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R214483 1 Dainty come to me. UNKNOWN Dainty come to me. THere was a wealthy man, / in Sussex he did dwell, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1145 An excellent Ballad of the Mercers Son of Midhurst, / AND / The Cloathiers daughter of Guilford. An excellent Ballad of the Mercers Son of Midhurst, AND The Clothiers daughter of Guilford. Printer A.M. ?-? A.M.

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THere was a wealthy man, in Sussex he did dwell, A Mercer by his trade, as many yet can tell: He had a youthful Son whom fancy did so move, He cried night and day alack I die for love. Alack I die for love, beauty disdaineth me, The Cloathiers daughter dear works my calamity: She hath my heart in hold that did most cruel prove, Thus cried he night and day alack, etc. Alack I die for love, fortune so sore doth frown, The jewel of my heart dwelleth in Guilford town: There lives the lamp of life, for whom this pain I prove, Fair Phillis pitty me, alack, etc. Alack I die for love, and can no comfort find, The Cloathiers daughter dear, beareth too high a mind: Sweet beauties Paragon, fair Venus silver Dove, Fair Phillis pitty me, alack, etc, Alack I die for love, whilst thou dost laugh and smile, Let not thy pleasure be true love for to beguile: My life lies in your hand, then as it doth behove, Slay not the Mercers Son, alack, etc. If that my beauty bright doth grieve thy heart (quoth she) Then let the Mercers Son turn still his face from me: I do no man disdain, nor can I cruel prove, My heart must still say nay where my heart cannot love. Where my heart cannot love, lovers all must I shun, The Clothiers daughter thus
answered the Mercers Son: I bear no lofty mind, yet pitty cannot move, My mind to fancy him, where my heart cannot love. Where my heart cannot love, I must his love deny, Although I laugh and smile, yet falshood I defie: Thou art too fond a man life danger thus to prove, I'll not wed good friend John where my heart cannot love. What good can there befall to that new married wife, Where goods and wealth is small, want causeth deadly strife, But where wealth is at will, experience oft doth prove, Though love at first is small, yet goods increaseth love. Yet goods increaseth love, and I will never wed, But where the Key of Gold opens the door to bed: For she may merry be what chance soever hap, Where bags of money comes tumbling within her lap. Tumbling within her lap, whilst she her Gold doth tell, With such a husband sir I do delight to dwell, Were he young, were he old, deform'd or fair in show, My pleasure still should be, where pleasure still doth flow. Where pleasure still doth flow, is that your mind (quoth he) My father will bestow as much as comes to thee: Hadst thou five hundred pound, five hundred more beside, My father will bestow: If thou wilt be my bride. If thou wilt be my bride, thus much I understand; my father will give me, his house and eke his land; So while that he doth live, with us he may remain,
What says my hearts delight, is this a bargain plain? This is a bargain plain, (quoth she) I am content; So he perform this thing I give thee my consent, And I will merry be my mind shall not remove, Thou shalt be my Sweet-heart, i'll be thy own true love. Ile be thy own true love, then make no more delay, I greatly long to see our marriage happy day. To Midhurst in all haste goeth the mercers Son; He told his father dear, his true love he had won. The Old man hearing this, conveyed out of hand, Assurance to his Son, of all his House and land, When he had done this deed he wept most bitterly, Saying my dearest son thou must be good to me: Well worth two hundred pound this morning was I known, But the Cloaths of my back now nothing is my own: And all this I have done dear Son to pleasure thee, Think on thy Fathers love, and deal thou well with me. Dear father (quod, the Son) if I do not do so, God pour upon my head hot vengeance, grief and woe: The Young-man wedded was to his fair lovely bride But wondrous grief and woe: therefore there did betide. As after you shall hear, in the Old mans complaint, A tale of greater grief, cannot your heart attaint. A warning by this thing all men may understand, Lest they do come to live under their Childrens hand.
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