The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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A Motive to Love.
Faith be no longer coy,
But let's enjoy
What's by the world confest,
Women love best:
Thy Beauty fresh as May
Will soon decay,
Besides within a year or two
I shal be old, and cannot doe.
But let's enjoy
What's by the world confest,
Women love best:
Thy Beauty fresh as May
Will soon decay,
Besides within a year or two
I shal be old, and cannot doe.
Do'st think that nature can
For every man,
Had she more skill, provide
So fair a Bride?
Who ever had a Feast
For a single Guest?
No, without she did intend
To serve the Husband and his friend.
For every man,
Had she more skill, provide
So fair a Bride?
Who ever had a Feast
For a single Guest?
No, without she did intend
To serve the Husband and his friend.
To be a little nice
Sets better price
On Virgins, and improves
Their Servants loves;
But on the riper years
It ill appears:
After a while you'l find this true,
I need provoking more then you.
Sets better price
On Virgins, and improves
Their Servants loves;
But on the riper years
It ill appears:
After a while you'l find this true,
I need provoking more then you.
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