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[ 8 ] My beſt reſpects ſhe does enjoy,

and ever ſhall, while I have life;

And if her friends would but comply.

ſhe promis'd has to be my wife.

Have me excus'd for what I've ſaid,

in praiſes of this comely dame;

Accept the tribute I have paid:

your humble ſervant I remain.

The

Lock'd up all my treaſure

I journey'd many a mile,

And by my griefs did meaſure,

the paſſing time the while.

My buſineſs done and over,

I hurry'd back amain,

Like an unexpected lover,

to view it once again.

But that delight was ftifled,

ere it began to dawn,

I found the caſket rifled

and all my treaſure gone.

Kind Cupid ſent her back again,

unto her lover's arms,

That joy and peace may ſtill remain,

and revel in her charms.

F I N I  S.