“Ah sira, mary away the mare,
The deuil giue thee sorow and care.”
sig. B ii.
and A new Commodye &c. of the bewte & good propertes of women, &c. n. d.
“Tush syr be mery let pas awey the mare.”
sig. A ii.
The words are doubtless a portion of some song or ballad. In Ravenscroft’s Melismata, Musicall Phansies, &c. 1611, is a song (No. 6) supposed to be sung by “Seruants out of Seruice” who “are going to the Citie to looke for new;”
“Heigh ho, away the Mare,
Let vs set aside all care,