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28 The rest their faerie partners found, And Mable trimly tript the ground
 * With Edwin of the green.

The dauncing past, the hoard was laid, And siker such a feast was made
 * As heart and lip desire;

Withouten hands the dishes fly, The glasses with a wash come nigh,
 * And with a wish retire.

But now to please the faerie king, Full every deal they laugh and sing,
 * And antick feats devise;

Some wind and tumble like an ape, And other-some transmute their shape
 * In Edwin's wondering eyes.

Till one at last that Robin hight, Renown'd for pinching maids by night,
 * Has hent him up aloof;

And full against the beam he flung, Where by the back the youth he hung
 * To spraul unneath the roof.

From thence, 'Reverse my charm,' he cries, 'And let it fairly now suffice
 * The gambol has been shown,'

But Oberon answers with a smile, Content thee, Edwin, for a while,
 * The vantage is thine own.