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 ::Then about the country his Nobles he ſent, To get all theſe fine things which ſhe did invent They got theſe three ſuits & rode back with ſpeed, But ſeeing the cloches, then ſhe wond'red indeed.


 * Her Father ſaid, have brought your clothes,

And I'll get the Bull for my am'rous Roſe: Then he made the the bargain with one, as they ſay To get the Bull made without longer delay.


 * Then unto the goldſmith the Lady ſhe went,

And privately told him her crafty intent; Be ſure make it hollow, and fit to hold me, With a door and three bolts within let there be.


 * Pray do it ingenious, I charge you once more

That no one may find out there is any door. He ſaid worthy Lady, I'll do it ſecure, That no one may find out the trick to be ſure.


 * When the Bull was made, ſhe appointed the day

With him to be join'd, as the ſtory did ſay: He went towards the chapel with her, to be wed, And ſhe had a comical trick in her head.


 * When come near the chapel, her Father to ſhun,

She ſaid, Pray excuſe me, for back I muſt run, For to fetch a thing that I can't be without, This put her old Father in great fear and doubt.


 * He ſaid, My dear, I am lothe for to truſt

You, for to go back now.—She ſaid, but I muſt; And if I return not, next time you ſee me, I freely will give you leave for to murder me.


 * Then he gave her leave & in haſte back ſhe went,

But little thought he of her crafty intent; She ſhut herſelf fast in the Bull, and lay ſtill, So faſt and ſecure, as a thief in a mill.


 * Her father he waited for two hours and more

And finding the came not, in a paſſion he ſwore! Then about the court he inquiry made, But noone could tell where his Daughter was fled