Willobie His Avisa Or The true Picture of a modest Maid, and of a chast and constant wife. In Hexamiter verse. The like argument wherof, was neuer heretofore published [by Henry Willoby] |
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CANT XXI.
CAVELEIRO.
Had I knowne this when I began,
You would haue vsde me as you say,
I would haue take you napping than,
And giue you leaue to say me nay,
I little thought to find you so:
I neuer dreamt, you would say no.
You would haue vsde me as you say,
I would haue take you napping than,
And giue you leaue to say me nay,
I little thought to find you so:
I neuer dreamt, you would say no.
Such selfe like wench I neuer met,
Great cause haue I thus hard to craue it,
If euer man haue had it yet,
I sworen haue, that I will haue it,
If thou didst neuer giue consent;
I must perforce, be then content.
Great cause haue I thus hard to craue it,
If euer man haue had it yet,
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If thou didst neuer giue consent;
I must perforce, be then content.
If thou wilt sweare, that thou hast knowne,
In carnall act, no other man:
But onely one, and he thine owne,
Since man and wife you first began,
I'le leaue my sute, and sweare it trew,
Thy like in deed, I neuer knew.
In carnall act, no other man:
But onely one, and he thine owne,
Since man and wife you first began,
I'le leaue my sute, and sweare it trew,
Thy like in deed, I neuer knew.
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