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 There's none here can help it, do not grieved be,

In two or three days you your parents shall see.

And when he arriv'd at the desired port,

The princess went weeping to her father's court,

Who gladly receiv'd her with joy and great mirth,

Saying, Where is the man that freed you from death?

The captain replied, as we all lay asleep,

He fell overboard, and was drown'd in the deep;

You said that the man who did your child home bring

Should have her, & I hope you'll perform this thing

Yes, that was my promise, the prince then replied

What say'st thou, my daughter, will you be his bride?

She said, Yes, dear father, but first, if you please,

For him that sav'd my life I'll mourn forty days.

Then into close mourning the princess then went,

For loss of her good friend in tears to lament;

And there I will leave her to mourn for a while,

And turn to the factor who's left in the isle.

N this desart island the factor he lay,

In floods of tears weeping, two nights and a day;

At length on the ocean appear'd in his view

A little old man paddling in a canoe.

The factor call'd to him, which caus'd him to stay

And drawing near to him, the old man did say,

Friend how came you here? Then with eyes that did flow

He told him his secrets and where he would go.

The old man said to him, if there thou dost lie,

With grief and great hunger in short time thou'st die,

What wilt thou give me, & to court I'll thee guide?

I have nothing to give you, the factor replied.

If thou wilt but promise, and be true to me,

To give me the first babe she has unto thee

Whan thirty months old, to the court I'll you bring;

I'll not release thee without this very thing.