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12. Thinkst thou Kate to put me downe.


                      1 
       Thinkst thou Kate to put me downe
       With a no, or with a frowne,
       Since loue holds my hart in bandes,
       I must do as loue commaunds.

                      2 
       Loue commaundes the hands to dare,
       When the tongue of speech is spare:
       Chiefest lesson in loues Schoole
       Put it in aduenture foole.

                      3 
       Fooles are they that fainting flinch
       For a squeake, a scratch, a pinch,
       Womens words haue double sence:
       Stand away, a simple fence.

                      4 
       If thy Mistresse sweare sheele crye,
       Feare her not, sheele sweare and lye,
       Such sweet oathes no sorrowe bring
       Till the pricke of conscience sting.
    


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