The Saylors departure from his dearest Love,
Wishing that still (to him) shed constant prove
She (in the second part) doth thus reply,
Ere shed from him depart, shel chuse to dye.
To a new Tune of, Adieu my pretty one.
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NOw I am bound to the Seas,
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and from my love must part,
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May ought my dear displease,
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that lies so near my heart:
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Nor mourn my sweet for me,
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to pertuapate thy mind,
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Since there no help can be,
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I must leave thee behind.
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Remember me on shore,
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as I the on the main,
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So keep my love in store,
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till I return again.
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Poor Saylors must indure,
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the storms of Boreas blast;
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Of life no man is sure,
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while Seas raging last:
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But when the storms are ore,
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that wind and tide serves well,
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We hast to kiss the shore,
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where our true Lovers dwell:
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Remember, etc.
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When we are landed there,
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and come to greet our friends,
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Strange wonders we declare,
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how God us save defends:
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Then Love (if thou please,
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pray still for my success,
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And prosperous Gale at Seas
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to shield us from distress,
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Remember, etc.
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Our shipping shall be built,
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without the help of Tree,
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The hardest flint shall melt,
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ere I prove false to thee:
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And though I be inforcd,
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to part thy company,
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My love bides indivorcd,
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and shall do till I dye.
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Remember, etc.
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The fire shall freeze by kind,
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the Snow shall flaming burn,
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The rain shall turn to wind,
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or ere my love return:
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Young-men and Maidens all,
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that live in England wide,
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To witness I you call,
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how firm my love shall bide:
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Remember, etc.
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The Mountains high shall fall,
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beneath the valleys deep,
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Ere I prove false at all,
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my promise so ile keep:
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And if I hold not true,
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to thee my gentle Dove,
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Let not my eyes ere blew,
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Earth, Air, or Heaven above:
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Remember, etc.
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The Fish shall seem to flye,
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yea, Birds to fishes turn,
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The Sea be ever dry,
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and fire cease to burn:
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When I prove false to thee,
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shall these things come to pass,
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But that will never be,
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no nor so never was:
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Remember, etc.
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Let not deluding tongue,
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bereave me of my love,
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Nor (sweet) do me such wrong,
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least it my death should prove:
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Thou seest I must away,
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our Ship lies under sail,
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And time for none will stay,
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God sends a happy Gale:
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Remember me on shore,
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as I thee on the main,
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So keep my Love in store;
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till I return again.
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MUst thou depart my dear,
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and leave me thus alone,
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Twill cost me many a tear,
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though to thee it be unknown:
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But be assurd ile pray,
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unto the powers Divine,
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To prosper thee the way,
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where fate shall now design:
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While I remember thee,
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and keep my love in store,
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Do thou the like to me,
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on Sea, or on the shore.
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O till thou dost return,
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from of the Ocean main,
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Full often I shall mourn,
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in a lamenting strain,
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And when fierce winds arise,
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or but contrary blow,
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My sighs and watry eyes,
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shall sympathize my woe:
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Then ile remember, etc.
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Each hour shall seem to me,
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in length (at least) a year,
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Till thy return again,
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my joys are filled with fear,
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For on the Sea I know,
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what sundry dangers be,
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Rock, Sands, and many a Foe,
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from which Lord keep thee free,
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Thus ile remember, etc.
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I would I might but fail,
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through surging seas with thee,
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My heart would never fail,
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while thou art near to me.
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Or that I could but hear,
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thy voice, I should be well,
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But thoult not be so near,
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to hear or see thy Nell:
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Yet ile, etc.
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Though loath we be to part,
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yet since it seems we must,
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To Sea bear thou my heart
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with whom its put in trust:
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And thine with me let rest,
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till thou returst again,
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And each be doubly blest,
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by making one of twain:
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So ile remember, etc.
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Mean while, my only joy,
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ile kiss thee lovingly;
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Our hopes doth time destroy,
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would I could him deny:
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But time will comfort bring,
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though we are at time crost;
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And Winter finds a Spring,
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restord what seemed lost:
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Yet ile, etc.
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Man. Farewel my love, farewel,
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ten thousands times adieu,
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My witty pritty Nell,
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till my return to you,
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Maid. Farewel to thee sweet-hear[t,]
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that now to Sea art gone,
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With that great grief I part,
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to Lovers best tis known:
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Yet ile remember thee, etc.
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