%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Wealthy Grasier's Joys/ COMPLEATED./ Or, The Shepherd's beautiful Daughter obtained./ His Love was pure, and did endure,/ And will for evermore;/ Her Beauty bright is his delight,/ And her he doth adore. 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 08/28/2007 21180

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3.168 R234435 1 Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London PRithee sweet Creature sit down by my side,/ I have no design to undo thee; in thee, the sweet Girl of the Nation. [with variations] see also Pepys 3.172 Pepys 3.168 Wing W1188 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: 168 The Wealthy Grasier's Joys/ COMPLEATED./ Or, The Shepherd's beautiful Daughter obtained./ His Love was pure, and did endure,/ And will for evermore;/ Her Beauty bright is his delight,/ And her he doth adore. The Wealthy Grasier's Joys COMPLEATED. Or, The Shepherd's beautiful Daughter obtained. His Love was pure, and did endure, And will for evermore; Her Beauty bright is his delight, And her he doth adore. The Wealthy Grasier's Joys Completed. Or, the Shepherd's Beautiful Daughter Obtained. His Love Was Pure, and Did Endure, and Will For Evermore; Her Beauty Bright Is His Delight, and Her He Doth Adore. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 194 x 334 vertical rules and cast fleurons 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon at the Angel in Guiltspur=street, without Newgate. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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P Rithee sweet Creature sit down by my side, I have no design to undoe thee; But am resolved to make thee my Bride, and therefore am coming to wooe thee: If that thou wilt but give thy consent, there needeth no more disputation; I shall have comfort and perfect content in thee, the sweet Girl of the Nation.
Tell me, my dearest, if thou wilt be mine, 'tis nothing but Love I desire; All that I have in the World shall be thine, thy person I much do admire. Here I protest my love it is true, I never use dissimulation; Let me enjoy but the favour of you the beautiful Girl of the Nation.
I Never fancied no Creature but thee, thou fair and most amorous beauty; I do desire thy servant to be, and count it no more than my Duty, Nay, and I call the Powers above to witness this my Oration, That I will never prove false to my Love, the Beauty of all the whole Nation. Here I do promise, and give thee my hand, my Love, that I'll never offend thee; But will endow thee with Houses and Land, and servants shall alwaies attend thee: Therefore if thou to love wilt agree, there needeth no more disputation; I never fancied no Creature but thee, the Beauty of all the whole Nation. Both Corn and Cattel I have a great stock, and young ones they daily are breeding; Three or four hundred Sheep in a Flock, with Lambs that are sweetly feeding; I will maintain thee gallant and brave, and thou shalt live free from vexation; Had I ten thousand times more than I have, 'tis thine, the sweet Girl of the Nation.
Both night and day thou dost run in my mind, then prithee now do no deny me; If you imagine I will prove unkind, my dearest I'd have thee but try me: Here in my Arms I will thee infold, believe this my true protestation, For I do prize thee far better than Gold, thou beautiful girl of the Nation. When he had told her his honest intent, she finding his Love so entire, This youthful Damosel did give her consent, and granted her true-Love's desire; Then by the hand his Love he did take, and brought her home to her Relation, Where he protested he'd never forsake this beautiful girl of the Nation. He was for making no longer delay, with her he was truly delighted; And the young Damosel appointed the day, their Friends they was likewise invited; That they in Love might both be linkt fast, acco[r]ding to Laws of the Nation; And when the Wedding is over and past, we'l give you a further Relation.
Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Guiltspur-street, without Newgate.