%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Seamans Deceit. / OR, / The wanton Wench of WAPPING. / Being a pleasant new SONG, Shewing how a handsome young Maid was / deceived by a perfidious Sea-man, and (under promise of Marriage) / being gotten with Child, to her great loss, grief, and ruin of her / reputation. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1690 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/01/2008 21882

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4.220 R187412 1 The Journey-man Shoo-maker Daniel Cooper The Journeyman Shoemaker YOu Maids that live in London town, / mark well my lamentation; Pepys 4.220 Wing S2186A 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: 220 The Seamans Deceit. / OR, / The wanton Wench of WAPPING. / Being a pleasant new SONG, Shewing how a handsome young Maid was / deceived by a perfidious Sea-man, and (under promise of Marriage) / being gotten with Child, to her great loss, grief, and ruin of her / reputation. The Seamans Deceit. OR, The wanton Wench of WAPPING. Being a pleasant new SONG, Shewing how a handsome young Maid was deceived by a perfidious Sea-man, and (under promise of Marriage) being gotten with Child, to her great loss, grief, and ruin of her reputation. The Seaman's Deceit. Or, the Wanton Wench of Wapping. Being a Pleasant New Song, Showing How a Handsome Young Maid Was Deceived by a Perfidious Sea-man, and (under Promise of Marriage) Being Gotten with Child, to Her Great Loss, Grief, and Ruin of Her Reputation. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 215 x 320 cropped top, bottom and right edges, uneven inking 1680-1690 Printed fot C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms without Aldgate. C. Dennisson 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 5/1/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Sea advice family/procreation infidelity maritime sex/sexuality trickery/deceit virtue 05/01/08 Checker Rachel Mann adjusted imprint metadata 05/01/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/03/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 2007 Transcriber Cat Zusky Original transcription 8/31/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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YOu Maids that live in London town, mark well my lamentation; I was a Maid a comely brown, as most within the nation: But now a Seaman (by his art) hath brought me to such sorrow, That I could wish (with all my heart) to dye before the morrow He saw me walking in the street, no object vain did move me; He view'd me a[l]l 'twixt head, and feet, and instantly did love me[:]
He followed me along to see where was my habitation; And humbly beg'd to speak with me, to my great admiration. Quoth he, a spark of your bright eye hath set me all a burning, And if in love you'l not Supply, i'le end my days in mourning: No Antidote can save my life, or me preserve from dying, For if you will not be my wife, i'le kill my self with crying
I said, the flame of youthful love which passions flash o're-casteth: Doth seldom ever constant prove, but in a moment Blasteth: A marriage is a thing of weight, and great Consideration; If once amiss none can it right, then take deliberation. He did reply, my love is such as will take no denial; And if it were put to the touch, it would endure the tryal, Not all the Water of the Sea, nor waves that swells the Ocean, Shall quench or drown my love to thee 'tis far beyond their Motion. Thus with his vows and flattering tongue, he gain'd my fond affection; And stole my heart with him along, to keep in his protection. But (in his converse) as he came to gaze upon my buty, He kindled was into a flame, and on his knees paid duty,
And now my belly swels up high, my sweet-heart he hath left me; Here comfortless to weep and cry, of my good name bereft me. All my Relations call me Whore, and my aquaintance jeer me, But if I were as once before, the Rogue should ne'r come near me. I sink in Seas of endless shame, my grief's beyond expression; And every one my self doth blame, for trusting his profession, As soon's a Seaman comes on shore, he still must be a doing; He drinks and swears, calls for a whore, or needs must be a wooing. Then Maids and Widows all that be, beware by my disaster, Let every one remember me, and prove a Wife forecaster. Ne'r trust a Seaman for his oaths, his complements, or Baulen, There's no belief within his cloaths, nor truth in a Tarpalin.
Printed fot C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms without Aldgate.