CHAP, iv.] THE THIRD DAY. 79 



in a new-made haycock, for it. And my Maudlin shall sing you 

 one of her best ballads ; for she and I both love all anglers, they 

 be such honest, civil, quiet men. In the meantime will you drink 

 a draught of red cow's milk ? you shall have it freely. 



PlSCATOR. No, I thank you ; but, I pray, do us a courtesy 

 that shall stand you and your daughter in nothing, and yet we will 

 ' think ourselves still something in your debt : it is but to sing us 

 a song that was sung by 1 your daughter when I last passed over 

 this meadow, about eight or nine days since. 



MILKWOMAN. What song was it, I pray ? Was it, " Come, 

 Shepherds, deck your herds " ? or, " As at noon Dulcina rested " ? 

 or, "Phillida flouts me"? 2 or, " Chevy Chace "? or, "Johnny 

 Armstrong " ? or, " Troy Town "? * 



PISCATOR. No, it is none of those ; it is a song that your 

 daughter sung the first part, and you sung the answer to it. 



MILKWOMAN. O, I know it now. I learned the first part in 

 my golden age, when I was about the age of my poor 3 daughter ; 

 and the latter part, which indeed fits me best now, but two or 

 three years ago, when the cares of the world began to take hold 

 of me : but you shall, God willing, hear them both ; 4 and sung as 

 well as we can, for we both love anglers. Come, Maudlin, sing 

 the first part to the gentlemen, with a merry heart ; and I'll sing 

 the second when you have done. 5 



Come, live with me, and be my love, 

 And we will all the pleasures prove, 

 That valleys, groves, or hills, or fields, 8 

 7 Or woods, and steepy mountains yields ; 



VARIATIONS. 



3^/, and 41 

 mstrong " 1 or, " Troy Town " ? Inserted in 



1 by you and your daughter. isf, id, 3^, and ^th edit. 



* or "Chevy Chace"? or, "Johnny Armstrong"? or, "1 

 edit. 



3 poor. *>th edit. * hear them both. Come, Maudlin. $th edit. 



5 Milk-woman. O, I know it now, I learned the first part in my golden age, when I 

 was about the age of my daughter ; and the latter part, which indeed fits me best, but 

 two or three years ago ; you shall, God willing, hear them both. Come, Maudlin, sing 

 the first part to the gentlemen with a merry heart, and I'll sing the second. ist edit. 



Variations from England's Helicon.] 6 groves, hills, and fields. 

 7 Woods, or steepie mountains yeelds. 



* The songs, "As at Noon," " Chevy Chace," "Johnny Armstrong," and "Troy 

 Town," are printed in Percy's "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ;" and "As at 

 Noon," in Durfey's Collection. "Phillida flouts me" is to be found in Ritson's 

 " Ancient Songs, from Henry III. to the Revolution " 1790, taken from the "Theatre of 

 Compliments; or, New Academy," Lond. 1689, 121110; and "The Hive," a Collection 

 of Songs, vol. ii. p. 270. " Come, Shepherds," is not known. Ritson observes that 

 there is an answer to " Phillida flouts me," by A. Bradley, which is modern. 



