%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Discontented BRIDE:/ OR,/ A brief Account of Will. the Baker, who Sow'd himself up in a Blanket every Night going to Bed, for/ fear of Enlarging his Family./ He was a Drone full well we know,/ that would not Sport or Play;/ And he that serves a Woman so,/ may make her run astray. 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 08/14/2007 21783

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4.119 R174654 1 The Maids a Washing themselves Where's My Shepherd The Maids a Washing Themselves WILL the Baker a Wooing went,/ At length the Damsel did give consent, Pepys 4.119 Wing D1563[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. 4: 119 The Discontented BRIDE:/ OR,/ A brief Account of Will. the Baker, who Sow'd himself up in a Blanket every Night going to Bed, for/ fear of Enlarging his Family./ He was a Drone full well we know,/ that would not Sport or Play;/ And he that serves a Woman so,/ may make her run astray. The Discontented BRIDE: OR, A brief Account of Will. the Baker, who Sow'd himself up in a Blanket every Night going to Bed, for fear of Enlarging his Family. He was a Drone full well we know, that would not Sport or Play; And he that serves a Woman so, may make her run astray. The Dissatisfied Bride: Or, a Brief Account of Will. the Baker, Who Sewed Himself Up in a Blanket Every Night Going to Bed, for Fear of Enlarging His Family. He was a Drone Full Well We Know, that Would Not Sport or Play; And He that Serves a Woman So, May Make Her Run Astray. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 317 creased and damaged surface cast fleurons 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Sign of the Angel in/ Guiltspur=Street, without Newgate. J. Deacon Spufford and 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 8/14/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Marriage family/procreation infidelity marriage sex/sexuality vulgarities/crasshumor 08/14/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, Metadata added, XML created 12/03/06 Transcriber Jessica Murphy Original Transcription 10/20/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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WILL the Baker a Wooing went, At length the Damsel did give consent, A fair young Creature, both witty and pritty, yet after her Marriage she did lament: And good reason she had to do so, Her heart was filled with grief and woe; For after Marriage she still did complain, Her Maiden-head seven Months did remain. Tho' he lay by his Bride each Night, A fair young pattern of Beauty bright; Yet he did nothing to please her, or ease her, as being sow'd up in a Blanket tight:
It was because he was 'fraid of his Charge, And that his Family would inlarge; Full seven Months he had layn by her side, Poor Creature, her patience in this was try'd. This old Blanket did cause much strife, Between the Baker and his fair Wife; For while he wore it, her trouble grew double, what Woman was able to lead this life? Still she wish'd she might find out a way, This paultry Blanket to convey, Where he might never behold it no more, That she might enjoy what he had in store.
BUt one night among all the rest, When this poor Baker was quite undrest, He sought his Blanket to wind him, and bind him, but he of that Garment was dispossest: She had hid it he could not tell where, Which made the Baker begin to Swear, And would not go to his Bed for Repose, Until she had brought him his Swadling-Cloaths When she see all her hopes were fled, In grief and trouble she went to Bed, Where she lay sighing, not sleeping, but weeping, a thousand times wishing she'd ne'r been Wed: Yet he little regarded her moan, But snoring lay like a drowsie Drone, Wrapt up in his Blanket as tight as a pack, And never consider'd what she did lack. Well, said she, I'm resolv'd to find Some youthful Gallant to my own mind; I'le ne'r lye whining, perplexing and vexing, and thus I shall fit him but in his kind: For what Woman can wait at this rate? I am resolved to choose a Mate, Some youthful Gallant of vext'rous skill, And then he may lye in his Blanket still. Then she walking abroad next day, In all her Silks and Rich Array; A Ranting Gallant did meet her, and treat her, she had not the power to say him nay: In a Tavern some hours they spent, Where she enjoying her hearts content With this brave Gallant, whom she did adore, Who promis'd her many kind visits more. Tho' the Baker he did offend, Yet now her trouble is at an end; She doth not value his Courting or Sporting, since she doth enjoy a more loving Friend: In his Blanket he lies at his ease, While she may Revel it where she please, It is but reason without all dispute, If he will not, somebody else must do't.
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Printed for J. Deacon, at the Sign of the Angel in Guiltspur-Street, without Newgate.