%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The faithfull SHEPHERD./ The shepherd vows for ever to be true/ And Flora bids all wavering thoughts adieu,/ They to each other do their promise plight/ And in each others company delight. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1682 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/18/2007 21237

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3.224 R188031 1 Hail to the mirtle shade Hail to the Myrtle Shade COme my dear hearts delight,/ let us joyfully welcome the spring, Pepys 3.224 Wing F286[a]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: 224 The faithfull SHEPHERD./ The shepherd vows for ever to be true/ And Flora bids all wavering thoughts adieu,/ They to each other do their promise plight/ And in each others company delight. The faithfull SHEPHERD. The shepherd vows for ever to be true And Flora bids all wavering thoughts adieu, They to each other do their promise plight And in each others company delight. The Faithful Shepherd. The Shepherd Vows Forever to Be True and Flora Bids All Wavering Thoughts Adieu, They to Each Other Do Their Promise Plight and in Each Other's Company Delight. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 290 cropped right edge, uneven inking funerary border: 68 x 6, horizontal and vertical rules 1680-1682 Printed for M. Cole, T. Vere[,]/ J. Wright, J. Clark, W./ Thackery, and T./ Passenger. M. Cole, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clark, W.Thackeray,T. Pasinger 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 animals/nature holidays/seasons love marriage 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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C Ome my dear hearts delight, let us joyfully welcome the spring, That Yearly doth Lovers invite to hear the sweet Nightingale sing: We hand in hand will walk together & mind the green Trees how they bud, We now may expect Summer weather, and hear the sweet charms of the Wood. We'l walk forth into the green Forrest and see the young Fawns how they skip, And every eight Furlongs we travel, I'le kiss thy most delicate Lip, Like Rubies they seem to my fancy, and Corals they clearly out-vie, We'l gather up Herbs for a Tanzey, to feast my dear Lover and I.
No Citizens e're shall exceed us, though in gallantry they do surpass, Our fancies with pleasure doth feed us, and we never wear paint on the face; But what good Dame Nature hath spar'd us therewith we are fully content, And for marriage our years have prepar[']d us to be wedded it is our intent. But Flora methinks I have tarry'd a long and a tedious while, Tis surely high time to be marry'd, come Flora , come lend me a smile, Yea, give me a promise and seal it with a wafer that grows on thy Lip, Tho I have a wound thou canst heal it, and together we Nectar will sip,
Well since thou art warm'd with desire, ile tell thee my joy and my sweet, Methinks I do feel the same fire, we'l go and old Hymen we'l meet, Who, between us shall cause such a union no mischief shall ever divide, No Shepherd e're found such a true one as ile be when once I am ti'd. These words my dear Flora do win me, come let us make haste and away, Methinks there is something within me that tells me too long we do stay: Oh come let us go and be marry'd, I long in thy Bosome to sleep, This motion must not be miscarry'd yet needs must make haste to my sheep, Ile go to thy flocks now my Dearest that I love above all other men, And prove to be what thou appearest, ile help thee to set up thy Pen; And when my dear Shepherd is weary, thy hurdles I'le help to remove, Both night and day with thee ile tarry, and alwaies make much of my Love. Was ever poor Shepherd so marry'd as now I am like for to be, Ten thousands have surely miscarry'd, and ne'r were so happy as we,
The Fish that do swim in the Ocean such freedom could never enjoy, What cruelty could make a Motion this happiness now to destroy. Thus smiling together they passed, and trip'd o're the flowry plain, No pleasure their comforts surpassed that lov'd, and were loved again: Methinks it is sweet to consider the joys these true Lovers did find, That vow'd to be constant for ever, and of an unchangable mind. Take pattern by us all you Lovers and learn to be constant and true, For he that himself once discovers to be false, must bid comforts adieu, For in day time he shall be tormented and Nightly perplexed with dreams, But he that would feign be contented, must doubtless appear what he seems.
Printed for M. Cole, T. Vere J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackery, and T. Passenger.