22
Mother Bunch's Closet
That burden may be borne
by two with care,
Which is perhaps, to much
for one to bear.
Honest Robin, this is thy happy fortune, and as thou art a downright honest fellow, I am glad to find it so.
Thus Mother Bunch went round the room,
And told them what would be their doom,
If they her Daughters did betray,
And steal their maidenheads away,
Each would be punish'd with a bride,
By whom he should be hornify'd;.
But if they were right honest men,
Each of them should have fortune then.
This said, she did her blessing give,
In love and happiness to live;
Which when they did the same receive,
Of Mother Bunch they took their leave,
Declaring she had told them more,
Than e'er they understood before.
