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 ( 3 ) When fhe faw her on true love, fhe took him by the hand, She fays this was my fervant, and him I do demand, He has robb'd me of my ftore, I’ll try him for his life, She’s venture’d life and fortune all for to be his wife, When fhe got him fafe on fhore, fhe handed him along. She faid now I’ll confine you, Into a'prifon ftrong. The young man begg’d for liberty, for to plow the feas, For I know I never robb’d, a man in all my days. When fhe got him fate on fhore, fhe fat down in a fhade. And fhe began to afk him, If he knew fuch a maid, His eyes began to flow with tears, at hearing of the name, My dear faid fhe don’t troubled be for fureiy I’m the fame. The officers flood cap in hand, this noble duke to fee,