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 [ 5 ] He told her he'd make her as ſine as a queer?, Her clothes ſhould be ſilver, her cap gold beatin. She ſays, linſey woolſey and bone-lace will ſerve, And rather than pleaſe you I'd venture to ſtarve. And rather then pleaſe you, etc. He told her he'd give her a pet to ride cut, A coach, if the lik'd it, to viſit about. be thank'd him, & ſaid, the could very well walk, should the have a coach how the neighbours would Should the have a couch, etc. (talk. He ſaid, for the neighbours he'd make it his care, That not ev'n the Parſon on Sunday ſhould dare, to find fault with her conduct, or offer to blame, Her manner of living, or blaſt her good name. Her manner of living, or blaſt her, etc. She told him in ſhort, he muſtre'en be content, That curſed gold should not gain her conſent, Her heart was anothers, and ſo ſhould remain, She ſcorn'd to be falſe for the lucre of gain. She food to be fall, etc.

THE HAPPY MARRIAGE S I was a walking one morning to fair, So Green was the fields, and col was the air, There did I diſcover Pretty Nancy my lover, And i for her waſ pleas'd for to ſay, O faireſt of creatures that ever was ſeen, You're the pride of my heart the flow'r of the green, With garlands made of roles, And ſweet pretty poſies, What nature compoſes I'll crown you my Queen.