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She ſat herſelf down, I ſat myſelf by her,
there did I rifle her beautiful charms;
With ſweet melting kiſſes, and kindly embraces,
we ſlept together in each others arms.
The ſpace of three hours in the green grove,
and under the ſhady green tree,
And when I awaked I found her no virgin,
married to you I never will be.
She ſaid, kind Sir, you are my undoing,
can you, O can you ſo cruel be?
How can I paſs any more for a virgin,
ſince you have had your will of me.
Come all pretty maidens, and take warning,
never truſt a young man in any degree,
When they have enjoy'd the fruit of your garden,
then they will leave you, as he has left me.
HIGHGATE OATH.
SIlence, take notice as you’re my ſon,
full on your father look, ſir,
This is an oath you may take as you run,
ſo lay your hand on the horn book, ſir,
Hornaby, thornaby, highgate and horns,
And money by hook or by crook ſir,
Hornaby, thornaby, &c.
Spend not with cheaters or cozeners your life,
nor waſte it on profligate beauty;
And when you are married, be kind to your wife,
and true to all petticoat duty!
Dutiful, beautiful, kind to your wife,
And true from the cap to the ſhoe-tie.&c.
To drink to a man when a woman is near,
you never ſhould hold to be right, ſir,
Nor unleſs 'tis your taſte to drink ſmall for ſtrong beer,
or eat brown bread when you can get white, ſir.
Mannikin, Cannikin, good meat and drink,
are pleaſant at morn, noon, or night, ſir.&c.
