%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> [?] The Maids Chastity that is troubled in mind, / Against young-men's inconstancy, who proveth unkind; / She gives warning to all Maidens that are in the row, / To take heed of false young-men wheresoe're they go. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1681-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/04/2007 21047

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3.50 R188536 1 a pleasant New Tune A Pleasant New Tune YOu young maids that would live chary / And live single and not marry, [F]or the Maid is the best the lies alone. [stanzas 1,3,4,6,7,11,13-18; with variations] Pepys 3.50 Wing M275[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: 50 [?] The Maids Chastity that is troubled in mind, / Against young-men's inconstancy, who proveth unkind; / She gives warning to all Maidens that are in the row, / To take heed of false young-men wheresoe're they go. The Maids Chastity that is troubled in mind, Against young-men's inconstancy, who proveth unkind; She gives warning to all Maidens that are in the row, To take heed of false young-men wheresoe're they go. The Maid's Chastity That Is Troubled in Mind, Against Young Men's Inconstancy, Who Prove Unkind; She Gives Warning to All Maidens That Are in the Row, to Take Heed of False Young Men Wheresoever They Go. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?200 x 330 cropped left edge, damaged surface, uneven inking 1681-1684 Pri[n]ted for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, & T. Passenger. J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passenger Blagden

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YOu young maids that would live chary And live single and not marry, Nor contract your selves to none, [F]or the Maid is best that lies alone. Cupid; Cupid, thou hast done me wrong, I have been thy servant now too long; My heart was never free from care, [S]ince I was intangled in thy snare. In thy snare I have been feter'd, And often have my business letted, [I]n following after Venus train, But the Maid is best that lies alone. Young men they will cog and lye, Maidens they may weep and cry Truth and conscience they use none, But the maid is the best that lies alone.
In this breast a heart I bare, 'Tis none of mine I wish it were; Once it was mine if I could have kept it, But now where it is, 'tis not respected. Now I hope to have my heart again, And keep it fast from Venus Chain, Lock it in this brest of my own But the maid is best that lies alone. When I have gain'd it safe again, Then I am free from all young men, And never like to make this moan, But live a single maid alone. Love is torment who can abide it, Who better knows then him that hath tryd it, I count her but a mad woman still, That seeks to humour a young mans will.
YOung men they be much inclin'd, Only to know a maidens mind, Maids do not believe them if they swear, Least after they leave you in a snare. But try their hearts if that you can Before that you love any man; Love is fond and fickle still Then do not humour a young mans will. If a Lover be humoured in his condition Then he doth plead with a strong commision To get his intention if he can The Maid is the best that lies alone. For in lying alone there is no harm taken, And being of an inconstant Love forsaken, It's better then Gold or Silver store, If that she doth never see him more. A maid that lives in an honest carriage Must be careful in her marriage Young men are so deceitful grown, The maid is the best that lies alone.
True Lovers knot may soon be ty'd, And a maid too soon may be made a Bride, That is all in conclusion shown, But the maid is the best that lies alone. There is many things for to consider If a man and woman go together: If love be wanting between them twain They had better still to lye alone. When they come to a maid a wooing They make no consience in their doing But use all the deceit they can But the maid is the best that lies alone. There are false young men in my mind Some proves cross & some proves kind I will not condemn them all for one, The maids are the best that lies alone. Therefore I advise you consider my Song, I write to maids I'le do them no wrong And still I do tell you every one, The maid is the best that lies alone.
Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, & T. Passenger.