Mercy 's only here a sin!
Let no tears or offerings move thee,
20All those cunning charms avoid;
For that wealth for which they love thee,
They would slight if once enjoy'd.
Who would keep another's heart
With her own must never part.
Counsel.] 7 'the' altered in 1656 to 'their', which is clearly wrong. But the untrustworthiness of Gamble's text is still better illustrated by l. 10, which he twists into—
Stars to jewels they divest thee.
The copy was probably dictated to a very careless, ignorant, or stupid workman.