%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Scornful Damsels Overthrow, / And The / Young Maidens Frollick; / Shewing how a Beautiful Damsel, in the City of London, was Courted by several young / Men, whom she scornfully deny'd, disdaining their proffered Loves And how at last / a young beautiful Maiden, in Mans Apparel did Woe her, and Wed her, and after the / Wedding Dinner discovered her self: Which when the other Damsel beheld, she went out / into the Fields, full of grief, and kill'd her self. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1684-1700 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/04/2008 22161

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5.324 R187392 1 O Billy, Billy O Billy, Billy A Youthful Damsel did in London dwell, / most Beautiful, and Fair, was she, imprint unclear: Printed for J. Bissel, at the Bible and Harp in West-Smithfield[.] Pepys 5.324 Rollins (1) III:226-230; Wing S936B 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: 324 THE / Scornful Damsels Overthrow, / And The / Young Maidens Frollick; / Shewing how a Beautiful Damsel, in the City of London, was Courted by several young / Men, whom she scornfully deny'd, disdaining their proffered Loves And how at last / a young beautiful Maiden, in Mans Apparel did Woe her, and Wed her, and after the / Wedding Dinner discovered her self: Which when the other Damsel beheld, she went out / into the Fields, full of grief, and kill'd her self. THE Scornful Damsels Overthrow, And The Young Maidens Frollick: Shewing how a Beautiful Damsel, in the City of London, was Courted by several young Men, whom she scornfully deny'd, disdaining their proffered Loves And how at last a young beautiful Maiden, in Mans Apparel did Woe her, and Wed her, and after the Wedding Dinner discovered her self: Which when the other Damsel beheld, she went out into the Fields, full of grief, and kill'd her self. The Scornful Damsel's Overthrow, and the Young Maiden's Frolic; Showing How a Beautiful Damsel, in the City of London, Was Courted by Several Young Men, Whom She Scornfully Denied, Disdaining Their Proffered Loves and How at Last a Young Beautiful Maiden, in Man's Apparel Did Woo Her, and Wed Her, and After the Wedding Dinner Exposed Her Self: Which When the Other Damsel Beheld, She Went Out into the Fields, Full of Grief, and Killed Herself. 1/2 sheet folio, 285 x 170 cropped top edge, uneven inking vertical rules 1684-1700 Printed for J. Bissel, at the Bible and Harp in West-Smithfield. J. Bissel PBA

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A Youthful Damsel did in London dwell, most Beautiful, and Fair, was she, Whom many a brisk Young Man loved well, each striving her true Lover for to be. But she did cry, I'll not comply, No, no, not I, to your Request: Therefore begone, a Lover I'll have none, A Maiden-life I still account the best. And she, with great Disdain, them all deny'd, thinking her self too good for all, Still puffing up her self in her own pride, (which in the end had a most Fatal fall) Glory'ng that she, from love be'ng free, Could Mistres be o'er e'ery heart, That to her came, refusing, with disdain, Their love, causing 'em in great grief to part Which when a prity maid did understand, this pleasant Frollick she begun, Her self attired like a Gentleman, she went to Court her as the rest had done, She seem'd a sweet young Youth compleat, So fine and neat, be'ng comely drest, Did so insnare the scornful Damsel fair, That her hard heart with love it was possest. Then this supposed youthful Gentleman, Did closely wooe this Damsel gay, Till at the last she could not him withstand, and full resolv'd no longer to say nay, For Cupids Dart, with cruel smart, Did wound her heart with gentle love, Which she, in truth, so fixt upon this youth, That none but death should ever it remove.
Which to her Lover she did thus impart, saying, Kind sir, now you have won My love, and stole away my gentle heart, if you prove false I'm ruin'd and undone. Then lovingly, he did reply, Contentedly now rest, said he, For I declare, and solemnly do swear, Your honour spoiled nere shall be for me. The set day for their marriage being come, in splendor great they wedded were, A gallant train did wait upon them home, some of her former lovers being there, the Damsel she was blith and free, not thinking she a Maid had wed, Now dinner done, the bride maids also gone, for to prepare and deck the bridal bed. But now comes the Brides sorrow, grief and woe the Damsel that this prank had play'd, Before the Company from thence did go, her self discover'd for to be a Maid, When this was shown she soon was known For to be one that liv'd hard by, Which when beheld, the brides heart was so fill'd With sorrow that she swounded instantly. Now when the truth of all she understood, she was so troubled in her mind, that she resolv'd to spill her dearest blood, for in this life no comfort could [she find,] Fill'd with Despair, and [void of care,] She did prepare this world to part, With this intent, into [the field she went,] And with a Dagger [pierc'd her gentle heart.]
Printed for J. Bissel, at the Bible and Harp in West-Smithfield[.]