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The FORTUNATE LOVERS.

ET all loyal lovers which around me do ſtand,

Be pleas'd to give ear to theſe lines I have penn'd,

And when you have heard them, I'm ſure you will ſay,

It's a medicine to drive melancholy away.

It's of an ancient farmer near Cambridge did dwell,

Whoſe name at the preſent I mean not to tell,

He had an only daughter both charming and fair,

She quickly was drawn into Cupid's fatal ſnare.

Her father indeed it ſeems kept a fervant-man,

For to do his buſineſs, his name it was John,

The maid was ſmitten with each glance of his eye,

That ſhe was never easy out of his company.

They often together in private would walk,

Alone in the garden and pleaſantly talk,

But pray give attention and ſoon you ſhall hear,

How this paſſion oft brought them into a ſnare,

Her father one night to the window had got,

Juſt over the place where theſe true lovers ſat,

And heard every word that between them was ſaid,

By which this unfortunate youth was betray'd.

My dear, ſaid the young man, my love it is true,

And as I have ſet my affection on you,

I hope you'll remember the vows that are past,

A curſe light on them who our comforts doth blaſt,

The maiden immediately fell on her knee,

And ſaid, if e'er I prove the ruin of thee,

May all that I act in this world never thrive,

Nor I ever proſper while I am alive.

The old man retired then with a frown,

With a heart all enflamed he ſat himſelf down)

Connniving ſome way for to part the young pair,

And how it was acted you quickly ſhall hear.