%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Cruel LOVER: / OR, / The False=hearted Saylor: / Being a Relation of one Mary Shalford, near Ratcliff-cross, that was in Love / with a Seaman, who had promised her Marriage, and the Wedding-day was ap- / pointed, but he changed his Mind and forsook her; whereupon she took grief to / Heart and dyed the 2d Day of this Month. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/22/2008 22196

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5.372 R174411 1 The Maiden-Lottery, &c. The Maiden Lottery, etc. YOu Lovers that have been False-hearted, / pray listen to what I have penn'd, A Seaman was cruel and false to his Dear. [with variations] 1st lines unclear: YOu Lovers that [h]ave been False-hearted, . Pepys 5.372 Rollins (1) VII:157-160; Wing C7419[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: 372 The Cruel LOVER: / OR, / The False=hearted Saylor: / Being a Relation of one Mary Shalford, near Ratcliff-cross, that was in Love / with a Seaman, who had promised her Marriage, and the Wedding-day was ap- / pointed, but he changed his Mind and forsook her; whereupon she took grief to / Heart and dyed the 2d Day of this Month. The Cruel LOVER: OR, The False-hearted Saylor: Being a Relation of one Mary Shalford, near Ratcliff-cross, that was in Love with a Seaman, who had promised her Marriage, and the Wedding-day was ap- pointed, but he changed his Mind and forsook her; whereupon she took grief to Heart and dyed the 2d Day of this Month. The Cruel Lover: Or, the False-hearted Sailor: Being a Relation of One Mary Shalford, Near Ratcliff-cross, that was in Love with a Seaman, Who Had Promised Her Marriage, and the Wedding Day was appointed, but He Changed His Mind and Forsook Her; Whereupon She Took Grief to Heart and Died the Second Day of this Month. 1/2 sheet folio, 288 x 168 cropped top, bottom and right edges, torn left edge, uneven inking horizontal rules 1664-1703 LONDON: / Printed for J. Blare, at the sign of the Looking- / glass on London-bridge. J. Blare BBTI

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YOu Lovers that have been False-hearted, pray listen to what I have penn'd, And then without fear a sorrowful tear, down, down from your Eyes it will send, To think of the torture and pain which injured Lasses sustain, When once they discover a flattering Lover to kill them with darts of Disdain; As by this new Ditty the Truth will appear, A Seaman was cruel and false to his Dear. The innocent Maiden was Mary, near Ratcliff[-c]ross she did dwell, Whose treacherous Love her ruin did prove, there's many that know it right-well; He courted her every day, at length without longer delay. He told her his ruin and utter undoing would follow if she said him nay: Thus like to a S[a]iut he would often appear, And yet he was cruel and false to his Dear. Poor Mary was loath to believe him, and therefore his suit she deny'd, Yet nevertheless he made his address, for nothing their Hearts could devide; He swore by the Powers above she should be his innocent Dove He never would leave her, but scorn'd to disceive her, no other he ever would love: So honest and loyal he seem'd to appear, And yet he was cruel and false to his Dear. She told him young Men were deceitful, and subject to flatter and lye, What e'er they pretend they'r false in the end, but straightways he made this reply, Thy Beauty has conquer'd my Heart, it bleeds with the wound of a Dart, Then prithee, sweet jewel, no longer be cruel, from thee, Love, I never will part: Thus faithful and loyal he seem'd to appear, And yet he was cruel and false to his Dear.
Poor creature, at length she consented, and granted the Seaman's request, Without more delay, appointing the day They both should be equally blest; So soon as her Heart she resign'd, he chang'd like the wavering Wind, Her favours he slighted, thus was she requited, Oh! was he not more then unkind? Her company then he would never come near, But shew'd himself cruel and false to his Dear. So soon as she found him deceitful, and that he was false to his Vow, She bitterly cry'd, and often reply'd, Farewel, Thou hast ruin'd me now; My Heart being ready to break, no manner of rest can I take; Too soon I discover a false-hearted Lover, now, now I must dye for they sake: The Arrows of Cupid are sharp and severe, Since thou art deceitful and false to thy Dear. Oh! why did he seek my Destruction by treating of Love in disguise? What reason had he to ruined me? Then, then with her watery Eyes, She lay like a trembling Saint, and pour'd forth her dying Complaint; Her violent Feavour, near offer'd to leave her till her vital Spirits did faint: Then dying, she cry'd, Thou hast ruin'd me here, I shall pay for my Love, since I dye for my Dear.
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