the true hearted lover OR  
A youngman sent a letter to his Love,  
Showing to her his mind could not remove:  
But for true love he love again doth crave,  
If false she prove, than he must to the Grave.  
To the Tune of, I fancy none but thee alone.  

 

MY loving friend I do command  
Myself most kindly unto you,  
Wishing your health your joy and wealth  
most like unto a Lover true,  
For Cupid's dart, hath struck my heart  
and I no remedy can find,  
Your love it is, the cause of this,  
therefore sweet Love prove not unkind.   

Your love so soon, my heart did wound  
that I no longer can forbear.  
●ill you my love, with it be moved,  
and that an answer I do hear,  
I shall not rest, for I protest,  
that I do love you as my heart,  
Therefore my dear, let love appear,  
to love again it is thy part.   

If thou shouldst not what were my lot  
the time and day I should repent  
That ever my love, to thee I moued,  
my heart with sorrow ●●●ld be spent,  
Because my love, cannot remove.  
but it will breed my deadly pain,  
Then sweet prone kind, that I may find,  
for love, fou●e love of thee again.   

Or else my pain will still remain,  
no joy nor comfort I can have.  
Until that death hath stopped my breath,  
and brought my body to the grave,  
Thy lovely looks, are baiting hooks,  
and they so fast have catched my heart,  
That none but thee, can remedy,  
my grief, my woe, my pain and smart.   

Seeing in thy hands, my life if stands,  
consider well my grief and moan,  
If thou didst know, the grief and woe,  
that I suffer for thee alone,  
Thy heart I think, if it were flint,  
it could not choose but grant me love,  
For I love thee, most faithfully,  
and till I die I'll not remove.   

So Love adieu, thy lover true,  
till he doth hear from thee again,  
Prays for thy health, thy joy and wealth,  
Hoping thou will not breed his pain,  
So I will pray both night and day  
the Lord to have thee in hi● 〈…〉  
So till I hear, from thee my dear  
Adieu my love, and only sweet 〈…〉    

The second part▪  
To the same Tune. OR  
〈…〉 kind Mai●… answer  
As true to thee as Hero to Leander,  
I'll be thy love, thou shalt be my Commander,  
As in my answer plainly shall be shown,  
Let Hymen join, and then I am thy own.  
 

Thanks love for thy commendations,  
unto me so kindly sent,  
I it receive with kind embracing,  
I'll not breed thee discontent,  
Though Cupid's shaft with a full draught,  
did aim aright and pierce thy heart,  
The wound I'll cure I thee assure.  
and ease thee of that grievous smart.   

If it be I thy heart have wounded,  
'twas a thing to me unknown,  
Be not then in sorrows drowned,  
for for that vowed to us thy own,  
But rest in peace, let love increase,  
I will thee love while I have breath,  
I will not part, from thee sweet heart,  
Until that I am forced by death.   

Thy lot's according to thy wishing,  
to repent thou hast no cause,  
With kind embraces and with hissing,  
I will keep God Cupid's laws,  
Ere false I'll prove, to thee my love  
or do thee wrong by day or night,  
I rather choose, my life to lose,  
then wrong my love and hearts delight.   

〈…〉 pain I'll strive to ease thee,  
〈…〉 t love good comfort take,  
〈…〉 ●ight shall be to please thee,  
I'll die ere I will thee forsake,  
But unto thee as true I'll be,  
as is the Turtle to his mate,  
Whilst life thou hast, my love is plat'st,  
If life thou lose, my life I'll hate.   

Thy plaints and moan I have regarded,  
my hand and heart be ever thine.  
I have thy love with love rewarded,  
as thy hand and heart is mine,  
So shall it rest, within my breast,  
I'll entertainment give unto it,  
I'll it relieve, I'll not it grieve;  
I 'le ●ather lose my life then do it.   

So with my love and true affection,  
I do now my love commend,  
Unto the hands and the protection,  
of him that doth all blessings send,  
And so I end, thy loving friend,  
hath now her love to thee made known  
In hymen's bands, let us join hands,  
and then my love I am thine own.    
FINIS.  
William Trusswell.   

Printed by R. Oulton, for John 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 younger, and are to be sold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shop in the Old-bailey 〈…〉