%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Young Mans Joys / Compleated. / OR, / The Coy DAMSEL Conquered by his pure Love and Loyalty. / She first deny'd to be his Bride, / least he should prove unjust; / But when she knew his Love was true / she set his Heart at rest. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 07/15/2014 33386

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R227512 1 O so ungrateful a Creature. UNKNOWN O so ungrateful a Creature. Now to my true Lover Betty, / I'le pay my Loyal Respects, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 910 The Young Mans Joys / Compleated. / OR, / The Coy DAMSEL Conquered by his pure Love and Loyalty. / She first deny'd to be his Bride, / least he should prove unjust; / But when she knew his Love was true / she set his Heart at rest. The Young Man's Joys Completed. OR, The Coy DAMSEL Conquered by his pure Love and Loyalty. She first denied to be his Bride, least he should prove unjust; But when she knew his Love was true she set his Heart at rest. 1685-1685 J. Blare

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Man. NOw to my true Lover Betty, I'le pay my Loyal Respects, There is no Creature more pritty, not among all thy whole Sex: Let me obtain but thy favour, then I desire no more; Love I will serve thee forever, and will thy Person adore. Maid. Young Men are given to flatter, innocent Maids to betray, Never intend no such matter, who can believe what you say?
When you take pleasure to grieve us pitty your Hearts will not move, But most unworthily leave us, when we have granted you love. Man. Dearest put this to the tryal, a solemn promise I give, That I am faithful and Loyal, and will be so while I live: Therefore my Dear be not cruel, but grant me what I request, Love's an unquenchable Fuel, the which doth torture my Breast.
Maid. Truly I much do admire that your love should be so hot, Were I to grant your desire Sir, it would soon be forgot: Young-Men their passion can smother, when we the blessing allow, They are for Courting another, never regarding their vow. Man. There is no Creature above thee, shall be admir'd by me, I so entirely love thee, that I can never be free; This is no fabulous story, I will thy Servant remain; Evermore sound forth thy glory, do not triumph in disdain. Maid. I have known many a pretender, vow'd that they'd love them as life, Saying, if they would surrender, that they should then be their Wife: Yet at the last they have left them, making their sorrowful moan, And of all comforts bereft them; this I have oftentimes known.
Man. Why wilt thou torture and grieve me, more than i'm able to bear? O that thou wilt but reprieve me, why shouldst thou let me dispair? Surely might I but enjoy thee, my drooping spirits would chear, Nothing should ever annoy thee, for I would tender my dear. Though at the first she did lower, now she has quite left it o're, As having not so much power for to deny him once more: Thus the young Damsel consented, seeming at first to be coy, Then he no longer lamented, but did embrace her with joy. Saying, I'le not be ungrateful, to render evil for good, No, I was ne're so deceitful, Heavens forbid that I shou'd; Thee I did always admire, Love, I was never in jest, Seeing thou grant'st my desire, now my poor Heart is at rest.
FINIS. Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking Glass on London-Bridge.