The Roxburghe ballads . hese fair Does [should] bleed ;But after that [day] came [they] often to feedAmongst the leaves so green a. Great crowds came running over the plain, Expecting to see these fair Does slain; But like fools as they came they returnd again From amongst the leaves so green a. 52 If it be true, as old wives say, Take a Doe in the month of May,And a Forresters courage she soon will allay,Amongst the leaves so green a. These Huntsmen were so gently inclined, They let them rise their courage to find, But away they tript, so swift as the wind, From amongst the leaves so green a.
The Roxburghe ballads . hese fair Does [should] bleed ;But after that [day] came [they] often to feedAmongst the leaves so green a. Great crowds came running over the plain, Expecting to see these fair Does slain; But like fools as they came they returnd again From amongst the leaves so green a. 52 If it be true, as old wives say, Take a Doe in the month of May,And a Forresters courage she soon will allay,Amongst the leaves so green a. These Huntsmen were so gently inclined, They let them rise their courage to find, But away they tript, so swift as the wind, From amongst the leaves so green a. 60 Hey down, derry derry down [etc.], Amongst the leaves so green a. Printed by and for A. M. [Millet, or Milbourne. Pepys, II. 271, was printed forW. Thackeray, and T. Fassinger, circa 1676.] [In Black-letter. Four woodcuts: 1st, Cavaliers with Prince Ruperts big poodle, Boy; 2nd, a large hare, running ; 3rd and 4th, are from a book of cut here added belongs to pp. 56, 390, 498, and some pp. yet to follow.]. 559 [Roxburghe Collection, III. 120, and IV. 72.] %\)t teamans i&enoton in Winning; Jris JTatc Latip. Brave Marriners, by this you may bebold What tis to be a Seaman stout and bold. This Seaman won a Lady by his valour, And with his Sword he curd her Fathers Choller :Therefore go boldly on when you begin,And know Faint-heart did nere fair Lady win. Tune of, A Week before Easter. [See vol. vi. p. 233.] [Woodcut, needed also for pp. 66, 239, 410, and Jennys Reply? see p. 561.] THere was a bold Seaman, a Ship he could stear,Of such a brave Seaman you never did hear,And he lovd a Lady of beauty so clear,And now you shall hear of his wooing, Seaman.â 0 pitty, fair Lady, let pitty thee move, Im deep in aff[li]ction, and tossed in Love,And you are my Lady, my Turtle, and Dove,On you I do set my affection. Lady.â 0 hold thy peace, Seaman, for that may not be,For I am a match for a higher degree,And thy blood and my blood can never agree,Then, Seaman, take this for an
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