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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	heart_n	love_n	1,178	5	5.0861	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16851	A treatise, vvherein is declared the sufficiencie of English medicines, for cure of all diseases, cured with medicines. Whereunto is added a collection of medicines growing (for the most part) within our English climat, approoued and experimented against the iaundise, dropsie, stone, falling-sicknesse, pestilence	Bright, Timothie, 1550-1615.; Bedford, Thomas, fl. 1580, attributed name.	1615 (1615)	STC 3752; ESTC S106575	3,782	140

The Merchants Daughter of Bristow To the Tune of The Maidens lay BEhold the Touch-stone of true loue Maudlin the Marchants daughter of Bristow towne Whose firme affection nothing could moue This favour beares the louelie browne A gallant youth was dwelling by Which many yeeres had borne this Lady great good will Shee loved him so faithfully But all her friends withstood it still The young man now p●rceiving well He could not get nor win the favour of her friends The force of sorrow to expell To view strange Countreys hee intends And now to take his last farewell Of his true loue his faire and constant Maudlin With musicke sweete that did excell Hee plaies vnder her window then Farewell quoth he mine owne true loue Farewell my deere and chiefest treasure of my heart Through fortunes spight that false did proue I am inforc'd from thee to part Into the land of Italy There will I wa●●e and weary out my dayes in wo Seeing my true Loue so kept from mee I hold my life a mortall fo Faire Bristow towne therefore adieu For Padua shall bee my habitation now Although my loue doth lodge in thee To whom alone my heart I vow With trickling teares this hee did sing With sighs and sobs descending from his heart full sore Hee said when he his handes did wring Farewell swe●t loue for euermore Faire Maudlin from a window nigh Beholding her true Loue with Musicks where hee stood But not a word shee durst reply Fearing her Parents angry mood In teares shee spent this dolefull night Wishing though nake● with her faithfull friend She blames her friends and fortunes spight That wrought their loues such lucklesse end And in her heart shee made a vow Cleane to fors●ke her Countrey and her kinsfolkes all And for to follow her true Loue To hide all chance that might befall The night is gone and the day is come And in the morning very early she● did rise She gets her ●●wne in a lower roome Where sundrie Sea-men shee espies A gallant Master amongst them all The Master of a faire and goodlie ship was he W●o there stood waiting in the Hall To speake with her Father if it might be She kindly takes him by the hand Good sir said shee and would you speake with any heere Quoth he faire Maid therefore I stand Then gentle sir I pray you draw neere Into a pleasant Parlour by With hand in hand shee brings the Sea-man all alone Si●hing to him most piteously She thus to him did make her moane Shee falls vpon her tender knes Good sir she said now pittie you a womans woe And proue a faithfull friend to me That I my griefe to you may shew Sith you repose your trust he said To me that am vnknowne and eke a stranger heere Be you assur'd most pro●er maid Most faithfull still I will appeare I haue a Brother then quoth shee Whom as my life I loue and fauour tenderlie In Padua alas is he Full sicke God wot and like to die And faine I would my Brother see But that my Father will not yeeld to let me goe Wherefore good sir be good to me And vnto me this favour shew Some ship-boyes garment bring to mee That I disguis'd may got away from hence vnknow●● And vnto Sea I le goe with thee If thus much favour may be showne Faire Maid quoth he take heere my hand I will fulfill each thing that you desire And set you safe in that same Land And in that place that you require She gaue him then a tender kisse And saith your servant gallant Master will I be And proue your faithfull friend for this Sweete Master then forget not me This done as they had both decreed Soone after early before the breake of day He brings her garments then with speed Wherein shee doth her selfe array And ere her Father did arise Shee meets her Master as He walkes in the Hall Shee did attend on him likewise Euen till her Father did him call But ere th● Merchant made an end Of all the matters to the master hee could say His wife came weeping in with speed Saying our Daughter is gone away The Merchant thus amaz'd in mind Yonder vile wretch intic'd away my child quoth he But well I wot I shall him find At Padua in Italy With that bespake the Master braue Worshipfull Master thither goes this pretty youth And any thing that you would haue He will performe it and write the truth Sweet youth quoth hee if it be so Beare me a letter to the English Marchants there And gold on thee I will bestow My Daughters welfare I doe feare Her M●ther takes her by the hand Faire youth qd she if there thou dost my daughter see Let me thereof soone vnderstand And the the●e is twenty Crownes for thee Thus through the Daughters strange disguise The Mother knew not when shee spake vnto her Child And after her