%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Oxford-shire BETTY: / Containing her Joaking Letter to TOM the TAYLOR, / near Tower-Street; who she has fairly left in the Lurch, and married / with a Parson. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 0 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/04/2008 22447

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

5.185 R227548 1 I love you more and more each day I Love You More and More Each Day I Love You More and More Each Day POor Tom the Taylor don't lament, / because I now am marry'd; pencil rule drawn parallel to left edge, as guide for cropping? Pepys 5.185 Wing O995 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: 185 Oxford-shire BETTY: / Containing her Joaking Letter to TOM the TAYLOR, / near Tower-Street; who she has fairly left in the Lurch, and married / with a Parson. Oxford-shire BETTY: Containing her Joaking Letter to TOM the TAYLOR, near Tower-Street; who she has fairly left in the Lurch, and married with a Parson. Oxfordshire Betty: Containing Her Joking Letter to Tom the Tailor, Near Tower-Street, Who She Has Fairly Left in the Lurch, and Married with a Parson. 1/2 sheet folio, 260 x 182 original left deckle remains, cropped bottom edge, uneven inking vertical rules 0 Printed for C. Bates, at the Crown Tavern, in West-Smithfield.

This document follows the guidelines specified for TEI.

XML Generated Automatically at 9/4/2008 3:40:41 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 9/4/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant appearance class clothing/fashion infidelity love marriage 09/04/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created, ESTC # recorded / found in bl.uk 07/11/2007 Checker Summer J. Star Ballad Checked; - ESTC System number found: 000306523 07/2006 Transcriber Liberty Stanavage Original Transcription 10/26/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Oxford-shire BETTY: </hi></seg> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Containing her Joaking Letter to <hi rend="bold">TOM</hi> the <hi rend="bold">TAYLOR</hi>, </hi></seg> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">near <hi rend="bold">Tower-Street</hi>; who she has fairly left in the Lurch, and married </hi></seg> <seg n="4" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">with a Parson. <hi rend="bold">Tune of</hi>, I love you more and more each day.</hi></seg>
POor Tom the Taylor don't lament, because I now am marry'd; To you this Letter I have sent, and tell you that I tarry'd, Too long for such a Knave as you, who has no Sence or Breeding: I pray look on this Line or two, this Line or two, you'll find it worth your reading. I have in order here set down, your wonderful Expences; Yet never let it crack your Crown, nor rob you of your sences: Do not like one distracted Muse, such Fools there are too many, Yet Sence and Wit you cannot loose, you cannot loose, because you ne'r had any. You courted me, I most confess, in famous London City; And when you made your first Address, it was exceeding Witty. I prithee Betty, what's a Clock? or some such fine Expression: This shew'd you had a swinging Stock, a swinging Stock of Wisdom and Discretion. I tell you Tom, I han't forgot, how you did vow you'd treat me; Yet I was forc'd to pay the Shot, when ever you did meet me: What May-pole Faces would you make, and sighing, cry, Dear Hony, Supply my wants for pitty sake, for pitty's sake, alass! I have no Mony.
I'd strive to keep you from Disgrace, that you might not be slighted, When other Persons was in place, where we was both invited: I'd slip a Shilling in your hand, because of your Submission; For I full well did understand, did understand, a Taylor's poor Condition. When I to Oxford-shire did go, where Pleasures I am reaping; That news I would not let you know, for fear you wou'd fall a weeping: I did from London Town remove, according to Discretion, Because I knew I could not love, I could not love, a Man of your Profession. You are a pack of nasty Curs, in e'ry long Vacation, You feed so much on Cucumers, you'd poyson half the Nation: And Cabbidge all the Year beside, of which you are no Failer, What Woman can lye by the side? lye by the side, of a Mechanick Taylor. My Husband is a Clergy-man, of worthy Birth and Breeding; I wear my Topping, Lace, and Fan, and am on Daintys feeding: Thus do I lead a splended Life, continual Joys receiving; Then who would be a Taylor's Wife? a Taylor's Wife, whose Husbands live by Theiving.
Printed for C. Bates, next the Crown Tavern, in West-Smithfield.