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How long, Perenna, wilt thou see Me languish for the love of thee? Consent, and play a friendly part To save, when thou may'st kill a heart.

Trust me, ladies, I will do Nothing to distemper you; If I any fret or vex, Men they shall be, not your sex.

Holy rood, come forth and shield Us i' th' city and the field: Safely guard us, now and aye, From the blast that burns by day; And those sounds that us affright In the dead of dampish night. Drive all hurtful fiends us fro, By the time the cocks first crow.

Thus I Pass by, And die: As one Unknown