%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> [?] You young-men all I pray draw neer, / That does desire a song to hear, / It will teach you what wife for to chuse, / Who to take, and who to refuse, / And a man may have a woman in a trice, / They are termed to the chance o'th Dice, / But you must venture, have at all, / Whether you stand or get a fall. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1624-1680 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/04/2007 21048

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3.51 R188788 1 The World goes Merrily Round The World Goes Merrily Round YOu young men that want skill in wooing, / and if ye desire to be wed, But chiefly I wish you beware, / of a wench with a rowling eye, / For she than can cousen and swear, / can also dissemble and lye. Pepys 3.51 Wing Y57[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: 51 [?] You young-men all I pray draw neer, / That does desire a song to hear, / It will teach you what wife for to chuse, / Who to take, and who to refuse, / And a man may have a woman in a trice, / They are termed to the chance o'th Dice, / But you must venture, have at all, / Whether you stand or get a fall. You young-men all I pray draw neer, That does desire a song to hear, It will teach you what wife for to chuse, Who to take, and who to refuse, And a man may have a woman in a trice, They are termed to the chance o'the Dice, But you must venture, have at all, Whether you stand or get a fall. You Young Men All I Pray Draw Near, That Does Desire a Song to Hear, It Will Teach You What Wife for to Choose, Who to Take, and Who to Refuse, and a Man May Have a Woman in a Trice, They Are Termed to the Chance of the Dice, but You Must Venture, Have at All, Whether You Stand or Get a Fall. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 297 cropped top edge cast fleurons 1624-1680 Printed for F. Coles, in Vine-street, on Saffron- / hill, neer Hatton=garden. F. Coles 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 9/4/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant advice appearance marriage 09/04/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription and metadata checked, xml created 08/01/2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 08/19/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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YOu young men that want skill in wooing, and if ye desire to be wed, Take counsel of me in your doing, for fear least you should be misled: Do not my kind proffer refuse, it will never you deceive, It will teach you what women to chuse, and what creature you had best to believe; But chielfly I wish you beware, of a wench with a rowling eye, For she that can cousen and swear, can also dissemble and lye, In the first place I do you advise, take one not too high nor too low, But according unto your own cise, you may well her qualities know; Take one not too rich nor too poor, nor one that's a dirty foul slut, The one she may Babble too lowd, the other may poyson the gut; But chiefly, etc.
It is better to wed an honest maid, although she be never so poor, Then to wed a Rich Gossip in stead, least afterwards she should turn Whore; And a widdow whose wealth doth surmount, if that you do marry for gain, She'l call you to double account, so your pleasure will turn to your pain, But chiefly, etc. Besides she is apt to be jealous, which is the fore-runner of strife, As good to be hang'd at the Gallows, as marry with such a cross wife; And now in the Second Part, I am purposed for to resite My skill in Physiognomy, wherein I will shew you a light; But chiefly I wish you beware, of a wench with a rowling eye, For she that can cousen and swear, can also dissemble and lye.
BY colour of Hair of the head, or else by the favour o'th face, I will teach you with whom for to wed, and who you had best to imbrace: The man that will chuse him a mate, by colour of hair or complexion, He must use many ways to entreat, lest he be brought under subjection. For chiefly I wish you beware, of a wench with a rowling eye, For she that can cousen and swear, will also dissemble and lye. You must note both her forehead and brow, her cheeks, eyes, nose, and her chin, God Cupid those things doth allow, when you first to woo her begin: All is not true gold that does glitter, nor all is not lead that looks dull: Fair Venus that chief of the sisters, made Vulcan her husband a gull, But chiefly, etc. So many times beautiful Lasses, which holds there poor husbands in scorn, And cunningly breaks all the glass, and makes them drink out of the horn. She that hath her hair of bright yellow, and dressed like wyers of gold, If she meet with some pretty fellow, her husband may chance to Cuckold. But chiefly, etc. But she that's by nature composed, with round cherry cheeks and red hair, But be she pink-eyed and long-nosed, believe me she is dangerous ware: The brown hair hath witty dicourse, but commonly for her own ends, I like her a great deal the worse, because she dissembles with her friends, But chiefly, etc. A wench with an ash-coloured face, her actions are often uncivil, Her tongue will her husband disgrace, just like to the second she-devil. But the bonny wench with the black brow, O she is a good one indeed, For she will be true to her trust, I would we had more of her breed. But chiefly, etc.
And thus have I told you my mind, concerning phesiognomy, I wish no harm to women kind, I swear by my honesty. Least I should some female offend, i'le lay by my pen and so rest, What ever in the ditty is pend, let young-men take where they like best, But chiefly, etc. But thus I may speak in regard, and i'le maintain my words in a trice, Some women may well be compared, to the best chance or the worst of the dice: Suppose a young-man goes to the dice, to venture his goods and his store, If he throw a sinck or a sice, then the game is his own for evermore. But chiefly, etc. But if that his fortune be cross, he throws but a duce or an ace, His goods and his substance is lost, and he left in a pittiful case: Suppose in a like case, if a Lad, can get him a provident wife, His fortune can never be bad, he is made all the days of his life. But chiefly, etc. But if that dame fortune do frown, that dis wife and he cannot agree, He is for ever cast down, by woful experience you see; Thus noble young-men adieu, remember the words which I [say], This song's like to prove to be true then by it and bear it away: But chiefly I wish you beware, of a wench with a rowling eye, For she that can cousen and swear, can also desemble and lye.
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Printed for F. Coles, in Vine-street, on Saffron- hill, neer Hatton-garden.