%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Virgins Constancy; Or the Faithfull Marriner, / Who proved most loyall, though he seem'd a Fariner: / 'Tis a gallant new Ditty 'twixt WIlliam and Kathern, / Their true lovs for young ones may serve for a pattern. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/20/2014 33041

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R234231 2 Loves, ride, or. Wert thou more fairier. Amaryllis Loves, ride, or. Wert thou more fairier. to the same tune. UNKNOWN to the same tune. HArd hap had I, poor harmlesse Maid, / Thus by the Fates to be betray'd, MY cruell Friends who did disturb, / True Lovers vows with fatal curb Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 480 The Virgins Constancy; Or the Faithfull Marriner, / Who proved most loyall, though he seem'd a Fariner: / 'Tis a gallant new Ditty 'twixt WIlliam and Kathern, / Their true lovs for young ones may serve for a pattern. The Virgins Constancy; Or the Faithfull Marriner, Who proved most loyall, though he seem’d a Fariner: ‘Tis a gallant new Ditty ‘twixt William and Kathern, Their true lovs for young ones may serve for a pattern. The Virgin's Constancy; Or the Faithful Mariner, Who proved most loyal, though he seemed a Fariner: 'Tis a gallant new Ditty 'twixt William and Katherine, Their true loves for young ones may serve for a pattern. ?-? William Gilbertson

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HArd hap had I, poor harmlesse Maid, Thus by the Fates to be betray'd, My Loyall Friend, whose constant love, No tortures great could e'r remove, Was forc'd from me for to depart, Yet he alone enjoyes my heart. My cruell friends incontinent Did work our woe and discontent 'Cause I was rich and he but poore, They hated him I know therefore, His Love was more then my desart, And he alone, etc. When wee engaged were by Oath, And plighted had a faithfull Troth, For to be married out of hand, But when my Friends did understand, They forced him away to part, Yet he alone, etc. They heepe me as a Bird in Cage, And make my House their Hermitage, With Iron Barrs and Bolts so strong,
That wee endured double wrong: Which did increase our woe and smart, But he alone, etc. Because the Fates had thus decreed, He to the Ocean sayl'd with speed, Where he remaineth for my sake, But will no other Sweet-heart take: Heavens be thy guide where e'r thou art For he alone, etc. The gaping Quick-sands would devour My Loyall Friend each day and hour, But Heaven protect still and defend, My faithfull Love unto the end: That he may play a Lovers part, For he alone, etc. But if grim Death hath stole his Life, And hindred me to be his Wife, I wish the Finis of my breath, To meet with him although in death: Yet if grim Death hath spar'd his Dart, He shall enjoy my Love-sick heart.
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MY cruell Friends who did disturb, True Lovers vows with fatal curb Are Mortuus est, all dead, and I Obtain again my Liberty: Yet live in Prison full of smart, Unlesse my friend enjoy my heart. When she had warbled forth this Song, How they had suffered too much wrong, Her Love came home, and stood to hear The Maiden sing her solemn Queire, How he was supream of her heart, Wherefore he thus began his part. His Answer. Arise my Love, open the Doore, And bid me welcome to the Shore, Now fortuns frowns are turn'd to smils I find her brest is full of wiles: Though all things frowns and angry be, Yet I will live and dye with thee. Thou art alone my Beauties Starre, In thee my joyes and blisses are, My thoughts lye rowling with thine eys My heart must be a Sacrifice: Unlesse my dearest Love you'l be, For I must live and dye with thee.
I've brought thee hom most costly things Rare precious stones, & diamond Rings, Rich Taffities, and Silks so fine, To deck my Love, for thou art mine: As thou art mine so thine Ile be, And ever live and dye with thee. Maid. Is this the voice of my sweet Will? Whose faithfull love is constant still, Then welcome home, what blisse is this That faithfull Lovers now may kisse? In heart I long'd thy face to see, That I might live, etc. Man. I'm come again, my dearest Kate, Who went from the through force of hate But now forgetting sorrows past, Wee may enjoy true love at last: The Gordion knot in fine to tye, In love and peace to live and dye.
London, Printed for William Gilbertson, dwelling in Gilt-spur-street.