The loving lad, and the coy lasse. Or, A new dialogue between two young lovers. The youth did love the girle entirely well, but she (because her beauty did excell,) seem'd nice and coy, as virgins use to bee, and yet at last they both did well agree: the match was finisht but on such condition, that she might fully know his disposition therefore she did injoyne him not to marry, but for her sake, full seven years space to tarry: and then she is resolve'd (to end all strife,) she'l be his faithful, constant, loving wife. To the tune of, My father gave mee house and land, or, the young mans joy and the maidens happinesse.

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The loving lad, and the coy lasse. Or, A new dialogue between two young lovers. The youth did love the girle entirely well, but she (because her beauty did excell,) seem'd nice and coy, as virgins use to bee, and yet at last they both did well agree: the match was finisht but on such condition, that she might fully know his disposition therefore she did injoyne him not to marry, but for her sake, full seven years space to tarry: and then she is resolve'd (to end all strife,) she'l be his faithful, constant, loving wife. To the tune of, My father gave mee house and land, or, the young mans joy and the maidens happinesse.
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London :: printed for F. Coles, M. Wright, T. Vere, & W. Gilbertson,
[1658]
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"The loving lad, and the coy lasse. Or, A new dialogue between two young lovers. The youth did love the girle entirely well, but she (because her beauty did excell,) seem'd nice and coy, as virgins use to bee, and yet at last they both did well agree: the match was finisht but on such condition, that she might fully know his disposition therefore she did injoyne him not to marry, but for her sake, full seven years space to tarry: and then she is resolve'd (to end all strife,) she'l be his faithful, constant, loving wife. To the tune of, My father gave mee house and land, or, the young mans joy and the maidens happinesse." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B04237.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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