Soe fayre as I did you pray.’

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‘I haue learned wisdome,’ sayes the sherriffe,

‘And, wife, I haue learned of thee;

But if Robin walke easte, or he walke west,

He shall neuer be sought for me.’

B

a. Wood, 401, leaf 19 b. b. Garland of 1663, No 6. c. Garland of 1670, No 5. d. Pepys, II, 102, No 89.

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Come, all you brave gallants, and listen a while,