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I offered forty crowns<br> I offered forty crowns<br>
To lie with her a night or so:<br> To lie with her a night or so:<br>
-She answered me in frowns.<br><br>+She answered me in frowns.<br>
-Not two years since, she meeting me+Not two years since, she meeting me<br>
-Did whisper in my ear,+Did whisper in my ear,<br>
-That she would at my service be,+That she would at my service be,<br>
-If I contented were.+If I contented were.<br>
-I told her I was cold as snow,+I told her I was cold as snow,<br>
-And had no great desire;+And had no great desire;<br>
-But should be well content to go+But should be well content to go<br>
To twenty, but no higher. To twenty, but no higher.
-Some three months since or thereabout,+Some three months since or thereabout,<br>
-She that so coy had been,+She that so coy had been,<br>
-Bethought herself and found me out,+Bethought herself and found me out,<br>
And was content to sin. And was content to sin.
-I smiled at that, and told her I+I smiled at that, and told her I<br>
-Did think it something late,+Did think it something late,<br>
-And that I'd not repentance buy+And that I'd not repentance buy<br>
At above half the rate. At above half the rate.
-This present morning early she+ 
-Forsooth came to my bed,+This present morning early she<br>
-And gratis there she offered me+Forsooth came to my bed,<br>
 +And gratis there she offered me<br>
Her high-prized maidenhead. Her high-prized maidenhead.
-I told her that I thought it then+I told her that I thought it then<br>
-Far dearer than I did,+Far dearer than I did,<br>
-When I at first the forty crowns+When I at first the forty crowns<br>
For one night's lodging bid. For one night's lodging bid.
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It is not four years ago" is a poem by John Suckling.

It is not four years ago,
I offered forty crowns
To lie with her a night or so:
She answered me in frowns.

Not two years since, she meeting me
Did whisper in my ear,
That she would at my service be,
If I contented were.

I told her I was cold as snow,
And had no great desire;
But should be well content to go
To twenty, but no higher.

Some three months since or thereabout,
She that so coy had been,
Bethought herself and found me out,
And was content to sin.

I smiled at that, and told her I
Did think it something late,
And that I'd not repentance buy
At above half the rate.

This present morning early she
Forsooth came to my bed,
And gratis there she offered me
Her high-prized maidenhead.

I told her that I thought it then
Far dearer than I did,
When I at first the forty crowns
For one night's lodging bid.

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