%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Trappan'd Welsh-man, / Sold to Virginia. / Showing how a Welsh man came to London, and went to see the Royal Exchange, / where he met a Handsom Lass, with whom he was Enamoured; who pretending / to shew him the Ships, carried him aboard a Virginia Man and Sold him, having / first got the Welsh-mans Gold, to his great grief and sorrow. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1690 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/07/2008 21697

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4.31 R187523 1 Monsieurs Misfortune Monsieur's Misfortune NOt long ago hur came to London, / some pritty Fashions for to see, Pepys 4.31 Wing T2051A 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: 31 THE / Trappan'd Welsh-man, / Sold to Virginia. / Showing how a Welsh man came to London, and went to see the Royal Exchange, / where he met a Handsom Lass, with whom he was Enamoured; who pretending / to shew him the Ships, carried him aboard a Virginia Man and Sold him, having / first got the Welsh-mans Gold, to his great grief and sorrow. THE Trappan'd Welsh-man, Sold to Virginia. Showing how a Welsh man came to London, and went to see the Royal Exchange, where he met a Handsom Lass, with whom he was Enamoured; who pretending to shew him the Ships, carried him a board a Virginia Man and Sold him, having first got the Welsh-mans Gold, to his great grief and sorrow. The Entrapped Welshman, Sold to Virginia. Showing How a Welshman Came to London, and Went to See the Royal Exchange, Where he Met a Handsome Lass, with Whom He Was Enamored; Who Pretending to Show Him the Ships, Carried Him Aboard a Virginia Man and Sold Him, Having First Got the Welshman's Gold, to His Great Grief and Sorrow. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 312 creased vertical rules 1680-1690 Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms within Aldgate. C. Dennisson PBA

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NOt long ago hur came to London, some pritty Fashions for to see, Sure hur were mad so to be undone, in middle of hur Bravery: Hur knew hur got much Wit as any, when hur arrived here from Wales, Cots-plot, hur knew Deceivers many, hur now be sure must tell no Tales.
Hur came to see the Exchange so neatly, and wor no Shangling you may think, But hur wor serv'd a trick compleatly, in time that any man can wink: But wor not this an unlucky Baggage, a harmless Welsh-man to trappan? She's told hur 'twor an ancient Adage, Shack wor not born a Shentleman.
But hur had now a Shet put on hur, as he did view the Rarities, A scurvy trick was put upon hur, by one wor favour'd in hur eyes: Plutter-a-nails, cou'd hur get home Sir hur ne'r wou'd haf a mind to range, wou'd hang byth' neck before hur roam sir to London Town to see the Shange . Looking about on ev'ry matter, he could not chuse but all commend, He never saw things of such nature, and thus he did his Verdict spend: Cou'd hur bring o're hur Habitation, hur Pig-stye, Barn, and hur dun Cow Hur here wou'd live so in the fashion, like any Shentleman I vow. By him there stood a Lass so pritty she was the Rarirty of all, Most wondrous handsom, fine and witty, she to the Welsh-man then did call: Sir, I perceive you're not so knowing, of this so sumptuous place, as I, Here are, kind sir, things worth the showing, if you'l accept my Courtesie. He's very glad of that kind proffer, and close unto her side did stick, He heard a pritty Story of her, of those that do Mens Pockets pick: Plutter-a-nails, hur give 'um no money, hur put a breakment on their Pate, Quod she, thou canst not know't, my honey be rul'd by me, they ne'r shall ha't.
She told a Tale of Ships on th' Ocean, which the fine Welshman might behold Who now was quite at her Devotion, he gave her thirty pound in Gold, For to lay up till they returned, which she did never mean he should, She play'd a prank whereat he mourned, because he was so greatly Fool'd. For when they came 'board the Virginny a Ship most gay and fit for Trade, There she did sell the harmless Ninny, to make her Market (like a Jade:) They call'd for Punch and other Liquor which made the Welshman almost blind But to conclude, she was the quicker, and left the Welsh-man there behind. Pray good her Worship, take hur with hur the Captain said he was too bold, What, must hur go hur knows not whether and to be sheated of hur Gold? Let hur but send hur Gold unto hur, but he could then no favour find, What, does hur mean for to undo hur? 'splut, by St. Taffie, 'twor unkind. God bless hur anshent Dad and Mother, for hur must go hur knows not where, Give sharge unto hur little Brother, lest he unto this place repair: God send hur ne'r may come to London, nor never have a minde to Range, For hur wor sure hur will be undon, if e're hur comes unto the Shange.
Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms within Aldgate.