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2.306 R228387 1 How can I be merry and glad? How can I be merry or glad How Can I Be Merry And Glad? YOung Thomas he was a proper Lad, / and lov'd Elizabeth as his Life, Pepys 2.306 Wing L3369 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: 306 The / Loyal Soldier of Flanders: / OR, / The Faithless Lass of London. THE Loyal Soldier of Flanders: OR, The Faithless Lass of London. The Loyal Soldier of Flanders: or, the Faithless Lass of London. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 196 x 310 uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, / J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back BBTI

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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 8/7/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America State & Times gender London sex/sexuality 8/7/2008 Checker Jessica C. Murphy checked metadata 3/05/2008 Checker Kris McAbee Transcription corrected; ESTC number added to record 8/24/2007 Checker Talya Meyers Transcription Checked, Metadata Added, Ballad Encoded, ESTC ID #R228387 11/7/2006 Transcriber Catherine Zusky Original Transcription 2005 Bibliographer Laura Miller Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/Completed 8/27/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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Y Oung Thomas he was a proper Lad, and lov'd Elizabeth as his Life, Four years and a half to serve he had, e'er he could make her his Lawful Wife. When this his Master happen'd to know, he labour'd the Bonds of Love to break; Then Thomas a Soldier he straight did go, to venture his Life for his Love's sake.
Yet they in private often did meet, their seeming hard Fortune to bemoan, And with many Vows and Kisses sweet they solemnly joyn'd their Hearts in one. At length he taking her by the Hand, said he, I must cross the Ocean main, To venture my Life in a Forreign Land, yet Loyal to thee I will still remain.
Remember your solemn Vows, she said, by Letters my Mind to thee I'll tell, Let no other Love thy Heart invade, so long as I am alive and well. Said she, by all the Powers above, my Heart I'll give to no one but thee, If e'er I prove false unto my Love, then let me a sad Example be. I'll patiently wait for thy Return, and pray that the Heavens may be my Guide, The Watery Waves in Flames shall burn, before I will break my Vow, she cry'd. He entred on Board and left his Dear, the Winds did rise, and the Seas did roar, Death did in sundry shapes appear, until he arriv'd at the Holland shore. Then like a most true entire Friend, after he had cross'd the Ocean Main, To her he did loving Letters send, and she did return him the like again.
But oh! most unfaithful Wretch at last, in little more than a Twelve-months space, For all those Solemn Vows that were past, another Lover she did embrace. Now when he return'd and found it so, he then was tormented in his mind, He sighing said, Now full well I know, no creature so false as Woman-kind. He still from his Heart sad Sighs did fetch, and often in Passion thus said he, Thou false and forsworn Perjur'd Wretch, 'tis thou that alone hast ruin'd me. What solemn Vows to me didst thou make, when first I went from the English Shore? But seeing thou art false, now for thy sake, I'll never believe a Woman more,
Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.