The two kinde Lovers:
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The Maydens resolution and will,
To be like her true Lover still.
To a dainty new tune.
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TWo lovely Lovers,
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walking all alone,
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The Female to the Male,
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was making pitious moane:
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Saying, if thou wilt goe, Love,
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let me goe with thee,
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Because I cannot live,
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without thy company.
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Be thou my master,
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Ile be thy trusty Page,
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To wayte on thee
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in thy weary Pilgrimage.
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So shall I still
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enjoy thy lovely presence,
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In which alone
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consiste my earthly essence.
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Be thou the Sunne,
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Ile be the beames so bright,
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Be thou the Moone.
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Ile be the lightest night:
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Be thou Aurora,
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the usher of the day,
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I will be the pearly dew,
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upon the flowers gay.
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Be thou the Rose,
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thy smell I will assume,
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And yeeld a sweet
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odoriferous perfume:
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Be thou the Rain-bow,
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Il [?] colours many,
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[?] cloud,
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[?] weather rainy.
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Be thou the Lion,
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Ile be the Lionesse:
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Be thou the servant,
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Ile be the Mistresse:
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Be thou the Porpentine,
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and Ile be the quill,
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That wheresoever thou goest:
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I may be with thee still.
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Be thou the Turtle;
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and I will be thy Mate,
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And if thou die,
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my life Ile ever hate:
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Be thou the nimble Fairy,
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that trips upon the ground,
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And I will be the circle,
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where thou mayst dance a round.
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Be thou the Swan,
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Ile be the bubling river:
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Be thou the gift,
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and I will be the giver:
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Be thou the chaste Diana,
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and I will be as chaste,
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Be thou the Time,
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Ile be the houres past.
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Be thou the Ship,
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Ile be the surging Seas,
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That shall transport my Love,
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where he doth please:
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Be thou the Neptune,
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Ile be the triple Base.
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Be thou the jocund Hunter,
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Ile be the Deere in chase.
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The second part. To the same tune.
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BE thou the Shepheard,
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Ile be the Shepheardesse,
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To sport with thee
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in joy and happinesse:
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I will be the Marygold,
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if thou wilt be the Sunne:
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Be thou the Fryer,
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and I will be the Nun.
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I will be the Pelican,
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and thou shalt be the young,
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Ile spend my blood,
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to succour thee from wrong:
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Be thou the Gardner,
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and I will be the flowres,
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That thou mayst make me grow
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with fruitfull showres.
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Be thou the Falconer,
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the falcon I will be,
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To yeeld delight
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and pleasure unto thee:
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Be thou the Lanthorne,
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I will be the light,
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To lead thee to thy fancy
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every darksome night.
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Be thou the Captaine,
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Ile be the Souldier stout,
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And helpe in danger
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still to beare thee out:
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Be thou the lovely Elme,
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and I will be the Vine,
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In sweet concordance,
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to sympathize and twine.
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Be thou the Pilot,
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Ile be the Sea-mans Card,
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Ile be the Taylor,
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and thou shalt be my yard:
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Be thou the Weaver,
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and Ile the shuttle be,
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Be thou the Fruterer,
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and I will be the Tree.
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Be thou the Black-smith,
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I will be the forge:
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Be thou the Water-man,
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and I will be the Barge:
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Be thou the Broker,
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and I will be the Pawne.
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Be thou the Paresite,
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and I will learne to fawne.
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These lovely Lovers
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being thus combin'd,
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Most equally agreed
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both in heart and mind.
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Accursed may they be,
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who seeke to part these
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Whom Love and nature
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did to love ordaine.
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I wish all young-men,
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that constant are in love,
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To finde out a woman
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that will so loyall prove,
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And to all honest Maydens,
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in heart I wish the same,
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That Cupids lawes
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may be devoyde of blame.
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