Master straight shee hies Taking her leaue with countenance milde Thus to the Sea faire Maudlin is gone With her gentle Master God send them a merry wind Where wee a while must let them alone Till you the second part doe find The second part TO the same tune VVElcome sweete Maudlin from the Sea Where bitter stormes and tempest doe arise The plesant bankes of Italy Wee may behold with mortal eyes Thankes gentle Master then quoth shee A faithfull friend in sorrow hast thou beene If fortune once both smile on mee My thankfull heart shall wellbee seene Blest be the Land that seedes my Love Blest be the place whereas his person doth abide No triall will I sticke to prove Whereby my true Love may be tride Nowe will I walke with ioyfull heart To viewe the Town whereas my darlinge doth remaine And seeke him out in euerie part Vntill I doe his sight attaine And I quoth he will not forsake Sweete Maudlin in her sorrow vp and downe In wealth and woe thy part I le take And bringe thee safe to Padua towne And after many wearie steps In Padua they safely arriue at last For very ioy her heart if leapes She thinkes not of her sorrowes past Condemned to dye hee was alas Except hee would from his Religion turne But rather then hee would to Masse In fiery fla●es hee vow'd to burne Now doth Maudlin weepe and waile Her ioy is chang'd to weeping sorrow greife and care But nothing could her plaints preuaile For death alone must be his share Shee walked vnder the prison walls Where her true loue doth lie and languish in distresse Most wofully for foode he calls When hunger did his heart oppresse He sighs and sobs and makes great moane Farewell hee said sweete England now for euermore And all my friends that haue me knowne In Bristow towne with wealth and store But most of all farewell quoth hee My owne true Loue sweet Maudlin whom I left behind For neuer more I shall see thee Woe to thy Father most vnkind How well were I if thou

wert here With thy faire hands to close vp these wretched eyes My torments easie would appeare My soule with ioy shall scale the skies When Maudlin heard her Louers mo●ne Her eyes with teares her heart with sorrow filled To speake with him no meanes is knowne Such grieuous doome on him did passe Then shee cast off her lads attire A Maidens weed vpon her back shee seemely set To the Iudges house shee did enquire And there shee did a seruice get She did her duly there so well And eke so prudently she did her selfe behave With h●r in loue her Master fell His seruants fauour hee doth craue Maudlin quoth hee my hearts delight To whom my heart in aff●ction is tied Breed not my death through thy despight A faithfull friend I will be tryed Grant me thy loue faire maid quoth hee And at my hands require what thou canst 〈◊〉 And I will grant it vnto thee Whereby thy credit may arise I have a Brother sir she said For his Religion is now condemned to Die In loathsome prison hee is layd Opprest with griefe and misery Grant me my Brothers life shee said And to you my loue and liking will I give That may not be quoth hee faire maid Except he turne he cannot liue An English Frier there is shee said Of Learning great and passing pure of Life Let him to my brother be sent And he will finish soone the strife Her Master hearing this request The Marriner in Friers weed she did array And to her Loue that lay distrest Shee did a letter straight conuey When hee had read these gentle lines His heart was rauished with sudden ioy Where now shee was full well hee knew The Frier likewise was not coy But did declare to him at large The enterprise his Loue for him had taken in hand The young man did the Frier charge His Love should straight depart the Land Here is no place for her hee said But woefull death and danger of her harmelesse lif●● Professing Truth I was betraid And fearefull flames must end my strife For ere I will my Faith deny And sweare my selfe to follow damned Antichrist I le yeeld my body for to die To live in heaven with the Highest O sir the gentle Frier said For your sweet Loue recant and saue your wished ● A wofull match quoth hoe is made Where Christ is lost to win a Wise. When shee had wrought all meanes that might To saue her friend and that shee saw it would not b●● Then of the Iudge shee claimed her right To die the death as well as hee When no perswasion could prevaile Nor change her mind in any thing that shee had said She was with him condemned to die And for them both one fire was made And arme in arme most ioyfully These ●ouers twaine vnto the fire they die goe The Marriner most faithfully Was likewise partner of their woe But whom the Iudges vnderstood The faithfull friendship did in them remaine They saued their liues and afterward To England sent them home againe Now was their sorrow turned to ioy And faithfull Louers had now their hearts desire Their paines so well they did imploy God granted that they did require And when they were to England come And in mercy Bristow arriued at the last Great ioy there was to all and some That heard the dangers they had past Her Gentle Master shee desired To be her Father and at the Church to giue her then It was fulfilled as shee required Vnto the joy of all good men