%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The West-Country Lady: / OR, THE / True Pattern of Love and Loyalty: / Being the Resolution of a Wealthy Lady in Cornwal, to / Marry a Schollar for pure Love. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/12/2008 21681

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4.14 R187722 1 Merry and Glad Merry and Glad YOung Lasses now of Beauty bright, / I pray accept of my good=will, in imprint, 'c' of 'Deacon' is inverted. Pepys 4.14 Wing W1403A 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. 4: 14 The West-Country Lady: / OR, THE / True Pattern of Love and Loyalty: / Being the Resolution of a Wealthy Lady in Cornwal, to / Marry a Schollar for pure Love. The West-Country Lady: OR, THE True Pattern of Love and Loyalty: Being the Resolution of a Wealthy Lady in Cornwal, to Marry a Schollar for pure Love. The West-country Lady: Or, the True Pattern of Love and Loyalty: Being the Resolution of a Wealthy Lady in Cornwall, to Marry a Scholar for Pure Love. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?200 x 323 cropped left and right edges, creased, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back. PBA

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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 5/12/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant and Unfortunate class love marriage 05/12/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 7/23/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy finished transcription 8/23/2006 Transcriber Kris McAbee Original Transcription 2006 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/Completed 8/24/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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YOung Lasses now of Beauty bright, I pray accept of my good-will, A Lesson of Love this day I write, the which I wou'd have you remember still. If Oaths and solemn Vows have past of Constancy to any one, O keep them as long as life shall last, for they are the Pledges of Love alone.
For Wealth do not your Conscience wrong, it is not to be bought and sold, You'll find by the sequel of this Song, that true Love is better than crowns of gold We find that Wealth swift wings can take, and never back return again, But true love, nor sorrow or grief can shake, it will like a Rock in a Storm remain.
A Youthful Lady in the West, may all young Damsels pattern be, Tho' she many Hundreds a year possest, she lov'd a poor Schollar of mean degree. When he her Beauty first beheld, her charming Graces dim'd his sight, His heart with Raptures of Love was fill'd, she seem'd like an Angel of beauty bright. Full loath he was to let her know, how he did her dear Charms adore, And what for her sake he did undergo, because she was wealthy and he but poor. At length he writ to her his mind, and said sweet Lady pardon me, In fetters of Love I lye confin'd, your Servant in sad Captivity. While at your feet I bleeding lye, O don't destroy me with disdain, Afford me thy favour sweet Saint, for why, true Love is a sad tormenting pain. These Lines sweet Lady, now receive, and think of what I do endure, My languishing life this day reprieve, 'tis in your own power to kill or cure. As she these melting Lines did read, with joy her eye lids streight run o'er,
For this was right happy News indeed, because she had loved him long before. He was admitted to his Love, who hand and heart did freely give, With solemn vows she wou'd constant prove while she had an hour and day to live. When her Relations came to know that she this solemn vow had made, To her in an angry mood they go, still crying, why will you your self degrade[?] This vow is better broke than kept, you may have one of high degree; With that the young Lady in sorrow wept wou'd you have me guilty of Perjury? Are you my Friend, that wou'd perswade a Loyal Love to turn aside, Denying the solemn vows I made, and be a forsworn wretch she cry'd. What, shall I take your Counsel, no, might I be made a Monarchs Bride, I never would wrong my Conscience so, for all the wealth in the world she cry'd. My Love to him shall ever hold, his Person I shall still adore, Why should I be false for the sake of Gold, when I have enough of my own before.
Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back.