%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> True Love Requited,/ Or, The Bayliffs Daughter of Islington./ The young-man's Friends the Maid did scorn,/ 'Cause she was poor and left forlorn,/ They sent the Esquire to London fair,/ To be an Apprentice seven year./ And when he out on's time was come,/ He met his Love a going home,/ And then to end all farther strife,/ He took the Maid to be his Wife. 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 08/21/2007 21272

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3.258 R234458 1 a North-country Tune. Or, I have a good old Mother at home The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington A North Country Tune, Or, I Have a Good Old Mother at Home THere was a youth, and a well=belov'd youth/ and he was [?] Esquires Son, Pepys 3.258 Wing T2735 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: 258 True Love Requited,/ Or, The Bayliffs Daughter of Islington./ The young-man's Friends the Maid did scorn,/ 'Cause she was poor and left forlorn,/ They sent the Esquire to London fair,/ To be an Apprentice seven year./ And when he out on's time was come,/ He met his Love a going home,/ And then to end all farther strife,/ He took the Maid to be his Wife. True Love Requited, Or, The Bayliffs Daughter of Islington. The young-man's Friends the Maid did scorn, 'Cause she was poor and left forlorn, They sent the Esquire to London fair, To be an Apprentice seven year. And when he out on's time was come, He met his Love a going home, And then to end all farther strife, He took the Maid to be his Wife. True Love Requited, or, the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. The Young Man's Friends the Maid Did Scorn, Because She Was Poor and Left Forlorn, They Sent the Esquire to London Fair, to Be an Apprentice Seven Year. And When He Out On His Time Was Come, He Met His Love Going Home, and Then to End All Further Strife, He Took the Maid to Be His Wife. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 185 x 310 set-off from opposite page visible horizontal and vertical rules, cast fleurons 1664-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden/ Ball in Py-corner. 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 8/21/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant London love marriage 8/21/07 Checker Cat Zusky Checked transcription and metadata, created XML 7/25/06 Transcriber Eric Nebeker Original transcription 8/30/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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THere was a youth, and a well-belov'd youth and he was [a] Esquires Son, He loved the Bayliffs daughter dear that lived in Islington . She was coy, and she would not believe that he did love her so; No, nor at any time she would any countenance to him show.
But when his friends did understand his fond and foolish mind, They sent him up to fair London an Apprentice for to bind. And when he had been seven long years and his Love he had not seen, Many a tear have I shed for her sake when she little thought of me.
ALl the Maids of Islington went forth to sport and play; All but the Bayliffs Daughter dear, she secretly stole away. She put off her Gown of gray, and put on puggish Attire: She's up to fair London gone her true-Love to require. As she went along the Road, the weather being hot and dry, There was she aware of her true-Love, at length came riding by. She stept to him as red as any Rose, and took him by the Bridal Ring, I pray you kind sir give me one penny to ease my weary Limb. I prithee sweetheart canst thou tell me where that thou wast born? At Islington kind sir, said she, where I have had many a sco[r]n.
I prithee sweetheart canst thou tell me whether thou dost know The Bayliffs daughter of Islington : she's dead Sir long ago. Then will I sell my goodly Steed, my Saddle, and my Bow, I will into some far Country, where no man doth me know. O stay, O stay, thou goodly Youth, she's alive, she is not dead; Here she standeth by thy side, and is ready to be thy Bride. O farwel grief, and welcome joy ten thousand times and more; For now I have seen my own true Love, that I thought I should have seen no more.
Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Py-corner.