%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Faithful Young Mans Answer, / TO THE / Kind Hearted Maidens Resolution, / Likewise how he shows his full intent, his valorous mind; and his action / unto her whom he loves above all the rich treasures in the world. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1651-1651 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/01/2012 31822

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R216104 MY fairest my dearest / i've heard what thou'st told If thou wilt go with thy Love / all the world o're. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 114 The Faithful Young Mans Answer, / TO THE / Kind Hearted Maidens Resolution, / Likewise how he shows his full intent, his valorous mind; and his action / unto her whom he loves above all the rich treasures in the world. The Faithful Young Mans Answer, TO THE Kind Hearted Maidens Resolution, Likewise how he shows his full intent, his valorous mind; and his action unto her whom he loves above all the rich treasures in the world. The Faithful Young Man's Answer, TO THE Kind-Hearted Maiden's Resolution, Likewise how he shows his full intent, his valorous mind; and his action unto her whom he loves above all the rich treasures in the world. 1651-1651 J. Clarke

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MY fairest my dearest ive heard what thoust told I vallue thy words more thou Silver or Gold, Matter not for Riches for thou shalt have store, If thou wilt go with thy Love all the world ore. As thou dost forsake Father and Mother beside, Ile make as much on thee what ever betide, Thou shalt be my Comrade on Sea or on Shore, Then come and go with, etc.
Though we travel to Rome Love to France or to Spain, Yet do not you fear but we shall turn again, Ile secure thee from the Tyger the Wolf and the Bore, Then come, etc. As thou art so constant and stedfast in mind, As faithful a friend thou ever shalt find, Then assure thy self ile wrong thee on no score, Then come, etc.
ANd if thou goest with me ile promise thee fair, Instead of one boy Love ile get thee a pair, Ile hug thee and kiss thee thy joys to restore, Then come and go with thy Love all the world ore. Though Sir Guy and St. George did venture their lives, Ile do as much for thee as they did for their wives, Ile be thy Champion against thousands and more, Then come, etc. He that seeks for to wrong thee ile venture my Life, And youl say a man can do no more for a Wife, But fight for a Sweet-heart in battles so sore, Then, etc. Hang him from his dearest will once stir or flinch, Or hang him if he loves her wont fight for a Wench, Then give us more liquor though we run on the score, And come etc. Ile show thee what fashions Europe can devise, It may be by our travel we to fortune may rise, Thou knowst not what blessings the Lord hath in store, Then come etc.
For to stay at home Love and sit by the fire, Theres no recreation unto thy desire, Then lets to the fair Love where musick is store, Then, etc. Love never be daunted nor yet do not fear, But I will be faithful unto thee my Dear, No tongue nor yet beauty shall thy fame adore, Then, etc. He that woud wrong thee is worse then a few, And he is a Knave that will not prove true, Such doings I hate and shall love thee the more, Then; etc. Though I dont praise thy feature as thou hast done mine, Yet ile stick as close to thee as the Bark to the Vine, Therefore do not tarry but bar up the door, Then, etc. And thus my own dearest ive told thee my mind, And nothing but truth thou by me shalt find, Then take this kiss for ile now say no more But come and go with thy Love all the world ore.
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