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(5) Away they did run to their maſter with ſpeed, And ſaid noble lord ſhe is gone indeed: Well if it be ſo I am well ſatisfy'd, With that the young lord moſt bitterly cried.

The very next morning when day light did peep, His mother roſe and left his father aſleep, She came to her ſon where lamenting he lay, Straight opening the door, and to him did ſay.

She ſaid, dear child here is five hundred pound, And take thy horſe ſtraight and get out of the town, Before that thy father get out of his ſleep, My bleſſing gae with thee, with that ſhe did weep.

I thank you dear mother the ſon did reply, At parting they kiſs'd and each other did cry, Saying now I'll wander the world both far and near, To ſearch for my jewel whom I love ſo dear.

O taking his horſe then 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 pages array.

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

He ſaid, my pretty boy, what is your name? O where was thou born, pray tell me the ſame, I was born near Dunance in France ſir, ſaid ſhe, Adonia is the name that may father gave me.

He ſaid thou art a pretty boy as I live, And as for thy wages thou ſurely ſhalt have, If I were to travel the world, ſaid he, A prettier boy ſure I could never ſee.

He bought her a horſe and away he did ride, Both ſword, caſe of piſtols and all by her ſide, At length they did travel for many a long day, Until they were tired almoſt I hear ſay.