%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Seaman's Compass: / OR / A dainty new Ditty composed and pend, / The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend / Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, / Now mark and you quickly shall know how it was. Price, Lawrence University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1678-1680 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/14/2008 21853

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4.191 R187329 1 The Tyrant hath stolen Bonny Sweet Robin; My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone The Tyrant Hath Stolen AS lately I travelled / towards Gravesend, There's none but a Seaman / shall marry with me. [stanzas 1-8, 10; with variations] author noted by Wing. Pepys 4.191 Wing P3382G; Rollins (2) 2386 (June 26, 1657, ii, 131, Fran. Grove). 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: 191 The Seaman's Compass: / OR / A dainty new Ditty composed and pend, / The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend / Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, / Now mark and you quickly shall know how it was. The Seaman's Compass: Or A dainty new Ditty composed and pend, The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, Now mark and you quickly shall know how it was. The Seaman's Compass: Or a Dainty New Ditty Composed and Penned, the Deeds of Brave Seamen to Praise and Commend, It Was Made by a Maid That to Gravesend Did Pass, Now Mark and You Quickly Shall Know How It Was. Price, Lawrence 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 195 x 282 cropped right edge, cropped and torn bottom edge, uneven inking vertical rules 1678-1680 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere J. Wright, J. Clark W. Thackeray, and / T. Passinger. F. Coles, T. Vere J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger. Blagden

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AS lately I travelled towards Gravesend, I heard a fair Damosel a Seaman commend; And as in a Tilt-boat we passed along, In praise of brave Seamen she sung this new Song: Come Tradesmen or Merchant, whoever he be, There's none but a Seaman shall marry with me. A Seaman in promise, is faithful and just, Honest in carriage, and true to his trust,
Kind in behaviour, and constant in love, Is firm in affection as the Turtle Dove, Valiant in action in every degree, There's none, etc. The Sea-men adventures their lives at the Seas, Whilst Land-men on shore, takes pleasure and ease, The Sea-men at all times, their business must ply, In Winter and Summer, in wet and in dry.
From toyl and pains taking, they seldome are free, There's none, etc. Moreover i'de have you, for to understand That Sea-men brings treasure and profit to Land Above and beneath ground for wealth they have sought, And when they have found it, to England 'tis brought, With hazard of lives by experience we see, Ther's none but a Sea-man, shall marry with me.
SEa-men from beyond Seas, bring Silver, and Gold, With Pearls and rich jewels, most rare to behold With Silks and rich Velvets, their credits to save, Or else you gay Ladies, could not go so brave, This makes my heart merry as merry may be There's none but a Sea-man shall marry with me. The Sea-men bring Spices, and sugar so fine Which serve the brave gallants, to drink with their wine With Lemmons and Oranges, all of the best, To relish their pallats, when they make a Feast, Sweet Figs Prunes & Raisons, [B]y the [?] brought home be, Theres none, etc. To comfort poor people The Seamen do strive And brings in maintenance to keep them alive As raw silk and Cotton wool, to Card and to spin: And so by their labours, their livings comes in Most men are beholding, to Sea-men we see With none but a Sea-man, I married will be, The Mercer's beholding we know well enough For Holland and Lawn Cambrick, and other gay stuff That's bought from beyond-seas by Sea-men so bold The rarest that ever, mens eyes did behold, God prosper the Sea-men where ever they be, There's none, etc.
The Merchants themselves, are beholding also To honest Sea-men, that on purpose do go, To bring them home profit from other strange Lands, Or else their side daughters, must work with their hands, The Nobles and Gentry in every degree Are also beholding, etc. Thus for rich and poor men, the Seamen does good And sometimes comes off with loss of much blood, If they were not a guard, and a defence for our Land Our Enemies soon will get the upper hand, And then a woful case, straight should we be, There's none, etc. To draw to Conclusion and so make an end, I hope that great Neptune, my love will befriend, And send him home safely, with health and with life, Then shall I with joyfulness, soon be his wife You Maids, Wives & Widdows that Sea-mens Loves be With hearts and voices, joyn prayers with me. God bless all brave Seamen from Quick-sands & Rocks, From losse of their blood and from Enemies Knocks, From Lightening and Thunder, and tempests so strong, From Ship-rack and drowning, and all other wrong, And they that to these words, will not say Amen Tis pitty that they should ever speak word agen.
L.P. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger,