%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Distressed Damosel / for the loss of her Bridgroom: Who having received the Sum of / Twenty Shillings, together with a Ring, Shirt, and Aparrel, which she had borrowed, in order for their / Marriage, but giving her the slip, he went away with all the aforesaid things, to the great shame and dis- / content of the Maid; who sounds forth her sorrow in these lins that follow. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/19/2008 20998

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3.5 R174669 1 My Life and my Death My Life and My Death WAs ever poor Maiden so left in distress, / My grief & my trouble is great you may guess imprint unclear: Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur=street / without Newgate[.] Pepys 3.5 Wing D1700[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. 3: 5 The Distressed Damosel / for the loss of her Bridgroom: Who having received the Sum of / Twenty Shillings, together with a Ring, Shirt, and Aparrel, which she had borrowed, in order for their / Marriage, but giving her the slip, he went away with all the aforesaid things, to the great shame and dis- / content of the Maid; who sounds forth her sorrow in these lins that follow. The Distressed Damosel For the loss of her Bridgroom: Who having received the Sum of Twenty Shillings, together with a Ring, Shirt, and Aparrel, which she had borrowed, in order for their Marriage, but giving her the slip, he went away with all the aforesaid things, to the great shame and discontent of the Maid; who sounds forth her sorrow in these lins that follow. The Distressed Damsel for the Loss of Her Bridgroom: Who Having Received the Sum of Twenty Shillings, Together with a Ring, Shirt, and Apparel, which She Had Borrowed, in Order for Their Marriage, But Giving Her the Slip, He Went Away with All the Aforesaid Things, to the Great Shame and Discontent of the Maid; Who Sounds Forth Her Sorrow in These Lines That Follow. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 313 uneven inking 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur=street / without Newgate. J. Deacon Spufford and 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 5/19/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant clothing/fashion love marriage rurallife trickery/deceit 05/19/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/23/2007 Checker Laura Miller Ballad checked, ESTC R227150. 12/07/2006 Transcriber Cat Zusky Original Transcription 2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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WAs ever poor Maiden so left in distress, My grief & my trouble is great you may guess For he that pretended my true love to be, He's gone and has proved false-hearted to me, He took Rings and money ne'r bid me good by, Was ever poor Maiden so served as I. His love in abundance at first he reveal'd, Long time I was courted before I would yield, But when he had got me at last in the mind,
I found him deceitful and prove most unkind: As here by this ditty I now will make known, Which causeth me here to make pittiful moan. He told me he'd Marry and make me his Bride, If he had but money and Cloathing beside, Now I being willing a Husband to have, Full twenty good Shillings unto him I gave: Then borrow'd a Ring and what e're he did lack, With every thing, nay, the Shirt to his back.
Said he ile be loyal as long as I live, Then many sweet kisses to me he did give; There nothing then seemed my peace to annoy, I being transported with Raptures of joy: That all kind of sorrow did clearly expell, The thoughts of a husband did please me so well. We both had concluded next morning to be, The time of our Marriage in love to agree; Both young-men and maids, we invited also, Who freely attending, did make a fine show: My Bridegroom the Joyner he likewise was gent, In that fine apparel which to him was sent. And thus to be marry'd unto him I went, But little mistrusting his evil intent, For when we came almost unto the Church door, He made an excuse bidding us go before: And there I stay'd waiting for him in the Church, At length I perceiv'd I was left in the lurch. From six in the morning it being so soon, I waited his coming till it was high noon, My heart and my sprits was clearly cast down, To see how Dame Fortune upon me did frown, I waited and waited, yet all was in vain, He never return'd to his true love agin. The Cloaths that I borrow'd, I brought them to him, In which he was decked most gallant and trim, Both Hat, Coat, and Breeches, nay, Shirt I declare For he of himself having nothing to wear, With Ring, Cloaths and money, away he is run, And left me alas a poor Maiden undone. My hope of e're finding him now is but small, Both Clooths and the Ring I must pay for them all, Besides I am laught at wherever I go, This fills my poor senses with sorrow and woe: I needs must confess I was something too free, Let all other Maidens take warning by me.
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Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street without Newgate.