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"Not a bit, not a bit, brother again," replied the friar "I ades if I had the mind But

as to the ladies, suffer me to predict that you will know more of them

before you have done"

"I think not," said Prosper Brother Bonaccord began to laugh

"They will give you no peace yet awhile," said he "And letabout, that if you

think to escape the the devil's way

to work If you wish them to let you alone, speak them fair, drop

easily to your knee, be a hand-kisser, a cushion-disposer, a goer on

your toes They will think you a lover and shrug you away Never do a

woe yourself

Then she will believe you her slave Then you are safe That is your