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Then ſtraight to her father the ’ſquare did go,
And the whole matter he gave him to know,
Her father was pleaſed he ſhould be his ſon,
And ſaid, if ſhe loves him it ſoon ſhall be done.

All things were agreed on, the time was ſet,
And now as ſoon as this couple were met.
This perjured villain, the innocent fair
He with falſe deluſions began to enſnare.

With modeſty ſhe unto him did ſay,
Sir, do not my honour thus ſtrive to betray,
This is not true love, but luſt you do ⟨mean⟩,
Better had it been if I ne’er had you ſeen.

It will not be long e’er I ſhall be your bride;
Then ſeek not my ruin, ſhe to him reply’d;
O ⟨talk⟩ not of ruin, thou pri’e of my life,
May heaven forſake me if thou’rt not my wife.

With many perſuaſions his will he obtain’d,
And then her bright perſon, he ſoon diſdain’d;
For ſtraight up to London this villain dis come.
Leaving his jewel in ſorrow to mourn.

Her parents wonder’d the ’ſquire never came,
Aſking their daughter the cauſe of the ſame;
She ſaid, honoured father, the cauſe I don’t know,
But men they are fickle, and ſo let him go.

Tho’ ſhe to her parents did not ſeem ſurpriz’d,
When ſhe was alone, the tears from her eyes
Like fountains would run; crying, Worſt of men,
For your ſake I will truſt no man again.