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A50631
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The merchants daughter of Bristow The tune is, the maidens joy.; Marchants daughter of Bristow.
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1669
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Wing M1745A; ESTC R217904
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scale the Skies When Maudlin heard her lovers moan Her eyes with tears her heart with sorrow filled was To speak with him no means was known Such grieveus doom on him did passe Then she put off her Lads attire Her Maidens wéed upon her back she séemly set To the judges house she did enquire And there she did a service get She did her duty there so well And eke so prudently she did her self behave With her in love her Master fell His servants favour he did crave Maudlin quoth he my hearts delight To whom my heart in affection is ty'd Breed not my death through thy dispight A faithful friend thou shalt me find O grant me thy love fair Maid quoth he And at my hands desire what thou canst devise And I will grant it unto thee Whereby thy credit may arise I have a Brother Sir said she For his Religion is now condemn'd to dye In loathsom Prison he is cast Opprest with grief and misery Grant me my Brothers life she said And now to you my love and liking I will give That may not be quoth he fair Maid Except he turn he cannot live An English Fryer there is she said Of learning great and passing pure of life Let him to my brother be sent And he will finish soon the strife Her Master granted her request The Marriner in Fryers weeds she did array And to her love that lay distrest She did a Letter soon convey When he had read these gentle lines His heart was ravisht with pleasant joy Where now she is full well he knew The Fryer likewise was not coy But did declare to him at large the enterprize his love for him had taken in hand The young-man did the Fryer charge His love should streight depart the Land Here is no place for her he said But woful death and danger of her life Professing truth I was betray'd And fearful flames must end the strife For e're I will my faith deny And swear my self to follow damned Antichrist I 'le yield my body for to dye To live in Heaven with the highest O Sir the gentle Fryer said Consent thereto and end the strife A woful match quoth he is made Where Christ is left to win a wife When she had us'd all means she might To save his life and yet all would not be Then of the judge she claim'd her right To dye the death as well as he When no perswasions could prevail Nor change her mind in any thing y t she had said She was with him condemn'd to dye And for them both one fire was made Yea arm in arm most joyfully These Lovers twain unto the fire did go The Marriner most faithfully Was likewise Partner of their woe But when the judges understood The faithful friendship did in them remain They sav'd their lives and afterwards To England sent them back again Now was their sorrow turn'd to joy And faithful Lovers have their hearts desire Their pains so well they did imploy God granted that they did desire And when they did to England come And in merry Bristow arrived at the last Great joy there was to all and some That heard the dangers they had past Her father he was dead God wot And eke her Mother was joyful at her sight Their wishes she denyed not But wedded them to hearts delight Her gentle Master she desired To be her father and at Church to give her then It was fulfilled as she required Unto the joys of all good men Printed for F. Coles T. Vere and J. Wright