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Then he made the bargain, with one as they say,
To get the bull made without longer delay.
Then unto the Goldsmith the Lady she went,
And privately told him her crafty intent;
Be sure make it hollow, and fit to hold me,
With a door and three bolts within let there be.
Pray do it ingenious, I charge you once more,
That no one may find out there is any door.
He said, Worthy Lady, I’ll do it secure,
That no one may find out the trick to be sure.
When the bull was made, she appointed the day
With him to be joined, as the story doth say;
He went towards the chapel, with her to be wed,
And she had a comical trick in her head.
When come near the chapel, her father to shun,
She said, Pray excuse me, for back I must run,
For to fetch a thing that I can’t be without,
This put her old father in great fear and doubt.
But he gave her leave, and in haste back she went,
But little thought he of her crafty intent;
She shut herself fast in the bull, and lay still,
So fast and secure, as a ⟨thief⟩ in a mill.
Her father he waited for two hours and more,
And finding she came not, in a passion he swore;
Then about the court he enquiry made,
But no one could tell where his daughter was fled.
My impudent daughter has shun’d me, I see,
The Prince that was here, sent choice presents to me,
Therefore to requite him, I uow do approve,
To send him this bull as a present of love.
PART III.
He sent it on board then with diligent care,
