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THE SQUIRE's YEOMAN.
This Squire a Yeoman had, and only him,Whose Truth and Diligence deserv'd Esteem;
Girt with a Belt, his Garment was of Green,
A Quiver stor'd with Arrows, bright and keen,
Hung cross his Shoulders in a silken String,
The Feathers borrow'd from the Peacock's Wing.
At his left Side a weighty Sword he wore,
And on his Arm, a well try'd Buckler bore:
A Dagger; short and broad, was ty'd below,
His strong right Hand sustain'd a mighty Bow,
A Christopher his Bosom did adorn,
In a fair Baldricke hung his Silver Horn.
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Might prove him well a Ranger of the Wood.
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