%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE/ High-way Mans Advice/ To his Brethren./ Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd;/ By way of Caution, to deter them from following their Unlawful Enterprizes./ Being a most Pleasant New Song, greatly in Request both in City and Country./ Beware all you that set Unlawful Game,/ Least in the end your selves you sadly shame;/ Hemp is a fatal Weed, and spoils the growth/ Of many a rash and unadvised Youth:/ Then timely warning take er'e 'tis too late,/ And by that warning shun untimely Fate. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/10/2007 20777

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2.157 R234347 1 Follow bonny Lad: Or, The High-way Man's Delight Follow Bonny Lad; The Highway Man's Delight FOllow bonny Lad,/ By the high=way side, my own dear loving Brother; [line 3 of each stanza] date from content; title unclear: The bloody Miller/ Being a true and just Account of one Francis Cooper of Hocstow near Shrewsbury,/ who was a Millers Ser[v]an[t], and kept company with one Anne Nicols for the space/ of two years, who then proved to be with Child by him, and being urged by her/ Father to marry her he most wickedly and barbarously murdered her, as you shall/ hear by the sequel Pepys 2.157 Rollins (1) III:123-130; Wing H1963[A] 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: 157 THE/ High-way Mans Advice/ To his Brethren./ Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd;/ By way of Caution, to deter them from following their Unlawful Enterprizes./ Being a most Pleasant New Song, greatly in Request both in City and Country./ Beware all you that set Unlawful Game,/ Least in the end your selves you sadly shame;/ Hemp is a fatal Weed, and spoils the growth/ Of many a rash and unadvised Youth:/ Then timely warning take er'e 'tis too late,/ And by that warning shun untimely Fate. THE High-way Mans Advice To his Brethren. Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd; By way of Caution, to deter them from following their Unlawful Enterprizes. Being a most Pleasant New Song, greatly in Request both in City and Country. Beware all you that set Unlawful Game, Least in the end your selves you sadly shame; Hemp is a fatal Weed, and spoils the growth Of many a rash and unadvised Youth: Then timely warning take er'e 'tis too late, And by that warning shun untimely Fate. The Highwayman's Advice to His Brethren. Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd; By Way of Caution, to Deter Them From Following Their Unlawful Enterprizes. Being a Most Pleasant New Song, Greatly in Request Both in City and Country. Beware All You that Set Unlawful Game, Least in the End Your Selves You Sadly Shame; Hemp is a Fatal Weed, and Spoils the Growth of Many a Rash and Unadvised Youth: Then Timely Warning Take Ever it is Too Late, and By that Warning Shun Untimely Fate. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 203 x 303 cropped bottom edge, uneven inking vertical rules 1684 Printed for I. Wright, I. Clark, VV. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. J. Wright, J. Clark, VV. Thackeray, T. Passenger Weinstein: content

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 9/10/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Tragedy advice crime love punishment 9/10/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, metadata updated, XML created 8/9/06 Checker Simone Chess Transcription checked 8/9/06 Transcriber Maggie Sloan Original transcription 8/20/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan/Laura Miller Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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F Ollow bonny Lad, By the High-way side, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me as I love thee, then let us gang both together. And if we meet a Man, We'l cause him to stand, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l make him stand both together.
Be it better, be't worse, We will take his Purse, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we will take it both together. And than by and by, Follow the Hue and Cry, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l both be taken together.
And [then in a Cart,] We'l [be carry'd] to York, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l both be carry'd together. Then over Mount-Hill, And by the Mill, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, one pint we will drink together. And then we must lye Until the next Assize, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, there we will lye together. And the next Assize, We must be Trappiz'd, my own dear loving B rother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we both will Swing together. With the Mattock and Spade, Our Graves shall be made, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l lye in a Grave together. But let us not be Fearful whilst free, my own dear loving Brother ; For if thou love me, as I love thee, we will fight and dye together. For a Knight of the Padd, Should never be sad, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou lov'st me, as I love thee, we will be merry together. Let what will come, We know our Doom, my own dear loving B rother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we will cast away fear together.
Our Booty we'l share, And take no futher care, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we will spend it both together. Our Lasses and our Wine, Our Wits shall refine, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we will share them both together. At nothing we'l grieve, So Silver we have, my own dear loving Brother; For if thou lov'st me, as I love thee, what we do we'l do together. Men of our Profession, Move by Discretion, my own dear loving B rother; And if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l jovially move together. Goals we will Contemn, Till we fall into them, my own dear loving B rother; But if thou love me, as I love thee, we'l wear the stone doublet together. But as we now are, Let us have a care, my own dear loving Brother; And if thou love me, as I love thee, let us have a care toghther. O let us-still beware, Of the wretced Snare, my own dear loving Brother; And if thou lov'st me, as I love thee, O let us have a care together. O to dye in a Rope, Wilt destroy all our hope, my own dear loving Brother; But if thou lov'st me, as I love thee, if we dye we'l dye both together.
Printed for J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.