%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Countrey Lasses Good Counsel to all her Fellow-Maids./ Wherein she doth make it plain appear,/ That of all, living a single life she loves most dear./ And wishes Maidens all a row,/ To take heed of false tongues where ever they go. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1678-1680 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/19/2007 21014

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3.20 R174292 2 The Seaman's adieu to his dear The Seaman's Adieu to His Dear Shrewsbury for me Shrewsbury For Me COme all you young Damsels where ever you dwell,/ And listen unto my words very well, Pepys 3.20 Wing C6540[a]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: 20 The Countrey Lasses Good Counsel to all her Fellow-Maids./ Wherein she doth make it plain appear,/ That of all, living a single life she loves most dear./ And wishes Maidens all a row,/ To take heed of false tongues where ever they go. The Countrey Lasses Good Counsel to all her Fellow-Maids. Wherein she doth make it plain appear, That of all, living a single life she loves most dear. And wishes Maidens all a row, To take heed of false tongues where ever they go. The Country Lass's Good Counsel to All Her Fellow Maids. Wherein She Does Make It Plain Appear, That of all, Living a Single Life She Loves Most Dearly. And Wishes Maidens All in a Row, To Take Heed of False Tongues Whereever They Go. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 202 x 280 cropped and torn top edge, creased vertical rule 1678-1680 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J Wright, J Clark. / W. Thackery, and T. Passinger. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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COme all you young Damsels where ever you dwell, And listen unto my words very well, And I will shew you in every degree, Of all sorts of living, a Maids life for me. A maid whilest she's single doth live gallantly, With the money she gets fine Cloaths she may buy: But when she is marryed, O then she shall see. The case will be alter'd in every degree. Young men they will woe with words so pure, And tell you their love will constant endure: And how that to you they will ever be kind, But that you shall see when the Devil is blind. They'l promise you Bodkins, Thimbles and Gloves, And all is but for to gain a Maidens love: But not one in ten will prove true you shall find, He'l be as good as his word when the Devil is blind. They'l praise our Beauty, with our fingers long & small, Our Leggs and Feet, and our Bodies withal:
And say that they are handsom in every degree, But for all their fine speeches, a Maidslife for me. When your marryed, then comes trouble and care, And for house-keeping you pinch and spare: You must work day and night with a world of pain, Only your poor Family for to maintain. Whilst we are single we can go where we please, We can do what we list; work or take our ease: When she that is marryed must work day and night, Whilst she that is single may take her delight. At Fairs when young-men and maids they do meet, There is nothing but courting and kissing so sweet They take you to the tavern & feast you with Cakes & wine But when you are marryed, O then you starve and pine. Some Men will crack and say they have house and land, But when they go fort upon other mens ground it doth stand, And all that they promise you true you shall find, But that you shall see when the Devil is blind,
THerefore you young maidens both great and small, Takethismy Counsel before you get a fall: It is good to be wary in choosing a Mate, For fear you repent when it is too late. There is Sope and Candle you must provide; And also cloathing their nakedness to hide: With a 1000 more troubles in married life there wi[ll] [b]e Then every maid to her mind, a single life for me. And if that your husband be cross and unkind, It will vex your person, and trouble your mind: With much discomfort youl find night and day, Then for to live single, is the best way. And if he be a Drunkard, this you must know, To the Ale-house many times he will go: If you follow him, base jade he'l you call, And in his fury knock your head against the wall. And if he be a Gamester I tell you true, That base gaming will make your family rue: For I know them that has us'd it, I can make appear, That have consumed whole hundreds a year. And if that your husband be jealous likewise, It will cause great controversie betwixt you to rise, The he'l out with his purse, and call you Whore: And if you speak to him he'l beat you out of door. If he be a Glutton, I do tell you plain, He[']l eat more in one week, then in a month he will gain; And beside that you will always be poor, For a Glutton continually eats up his store. And if he be a Cotquean you sure shall find, You never can do any thing to please his mind: Tho to make ready your dyet, you use your best skill He'l have a finger in the Pye, or he'l want of his will. Moreover then this, he'l grope the Ducks and hens, And count all the Chickins that be in the Pens: When your Butter or Cheese you go for to make, He'l be sure then your part for to take. And now you pretty maidens where ever you be, To live a single life is the best you may see, For to find a good husband by night or by day: You had as good seek a Needle in a Bottle of hay. Concluding my ditty which here I have pen'd, I hope that my Sonnet will no one offend: Come buy every one, and then you shall see, Tis good to live single in every degree.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J Wright, J Clark. W. Thackery, and T. Passinger.