%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Constancy Lamented: / OR, A / Warning for Unkind Parents, / Not [t]o seperate those who are joyned in Love: / being a full and true Account of a Wealthy Tradesman's Son in the Strand, who died / on Friday last, for the Grief he conceived in the Absence of his dearly beloved E. / H --- ks (a Hereford-shire Damsel) who was by his Hard-hearted Mother, sold to / Virginia; and of the many Arguments the Mother used to perswade this Young- / Man to fix his love on some more Wealthy Maiden: With the Mothers sad lamen- / tation,and almost Raving Distraction for her Son's Death, and her own most Un- / worthy Action. / The whole Published from the Relation of a Worthy young Gentlewoman, a daily Visi- / tant of the said young Man's, and a sorrowful mourner for his great mishap. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 0 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/26/2008 22180

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5.353 R174171 1 All Happy Times, &c. Or, Languishing Swain He That Loves Best Must Suffer Most All Happy Times, etc. Or, Languishing Swain ALas! my dearest Dear is gone, / And I am left to sigh and moan, see also 5.305, 5.307; Attestation: The whole Published from the Relation of a Worthy young Gentlewoman, a daily Uisi- / tant of the said young Man's, and a sorrowful mourner for his great mishap. Pepys 5.353 Rollins (1) IV:37-40; Wing C5937[a]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: 353 Constancy Lamented: / OR, A / Warning for Unkind Parents, / Not [t]o seperate those who are joyned in Love: / being a full and true Account of a Wealthy Tradesman's Son in the Strand, who died / on Friday last, for the Grief he conceived in the Absence of his dearly beloved E. / H --- ks (a Hereford-shire Damsel) who was by his Hard-hearted Mother, sold to / Virginia; and of the many Arguments the Mother used to perswade this Young- / Man to fix his love on some more Wealthy Maiden: With the Mothers sad lamen- / tation,and almost Raving Distraction for her Son's Death, and her own most Un- / worthy Action. / The whole Published from the Relation of a Worthy young Gentlewoman, a daily Visi- / tant of the said young Man's, and a sorrowful mourner for his great mishap. Constancy Lamented: OR, A Warning for Unkind Parents, Not [t]o seperate those who are joyned in Love: Being a full and true Account of a Wealthy Tradesman's Son in the Strand, who died on Friday last, for the Grief he conceived in the Absence of his dearly beloved E. H --- k. (a Hereford-shire Damsel) who was by his Hard-hearted Mother, sold to Virginia; and of the many Arguments the Mother used to perswade this Young- Man to fix his love on some more Wealthy Maiden: With the Mothers sad lamen- tation, and almost Raving Distraction for her Son's Death, and her own most Un- worthy Action. The whole Published from the Relation of a Worthy young Gentlewoman, a daily Visi- tant of the said young Man's, and a sorrowful mourner for his great mishap. Constancy Lamented: Or, a Warning for Unkind Parents, Not to Separate Those Who are Joined in Love: Being a Full and True Account of a Wealthy Tradesman's Son in the Strand, Who Died on Friday Last, for the Grief He Conceived in the Absence of His Dearly Beloved E. H--------ks (a Herefordshire Maiden) Who was by His Hard-hearted Mother, Sold to Virginia; and of the Many Arguments the Mother Used to Persuade this Young-man to Fix His Love on Some More Wealthy Maiden: With the Mother's Sad Lamentation, and Almost Raving Madness for Her Son's Death, and Her Own Most Unworthy Action. The Whole Published from the Relation of a Worthy Young Gentlewoman, a Daily Visitor of the Said Young Man's, and a Sorrowful Mourner for His Great Mishap. 1/2 sheet folio, 277 x 154 cropped top and left edges, creased surface, uneven inking 0 London, Printed for Charles Barnet. Charles Barnet

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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 2/26/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate advice class country/nation death family/procreation love maritime TheNewWorld 02/26/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/31/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked 09/17/06 Transcriber Paxton Hehmeyer Original transcription 10/24/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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ALas! my dearest Dear is gone, And I am left to sigh and moan, To weep and wail, to sigh & cry, O Betty, Betty, I must die. There is no pleasure I can find, Now she is gone: Perplex'd in mind I'm rowling on my love-sick bed; The thoughts of her does strike me dead. Physicians they do come to try Their Doses with great industry: But I tell 'em all it is in vain, Since Betty's sailing on the main. Nought in the world but sweet Betty, Can ease my mind, or set me free From those distractions which I bear, Her absence for my heart doth tear. There is no pleasure, O my Dear, That I can find, no comfort here! But 'frightened Dreams do me surprize, When that dull sleep has shut my eyes, Methinks, my dearest Dear, I see What cruel Frights attendeth thee: How that thou too and fro art tost, And in great Hazards to be lost. O cruel Mother, and Unkind, Which brought this grief unto my mind, By banishing my dearest Joy, 'Tis only this doth me destroy! Why shoul'st thou love, his mother said A silly poor and serving maid, Whose birth is of some mean degree, Which would bring Scandals unto me. Behold, my Son, there's Virgins store, Most beautiful, and yet not poor; Of birth and breeding most compleat: My Son, it's these will make thee great.
I'd rather surely see thee dead, Then that thou should'st my Servant wed, To make her equal unto me, Whose birth is of some poor degree. Wealth! birth! (the Young-man cries) Alas, alas, are foolish Toys: They do indeed perplex the mind, True Love alone doth comfort find. O cruel mother hear I pray, And listen unto what I say; For your desire you'll surely have To lay me in the silent Grave: For why, I feel now at my heart, Such cruel pain, such bitter smart That long I'm sure I cannot bear Such cruel Tortures as they are. O Neptune, let me thee implore To guard my Love safe to the shore: And tho' I never must her see, Heavens grant her Felicity. And now, Farewel Mother unkind, You have ruined body and mind; For to this world I bid adieu And Dying cry, 'Tis long of you. But when his mother she did see That he was dead assuredly, Like one distracted she did run. Still crying, O my Son, my Son. For thee, alas, my heart doth bleed, Accursed be my wretched Deed: Could I but have thy life again, I'd send for Betty o'er the Main. Therefore you Parents everywhere, Whose chance it is these lines to hear, Do not contend against True Love, For fear you such like Tryals prove.
London, Printed for Charles Barnet.