%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Sea-mans Compass / OR / A dainty new Ditty composed and pend / The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend, / 'Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, / Now mark, and you quickly shall hear how it was: Price, Lawrence University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1623-1623 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/07/2012 31990

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R182076 1 The Tyrant hath stoln Bonny Sweet Robin; My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone The Tyrant hath stolen AS lately I travelled / towards Gravesend, THe Sea-men brings Spices / and Sugar so fine There's none but a Sea-man / shall marry with me. There's non but a Sea-man / shall marry with me. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 325 The Sea-mans Compass / OR / A dainty new Ditty composed and pend / The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend, / 'Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, / Now mark, and you quickly shall hear how it was: The Sea-mans Compass OR A dainty new Ditty composed and pend The deeds of brave Sea-men to praise and commend, 'Twas made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, Now mark, and you quickly shall hear how it was: The Seaman's Compass OR A dainty new Ditty composed and penned The deeds of brave Seamen to praise and commend, It was made by a Maid that to Gravesend did pass, Now mark, and you quickly shall hear how it was: Price, Lawrence 1623-1623 F.G.

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AS lately I travelled towards Gravesend, I heard a fair Damosel a Sea-man commend And as in a Tilt-boat we passed along In praise of brave Sea-men she sung this new Song Come Tradesman or Merchant, whoever he be Theres none but a Sea-man shall marry with me. A Sea-man in promise is faithful and just Honest in carriage and true to his trust Kind in behaviour and constant in love As firm in affection as the Turtle-Dove, Valiant in action in every degree Theres none but a Sea-man, etc. The Sea-men adventures their lives at the Seas Whilst land men on shore takes pleasure and ease The Sea-men at all times their businesse must ply
In Winter and Summer in wet and in dry From toyl and pains taking they seldome are free Theres none but a Sea-man, etc. Moreover Ide have you for to understand That Sea-men brings treasure and profit to land Above and beneath ground for wealth they have sought And when they have found it to England tis brought With hazard of lives by experience we see Theres none but a Sea-man, etc. Sea-men from beyond Seas bring silver and gold With Pearls and rich Jewels most rare to behold With Silks and rich Velvets their credits to save Or else you gay Ladies could not go so brave This makes my heart merry as merry may be Theres none but a Sea-man shall marry with me.
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THe Sea-men brings Spices and Sugar so fine Which serve the brave gallants to drink with their wine With Lemonds and Orenges all of the best To rellish their pallats when they make a feast Sweet Figs, Prunes & Raisons by them brought home be Theres none but a Sea-man shall marry with me. To comfort poor people, the Sea-men do strive And brings in maintainance to keep them alive As raw silk and cotten wool to card and to spin And so by their labours their livings comes in Most men are beholding to Sea-men we see With none but a Sea-man I married will be. The Mercers beholding we know well enough For Holland, Lawn, Cambrick, and other gay stuffe Thats brought from beyond seas by Sea-men so bold The rarest that ever mens eyes did behold God prosper the Sea-men where ever they be Theres none but a Sea-man shall marry with me. The Merchants themselves are beholding also To honest Sea-men that on purpose do go To bring them home profit from other strange lands,
Or else their fine daughters must work with their hands The Nobles and Gentry of every degree Are also beholding to Sea-men we see. Thus for rich men & poor men, the Sea-men does good And sometimes comes off with loss of much blood If they were not a guard and defence for our land Our enemiee soon would get the upper hand And then in a woful case strait we should be Theres none but a Sea-man shall marry with me. To draw to conclusion and so make an end I hope that great Neptune my love will befriend And send him home safely with health and with life Then shall I with joyfulness soon be his wife You maids, wives, and widdows that Sea-mens loves be With hearts and with voices Joyn Prayers with me. God blesse all brave Sea men from quicksands and rocks From loss of their blood and from enemies knocks From lightning and thunder. and tempests so strong From ship wrack and drowning and all other wrong And they that to these words will not say, Amen. Tis pity that they should ever speak words agen.
Finis. L.P. London printed for F. G. on Snow-hill: Entred according to order.