%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Maidens Complaint against Young=Mens Unkindness./ Of Young-Mens falshood she doth much complain,/ Resolving never to love Man again:/ Experience tells her Men Love but for Fashion,/ Which makes her rail against them in such passion. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1684-1686 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/18/2007 21233

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3.220 R188526 1 Cupids Courtesie Cupid's Courtesy Cupid's Courtesy I Am so deep in Love,/ I cannot hide it, Pepys 3.220 Wing M267[B]; Rollins (2) 1642 (July 1, 1678, iii, 67, F.C., T.V., J.W., J.C.). 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: 220 The Maidens Complaint against Young=Mens Unkindness./ Of Young-Mens falshood she doth much complain,/ Resolving never to love Man again:/ Experience tells her Men Love but for Fashion,/ Which makes her rail against them in such passion. The Maidens Complaint against Young-Mens Unkindness. Of Young-Mens falshood she doth much complain, Resolving never to love Man again: Experience tells her Men Love but for Fashion, Which makes her rail against them in such passion. The Maiden's Complaint Against Young Men's Unkindness. Of Young Men's Falsehood She Does Much Complain, Resolving Never to Love Man Again: Experience Tells Her Men Love but for Fashion, Which Makes Her Rail Against Them in Such Passion. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?205 x 275 creased 1684-1686 Printed for I. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger[.] J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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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 9/18/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant advice infidelity love sex/sexuality 9/18/07 Checker Cat Zusky Checked transcription and metadata, created XML 12/18/06 Transcriber Pavneet Aulakh Original transcription 8/26/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Am so deep in Love, I cannot hide it, It breaks me of my rest, and of my quiet; For when I see his face, it so inflames me, That I must love him still though the World blames me. O fie upon this love, it will undoe me, I'le ne'r love man again, should the Gods wooe me: For if that once I can shake of this passion, I'le ne'r love man again, but only for fashion. There's no belief in men, though they seem civil. For when they sit like Saints, they think most evil.
Therefore be rul'd by me, never trust no man. But if you needs must love, pray love a Woman. I wish blind Cupid had, been soundly sleeping, When like a Crafty Lad, he came so creeping: To wound my tender heart, and pierce my Marrow; I felt his fatal Dart, to my great sorrow. Never poor Virgin was, in such a taking, I oft lookt in my Glass, pleasure forsaking, My cheeks are pale and wan, my lips do tremble. Because I lov'd a Man that did dissemble.
O What a simple Girl, I was for certain, For to love Lord or Earl, I will not hearken: Not one in twenty Score, but is deceitful: Therefore i'le love no more, Men are ungrateful. It is their constant trade to cog and flatter, Or to delude a Maid, her sort to batter: But if they prate and lye, i'le not believe them, Such Love i'le never try, although it grieve 'em. They profess and pretend, much of affection, Until they make you bend, to loves subjection: Of your hearts craftily they will berieve you, Till a new face they spy, then they will leave you. Their words are all but wind, like Winter weather, Unconstant and unkind, light as a feather:
I tell you short and plain, i'le not abide it, To love a man again, once having try'd it. Blame me not though I be, somewhat in passion For now I plainly see, it is the Fashion For such false-hearted men, are grown so common, That when I love again i'le love a Woman. Why should a Woman dote on such a bubble; That's good for nothing but to procure trouble: Every day I will pray: for to live single, That my affections may with no mans mingle. Ladies take my advice you have rare features, Always be coy and nice, to such false creatures: No man will constant prove, no not my brothey, Then if you needs must love, love one another.
Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger