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S120171 2 The Brides Buriall UNKNOWN The Bride's Burial the same tune UNKNOWN The Same Tune ATtend you lovers and give eare, / unto my mournefull song, VVHen she was setled in her love, / then he would change his mind, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 428 1: 429 Two unfortunate Lovers, or, a true Relation of the / lamentable end of Iohn True, and Susan Mease: / Their lives this Ditty doth relate, / And how they dy'd unfortunate. Two unfortunate Lovers, or, a true Relation of the lamentable end of John True, and Susan Mease. Their lives this Ditty doth relate, And how they dy’d unfortunate. Two unfortunate Lovers, or, a true Relation of the lamentable end of John True, and Susan Mease. Their lives this Ditty doth relate, And how they died unfortunate. 1601-1601 Henry Gosson

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ATtend you lovers and give eare, unto my mournefull song, Of two that loved faithfully, yet each did other wrong. At Coventry in Warwickshire, this young man he did dwell, His name John True a Shooe-maker, and livd of it full well. At Corley did this maiden dwell, three miles from Coventry: Yet for the love he bare to her, oft times he would her see. And comming unto her one day, he told to her his mind: Susan, quoth he, I love thee deare, be not to me unkind. If thou canst love and fancy me, in heart and eke in mind: I will prove loving unto thee, and never be unkind. Thy cheerefull looks rejoyce my heart, and merry make my mind: Sweet Susan then love me againe, be not to me unkind. Good John I thank you for your love, and wish ye t home to tarry, I am too young for you to wed, and have no mind mary. Where you doe dwell are Maids good store, of beauty faire and free,
Set not your love upon me then, for I cannot love thee. This answer struck him to the heart, as cold as any stone: Then homewards straight he did re-paire, with many a sigh and grone. Wishing that he had nere bin borne, or in his cradle dyd, Unhappy man to love so true, and yet to be denyd. Quoth he, I will to her againe, and heare what she doth say; It may be she may be more kind, though first she said me nay. Then comming to the towne againe, he sent for her straight way, Desiring her to speake with him, but she did it denay. Then did he sigh, lament and grieve, and knew not what to say, Then did he take his pen in hand, and writ these words straight way; My hearts delight and onely joy, kill not me with disdaine, Vouchsafe that I may speak with thee and rid me of my paine. Resolve me sweetest I thee pray, why is thy hatred such? I know no cause, unlesse it be for loving thee too much.
As is my name so is my love, sweet Susan unto thee: True is my name, true is my love, and ever so shall be. My love is loyall just and good, kill me not with disdaine, Rather doe me that courtesie, to love for love againe. When she had read and understood, his mind and his intent, She then began to like and love, and yeeld him hearts content, John I am thine, if thou beest mine, for ever and for aye, It was to prove thy constancy, that I did say thee nay. But heres my hand, my heart & love Ile nere thee more deny, My love is constant firme and true, and shall be till I dye. Then they imbracd each others love, and joyd in heart and voyce, That he of her, and she of him, had made so sweet a choise. But fortune which doth often frowne, where she before did smile, The mans delight and maidens joy, full soone she did beguile.
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WHen she was setled in her love, then he would change his mind, And for to try her constancy, would be to her unkind. And thus resolved in his mind, hed come to her no more, But went and wood another maid, which grievd her heart full sore. (Quoth he) she proved unto me, hard-hearted and unkind, But now her true love I have woon, Ile beare the selfe same mind. When she perceivd his love to her, not as twas wont to be, She did lament, sigh, weep and grieve and then these words spake she. False-hearted man adue, quoth she, disloyall and unkind, And if I dye for love of thee, thou shalt not know my mind. Woe to the time I did beleeve, that flattering looke of thine, Would God that I had never seene, the teares of thy false eyne. Hard hap had I to set my love, on one that mocked me, Sure all the countrey doth not yeeld, a man so false as he. Thus was she brought to weak estate all comforts from her fled, She did desire to speake with him, before that she was dead. Her friends did seek to cheere her heart and to make glad her mind, But she was kild with loving him, that provd to her unkind. False-hearted man, may never maid love thee as I have done, But may my death remembred be, to time that is to come. And may all maids example take, by this my mournefull death, And now sweet Lord receive my soule to thee I yeeld my breath. Thus dyd the patterne of true love, thus dyd a vertuous maid, Thus dyd as good a harmelesse Lasse as ever Love betrayd.
Six maids in white as custome is, did bring her to the grave, Her parents grieve, lament & mourn, no child at all they have. When as her Lover understood, for truth that she was dead, He ragd, and ready was to teare his haire from off his head. But when he came into the towne, whereas his Love lay, He straightway ran unto her grave, and these words there did say. Susan (quoth he) Ile kisse thy grave, upon my bended knee, Whereby Ile shew to all the world, how deare I loved thee. And as he lay upon the grave, he heard a voyce to say, John True if ere thou lovdst m[e] deare, make hast and come away. Then started he up from the grave, and stood like one strucke dumb, But when he had regaind his speech, he cryed, I come, I come. And thus like one out of his wits, he ragd in piteous sort, That all the neighbours presently, were grievd at this report. And thus with sorrow & grief of heart, he lay a whole fortnight: But when he had confest his fault, he yeelded up his spright. According to his hearts desire, and as he did request, They digd his grave, & laid him down by her whom he lovd best. You yong men all that have true loves prove true unto your friend, And if you love, be sure your love be true unto the end. And thus I end my story true, so full of griefe and woe. May never any seeke againe, to wrong each other so.
FINIS. Printed at London for Henry Gosson.