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YOung Maids and young Men
I pray you giue eare,
And with hand and pen
Ile plainly declare,
Of a Maids resolution
which to loue is won,
And in the conclusion,
She'll have a handsome young man.
Quoth shee, I am young,
and now in my prime,
Though some stay too long,
yet Ile lose no time:
I will haue some pleasure
as soone as I can,
What care I for treasure.
Ile haue a handsome young man.
Some Maidens are coy,
and strange in their carriage,
And scorne to enioy
a neat young man in marriage:
Some wed for money,
and some wed for Land;
But Ile chuse a honey,
Shall be a handsome young man,
I haue knowne some Maids
that haue denied men,
And afterwards glad
to obtaine them agen:
They will not, and will,
thus will they withstand;
But ile vse my skill
To haue a handsome young man.
Some happily will
coniecture of mée,
That I desire still
to liue wantonly:
No, I am a Lasse sure,
that liue vnwedded can,
And much will endure
For a handsome young man.
I would haue you know,
that I am not so base,
Nor shall our sex so
by mee haue disgrace.
No, I haue some treasure
beside house and Land.
Therefore ile haue pleasure
With a handsome young man,
The man that ile chuse
Shall be of good size,
Yet ile none refuse
if that he be wise:
With handsome complexion,
neat foot, leg, and hand:
This is my affection
To haue such a man.
If I wed a foole
with great store of treasure,
Then hee'l pine and whule,
and debar me of pleasure:
Hée'l tell mee of fine Gownes,
Kertles, Maske and Fan;
For a thousand pounds
Ile not wed such a man.