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1 the same TUNE Fortune my Foe The Same Tune COntent thyself my Love, and do not dye, / They life I love, they death I do defie, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 131 A Constant and Kind MAID, / Who sav'd in Love a proper young Man's Life, And after prov'd his dear and loving Wife. A Constant and Kind MAID, Who sav’d in Love a proper young Man’s Life, And after prov’d his dear and loving Wife. A Constant and Kind Maid, who saved in love a proper young man's life, and after proved his dear and loving wife. ?-?

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COntent th[y]self my Love, a[n]d do not dye, Thy life I l[o]ve, thy death I do defie, Live then in joy an[d] seek to banish pain, Take a good heart, and I w[i]ll love again. Each thing on earth doth love his chosen Mate, And thou condemnest me, and said I hate: M[e]n love by fancy, beasts they love by kind, Then fancy me, and thou shalt favour find. For all the gold that Cresus eer did own, I wil[l] not seem to leave my Love alone; No, no, my Love, I will not prove untrue, Nor will I change an old Friend for a new. Thou shalt not need to turn a Palmer poor, For I for thee have gold and silver store; Instead of finding out some secret place, Thou shalt have me within thy arms timbrace; Thou shalt not travel to another land, For il[l] be ready still at thy c[o]mmand: T[h]ou shalt my Dear have no cause to complain, For I with joy thy love will entertain. If thou hadst landed on some forreign shore[,] Whereas no Man did ever land before: But seeing thou art here alive with me, Thou shalt not go hence dangers for to see: What wilt thou wish of me my own true Love, F[e]ar not my Dear, for I will constant prove: I am thy own, and so thou shalt me find, [B]y thee I will be loving true and kind. As I w[as fair and lovely in thy sight,] [So will I prove thy joy and hearts delight;]
I will not seek thy dearest blood to spill, But I will yield unto thy wish[e]d will. Sweet I have listned to thy moan and cries, Weep thou no more, but wipe thy watry eyes: The storms are past, the sun shines after rain, And I do vow to love thee once again. If thou wert on the roaring Sea so wide, Upon the Dolphins back then thou mayst ride: Desiring Neptunes favour out of hand, To be your Pilot to some other Land. Sweet Love abroad much dangers do ensue, The Seas and Wilderness bids thee adieu; Neer seek to write, nor think of wind and tide, But live with me and I will be thy Bride. O stay at home my Love and go not there, Wild beasts in pieces will thy body tear: When I behold them for to suck thy blood, They shall have mine; my Love, to do thee good. Lo thus to thee, my Love, I do make known, Vowing hereafter I will be thy own: O stay thy hand, my Love, and do not kill Thy gentle heart, which I do love so well. Then straight he took his Love into his arms, That had preservd his body from such harms, Welcome, quoth he, I lov[e] thee as my life And quickly after he made her his Wife. Thus have you heard my Song of wo and joy, Let Maids and young Men listen t[o] []t I pray; [Make you no Vows, but have a special care,] [For fear you wound your Love with deep despair.]
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