Poems, &c. By James Shirley.

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Poems, &c. By James Shirley.
Author
Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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London :: Printed [by Ruth Raworth and Susan Islip] for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard,
1646.
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Melancholy converted.

WElcom, welcom again to thy wits, This is a Holy-day; Wee'l have no plots, nor melancholy fits, But merrily passe the time away.

Page 20

They are mad that are sad; Be rul'd by me, And never were two so merry as we. The kitchin shall catch cold n more, Wee'l have no key to the buttry dore, The Fidlers shall sing, The house shall ring, And the World shall see What a merry merry couple we will be.
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