Received th’ offender, or forgot th’ offence:

But the kind Servant, to the thrice-proved knave

A fourth time listen’d and the past forgave.

First in her youth, when she was blithe and gay;

Came a smooth rogue, and stole her love away:

Then to another and another flew,

To boast the wanton mischief he could do:

Yet she forgave him, though so great her pain,

That she was never blithe or gay again.

Then came a spoiler, who, with villain-art