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e! But at last there came commandment

" For to set the ladies free, " With their jewels still adorned,,

" None to do them injury. " Then said this lady mild, " Full woe is raf, " O let me still sustain this kind captivity!

" Gallant captain, shew some pity

" To a lady in distress; " Leave me not within this city, " For to die in heaviness : " Thou hast set this present day my body free, " But my heart in prison still remains with thee.'"

' How should'st thou, fair lady, love me,

' Whom thou know'st thy country's foe? ' Thy fair words make me suspect thee: ' Serpents lie where flowers grow.' " All the harm I wish to thee, most courteous knight " God grant the same upon my head may fully light.

" Blessed be the time and season,

" That you came on Spanish ground: " If you may our foes be termed, " Gentle lues we have you found: " With our city you have won our hearts each one, " Then to your country bear away that is your own."

' Rest you still, most gallant lady;

' Resl you still, and weep no more; ' t" fair lovers there are plenty,

' Spain doth yield you wond'rous store.' " Spaniards fraught with jealousy we oft do find, " But English men throughout the world are counted kind,

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