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But if you sit till the fire's out,
Your love will prove false out of doubt.
To dream of rivers, or of water,
Doth signify much weeping after,
But dreaming of being drowned I tell ye,
Bids maids beware of a great belly.
If maids of sweeming milk-bowls dream,
It does denote some pleasant theme;
But if they dream of shifting smoke,
Let them look on their maiden lock.
To dream of being in a boat,
Does show that maiden's fancies float;
And whether sink or swim they do;
To try love's sport they still shall show.
To dream of birds-nests signifies,
In maiden's ripe virginities:
But if the birds away be flown,
it shews her maidenhead is gone.
To dream of brewing and of baking,
Doth signify a match is making
Between a maiden and some other,
Both by her father and her mother.
To dream of blust'ring storms of wind,
Does shew inconstancy of mind;
But if you dream of elves and fairies,
Beware of whores and night vagaries.
