He got the wife's leave, and the girl with him went;
But little they thought of his cruel intent:
He kept her a month very bravely they say,
And then he contrived to make her away.
For he had a brother in Lancashire,
A noble rich man worth two thousand a year;
He sent this young girl unto him with speed,
In hopes he would act a most barbarous deed.
He sent a man with her, likewise they say;