%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> An ANSWER to the Dairy Maid's Tragedy:/ Or, The sad Overthrow of two West Country LOVERS, Wil-/ liam and Susan, whose Deaths are so much lamented (by a worthy 'Squire) who/ had the hard Fortune to behold this double Tragedy. 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 04/03/2008 21336

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3.321 R172355 1 The Nightingale's Song Peg and the Soldier The Nightingale's Song THe Dairy-maid's Tragedy when I beheld,/ My Heart with sad sorrow and grief being fill'd; imprint unclear: LONDON: Printed for J. Deacon, at/ the An<gel> in Guiltspur-street. See also 3.320 Pepys 3.321 Wing A3403[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: 321 An ANSWER to the Dairy Maid's Tragedy:/ Or, The sad Overthrow of two West Country LOVERS, Wil-/ liam and Susan, whose Deaths are so much lamented (by a worthy 'Squire) who/ had the hard Fortune to behold this double Tragedy. An ANSWER to the Dairy Maid's Tragedy: Or, The sad Overthrow of two West Country LOVERS, William and Susan, whose Deaths are so much lamented (by a worthy 'Squire) who had the hard Fortune to behold this double Tragedy. An Answer to the Dairy Maid's Tragedy: or, the Sad Overthrow of Two West Country Lovers, William and Susan, Whose Deaths Are So Much Lamented (by a Worthy Squire) Who Had the Hard Fortune to Behold This Double Tragedy. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, 170 x 357 cropped right edge, creased, uneven inking horizontal rules 1671-1702 LONDON: Printed for J. Deacon, at/ the Angel in Guiltspur-street. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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T He Dairy-maid's Tragedy when I beheld, My Heart with sad sorrow and grief being fill'd; I pay'd her a Tribute of passionate Tears, To see how she died in the prime of her Years. So soon as the breath from he body was fled, My thoughts a black Cloud hover'd over my Head; The Sky that before was right pleasant and clear, Did now in a Mantle of Mourning appear.
It rain'd as if Heaven with pity did weep, To see a wrong'd Lover laid fast in a sleep, Who had been both loving, nay, loyal and kind. Yet forced to die, by the torment of mind. Behold e'ry Creater was heavy and sad, There was not a cherishing look to be had; The Lambs blated forth a right sorrowful mourn, While the woody Queresters sung a sad tone.
They cloaked their wings, & their heads they hung down, And Fortune came knitting her brows with a frown; With Billy who follow'd behind her, that he, Might see the effects of his late pargury. Now when he came near were the Dairy-maid lay, Whose cheeks they were pale, likewise colder then clay; Then smiting his breast at the sudden surprize, While sorrowful tears trickle down from his eyes, Alas! I have ruin'd a Lover, he cry'd, Who often I promis'd to make my own Bride; But since I was cruel and fallse to my oath, I find it will now be the ruin of both. I took him immediately fast by the hand, And said by your words, I do well understand, That you are the Person that ruin'd this Maid, Her innocent heart with her life you betray'd. There never was Creater more constant than she, Free hearted and loving in every degree: Her favours on you, she did often bestow, And yet you have proved her sad overthrow. Quoth he, I confess that her kindness was more Then e're I deserv'd for she still had in store, Some good thing or other to treat her poor Will ; Yet I was ungrateful and slighted her still: How many sweet Sullebubs have I enjoy'd? She fed me with Custards until I was cloy'd: Nay, nothing was wanting that she could procure. But as for young Nancy and Kate I am sure, They never would give me so much as a bit Of Pudding or Pey-crust, or ought that was fit, For any true Lover to rellish or eat; Those Damsels, alas! I was forced to treat.
But Susan , poor Susan , was kinder then so, But yet I have prov'd her invincible Foe; Small reason I had for to prove so untrue, For none of them all was so kind as poor Sue. When we with young Lovers have gone to a Fair, If she has but known that my pockets was bare, Poor Creater she presently call'd me aside, Then into my hands she a tester would slide. But now she is dead and will give me no more; I wish that my sorrowful sighs could restore Poor Susan to life; but my wishes are vain, No sighs in the World can recal her again. She is clearly departed, her lips they are cold, The picture of Death in her face I behold; My life is a burden, therefore let me die, For there is no Creater so wretched as I. Then straight he withdrew to the brink of a rock, And turning about he took leave of his flock; Then threw himself head-long down into the Seas, Where under the billows he sunk by degrees. Where Neptune immediately made him a grave, And cover'd the same with a watery wave. Thus did I behold the destruction of both: O! Lovers hence forward be true to your oath.
FINIS.
Licensed according to Order. London: Printed for J. Deacon, at the An [gel ] in Giltspur-street.