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( 6 ) And when thou haſt the bargain bought, Of four large ſhips richly fraught; Be what it will of me you ſhall Have money to pay for it all. Then on her father he did wait, And ſtruck a bargain with him ſtraight; For the four ſhips four hundred pound, Whether the ſame be loſt or found. No ſooner was the bargain made, And that fall ſum of money paid; But he heard the ſhips were come, Their burden was a mighty ſum. Then did the Burgo-maſter fact, 'Cauſe he with ſuch a loſs had met; But ſince it could no better be, He with the ſoldier did agree, To take the daughter for a bride, With all my heart he then reply'd; Then out of hand they married were, The ſoldier and the lady fair. No ſooner were they made man and wife, But ſtraight r father left this life, And when he in his rave was laid, The ſon was Burgo maſter made, He that had trav l d many miles; Was none by Fortune's ſpecial ſmiles, Made mighty, powerful and great, And knew no end of his eſtate.

PART IV.

NOW mind the laſt part I pray. I make nomqueſtion out you'll ſay Still as you read the ſtory out, The things were ſtrangely brought about. While he was Burgo Maſter there, His former Captain did repair.