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 And will return to y ung Bichen,

who is sefe arrived in fair England.

He had not been in fair England

ab ve years scarcely three.

Till he has courted another maid,

and so forg t his Susan P ,

The youth being young and in his prime,

of Susan Py thought not upon,

But his love was laid on another maid,

and the marriage-day it did draw on.

But e’er the seven years were run,

Susan Py she thought full l ng;

She set her foot on good ship-b ard,

and she has sail’d f r fair England.

On every finger she put a ring,

on her mid-finger she put three,

She fill’d her pockets with good red gold,

and she has sailed o’er the sea.

She had not been in fair England a day,

a day, but only three,

Till she heard young Bichen was a bridegroom

and the morrow to be the wedding-day.

Since it is so, said young Susan,

that he has prov’d so false to me,

I’ll hie me to young Bichen’s gates,

and see if he minds Susan Py.

She has gone up thro’ London town,

where many a lady she there did spy;