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EBBA 37098

British Library - Huth
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As pleasant a dittie as your hart can wish,
Shewing what unkindnes befell by a Kisse.

MY Mistris sings none other song,
but stil complains I do her wrong,
Beleeve her not it is not so:
For I did but kisse her,
For I did but kisse her
and so let her goe

And now she swears I did: but what,
Nay, nay, I must not tell you that
And yet I will it is so sweet,
as teehe taha,
as teehe taha.
when lovers do meete.

But womens words they are heedles,
to tell you more it were needles
I ran and caught her by the arme,
and then I kist her,
and then I kist her,
was this any harme.

Yet out alas shees angry still
which sheweth but a womans will
She bites the lippe, and cries fie fie,
and kissing sweetly
and kissing sweetly,
away she doth fly.

Acteon for one sight did die,
so for one sillie kisse must I:
Unwares fond love did me betray
When I gave her vantage
when I gave her vantage
and she fled away.

She strived & wrangled ful sore with me
and cryedst for shame let it be
You doe me wrong to use me so
Therefore be quiet,
Therefore be quiet
and now let me goe.

Yet still I held her by the hand
her words could not my will withstand
she fround, she pouted, she lookt sower
and still I held her
and stil I held her,
within my power.

At last she gan for anger cry,
and then my hart with griefe did die;
I could no longer her containe.
But thus we parted
But thus we parted
unto my great paine.

And since when I with her do meete
with words unkind she doth me greet
At me her wanton head she shakes.
and as a stranger
and as a stranger
my favours she takes.

But yet her looks bewrayes content
& cunningly her brawles are ment
As Lovers use to play and sport,
when time and leasure
when time and leasure,
is too too short.


Finis.
At London printed for T.P.

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