%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Constance Anthony: / OR AN / Admirable New Northern STORY, / Of two constant Lovers, as I understand, / Were born near Appleby in Westmorland; / The Lad's name Anthony, Constance the Lass; / To Sea they went both and great Dangers did pass: / How they suffer'd Shiprack on te Coast of Spain, / For two Years divided and then met again; / By wonderful Fortune and Care accident, / And now both live at Home with Joy and Content. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/29/2011 31324

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R217609 1 I would thou wert in Shrewsbury UNKNOWN I Would Thou Were in Shrewsbury Lovers in the North. / Constance and Anthony. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 631 Constance Anthony: / OR AN / Admirable New Northern STORY, / Of two constant Lovers, as I understand, / Were born near Appleby in Westmorland; / The Lad's name Anthony, Constance the Lass; / To Sea they went both and great Dangers did pass: / How they suffer'd Shiprack on te Coast of Spain, / For two Years divided and then met again; / By wonderful Fortune and Care accident, / And now both live at Home with Joy and Content. Constance [and] Anthony: OR, AN Admirable New Northern STORY, Of two constant Lovers, as I understand, Were born near Appleby in Westmorland; The Lad’s name Anthony, Constance the Lass; To Sea they went both and great Dangers did pass: How they suffer’d Ship[w]rack on the Coast of Spain, For two Years divided, and then met again; By wonderful Fortune and Care accident, And now both live at Home with Joy and Content. Constance [and] Anthony: OR, AN Admirable New Northern STORY, Of two constant Lovers, as I understand, Were born near Appleby in Westmorland; The Lad’s name Anthony, Constance the Lass; To Sea they went both and great Dangers did pass: How they suffered Shipwreck on the Coast of Spain, For two Years divided, and then met again; By wonderful Fortune and Care accident, And now both live at Home with Joy and Content. ?-?

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[Two] Lovers in the North, Constance and Anthony, Of them I will set forth a gallant History: They lovd exceeding well, as plainly doth appear; But that which I shall tell, the like you neer did hear: Still she crys Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill went along with thee. Anthony must to Sea, his Calling did him bind, My Constance, Dear, quoth he, I must leave thee behind; I prithee do not grieve, thy Tears will not prevail; Ill think on thee. my Sweet when the Ships under sail, But still, etc.
How may that be? said he, consider well the case. Quoth she, Sweet Anthony, Ill bide not in this place: If thou gang, so will I, of the means, do not doubt; A Womans Policy great matters may find out, My bonny Anthony, etc, I would be very glad, but prithee tell me how? Ill dress me like a Lad, what sayst thou to me now? The Sea thou canst not brook, yes, very well, quoth she, Ill Scullion to the Cook, for thy sweet company: My bonny Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill went along with thee.
Anthonys leave she had, and drest in Mans array, She seemd the blithest Lad seen on a Summers day. O see what Love can do, at home she will not hide: With her true Love shell go, let weal or woe betide: My dearest Anthony, my dearest Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill wend along with thee. In the Ship twas her lot to be Under cook; And at the Fire hot, wonderful pains she took: She served ery one fitting to their degree: And now and then alone she kissed Anthony: My bonny, etc. Alack and welladay, by tempest on the Main, Their Ship was cast away, upon the Coast of Spain, To the mercy of the waves: they all committed were, Constance her own self saves, then she crys for her Dear, My bonny, etc. Swimming upon a plank, at Bilbo she got ashore, First she did Heaven thank, then she lamented sore, O wo is me, said she, the saddest lass alive,
My dearest Anthony, now on the Sea doth drive: My bonny Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill wend along with thee. What shall become of me, why do I strive for shore, Sith my sweet Anthony, I never shall see more? Fair Constance do not grieve, the same good Providence, Hath savd thy Lover sweet, but he is far from hence: Still she, etc. A Spanish Merchant rich, saw this fair seeming Lad, That did lament so much, and was so grievous sad: He had in England been, and English understood, He having heard and seen, he in amazement stood: Still she etc. The Merchant asked her, what was that Anthony, Quoth she, my Brother Sir, who came from thence with me. He did her entertain, thinking she was a Boy, Two Years she did remain, before she met her Joy: Still she crys Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill wend along with thee.
Anthony was up tane, by an English Runagade, With whom he did remain, at the Sea-roving trade: I th nature of a Slave, he did ith Gally row, Thus he his Life did save, but Constance did not know: Still she crys, Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Gang thou by Land or Sea, Ill wend along with thee. Now mark what came to pass, see how, the Fates did work, A Ship that her Masters was surprizd this English-Turk, And into Bilbo brought all that aboard her were; Constance full little thought, Anthony was so near: Still she, etc. When they were come on shore, Anthony and the rest, She who was sad before, was now with Joy possest: The Merchant much did muse at this so sudden change, He did demand the News, which unto him was strange: Now she, etc. Upon her Knees she fell, unto her Master kind, And all the truth did tell, nothing she kept behind: At which he did admire, and in a Ship of Spain, Not paying for their hire, he sent them home again: Now she, etc. The Spanish Merchant rich did ofs own bounty give A sum of Gold, on which they now most bravely live: And now in Westmorland, they were joind hand in hand; Constance and Anthony, they live in mirth and glee: Still she crys Anthony, my bonny Anthony, Good Providence we see hath guarded thee and me.
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