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Thence to Bautree, as I came there,
From the Bushes near the Lane, there
Rush'd a Tweak in Gesture flanting,
With a leering Eye, and wanton:
But my Flesh I did subdue it,
Fearing lest my Purse should rue it.

Thence to * Doncaster, where reported
Lively Levite was departed:
Love I loath'd, and spritely Wine too,
Which I dearly lov'd some time too;
For when youthful Venus ageth,
She my fleshly force asswageth
Thirst knows neither Mean nor Measure,
Robin Hood's Well was my Treasure;
In a common † Dish enchained,
I my furious Thirst restrained;
And because I drank the deeper,
I paid two Farthings to the Keeper.
Thence
*  
That Courtesy might a Courtesy enforce,
The May'r would bring the Lawyer to his Horse:
"You shall not, quoth the Lawyer. M. Now I swear,
"I'll to the Gallows go. L. I'll leave you there:
Might not this May'r for Wit a second Pale-As,
Have name'd the Town-end full as well as Gallows?
†  
A Well, Thorn, Dish, hung in an Iron Chain,
For Monuments of Robin Hood remain.
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