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5 Now for a while we will leave this fair miden, And tell how things with her lover did do. At length at Barbaloes the ſhip ſafe arrived, But now obſerve the lovers' overthrow, Jamie was comely in every feature: A Barbadoes lady whoſe fortune was great So fixed her eyes that the cried, If I have not This brave Engliſh ſailor, I'll die for his ſake. She then dreſt herſelf in gallant a tire, With coſtly diamonds the platted her hair; A hundred ſlaves dreſſed to run with her car; She ſent for this young man to come unto her. Come handſome failor, ſhe cried, can you fancy A lady whoſe fortune and riches are great? You ſhall have a hundred ſlaves to attend you, Muſic to charm you till you fall asleep. In robes of gold my dear, I will deck you, Pearls and fine jewels I will lay at your feet. In a fine gilded chariot you ſhall ride at pleaſure, If you can love me, now anſwer me firaight. Amazed with wonder, a while he ſtood gazing, Forbear, noble lady, at length he replied, In England tre I've vow'd unto a young lady, Uponmy return to make her my bride. She is a charming young beautiful creature, She has my heart, I can love none more; I bear in my eye her ſweet lovely feature, No other creature on earth I adore. Hearing of this ſhe did rave in diſtraction, Crying, Ufortunate maid, thus to love One that does baſely ſlight all my glory, And who any perſon he will not approve.