%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> DICKS LOYALTY/ To his True Love NANCY:/ OR,/ A Famous Wedding: With an account of all the pleasant Passages that attended that Day./ The Crouds and Pipers they did play,/ the Young-men Dance and sing;/ For the honour of this day,/ the Bells did sweetly Ring, 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 08/30/2007 21195

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3.182 R233025 1 The Maids a Washing Where's My Shepherd The Maids a Washing DICK resolved to Court young NAN,/ and in his wooing he thus went on[,] Pepys 3.182 Wing D1390[B] 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: 182 DICKS LOYALTY/ To his True Love NANCY:/ OR,/ A Famous Wedding: With an account of all the pleasant Passages that attended that Day./ The Crouds and Pipers they did play,/ the Young-men Dance and sing;/ For the honour of this day,/ the Bells did sweetly Ring, DICKS LOYALTY To his True Love NANCY: OR, A Famous Wedding: With an account of all the pleasant Passages that attended that Day. The Crouds and Pipers they did play, the Young-men Dance and sing; For the honour of this day, the Bell[s] did sweetly Ring, Dick's Loyalty to His True Love Nancy: Or, a Famous Wedding: With an Account of All the Pleasant Passages That Attended That Day. The Crowds and Pipers They Did Play, the Young Men Dance and Sing; For the Honor of This Day, the Bells Did Sweetly Ring, 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 201 x 304 damaged surface horizontal rule and cast fleurons 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt=/ spur=street, without Newgate. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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DICK resolved to Court young NAN , and in his wooing he thus went on, If thou can'st love me, i'le wed thee, and bed thee And prove to my dear a right honest Man. There's young Bridget would fain be my Bride, Nay Sue , and Sarah with Doll beside, Nay Kate , and Winny , with Sisly and Jone , But thou art the Lass that I love alone. If thou canst any kindness show To thy beloved, before I go, I prithee tell me, ne'r spare it, declare it, My dearest sweet Nancy , say I or no: If thou wilt to thy Richard be kind, I prithee now let me know thy mind, For thou art she whom I dearly adore, I ne'r in my life was in Love before.
Love, no longer in silence stand, What e're I have, is at thy command, And I have Riches, most plenty, full twenty Good Acres, my Dearest, of free-hold-land: Unto which I my dearest will bring, And now in token receive this ring Grant me thy favour then shall I be blest, My love it is loyal, I an't in jest. Well said she, if thy words are true, I ne'r will marry with none but you, I now no more will deny ye, but try ye, Why should I stand making a deal of do: For thou art of so worthy a Grace, That here thy kindness I must imbrace, With thee i'le marry, thy mind to fulfill, If I do not, there is enough that will.
Now there's nothing could them annoy, He being Loyal and she not coy, O then young Richard was airy and merry, He likewise did Caper and Jump for joy: They appointed the day to be Wed, And all the Young Men and Maids they bid, Young Nan the Bride was both bonny and gay, She lookt like the beautiful Queen of May . Dick he put on his Roast-meat Cloaths, His Buck-Skin Breeches, his Shooes and Hose. Young Will , with Robin , and Mary , and Sarah , Nay Daniel , with R oger , and Ralph , and Rose : These attended the Bridegroom and Bride, With forty couple at least beside, They being Married then homeward they went To spend all their Day in much merriment. Then a Dinner he did prepare, For all his company that was there, He freely giving his treasure for pleasure, No manner of charges would Richard spare: Ralph the Fidler came with this crowd, And Simon play'd on his Pipes as loud, When after Dinner to Dancing they go, Each Maiden with laughing would lie down low. Ralph and Rose they did lead a Dance, Then Kate and Roger did next advance, Then Will and Robin , with Winny and Jenny , But Margery met with a sad mischance: She among them would fain have made one, But yet alas she was left alone, Theres no man kist her from Morning till night Which made her lament, I, and well she might. Thus their merriment did abound, And many kisses went freely round, They all were pleased with tripping & clipping, For Margery she at the last was found: Then the Fidlers they did release, And Pipers, giving them Groats a piece, The Day was ended with joy and delight, And e'ry one went to their home at night.
This may be Printed , R. P. Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt- spur-street, without Newgate.