%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Master-peice of Love Songs. / BEING / A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, / Who woo'd his Lord's Daughter, and carried the Day. / But soon after Marriage was forced for to Fight / With his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own Right; / He cut them and hew'd them, and paid them with Blows, / And made them his Friends who before were his Foes University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/27/2011 31234

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R217321 1 A Week after Easter UNKNOWN A Week After Easter IT was a bold Keeper / that chased a Deer, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 532 3: 533 The Master-peice of Love Songs. / BEING / A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, / Who woo'd his Lord's Daughter, and carried the Day. / But soon after Marriage was forced for to Fight / With his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own Right; / He cut them and hew'd them, and paid them with Blows, / And made them his Friends who before were his Foes The Master-peice of Love Songs. BEING A Dialogue betwixt a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, Who woo’d his Lord’s Daughter, and carried the Day. But soon after Marriage was forced for to Fight With his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own Right; He cut them and hew’d them, and paid them with Blows, And made them his Friends who before were his Foes The Masterpiece of Love Songs. BEING A Dialogue between a bold Keeper and a Lady gay, Who wooed his Lord’s Daughter, and carried the Day. But soon after Marriage was forced for to Fight With his Lord and six Gentlemen for his own Right; He cut them and hewed them, and paid them with Blows, And made them his Friends who before were his Foes ?-?

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IT was a bold Keeper that chased a Deer, Of a stouter bold Spirit you never did hear, But he loved a Lady of Beauty most clear, And now you shall hear of their Wooing. Keeper] O pity, fair Lady the Suit which I move, For Im deep in Affection, and tossed in Love; For you are the Lady, the Turtle and Dove Whereon I have cast my Affection.
Lady] O Keeper forbear, I shall thus answer thee, Im a Match for a Lord of a high Degree; For my Birth and yours they not equal be, Therefore Keeper, forbear your Wooing. Keeper] The Repulse it maketh me sadly to grieve; And true tis we all came from Adam and Eve, One loving Word to my Life is a Reprieve, Tho Im linked fast in Cupids Prison.
Lady] O why should you say youre a prisoner to me, O hold, forbear keeper, for that may not be; We both may have Matches fitter for each Degree; Then forbear, and take this for an Answer. Keeper] No, not for an Answer that I shall it take, And yet this Denial makes my Heart to ake, And I shall lay down my Life at a Stake, To obtain the Favour of my Lady. Lady] It is a meer Madness your Life to lay down, What will People say, theres an end of a Clown That passd many Dangers, till Fortune did frown, And now dyd a pretended Lover. Keeper] The name of a Clown in my Heart I do scorn, Being nobly descended, and a Gentleman born; Yet I am a Keeper that must be forlorn, Except you can love me, fair Lady. Lady] Well, Keeper, I perceive thou hast a good Heart, Well thou art compacted in every Part: If my Lord did know, We both would suffer Smart, My Father would be so offended. Keeper] Lady, if you will consent to be my Bride, I will gird up my Sword and Buckler by my side, And then to the Church in private well ride, Where we will be marryd, fair Lady.
She then gave Consent, and away they did ride, the valiant young Keeper and his lovely Bride, Not fearing of Danger, Whatever betide; For she was a valiant young Lady. Being marryd, they returnd back speedily, And riding along her Father did espy; Alack, quoth the Lady, one or both shall die. Fear Nothing, quoth the Keeper. The Lord he came posting so fast as he could hie, And six lusty Gentlemen for Company: Quoth he to the Keeper, Villain thou shalt die, For deluding away my Daughter. Come on, quoth the Keeper, tis no Time to prattle, I see by your Swords you are designd for Battle. With his Sword and Buckler he made them to rattle. The Lady held the Horse for the Keeper. He cut, and he hewd them on the Place he did stand; O then quoth the Lady, Bold Keeper, hold thy Hand. If youll give your Daughter thirty Thousand in Land, You shant die by the hand of the Keeper. Keeper, quoth the Lady, tis too small a Portion. Daughter, quoth the Lord, your Will shall be done; I will love thy Husband, and thee ever own. Thus a Keeper gaind a fair Lady.