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 10 The Royal Riddle Book: or,

I went to the wood and I got it,

I ſat me down and fought it,

And kept it ſtill againſt my will,

And ſo by force I brought it.

It was a man that got a thorn in his foot,

and ſat down to ſeek, but could not find it.

My lord and my lady they went thro' the hall,

My lord took up what my lady let fall,

It was neither her hood, ſcarf, bodkin or ring.

Pray therefore now gueſs my lady's fine thing.

It was her fine flower

Of fancy born, of folly bred,

From foreign countries hither led,

My form and ſhape I often change,

I'm really nothing; yet 'tis ſtrange,

By all careſs'd, by all admir'd;

In wealth and poverty defir'd;

Of ſuch variety I'm made,

That I'm the great ſupport of trade,

I ſerve the ladies when alone,

To ſhew their hand and ſkill upon,

And when aſſembled, give then pleaſure.

So I'm their chiefeſt taking treaſure.

Faſhion

As I went out in a moonlight night,

I ſet my back againſt the moon,

I look'd for one, and ſaw two come;

the boughs did bend, the leaves did ſhake,

I ſaw the hole the Fox did make.

It was a maid that had a ſweet-heart,

whoſe name was Fox; ſhe ſaw him

and another come to make her grave,

whilſt ſhe ſat on a tree.