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 and in no ways would refrain;

Daughter, ſaid Eve, you will do well,

and come again another time;

Heaven is not won by ſword nor ſteel,

nor none that's guilty of a crime;

Mother, ſaid she, the fault is thine,

that knocking here ſo long I ſtand,

Thy guilt is more by far than mine,

if thou would rightly underſtand,

Thou waſt the cauſe of all our ſins,

wherein we're born and conceiv'd,

Our miſeries thou didſt begin,

by thee thy huſband was deceiv'd.

went back where was,

and told him all, how ſhe was blam'd

With her great ſin, and firſt treſpaſs,

whereof ſhe was ſo much aſham'd.

Then ſaid, I will go down,

and will forbid her that ſhe knock,

Go back, ſhe ſaid, ye drunken lown,

you're none of the celeſtial flock.

, ſaid ſhe, hold thou thy peace,

where I drank ale thou didſt drink wine,

Diſcover'd was, to thy diſgrace,

when thou waſt drunken like a ſwine;

If I drank I learn'd of thee,

for thou rt the father, and the firſt

That others taught; and likewiſe me,

to drink when as we had no thirſt.

Then in haſte turn d back with ſpeed,

and told the patriarch then,

How that the carling made him dread,

and all his how ſhe did ken

, ſaid ſhe, will ye but ſpier,

I hope you are not flyting free;

You of yourſelf had ſuch a care,

deny'd yourſelf and made a lie,

Oh, then I pray you let me be,

for I repent me of my ſin,

Do thou but open the gates to me,