The Maids Chastity that is troubled in mind,
Against young-men's inconstancy, who proveth unkind;
She gives warning to all Maidens that are in the row,
To take heed of false young-men wheresoe're they go.
To a pleasant New Tune.
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YOu young maids that would live chary
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And live single and not marry,
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Nor contract your selves to none,
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[F]or the Maid is best that lies alone.
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Cupid; Cupid, thou hast done me wrong,
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I have been thy servant now too long;
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My heart was never free from care,
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[S]ince I was intangled in thy snare.
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In thy snare I have been feter'd,
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And often have my business letted,
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[I]n following after Venus train,
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But the Maid is best that lies alone.
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Young men they will cog and lye,
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Maidens they may weep and cry
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Truth and conscience they use none,
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But the maid is the best that lies alone.
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In this breast a heart I bare,
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'Tis none of mine I wish it were;
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Once it was mine if I could have kept it,
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But now where it is, 'tis not respected.
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Now I hope to have my heart again,
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And keep it fast from Venus Chain,
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Lock it in this brest of my own
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But the maid is best that lies alone.
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When I have gain'd it safe again,
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Then I am free from all young men,
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And never like to make this moan,
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But live a single maid alone.
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Love is torment who can abide it,
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Who better knows then him that hath tryd it,
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I count her but a mad woman still,
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That seeks to humour a young mans will.
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YOung men they be much inclin'd,
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Only to know a maidens mind,
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Maids do not believe them if they swear,
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Least after they leave you in a snare.
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But try their hearts if that you can
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Before that you love any man;
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Love is fond and fickle still
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Then do not humour a young mans will.
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If a Lover be humoured in his condition
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Then he doth plead with a strong commision
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To get his intention if he can
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The Maid is the best that lies alone.
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For in lying alone there is no harm taken,
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And being of an inconstant Love forsaken,
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It's better then Gold or Silver store,
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If that she doth never see him more.
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A maid that lives in an honest carriage
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Must be careful in her marriage
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Young men are so deceitful grown,
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The maid is the best that lies alone.
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True Lovers knot may soon be ty'd,
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And a maid too soon may be made a Bride,
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That is all in conclusion shown,
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But the maid is the best that lies alone.
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There is many things for to consider
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If a man and woman go together:
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If love be wanting between them twain
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They had better still to lye alone.
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When they come to a maid a wooing
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They make no consience in their doing
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But use all the deceit they can
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But the maid is the best that lies alone.
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There are false young men in my mind
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Some proves cross & some proves kind
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I will not condemn them all for one,
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The maids are the best that lies alone.
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Therefore I advise you consider my Song,
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I write to maids I'le do them no wrong
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And still I do tell you every one,
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The maid is the best that lies alone.
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