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for one, two, and three voyces. The third book
 

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Counsel to a Maid.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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4

Counsel to a Maid.

[1]

Chloris , when e're you do intend
To venture at a Bosome-friend,
Be sure you know your Servant well,
Before your liberty you sell;
For Love's a feaver in young, or old,
That's sometimes hot, and sometimes cold;
And men you know when e're they please
Can soon be sick of this disease.

2

Then wisely chuse a Friend that may
Last for an age, not for a day;
Who loves thee not for Lip or Eye,
But from a mutual Sympathie:
To such a Friend this heart ingage,
For he will court thee in old age,
And kiss thy shallow, wrinkl'd brow
With as much joy as he doth now.