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4.67 R188618 1 The Spinning-Wheel The Spinning Wheel AS bonny Nell went to the Mill,/ She met young John whom she lov'd well, If you don't take me, my sweet Iohn,/ In troth thou art no honest Man. [stanzas 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; with variations] VVhich makes a young Man loth to wed,/ The times are hard, and trading's dead. [stanzas 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11; with variations] Pepys 4.67 Wing N414[D] 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: 67 NELLS Courtship:/ Or, A DIALOGUE Between/ Hasty NELL,/ AND/ Fainthearted JOHNNY. NELLS Courtship: Or, A DIALOGUE Between Hasty NELL, AND Fainthearted JOHNNY. Nell's Courtship: Or, a Dialogue Between Hasty Nell, and Fainthearted Johnny. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 192 x 320 cropped left edge vertical rules 1664-1703 Printed for J. Blare at the Looking-Glass on London-bridge. J. Blare BBTI

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AS bonny Nell went to the Mill, She met young John whom she lov'd well, To whom she said, when wilt thou wed? I'm weary of my Maiden-head: If you don't take me, my sweet John, In troth thou art no honest Man.
Quoth John, what wouldst thou have me do? Alas! I have a Love for you, But there's one thing that hinders me From Marriage-state, as you shall see, Which make a young Man loth to wed, The times are hard, and trading's dead.
TEll me not that, quoth honest Nell, You must such thought as these expel, I can no longer live a Maid, Consider this, my love, she said; If you don't wed me, my sweet John, In troth thou art no honest Man. My love, said he, you must forbear, Alas! my Head is full of Care, For why? I nothing have at all, For to endow a wife withal; Which makes me now forbear to wed, The times are hard, and trading's dead. Tush, foolish man, she then reply'd, I must and will be made a Bride, It is in vain to make your moan, I will no longer lye alone. If you don't wed me, my sweet John, In troth you are no honest Man. I prithee Nell be not in hast, I have no other love embrac'd, For whensoe'er I change my life, 'Tis thou alone shalt be my wife; But at the present I'll not wed. The times are hard and trading's dead. Quoth Nell, what tho' the Times are hard, this is a small Excuse, said she, Which I shall never once regard, if that I could but Married be;
Consider me, my sweet-fac'd John, Or else thou art no honest Man. Oh! sweet-fac'd Nell, I fear our Charge Will after Marriage soon grow large; For shouldst thou prove with Child, quoth he, Alas! what would become of me; These are the things that I so dread, The times are hard and trading's dead. Quoth Nell, I never knew before, a man of such a mind as you; Here I have Gold and Silver store, nay, House and Land and Cattle too: If you won't wed me, honest John, In troth thou art no honest Man. My father dy'd not long ago, and left me twenty Mark a year, Now if you'll have me tell me so, Oh then, quoth John, Love never fear. Tho' times are hard and trading's dead, Thy wealth invites me for to wed. She bought him strait new Hose and Shoon, a broad-brimm'd Hat, and Roast-meat Cloaths, And then before the next day noon, these Lovers to the Parson goes: Tho' times are hard and trading's dead, Her Money made young Johnny wed.
Printed for J. Blare at the Looking-Glas on London-bridge.