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5.299 R174174 1 a new tune I Love You More and More Each Day A New Tune I Love you more and more each Day,/ fairest of Earthly Creatures; Pepys 5.299 Wing C5943[B] 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. 5: 299 The Constant Lover's Lamentation;/ OR,/ Faithful Hephestions Love to False Rosilia:/ Being a New Song much in Request at Court: The Constant Lover's Lamentation; OR, Faithful Hephestions Love to False Rosilia: Being a New Song much in Request at Court: The Constant Lover's Lamentation; or, Faithful Hephestion's Love to False Rosilia: Being a New Song Much in Request at Court: 1/2 sheet folio, 273 x 167 all edges cropped, damaged surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1683-1703 Printed for C. Bates, next Door to the Crown-Tavern in West-Smithfield. C. Bates 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 4/22/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate affliction/health love 04/22/2008 Checker Patrick Ludolph metadata added, xml created 04/20/2008 Checker Patrick Ludolph checked transcription 02/22/2008 Checker Kris McAbee checked transcription 08/21/2006 Transcriber Paxton Hehmeyer original transcription 10/18/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Love you more and more each Day, fairest of Earthly Creatures; In Temples I forget to Pray, by gazing on your features: When thy fair Face I do behold, I stand in Admiration; Oh! pitty then, I you implore, I you implore, or you have no compassion. Heaven gave to Man, in Paradise, Blessings that were not common; But all were triffles to the bliss of Soul-delighting Woman: I Love, what e're must be my doom, 'tis thee I'm still persuing; Then love me, or I am undone, I am undone, Oh! love or else I'm Ruin'd. My fair Rosilia be so kind, to ease me of this passion; You never one more true shall find in all this Glorious Nation; For you alone I will adore, oh! bee not then so cruel, But kind to me, I beg once more, I beg once more, my fair and lovely jewell. When first I did you beauty see, I trembled to come near ye; I took ye for some Deity, and so did greatly fear ye: Then at your feet I strait did fall, on purpose to adore you; But when I found you were Mortall, You were Mortall, for Love I did implore you.
I sigh'd in torment for a while, till I my passion told ye; But you soon after made me smile, when that you did behold me; You said you lik'd your Lover well, and vow'd you'd never leave me; And pritty tales to me did tell, to me did tell, on purpose to deceive me. You said no man should win your heart, from me your dear Hephestion; And that from me you'd never part, made many a protestation; A thousand times you swore, and said, that you would never leave me; But now I find, you cruel maid, You cruel Maid, that you did but deceive me. You gave your heart away from me, to one that do's not Love you; But blame ye for your Curelty, and often do's Reprove you: Return Rosilia, yet return, and I'll with joy Receive ye, For if you longer stay, I Mourn, To Death I Mourn, Return then, and Repreive me. But if that you no mercy have, but thus will still torment me; When your Disdain has kill'd your Slave, too late you may Repent ye: Perhaps when you have hear'd I'm dead, too late you'l call upon me, And for my sake some Tears will shed, some Tears will shed, to think you have undone me.
Printed for C. Bates, next Door to the Crown-Tavern in West-Smithfield.