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5.314 R187203 1 I love thee dearly, I love thee well He That Loves Best Must Suffer Most I Love You Dearly, I Love You Well YOung Men and Maidens, pray draw near, / And hearken what I do declare; imprint unclear Pepys 5.314 Wing S6205A 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: 314 THE/ SUSSEX TRAGEDY:/ OR, THE/ Fatal Overthrow of a Young Man in Petworth,/ WHO/ Broke his Heart for the sake of a False-hearted LOVER. THE SUSSEX TRAGEDY: OR, THE Fatal Overthrow of a Young Man in Petworth, WHO Broke his Heart for the sake of a False-hearted LOVER. The Sussex Tragedy: Or, The Fatal Overthrow of a Young Man in Petworth, Who Broke His Heart for the Sake of a False-Hearted Lover. 1/2 sheet folio, 270 x 175 uneven inking horizontal rules 1664-1703 [London: Printed for J. Blare,] at the Looking-glass on London-bridge. J. Blare BBTI

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YOung Men and Maidens, pray draw near, And hearken what I do declare; 'Tis of a young Man, that dy'd for Love, His Sweet-heart did unconstant prove: He lov'd this Maiden his Life, She promis'd him to be his Wife; The Wedding-day appoin ed were, For the young Tailor and his Dear. But a young Tapster liv'd hard by, Went unto her, and thus did cry, If then my lawful Wife will be, I ever will be true to thee. Then streight to him she gave consent, To married be; to Chruch they went: Her mind was soon alter'd now, That she soon broke her former Vow. But when the Tailor came to know The Tapster he had serv'd him so, [He] [w]rung his Hands, and oft would cry, [Was] [ever]Man so serv'd as I? [He] [fell] [in] [melanc]holly Fits, [Ready] [to] [run] [beside] [his] Wits; [Our] [Love] [has] [broke] [my] [Heart,] he cry'd; [And] [in] [a] [Week] [or] [less] [he] [dy'd]
No sooner he in Grave was laid, But the young Tapster and his Bride They fell to Variance and to Strife, He is run away and left his Wife. See now does weep and make sad moan, Because that she is left alone; She cries, Let other Maids beware, For fear they'r drawn in the same Snare. 'Twas my false Heart did us betray, Or else he might liv'd till this day; I might a been his married Wife, And liv'd a comfortable Life. Methinks that every Night I see His Ghost standing and looks on me; And oft I think I hear him cry, Come, you must go as well as I. 'Tis just of God such things should be. I deserve Death as well as he; And free to die indeed I am, For wronging a true-hearted Man. Young Lovers all, a Warning take, And see you don't your Promise break, As I did both to Vow and Swear: Henceforth, false Lovers, then beware.
[London:] [Printed] [for] [J. Blare] at the Looking glass on London-bridge.