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B04952 A pattern of love; or, The faithful lovers well met. Here's love for love you may behold, and true love better is than gold: for if my song you well do mind, patterns of true love here you'l find. To the tune of, The cannons rore. This may be printed, R.P. 1685-1688? (1688) Wing P872; Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[51]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[250] 1,147 1

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A Pattern of LOVE OR The Faithful Lovers well met Here 's Love for Love you may behold And true love better is than Gold For if my Song you well do mind Patterns of true love here you 'l find To the Tune of The Cannons Rore This may be Printed R. P. COme and help me to complain Er'e my heart doth break with pain My love unkind doth me disdain which doth increase my passion His person it is so compleat All Females do delight to see 't And stand amaz'd when him they meet the flower of all the Nation He is so rare in every part So full of vertue and desert That he did quickly win my heart and made such alteration That all my comforts soon were gon And him alone I doted on ●ea night and day I think upon the flower of all the Nation Thus languishing in Bed all night And thinking on my hearts delight As if he had been in my sight such was Loves operation I wrung my hands and tore my hair And almost fell into dispair Because my dearest was not there the flower of all the Nation I often stretched forth my arms And with a kind of seeming Charms I strove to keep him from all harms by Cupids strong perswasion Then in a moment I did cry O come my Love or else I dye Wanting thy precious company I love best in the Nation For while she made this grievous moan For her beloved dearest one He was hard by to her unknown and near her kept his station At last he blushing to her came Which set the Damsel on a flame ' Cause she against him did Exclaim she lov'd best in the Nation Don't complain my dearest dear For I thy hearts delight am here And come to banish all thy fear then do no more torment thee For I will work both night and day To keep my true love fine and gay Then all the world will surely say I strive for to content thee Nothing shall be too dear for thee If it for Gold may purchas'd be For since thou hast made choice of me thou need'st not to repent thee Thy Beauty I most highly praise I will be kind to thee always And thou shalt see brave Golden days let this my love content thee And wheresoever I do go The world shall all thy Vertues know And I 'le set forth thy praises so that nothing shall torment thee I 'le write Encomiums on thy Name And spread them on the Wings of fame Then do no more thy true love blame that strives for to content thee I 'le truly keep my Nuptial Vows As Law and Reason both allows And be so careful of my Spouse that nothing shall torment thee I 'le feast mine eyes with thy dear sight And in thy company delight Yea never leave thee day nor night my Dear let this content thee Vnto the Church straightway we 'l go And to the world will plainly show The faithful love to thee I owe then do not thou torment thee According to thy just Desert I 'le change with thee my love-sick heart Till cruel death our loves shall part my Dear let this content thee 〈…〉