%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Young-Mans Complaint, Or,/ An ANSWER To/ The DAMOSELS Tragedy./ When Friends deny, and won't comply./ but let them suffer smart,/ We often see such Cruelty,/ will break a Lovers heart, University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/05/2007 20720

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2.99v R228723 1 Charon, etc. Charon Make Haste Charon NOw for the loss of my Amorous Iewel,/ I am surrounded in grief and woe, thy Death alone does lye near my heart. [with variations] hinged broadsheet with recto: The Famous Battel between Robin Hood, and the Curtal Fryar.; title cropped: [The You]ng-[M]ans Complaint, Or,/ An ANSWER To/ The DAMOSELS Tragedy./ When Friends deny, and won't comply./ but let them suffer smart,/ We often see such Cruelty,/ will break a Lovers heart,; imprint unclear: Printed for I. Back, at the Black Boy on Lo[ndon-]/ Br[i]dge, near the Draw=Bridge.; the 'r' of the latter; 'Bridge' has slipped; first lines unclear: NOw for the loss of my Amo[r]ous Iewel,/ I am surr[o]unded in grief and woe, Pepys 2.99v Wing Y113 Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 99 The Young-Mans Complaint, Or,/ An ANSWER To/ The DAMOSELS Tragedy./ When Friends deny, and won't comply./ but let them suffer smart,/ We often see such Cruelty,/ will break a Lovers heart, The Young-Mans Complaint, Or, An ANSWER To The DAMOSELS Tragedy. When Friends deny, and won't comply, but let them suffer smart, We often see such Cruelty, will break a Lovers heart, The Young Man's Complaint, or, an Answer to the Damosel's Tragedy. When Friends Deny, and Won't Comply, but Let Them Suffer Smart, We Often See Such Cruelty, Will Break a Lover's Heart. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 208 x 306 cropped top and right edges, damaged surface including manuscript black ink crossing out lines across text, uneven inking, recto shows through horizontal and vertical rules 1675-1703 Printed for I. Back, at the Black Boy on London-/ Bridge, near the Draw=Bridge. J. Back BBTI, PBA

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NOw for the loss of my amorous Jewel, I am surrounded in grief and woe, It was thy Parents unkind and most cruel, which did occasion thy overthrow: For my dear Nell I did adore thee, but we was too much kept apart, There was no one that I e're priz'd before thee; thy Death alone does lye near my heart. Farewel the hopes of all peace, joy, and pleasure, I have no comfort; but care and grief, Often in private I weep out of measure, 'tis Death alone must yield me relief:
Love, when I first heard of thy Dying, tho' we had long been kept apart, I tore my hair in a passion, and crying this Damsels death will lye near my heart. Down from his Eyes them the tears they did trickle, with many sorrowful sighs, said he, It is well known that I never was fickle, for I lov'd non in the world but thee: Had I been suffer'd to come near thee, thou hadst not felt Death's Cruel Dart, I would have laid down my life for to cheer thee, for thy Death now does lye near my heart.
For many months I did never behold her, this was a sorrow that griev'd me sore, Her unkind Parents had oftentimes told her that she should never come near me more: Thus did they soon blast all her glory, for when she felt Deaths fatal Dart, I never heard a more killinger story, this Damsels death doth lye near my heart. Then in her absence my poor heart was wou[nded] for I might not come anear my joy, When I coul'd see her we then was surrounde[d] in the sweet Raptures of Love and joy: But by her friends we were tormented, so that we felt Loves fatal smart, She by strong Poyson her Passion has vented[d] this Damsels Death does lye near my heart. As she was dying, poor heart, she did blame m[e] she knew not very well what she said, Tho' with sad sorrowful sighs she did name m[e] 'twas not her Love that her life betray'd: For if I might enjoy'd the blessing she should have never felt the smart, Now am I nothing but torments possessing, this Damosels Death doth lye near my heart. This sad Distraction so much doth inthrall me, that I am restless both night and day, Methinks I often hear my Lover call me, saying sweet Johnny make haste away: Let there be now no more delaying, why should we still remain apart, Where e're I wander, I fancy this saying, her Death doth now lye so near my heart. Thou in thy life-time didst dearly adore me, as by thy sorrow I well might see, Tho' thou art gone hence a little before me, Love, i'le lye down in the Grave with thee: Farewel my Friends and each Relation, here with the World and you i'le part, For I shall be in a far better station when I'm with Nelly my own dear heart.
Printed for J. Back, at the Black Boy on Lo[ndon] Bridge, near the Draw-Bridge.