XII. _The Maid._

I marriage would forsweare, but that I heare men tell,

That she that dies a maid, must leade an Ape in Hell;

Therefore if fortune come, I will not mock and play,

Nor driue the bargaine on, till it be driuen away.

Tithes and lands I like, yet rather fancy can,

A man that wanteth gold, then gold that wants a man. (pp. 1-4.)

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