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2 THE CRUEL. BLACKAMOOR.

IN Rome a Nobleman did wed a Virgin of great fame, A fairer creature never was, nor did dame nature frame By her he had two children fair, whoſe beauty did excel, And were their parents only joy, they loved them both ſo well. This lord he ove'd to hunt the buck the tyger and the boar, And ſtill for ſwiftneſs always took with him a Blackamoor. Which Blackamoor within the wood, his lord he did offend; For which he did him then correct, in hopes he would amend. The day it drew unto an end, then homeward they did haſte, Where with his Lady he did reſt until the night-had paſt. Then in the morning he did riſe, and on his ſervants call, A hurting to provide top: ſtraight they were ready all. Cauſe of his toil, his Lady did enyreat him not to go,