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( 5 ) may look for her the farmer did cry, I loſe my daughter I ſurely ſhall die, Away they did ride to her maſter with ſpeed and ſaid ſhe's gone noble lord indeed, Well if it is ſo, I am glad he replies, ith that the young lord moſt bitterly cries. The very morning when day light did peep, e mother roſe and let be father aſleep, he wee to her ſon and to him did ſay Having open'd the door a ere lamenting he lay. She ſaid ſweet ſon here' five hundred pounds, And take thy horſe and, out of town, Before thy father get out of her ſleep, My bleſſing go with the then they did weep. I thank you dear mother the ſon did reply, At parting both kiſ and did bitterly cry; Cries be I'll crave the world far and near, n ſearch of my jewel whom I love ſo dear.

PART III.

THEN taking his horſe away he did go, Leaving his parents in ſorrow and woe, But as he was riding along the high way, He met with his lover in page's array.

She bowed to him with cap in hand, And ſaid noble lord I do underſtand, That you are going journey, ſaid ſhe Are you willing to have ſuch a ſervant as me?

He ſaid my pretty lad what is your name? And where was you born tell me the ſame, I was born in Durance kind ſir, ſaid ſhe, Adonis is the name my parents gave me.

He ſaid you'r petty lad so I do live, And a f thy wages I ſurely will give; W re I to travel the world round ſaid be, A comlier child I could never ſee,