A spell for Jone;

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Tell me sweete girle, how spellst thou Jone / Tell me but that is all I Craue, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 59 1: 59 A spell for Jone; A spell for Joan; ?-?

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Tell me sweete girle, how spellst thou Jone Tell me but that is all I Crave, I shall not neede to lye alone, When such a lovely mate I have That thou arte one who can denye (O one whose praise no tonge can tell; And all will graunt that I am I O happy I if right thou spell, If I am I and thou art one, Tell me sweet wench how spellst thou Jone, Jone. Ile tell you sir, and tell you true, For I am I, and I am one; So Can I spell Jone without you, And spelling so Can lye alone, My I to one is Consonant, But as for yours it is not so If then your I agrement want I to your I must Aunswer no, Wherfor leave of your spelling plea, And let your I be I per se. R[e]s Your Aunswer, makes me almost blind To put out one, and leave one I Unless herein some hope I find Therfor I must dispayre and dye, But I am you when you doe speake, O speak againe and tell me so, My hart with sorrow Canot break, To heave so Kinde a graunting no, For this is all for which I sue, that I may be turnd into you; Jone Nay If you turne, and wind and press And in the Crossrow have such skill I am put down I must Confess It bootes me not to Cross your will If you speak tru, say I stand to it For you and I are now but one

And I will ly that you may doe it Now put together we spell Jone, But how, will Jone be speld I wonder, when you and I shall part asunder; What Lyfe is best the nedy, is full of woe and awe, The welthy full of Brawles and quarells of the lawe, To be a Maryed man how much art thou beguiled Seeking thy rest by Carking still for houshold wif and Child, To till it is a toyle, to grace a gredy game; And such as gotten is with drudging and with paine A shrewd, wyfe, bringes debate, wive not & never thrive, Children are Charge, Childless, the greatest lack alive, Youth witlese is and frayle age sickly and forlorne, Then best it is to dye betime, or never to be borne

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