%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Crums of Comfort / For the / YOUNGEST SISTER. / The youngest Sister in despair, / At last did comfort find, / Which banisht all her grief and care, / And eas'd her troubled mind, / A kind young man did promise her / That she should married be, / She answered him again Kind Sir, / Thereto I'm wondrous free. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/07/2008 21139

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3.129 R227069 1 a pleasant new West country Tune A Pleasant New West Country Tune I Have a good old Father at home, / an ancient man is he, That I should marry'd be [with variations] imprint unclear: Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball, in West-Smith[fi]eld. Pepys 3.129 Wing C7430[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: 129 Crums of Comfort / For the / YOUNGEST SISTER. / The youngest Sister in despair, / At last did comfort find, / Which banisht all her grief and care, / And eas'd her troubled mind, / A kind young man did promise her / That she should married be, / She answered him again Kind Sir, / Thereto I'm wondrous free. Crums of Comfort For the YOUNGEST SISTER. The youngest Sister in despair, At last did comfort find, Which banisht all her grief and care, And eas'd her troubled mind, A kind young man did promise her That she should married be, She answered him again Kind Sir Thereto I'm wondrous free. Crumbs of Comfort for the Youngest Sister. The Youngest Sister in Despair, at Last Did Comfort Find, Which Banished All Her Grief and Care, and Eased Her Troubled Mind, a Kind Young Man Did Promise Her That She Should Married Be, She Answered Him Again Kind Sir Thereto I'm Wonderous Free. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 183 x 293 damaged surface, uneven inking funerary border: 97 x 4, vertical rules and cast fleurons 1664-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden in Ball West-Smithfield. P. Brooksby 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 Love Pleasant gender love marriage 8/7/2008 Checker Jessica C. Murphy checked metadata, entered ESTC ID from estc.bl.uk 08/21/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription and metadata checked, xml; unable to match estc id 07/18/2006 Checker Simone Chess transcription checked 07/18/2006 Transcriber Unknown original transcription 08/24/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Have a good old Father at home, an ancient man is he, But he has a mind, that e're he dies, That I should marry'd be. And since I heard of thy complaint, methoughts I pitty'd thee, To me thou seemest like a Saint, And thou shalt marryed be. The Roses and the Lillies fair cannot compare to thee, Then mine own Dear do not despair, for thou shalt married be.
I have been curious in mine eye, yet ne'r could any see, That so much pleas'd my fantasie, And thou shalt married be. All night between my loving Arms, thou shalt have embraces free, And ile secure thee from all harms When thou shalt married be. An e wouldst thou have a pretty Babe ild quickly get it thee, Thy credit and my own to save, When we two married be.
A Thousand joys ile promise more and all the world shall see, That none like thee I will adore, And thou shalt married be. What though thy Sister is bestow'd let not that trouble thee, On her young men some years have blowd Thou young shalt married be. Thou hast no wrinckles in thy face and so i'm sure has she, 'Twill be an honour, no disgrace, That thou shouldst married be. And tell me now canst thou deny so kind a friend as me, That faith thou shalt no Maiden die, But thou shalt married be. If I walk through the Universe I can no fairer see, But every where I will reherse That we will married be.
Ile Crown thee with the joys of love, some Mortals ne'r did see, And some shall with that live above, Like us to married be. Can Hymen any joys provide, my Dear for thee or me, Out of his thoughts they cannot slide, But thou shalt married be. No, no, torment thy self no more, nor fear loves cruelty, Thou art the girl that I adore, And thou shalt married be. Give me thy hand, take here my heart, and be from sorrow free, I know the worth of thy desert, And thou shalt married be. Twill be one day a blessed time and we from cares be free, When thou art married in thy prime That I may happy be.
Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden in Ball West-Smithfield.