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( 5 ) And do not let the ſame be told. So thou ſhalt never want for gold. He vowd he would conceal the ſame, Soon after this the 'Squire he came, Saying, Why was you ſo unkind. The piſs-pot made me almoſt blind. The youthful damſel anſwer'd thus, 'Tis good enough if it were worſe; Becauſe you thought to ruin me, My honour and my chaſtity.

PART III.

IN part the third we muſt return, Unto almighty great concern, Conſiſting of ſome thouſand pounds, Which the poor ſodier's fortune crowns. Behold her wealty father he, Did ſend four mighty ſhips to ſea, Laded mith glorious merchandize, Rich ſilks with other wares likewiſe, They had been gone full ſeven years. No tale nor tiding they could hear, Of them at length he gave them o'er, And never thou h to ſee them more. At length there was a letter brought, The ſhips were ſafe with riches fraught Near to the borders of the land Which news came to his daughters ban, Then having view'd and read the ſame, She to the ragged ſoldier came; Crying, My dear, be true to me, You ſhall a Burgo-maſter be. My Father thinks his ſhips are loſt, Which now are on the Venice coaſt; And ere he does the tidings hear, Go buy his rights in them my dear.