No better smart shall change my heart. Hurt not y{r} _heart_ whose joy thou art My heart and I until I dye. Sweetheart I pray doe not say nay. My heart you have and yours I crave. As you now find so judge me kind. Let this present my good intent (1758). One word for all, I love and shall. My constant love shall never move. Like and take, mislike forsake. The want of thee is griefe to mee. Be true to me y{t} gives it thee. Privata di te moriro. Deprived of thee I die. Till y{t} I have better I remayne your detter. Mon esprit est partout. Mon cœur est avec vous. Lite to requite. Faithfull ever, deceitefull never. I present, you absent. Despise not mee, y{t} ioyes in thee. I live, I love, and live contented, And make my choice not to be repented. Desire hath set my heart on fire. I hope to see you yielde to mee. Both, or neither, chuse you whether. _Heart_, this, and mee, if you agree. This accepted, my wish obtained. This accepted, my wish affected. Thy friend am I, and so will dye. O y{t} I might have my delight. Parting is payne when love doth remayne. My corne is growne, love reape thy owne. This thy desert shall crown my heart. I fancy none but thee alone. God sent her me my wife to be. God’s appointment is my contentment. This is your will to save or kill. If you but consent, you shall not repent. If you deny, then sure I dye. W{th} teares I mourne, as one forlorne. A friend to one, as like to none. Your sight, my delight. Grieve not his heart whose joy thou art. First love Christ that died for thee. Next to Hym love none but me. Joye day and night bee our delight. Divinely knitt by Grace are wee, Late two, now one; the pledge here see. B. & A. (1657). Loue and liue happy (1689). Avoid all strife ’twixt man and wife. Joyfull loue this ring do proue. In thee, deare wife, I finde new life. Of rapturous joye I am the toye. In thee I prove the joy of love. In loving wife spend all thy life (1697). True love will ne’er remove. In unitie let’s live and dy. Happy in thee hath God made me. I loue myself in louing thee. Silence ends strife with man and wife. More weare--more were (1652). I kiss the rod from thee and God. This ring doth binde body and minde. Endless as this shall be our bliss (Thos. Bliss, 1719). Death neuer parts such loving hearts. Loue and respect I doe expect. No gift can show the love I ow. Loue thy chast wife beyond thy life (1681). Loue and pray night and daye. Great joye in thee continually. My fond delight by day and night. Pray to love, love to pray (1647). Honour et Foye