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First Line: Grime. I say, sir gilbert, looking on / my daughter
Last Line: For why, his colour looketh discontent.
Subject(s): Courtship


Grime. I say, Sir Gilbert, looking on my daughter,
I curse the hour that ever I got the girl:
For, Sir, she may have many wealthy suitors,
And yet she disdains them all,
To have poor George a Greene unto her husband.
Bonfield. On that, good Grime, I am
talking with thy daughter;
But she, in quirks and quiddities of love,
Sets me to school, she is so over-wise.
But, gentle girl, if thou wilt forsake the Pinner,
And be my love, I will advance thee high:
To dignify those hairs of amber hue,
I'll grace them with a chaplet made of pearl,
Set with choice rubies, sparks, and diamonds
Planted upon a velvet hood, to hide that head
Wherein two sapphires burn like sparkling fire:
This will I do, fair Bettris, and far more,
If thou wilt love the Lord of Doncaster.
Bettris. Heigh ho, my heart is in a higher place,
Perhaps on the earl, if that be he:
See where he comes, or angry, or in love;
For why, his colour looketh discontent.





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