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4.179 R183647 1 State and Ambition State and Ambition State and Ambition Wellcome my Dearest with joy now I see thee,/ thy course from fair Greenwich thou never shalt steer and marry himsince I see him again. [stanzas 1-6; with variations] see also 4.186 (this ballad is an answer to 4.186) Pepys 4.179 Wing S2188C 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: 179 The Seaman's joyful Return;/ Being an Answer to the Seamans Doleful Farewell. Or,/ The Greenwich LOVERS Mournful DEPARTURE. The Seaman's joyful Return; Being an Answer to the Seamans Doleful Farewell. Or, The Greenwich LOVERS Mournful DEPARTURE. The Seaman's Joyful Return; Being an Answer to the Seaman's Doleful Farewell. Or, the Greenwich Lovers' Mournful Departure. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?215 x 318 torn bottom edge, damaged surgace, uneven inking 1685 Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-armes within / Aldgate. 1685 C. Dennisson Weinstein: imprint

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Maid. W Ellcome my Dearest with joy now I see thee, thy course from fair Greenwich thou never shalt steer, Long did thy Absence torment me and grieve me, but now I'le enjoy my Delight and my Dear: No more the Cruel salt Billows shall sever, like Turtles we now will constant remain, My true love I now will embrace for ever, and marry him since I see him again. Man. My Fairest by fortune we will not be parted, since from the loud Winds and the Waves I am free, Thy love before was almost broken hearted, and bid the winds carry my sighs unto thee: But now those fears are past, of the Ocean, of Billows and Seas I need not complain, Since they have Enricht me to get promotion, to marry thee since I see thee again.
Maid. Although with thy Dangers I was not acquainted, yet when the rude winds and the Billows did roar, My trembling Heart with the fear was quite daunted, and long'd for to see my Love safe on the shore: Thy Tender heart sure thou didst leave behind thee, the fort of my Breast thou surely didst gain, And since thou hast won me, thou true shalt find me, to marry the, since I see thee again. Man. Few like my Love are so constant and loyal, that fight for her Seaman till he did return, To all young mens suits she did make a denial, for my onely absence did sigh and did mourn: Now like my Bride thou shalt be attired, and now with my Dear I'le ever remain, My wishes will gain what they much desired, to marry thee since I see thee again.
Maid. Thy words as they please me do sweetly perswade me, to marry thee now in my bloom and my prime, Cupid and Venus thy true love have made me, and tempt me no longer to hinder the time: Thus on true love kind Heaven gives a blessing, a blessing that lasts, does ever remain, A blessing so great, 'tis beyond expressing, to marry thee since I see again. Man. Now is the hour, and now is the minute, that Hymen us lovers will link and unite, Virgins all dream of the pleasure that in it, for love is more sweet then soft musick by night, Soft are the sighs, and soft and the kisses, how soft is the Bed where Cupid hath layn, How pleasing the Arrow that never misses, I'le marry thee since I see thee again. Maid. Now to the Church came the Bride & the Bridegroom, to end and accomplish what they did desire, The Virgins strow flowers, the youths they make room their flame still increasing did brighter aspire: Not all the Heroes of London or Venice . shall alter our Loves, so true we'l remain, There shall be no jarring nor strife between us, marriage does cure loves grief and his pain. Man. In thy embraces there always is pleasure, so great is thy charms, and so soft is loves ground, Pleasing and pleasant is Virgins Rich Treasure, so soft is the Pillow, so sweet is the wound: Now I enjoy a sweet Banquet of kisses, and now thy true lover ne're will complain, Let wanton young men take delight in Misses, I will for ever Constant remain. Thus liv'd in plenty and peace these two lovers, enjoying a seeming sweet Heaven upon earth, No time a breath of their promise discovers, by night and by day ever love and gay mirth: Sweet were the Children that came from these Races, and long did their Parents prosper amain, And long did they live in their lov'd embraces, and long did their race their virtues retain.
FINIS. Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-armes within Aldgate. 1685.