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 O then beſpoke Mary, our royal Queen,

My gracious King William where are you going?

He anſwer'd her quickly, I count him no man

That telleth his counſel unto a woman.

The Queen, with a modeſt behaviour, reply'd,

I with kind Providence may be thy guide,

And keep thee from danger. my ſovereign Lord,

The which will the greateſt of comfort afford.

He went to the foreſt ſome pleaſure to ſpy,

The grey-hound run fwift,and the keeper drew nigh,

Who cry'd, You bold fellow, how dare you come here,

Without the King's leave,to chace his fair deer?

Here are my three hounds I'll give them to you

And likewiſe my hawks, they're as good as e'er flew;

Beſides I will give thee full forty ſhillings,

If you'll not betray me to William our king.

All that I have offer'd, I pray thee now take,

And do thy endeavour my peace for to make;

Beſides forty ſhillings, I'll give thee a ring,

If you'll not betray me to William our king.

Your three hounds, I tell you, I never will take,

Nor yet your three hawks, your peace for to make;

Nor will I be brib'd with your money and ring,

But I will diſcloſe you to William our king.