My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee

My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee,

And I am alreadie sped.

Far other promise he did make me

When he had my maidenhead.

If such danger be in playing,

And sport must to earnest turne,

I will go no more a-maying.

Had I foreseene what is ensued,

And what now with paine I proue,

Vnhappie then I had eschewed

This vnkind euent of loue:

Maides foreknow their own vndooing,

But feare naught till all is done,

When a man alone is wooing.

Dissembling wretch, to gaine thy pleasure,

What didst thou not vow and sweare?

So didst thou rob me of the treasure,

Which so long I held so deare,

Now thou prou'st to me a stranger,

Such is the vile guise of men

When a woman is in danger.

That hart is neerest to misfortune

That will trust a fained toong,

When flattring men our loues importune,

They entend vs deepest wrong,

If this shame of loues betraying

But this once I cleanely shun,

I will go no more a-maying.