DICKS LOYALTY
To his True Love NANCY :
OR,
A Famous Wedding: With an account of all the pleasant Passages that attended that Day.
The Crouds and Pipers they did play,
the Young-men Dance and sing;
For the honour of this day,
the Bell[s] did sweetly Ring,
To the Tune of , The Maids a Washing.
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DICK resolved to Court young NAN ,
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and in his wooing he thus went on,
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If thou can'st love me, i'le wed thee, and bed thee
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And prove to my dear a right honest Man.
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There's young Bridget would fain be my Bride,
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Nay Sue , and Sarah with Doll beside,
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Nay Kate , and Winny , with Sisly and Jone ,
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But thou art the Lass that I love alone.
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If thou canst any kindness show
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To thy beloved, before I go,
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I prithee tell me, ne'r spare it, declare it,
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My dearest sweet Nancy , say I or no:
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If thou wilt to thy Richard be kind,
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I prithee now let me know thy mind,
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For thou art she whom I dearly adore,
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I ne'r in my life was in Love before.
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Love, no longer in silence stand,
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What e're I have, is at thy command,
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And I have Riches, most plenty, full twenty
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Good Acres, my Dearest, of free-hold-land:
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Unto which I my dearest will bring,
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And now in token receive this ring
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Grant me thy favour then shall I be blest,
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My love it is loyal, I an't in jest.
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Well said she, if thy words are true,
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I ne'r will marry with none but you,
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I now no more will deny ye, but try ye,
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Why should I stand making a deal of do:
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For thou art of so worthy a Grace,
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That here thy kindness I must imbrace,
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With thee i'le marry, thy mind to fulfill,
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If I do not, there is enough that will.
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Now there's nothing could them annoy,
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He being Loyal and she not coy,
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O then young Richard was airy and merry,
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He likewise did Caper and Jump for joy:
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They appointed the day to be Wed,
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And all the Young Men and Maids they bid,
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Young Nan the Bride was both bonny and gay,
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She lookt like the beautiful Queen of May .
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Dick he put on his Roast-meat Cloaths,
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His Buck-Skin Breeches, his Shooes and Hose.
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Young Will , with Robin , and Mary , and Sarah ,
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Nay Daniel , with R oger , and Ralph , and Rose :
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These attended the Bridegroom and Bride,
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With forty couple at least beside,
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They being Married then homeward they went
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To spend all their Day in much merriment.
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Then a Dinner he did prepare,
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For all his company that was there,
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He freely giving his treasure for pleasure,
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No manner of charges would Richard spare:
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Ralph the Fidler came with this crowd,
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And Simon play'd on his Pipes as loud,
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When after Dinner to Dancing they go,
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Each Maiden with laughing would lie down low.
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Ralph and Rose they did lead a Dance,
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Then Kate and Roger did next advance,
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Then Will and Robin , with Winny and Jenny ,
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But Margery met with a sad mischance:
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She among them would fain have made one,
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But yet alas she was left alone,
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Theres no man kist her from Morning till night
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Which made her lament, I, and well she might.
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Thus their merriment did abound,
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And many kisses went freely round,
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They all were pleased with tripping & clipping,
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For Margery she at the last was found:
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Then the Fidlers they did release,
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And Pipers, giving them Groats a piece,
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The Day was ended with joy and delight,
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And e'ry one went to their home at night.
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