%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The broken Contract; / OR, / The Perjured Maiden. / Being / A Relation of a young Maid in Kent, who had promised to Marry a / young Merchant, went afterwards to Marry a Knight, and was / struck Dumb as the Minister was Marrying of her. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1687-1691 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/28/2008 22166

The University of California makes a claim of copyright only to original contributions made by Early Modern Center participants and other members of the university community. The University of California makes no claim of copyright to the original text. Permission is granted to download, transmit or otherwise reproduce, distribute or display the contributions to this work claimed by The University of California for non-profit educational purposes, provided that this header is included in its entirety. For inquiries about commercial uses, please contact:

Patricia Fumerton Early Modern Center - English Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America EMail: pfumer@english.ucsb.edu

5.329 R173070 1 All Happy Times He That Loves Best Must Suffer Most All Happy Times NEar unto Dover lived late, / A Maiden most unfortunate, Pepys 5.329 Rollins (1) III:231-234; Wing B4842[A] 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: 329 The broken Contract; / OR, / The Perjured Maiden. / Being / A Relation of a young Maid in Kent, who had promised to Marry a / young Merchant, went afterwards to Marry a Knight, and was / struck Dumb as the Minister was Marrying of her. The broken Contract; OR, The Perjured Maiden. Being A Relation of a young Maid in Kent, who had promised to Marry a young Merchant, went afterwards to Marry a Knight, and was struck Dumb as the Minister was Marrying of her. The Broken Contract; Or, the Perjured Maiden. Being a Relation of a Young Maid in Kent, Who Had Promised to Marry a Young Merchant, Went Afterwards to Marry a Knight, and Was Struck Dumb as the Minister was Marrying Her. 1/2 sheet folio, 266 x 170 cropped right edge, uneven inking vertical rules Printer T. Moore 1687-1691 Printed and Sold by T. Moore. T. Moore BBTI

This document follows the guidelines specified for TEI.

XML Generated Automatically at 2/28/2008 12:48:21 PM Using EMC

XBallad Parsing Engine developed by Carl Stahmer.

TEI Template developed by Gerald Egan and Modified by Carl Stahmer

All apostrophes are encoded as '.

Any dashs occurring in line breaks have been removed;

All dashs are encoded as ‐ and all em dashes as —.

 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 2/28/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate economics/trade infidelity London marriage trickery/deceit 02/28/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/25/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 09/14/06 Transcriber Paxton Hehmeyer Original transcription 10/22/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The broken Contract;</hi></seg> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">OR,</hi></seg> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The Perjured Maiden.</hi></seg> <seg n="4" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Being</hi></seg> <seg n="5" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">A Relation of a young Maid in <hi rend="bold">Kent</hi>, who had promised to Marry a</hi></seg> <seg n="6" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">young Merchant, went afterwards to Marry a Knight, and was</hi></seg> <seg n="7" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">struck Dumb as the Minister was Marrying of her.</hi></seg> <lb/> <seg n="8" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Tune of, <hi rend="bold">All Happy</hi> Times.</hi></seg>
NEar unto Dover lived late, A Maiden most unfortunate, The only Child her Father had, She broke her vow and now is Dead. She was most beautiful and Fair, With Rosie Cheeks and cold black Hair, She had fine Shapes with comly meen, Her Age was not above Fifteen. A Merchant young which came on Shore, Did spie her at her Father's Door, He was amaz'd and gasing stood, But had not power to speak one word. He went unto a Tavern by, Sent for her Father presently, And said, kind Sir, 'tis in your Will, To save a young Man, or to Kill. What is it young Man you would have, Your Daughter for a Wife I crave, Get her consent, I'll give you mine, I thank you Sir, a thousand times. The Merchant to the Daughter went, And strove to get her free consent. At first she seem'd most strange and shie, But his kind words made her comply. And when that he had won her Heart, She freely did her Love impart, And vow'd she'd have him out of hand, Rather than any Lord o'th' Land. When she agreed to Marry him, A thousand times he kiss'd her then; They in each others Arms did lie, Vowing to Marry speedily.
Valentines Day they pitch'd upon, For these two Lovers to make one; The youth for London came straight way, To buy all things for th' Wedding Day. He left with her great store of Gold, With Diamonds, Pearls, Riches untold, To be a pledge in his Exile, But mark what happen'd the mean while. While the young Merchant he was gone, A Knight with Coach and Six did come, With Footmen running by his side, This Knight did Court her for his Bride. The Maiden thought it brave indeed, To be a Lady all with speed; The Merchant being out of sight, She consented to have the Knight They fix'd upon a Day with speed, Then went to Church for to be wed; Then mark what Judgments fall on some, When she would speak she was struck dum[b.] But when she to her self did come, She cry'd a loud, oh I'm undone: Forgive me my dear Merchant now, Oh pray forgive my perjur'd Vow. She languished a day or two, And then this World she bid adieu. With this Advice to those unwed, To keep their Vows they promised. And when the Merchant did return, And heard his Love was dead and gone, He went on Board to sail the Main, And vow'd he'd nere return again
Printed and Sold by T. Moore.