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 To shew you wherein I deserve what I name,

And if that I do not I shall be to blame.

Here’s one hundred pound to bring up the child,

The second I’ll have because she’s defil’d,

The other is to cloath her and comfort herself,

The fourth I will have for my love and good will.

It’s very well said I will grant your request,

Let all be provided and inform the priest,

And finish the work and the word need not know,

But that ye were married a twelve month ago.

privity sake for his daughter he sent,

And they to the church immediately went,

Where they being married her fathered I not fail,

To pay him down four hundred pound on the nail

When Richard had plac’d his money secure,

He says to her father and mother I’m sure,

The job is well done for I married her twice,

She has not been guilty of folly nor vice.

She’s clear and unspotted from folly or shame,

For when to the city of London I came,

I married my jewel about six months ago,

Yet no friend I have of this wedding did know.

Her father and mother were pleas’d to the heart,

To hear how wisely he acted his part,

Says they be but loving and kind to our child,

Now all is forgiv’n we are reconcil’d.

Her father he invites all the friends far and near,

To feast them with sumptuous delicate chear,

Who laugh’d at the frolick that Richard had play'd

And now near the city he sets up his trade.