pleasure be free, the world shall neere take notice how deliffhlfuU [we be.j " I see thai spyes, both peeping & creeping, in eche comer lyes to hinder all our loyes; but Cupidd shall see, & find them, & blind them thatt hindrance wilbe to the getting of Boyes. Then lets, &c. [Dame Nature, _ • r • -r-v f^i^e creature] " Ycnus, lupitcr, fairc uaturc, Dame creature, Made thee for delight, but yett for none but I ; Then lets imbrace, & riffle & trifle, BE NOT AFRAYD 17 leaue a lewell in the place, but keeptt till you d[ye.] Then Lets, &c. " Nay pish ! nay fye ! youle venter to enter ! a trespas soe high, youle wist were vndone; [wish 'twere] should any spie, theyle wonder, looke yonder; but youle not fly the place you haue begunn. Then Lets, &c. " Now you haue enioyed the Measure of pleasure, indeed I['m] destroyed if you speake of it againe ; for women doe proue neclected, reiected, when freedome of love is known to other men. Now you haue enioyed me, & all things be free, in faith youle vndoe me if a teltale you bee. " Then heeres my hart! He eu^r endeui?f thai wee will neu(?r part till death assignes the time, were itt not you, beleeue me it wold greeue m[e] to doo what I doo ; thai loue shold be a crime ; but it is a fault of soe sweet a degree, thai sure I am p