40Alive, ne'r parted bee.
Song. 1633-69: Song. or no title, A18, A25, B, C, D, H40, H49, JC, Lec, N, O'F, P, S, S96, TCC, TCD: in A18, N, TCC, TCD, this with Send home my long stray'd eyes and The Bait are given as Songs which were made to certain ayres which were made before.
1-4 In most MSS. these lines are written as two long lines, and so with ll. 9-12, 17-20, 25-28, 33-36
4 mee; 1650-69: mee, 1633-39
5-8 But since ... dye; 1633, A18, A25, B, D, H40, H49, JC, Lec, N, P, S, S96, TC:
At the last must part 'tis best,
Thus to use my selfe in jest
By fained deaths to dye; 1635-54, O'F:
Must dye at last, 'tis best,
Thus to use my self in jest