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[Ile tel you of a matter]
Ile tel you of a matter,
If that you'l be content,
Of a man that provok't his Maid,
To break the Commandement.
If that you'l be content,
Of a man that provok't his Maid,
To break the Commandement.
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At first she was not willing,
For shame to do the same,
For twenty shillings, I vow quoth she,
I will not wrong my Dame:
For shame to do the same,
For twenty shillings, I vow quoth she,
I will not wrong my Dame:
Thy Dame's a good old woman,
But taketh no delight,
For a man that lieth by her side,
Must not touch her all the night.
But taketh no delight,
For a man that lieth by her side,
Must not touch her all the night.
She's troubled with the Cramp,
Her Crupper bone is lame,
But the Maid cries out, pish, fie, away,
You must not wrong my Dame.
Her Crupper bone is lame,
But the Maid cries out, pish, fie, away,
You must not wrong my Dame.
As soone as he had done it,
He tooke her in his arme,
My Hony, my Love, my turtle Dove,
Have I done you any harme?
He tooke her in his arme,
My Hony, my Love, my turtle Dove,
Have I done you any harme?
Have I done you any hurt?
Hast thou done any shame?
We might have done thrice as much.
And never have wrong'd thy Dame.
Hast thou done any shame?
We might have done thrice as much.
And never have wrong'd thy Dame.
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