%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Seamans Lamentation:/ Or, The CAPTAIN at the Helm./ Shewing how an East-India-Captain in Redderiff Entertained his Boats-Swains Wife, in her Husbands ab-/sence, and sent him a Voyage to Cuckold-Shire; where every jovial and loving Seaman may learn/ Wisdome, and how to be wary, and not to trust his best beloved in his Captains Arms. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/27/2007 21856

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4.194 R187413 2 Jenny Gin Jenny Gin Jenny Gin Hey boys up go we Hey, Boys, Up Go We Hey Boys Up Go We NOne can endure the flames of Love/ when Cupid sets on fire, But now it is my Fate to be/ a Cuckold I must confess. [with variations] Pepys 4.194 Wing S2188D 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: 194 The Seamans Lamentation:/ Or, The CAPTAIN at the Helm./ Shewing how an East-India-Captain in Redderiff Entertained his Boats-Swains Wife, in her Husbands ab-/sence, and sent him a Voyage to Cuckold-Shire; where every jovial and loving Seaman may learn/ Wisdome, and how to be wary, and not to trust his best beloved in his Captains Arms. The Seamans Lamentation:Or, The CAPTAIN at the Helm.Shewing how an East-India-Captain in Redderiff Entertained his Boats-Swains Wife, in her Husbands ab-sence, and sent him a Voyage to Cuckold-Shire; whence every jovial and loving Seaman may learn Wisdome, and how to be wary, and not to trust his best beloved in his Captains Arms. The Seaman's Lamentation: Or, the Captain at the Helm. Showing How an East-India Captain in Redderiff Entertained His Boatswain's Wife, in Her Husband's Absence, and Sent Him a Voyage to Cuckold-shire; Where Every Jovial and Loving Seaman May Learn Wisdom, and How to be Wary, and Not to Trust His Best Beloved in His Captain's Arms. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 320 ?cropped top edge, damaged surface, uneven inking vertical rule and cast fleurons 1675-1703 Printed for J. Back, at the Sign of the Black-Boy on London-Bridge. J. Back BBTI, PBA

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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 9/27/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Sea infidelity love maritime marriage trickery/deceit 9/27/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy metadata updated, transcription rechecked, changes made to word doc 07/02/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad Checked 2006 Transcriber Summer Star 10/29/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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N One can endure the flames of Love when Cupid sets on fire, For Youth's like Tinder to the eye, when beauty breeds desire; A Marry'd life's the antidote of Love, and wantonne is, But now it is my Fate to be a Cuckold I must confess.
I am a Seaman by my trade, a Boats-Swain by my place, I lov'd a Maid that was compleat, and handsome in the face: Her birth and breeding pleas'd me well, her name was comely Bess , But now it is my Fate to be a Cuckold I must confess .
I found her in her Mothers house, and beg'd at her to sing, I lik'd her well, and gave to her a pure Cornelian Ring: But after taking kisses two, my Love it did increase, But now it is my Fate to be a Cuckold, I must confess: I felt her pulse, it pleas'd me well, I lov'd her as my life, I seriously inquir'd of her if she would be my Wife: I gain'd consent, I kiss'd her then, and kindly did imbrace, But now it is my fate to be, a Cuckold I must confess. I went with her to Redderiff Church, in Wedlock did her tye, She was as sweet a Bedfellow as ever man lay by: I liv'd with her a whole years space, in love and joyfulness, But now it is my fate to be a Cuckold I must confess. I to the Indies made a Voyage, and sail'd the swelling Main, I pleas'd my Captain, and the Mate, and gladly came again:
Yet all the time I was at Sea, my heart she did possess, But now it is my fate to be a Cuckold, I must confess. My wife and I did gladly meet, and were possest with joy, I kist my dear and loving Spouse, and hugg'd my pretty Boy But e're a month did go about, my sorrow did increase, For now it is my fate to be a Cuckold, I must confess. I was from home, the Captain came, and ask'd if all were well, He with my wife did dance a jigg, which I am asham'd to tell: He took the helm, and steer'd a trick, in mirth, and Wantonness, B ut now it is my fate to be a Cuckold, I must confess. The Horns are much in fashion now, and since they are my [fate], I'le wear them in my pocket still, and not upon my pate: For since they are my destiny, I can not blame poor B ess , Although it is my fate to be a Cuckold, I must confess.
Printed for J. B ack, at the Sign of the Black-Boy on London-Bridge.