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BOCCACE alone is not my only source	A
T'another shop I now shall have recourse	A
Though certainly this famed Italian wit	B
Has many stories for my purpose fit	B
But since of diff'rent dishes we should taste	C
Upon an ancient work my hands I've placed	C
Where full a hundred narratives are told	D
And various characters we may behold	D
From life Navarre's fair queen the fact relates	E
My story int'rest in her page creates	E
Beyond dispute from her we always find	F
Simplicity with striking art combin'd	F
Yet whether 'tis the queen who writes or not	G
I shall as usual here and there allot	G
Whate'er additions requisite appear	H
Without such license I'd not persevere	H
But quit at once narrations of the sort	I
Some may be long though others are too short	I
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LET us proceed howe'er our plan explained	J
A pretty servant girl a man retain'd	J
She pleas'd his eye and presently he thought	K
With ease she might to am'rous sports be brought	K
He prov'd not wrong the wench was blithe and gay	L
A buxom lass most able ev'ry way	L
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AT dawn one summer's morn the spark was led	M
To rise and leave his wife asleep in bed	M
He sought at once the garden where he found	N
The servant girl collecting flow'rs around	N
To make a nosegay for his better half	O
Whose birth day 'twas he soon began to laugh	O
And while the ranging of the flow'rs he prais'd	P
The servant's neckerchief he slyly rais'd	P
Who suddenly on feeling of the hand	Q
Resistance feign'd and seem'd to make a stand	Q
But since these liberties were nothing new	R
They other fun and frolicks would pursue	R
The nosegay at the fond gallant was thrown	S
The flow'rs he kiss'd and now more ardent grown	S
They romp'd and rattl'd play'd and skipt around	N
At length the fair one fell upon the ground	N
Our am'rous spark advantage took of this	T
And nothing with the couple seem'd amiss	T
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UNLUCKILY a neighbour's prying eyes	U
Beheld their playful pranks with great surprise	U
She from her window could the scene o'erlook	L
When this the fond gallant observ'd he shook	L
Said he by heav'ns our frolicking is seen	V
By that old haggard envious prying quean	V
But do not heed it instantly he chose	W
To run and wake his wife who quickly rose	W
So much the dame he fondl'd and caress'd	X
The garden walk she took at his request	X
To have a nosegay where he play'd anew	V
Pranks just the same as those of recent view	V
Which highly gratified our lady fair	Y
Who felt dispos'd and would at eve repair	Y
To her good neighbour whom she bursting found	N
With what she'd seen that morn upon the ground	N
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THE usual greetings o'er our envious dame	Z
With scowling brow exclaim'd my dear your fame	Z
I love too much not fully to detail	A2
What I have witnessed and with truth bewail	A2
Will you continue in your house to keep	B2
A girl whose conduct almost makes me weep	B2
Anon I'd kick her from your house I say	L
The strumpet should not stay another day	L
The wife replied you surely are deceiv'd	C2
An honest virtuous creature she's believ'd	C2
Well I can easily my friend suppose	W
Rejoin'd the neighbour whence this favour flows	W
But look about and be convinc'd this morn	V
From my own window true as you are born	V
Within the garden I your husband spi'd	D2
And presently the servant girl I ey'd	D2
At one another various flow'rs they threw	V
And then the minx a little graver grew	V
I understand you cried the list'ning fair	Y
You are deceiv'd myself alone was there	Y
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NEIGHBOUR	Y
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But patience if you please attend I pray	Y
You've no conception what I meant to say	Y
The playful fair was actively employ'd	E2
In plucking am'rous flow'rs they kiss'd and toy'd	E2
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WIFE	F2
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'Twas clearly I howe'er for her you took	L
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NEIGHBOUR	Y
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The flow'rs for bosoms quickly they forsook	L
Large handfuls frequently they seem'd to grasp	G2
And ev'ry beauty in its turn to clasp	G2
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WIFE	F2
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But still why think you friend it was not I	H2
Has not your spouse with you a right to try	H2
What freaks he likes	I2
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NEIGHBOUR	H2
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But then upon the ground	N
This girl was thrown and never cried nor frown'd	N
You laugh	O
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WIFE	F2
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Indeed I do 'twas myself	J2
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NEIGHBOUR	H2
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A flannel petticoat display'd the elf	J2
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WIFE	F2
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'Twas mine	V
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NEIGHBOUR	H2
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Be patient and inform me pray	H2
If this were worn by you or her to day	H2
There lies the point for if you'll me believe	K2
Your husband did the most you can conceive	K2
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WIFE	F2
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How hard of credence 'twas myself I vow	L2
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NEIGHBOUR	H2
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Oh that's conclusive I'll be silent now	L2
Though truly I am led to think my eyes	U
Are pretty sharp and much I feel surprise	U
At what you say in fact I would have sworn	V
I saw them thus at romps this very morn	V
Excuse the hint and do not turn her off	M2
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WIFE	F2
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Why turn her off the very thought I scoff	M2
She serves me well	A2
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NEIGHBOUR	H2
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And so it seems is taught	K
By all means keep her then since thus she's thought	K

Jean De La Fontaine

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