%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Master-piece of LOVE-SONGS. / A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, / He woo'd his Lords Daughter and carried the day, / But soon after marriage was forc'd for to fight, / VVith his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own right, / He cut them, and hew'd them, and paid them with blows, / And made them his friends that before were his foes. Miles, Abraham University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/06/2008 20863

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2.249v R187939 1 The week before Easter, the days long and clear. The Week Before Easter, The Days Long And Clear. IT was a bold Keeper / that chased the Deer; hinged broadsheet with recto: ENGLANDS Happy State: / Or, the Subjects Joy, for the Election / Of a New PARLIAMENT. / Brave English Hearts your joys Compleat, / And Loyal prove to James the Great, / So may you still most happy be, / And Flourish in Prosperity.; date from recto content; imprint unclear: Printed for John Clarke, William / Thackeray, and Thomas / [Passinger.] Pepys 2.249v Wing M1065[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: 249 The Master-piece of LOVE-SONGS. / A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, / He woo'd his Lords Daughter and carried the day, / But soon after marriage was forc'd for to fight, / VVith his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own right, / He cut them, and hew'd them, and paid them with blows, / And made them his friends that before were his foes. The Master-piece of LOVE-SONGS. A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, He woo'd his Lords Daughter and carried the day, But soon after marriage was forc'd for to fight, With his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own right, He cut them, and hew'd them, and paid them with blows, And made them his friends that before were his foes. The Masterpiece of Love Songs. A Dialogue Between a Bold Keeper and a Lady Gay, He Wooed his Lord's Daughter and Carried the Day, but Soon After Marriage Was Forced for to Fight, With His Lord and Six Gentlemen for His Own Right, He Cut Them, and Hewed Them, and Paid Them with Blows, and Made Them His Friends That Before Were His Foes. Miles, Abraham 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 192 x 313 cropped top and bottom edges, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking, verso shows through cast fleurons 1685 Printed for John Clarke, William/ Thackeray, and Thomas / Passinger. John Clarke, William Thackeray, Thomas Passinger Weinstein: recto content

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IT was a bold Keeper that chased the Deer; Of a stouter bold spirit, you never did hear; And he loved a Lady of beauty most clear, And now you shall hear of his wooing. Keeper. O pitty fair Lady, the suit which I move, For i'm deep in affection, and tossed in love: For you are the Lady, the Turtle and Dove, Whereon I have cast my affection. Lady. O Keeper for bear, I shall thus answer thee, I am a Match for a Lord of a high degree,
For my birth and yours, they not equal be, Therefore Keeper forbear your wooing. Keeper. This repulse it maketh, me sadly to grieve, And true 'tis we all came from Adam and Eve, One loving word to my life, is a reprieve; Though I am linked fast in Cupid's Prison. Lady. O why should you say you'r a prisoner to me; O hold forbear Keeper, for that may not be: We both may have Matches fitter for each degree; Then forbear, and take this for answer,
[Keeper] NO not for an answer, that I shall it take, And yet this denial, makes my heart [br]ake, And I shall lay down, my life at the stake To obtain the favour of my Lady. Lady. It is a meer Madness your life to lay down, What will people say? there's an end of a clown; That past many dangers till fortune did frown; And now died a petended Lover. Keeper. The name of a Clown in my heart I do scorn, Being noble descended And a Gentleman born Yet I am a Keeper that must be forlorn; Except you can love me fair Lady. Lady. Well Keeper I perceive thou hast a good heart Well thou art com[?] p[ac]ted in every part, It my Lord did know we should both suffer smart, My father would be so offended. Keeper. Lady if you will consent to be my Bride, I will gird my Sword and Buckler by my side; And then to the Church in private we'l ride: Where we will be Married fair Lady. She then gave consent, and away they did ride, The valiant bold Keeper, and his lovely Bride, Not fearing of danger what ever betide [For she was a valliant ?]
Being Married he turned [b]ack speedily, And riding along her Father did espy; A[l]ack, quoth the Lady, one or both shall dye, Fear nothing, quoth the Keeper, fair Lady. The Lord he came posting so fast as he could hie: And six lusty Gentlemen for company, Quoth he to the Keeper Villain thou shalt dye For deluding away my fair daughter Come on, quoth the Keeper, 'tis no time to prattle, I see by your Swords your prepar'd for Battle: With his Sword and Buckler he made them to rattle: The Lady did hold the Horse for the Keeper. He cut them and hew'd them on the place he did stand; O then, quoth the Lord bold Keeper hold thy hand; If you'l give your daughter thirty thousand in Land You shall not dye by the hand of the Keeper. Keeper, quoth the Lady, 'tis too small a portion: Peace, quoth the Lord, Daughter let your will be done; I will love thy Husband, and thee ever own, Thus a Keeper gained a fair Lady
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By Abraham Miles. Printed for John Clarke, William Thackeray, and Thomas [Passinger.]