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( 3 ) Upon the road he chanc'd to find, And aſk'd to borrow full five pound. At this the Knight laugh'd out amain, And ſaid, When will you pay'd again? He asnſwer'd, Sir you ſhall be paid. When I am a Burgo maſter made. Of Venice, which ſhall be my lot, The Noble Knight away he got, And laugh'd to ſee him in that trim, But yet the the coachman lent it him. This being done away he went. To Venice, where ſome time he ſpent, To view the palace rich and gay, And then to Burgo's went away, Who kept a houſe to entertain All kinds of gueſts-as it is plain; He call'd for wine and liquor free. Though in a wretched garb was he.

PART II.

THIS ſoldier was a gallant blade, And while in pleaſure there he ſtay'd; Behold a 'Squire who lived near, Courted the Burgo's daughter dear, Now as he kept her company, One day the ſoldier ſittin by, Feigning aſleep, did overhear Their private talk as will appear, Part of their orous chat was this My dear ſweet love and charming bliſs Let me enjoy this ſelf-ſame night. The damſel told him that he might. If he would to her chamber creep, When all the houſe were faſt aſleep, About the hour of twelve o'clock, She would the door for him unlock.