%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Constant Maidens Resolution, Or / The Damsels loyal love to a Seaman / With the Seamans kind answer thereunto. / This Damsels heart is on a Seaman bent, / Because none other can give her content; / And he her love most kindly doth imbrace. / And so they are united in short space. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1673-1673 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/21/2011 30431

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R216090 1 I love thee dear but I dare not show it UNKNOWN I Love Thee Dear But I Dare Not Show It AN amorous Damsel in Bristol City, / Whom Cupid wounded without all pitty: Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 112 3: 113 The Constant Maidens Resolution, Or / The Damsels loyal love to a Seaman / With the Seamans kind answer thereunto. / This Damsels heart is on a Seaman bent, / Because none other can give her content; / And he her love most kindly doth imbrace. / And so they are united in short space. Printer J.L. 1673-1673 J.C.

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AN amorous Damsel in Bristol City, Whom Cupid wounded without all pitty: At length she met with her own true Lover, And her affection did thus discover. Well met my dearest since that I love thee, my mind now I will make known unto thee: Altho ime watcht by a jealous Father, I hope the fruits of my Love to gather. I must be gone Love, I must forgo thee, I must be strange Love, I must not know thee: I love thee dear, but I dare not show it, Do thou the like, but let no man know it.
I w[i]sh I were upon yonders mountain, Where Gold & Silver great store is counting: Then would I think upon my own dear Honey, Whom I love better then Gold or money. A thousand times Love I think upon thee And in despight of the World ile own the, Since there is none that I love besid[e] thee, I will prove constant what ere betide me. A Seaman he is of all men neatest, And in my eye is the most compleatest: Then what care I for a misers money So I injoy but my own dear Honey.
A Hundred pound Love I have you know it, And on a Seaman I will bestow it: For in a Seaman I take more pleasure Then in a Goldsmith with all his Treasure. I care not for my Fathers anger If I be married tis but nine days wonder: Then come my Dearest let us be merry Wel drink a health in good Sack and Sherry. I do not care for the love of many Ile have a Seaman if I have any, And ile drink a health to my own dear Honey Whom I love better then Gold or money. Then prethy dearest let me not languish Nor feel the smart of a Lovers anguish, And so adieu my own dear Sweeting Until the next of our merry meeting. The Seamans kind Answer. my dearest Joy and my lovely Betty methinks thy looks are wondrous pretty, It much rejoyceth my heart this instant, To find thy love so firm and constant. Tis not their frowns, nor thy friends displeasure Shall rob me af thee, my chiefest Treasure: Ile draw my Sword, and ile lay about me, Before that I will go without thee. Long time my Dear, I have plowd the Ocean And by my Vallor have gaind promotion, Then let my presence a little move thee, Because with joy I am come to love thee.
Thou sayest my Dearest and I believe thee, None but a Seaman shall ever have thee: And for thy choice I do much commend thee, Since no man living can more befriend thee. A Valiant Seaman will shun no danger But venture life against any stranger, Of Gold and Silver to make a seizure And bring it home to his chiefest Treasure. most like a Lady I will maintain thee In Silks and Sattins when I have gaind thee, And whatsoever thou dost require Thou strait shalt have it at thy desire. Ile strive at all times to content thee, Thou shalt not for thy love repent thee: But thou shalt find a brave Seamans proffers Is better far then a misers Coffers. Then Dearest cast away care behind thee For a true Lover thou shalt find me, I value neither thy Gold nor money, So I injoy thee my onely Honey. I fear not but by my good behavior, In time to gain thy old Fathers favour, Wel sing old Rose then, and be full merry And drownd our sorrows in Sack and Sherry. Wel bid our Neighbours to our Wedding, And we will have a most costly Bedding: So for the present farewel my Sweeting, A thousand thanks for this happy meeting.
With Allowance. Printed by J.L. for J.C. at the Bible and Harp in West-Smith-Field.