%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The amorous Lady's GARLAND, / Shewing how a young Lady going with her maid to St. James's Market fell / in Love with a young butcher, who desir'd him to walk with her into St. James's / Park, after some discourse they both agreed to be married the next morning. 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 06/18/2014 34197

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YOung men & pretty maidens, / be pleas'd to lend an ear, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1457 The amorous Lady's GARLAND, / Shewing how a young Lady going with her maid to St. James's Market fell / in Love with a young butcher, who desir'd him to walk with her into St. James's / Park, after some discourse they both agreed to be married the next morning. The amorous Lady's GARLAND, Showing how a young Lady going with her maid to St. James's Market fell in Love with a young butcher, who desired him to walk with her into St. James's Park, after some discourse they both agreed to be married the next morning. Printer L. How ?-?

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YOung men & pretty maidens, be pleas'd to lend an ear, 'Tis of a charming Lady, that lov'd a young man dear; She was a merchants daughter, of beauty fair and clear; And he a pretty butcher, this Lady lov'd him dear. As through St. Jamess Market, this Lady she did go, She spy'd this charming butcher, attir'd like a beau; Young cupid let his arrow fly, while gazing thus she stood, The butcher being brisk and gay, and in a mery mood. He took her by the charming hand, saying Lady what dy'e buy, The best of ware I hear have got, the Lady did reply,
The meat you have is fresh & good and charming to behold; But something else i'd have, if I could purchase it with gold. What is it pretty Lady, I pray now let me hear, Alth' my Ware is so good, it is not very dear; The Lady smil'd to hear him thus merrily to talk, And so into St. Jamess Park, this couple strait did walk. And to break her troubled mind, the Lady did begin; Kind sir I hope you'll pardon me, for love's tormenting sting, Has pierc'd my heart in twain, you that I adore; I am a merchants daughter bright, i've gold and silver store.
And can'st thou love a butcher, thou charming Lady bright, O God's! that brought this lovely creature this day unto my sight Unite us both with happiness, let me enjoy the fair: Sweet Lady come into my arms, and never more despair. With that I did presume to kiss her ruby lips so sweet, And then we promis'd each other, next morning for to meet; According to our promises, it likewise was perform'd, And with the happy nuptual writer this Lady was adorn'd. She had a trusty servant, which all the matter knew, Who solemnly protested, to us she would be true: And in the dead time of the night, she brought me to my dear, To revel in the bay of love, with my own charming fair. We kept the matter secret, till twenty weeks was past: My lovely creature did begin to thicken in the waist: Her mother quickly spy'd the same and told her husband dear, Saying alas! she is with child, my jewel I do fear. So sending for their daughter, they thus to her did say, Tell us with whom you have been fooling, daughter dear I pray; For I perceive you are with child, let not the father know, We'll make him curse the very time he serv'd our daughter so.
My maid and I to Market went, to them she did reply; You bid me buy the best of meat, you cannot it deny; There was a youthful butcher. I like his Ware so well, Of it I made a hearty meal, which made my belly swell. You are a pretty Lady, her father then did say, And as for Mistress Betty, come quit my service pray; But first go fetch the butcher, e'er i'll your wages pay, I'll make the rogue to marry her, so Betty went her way. And going to the butcher, she unto him did say, Come lay aside your knife & steel, this minute come away, And answer for the deed you've done my master he does swear He'll make you for to marry my charming Lady fair. He soon came to her father, the old man thus began, I pray what sort of meat was that, you sold my daughter, when You made her belly thus to swell, in such a dismal sort, Indeed young man it was not well, and you shall suffer for't. Here take the harlot quite away, and marry her with speed, One farthing of her portion she shall not have indeed;
Why then I will not have her, the butcher did reply, With that the Lady hung her head, and bitterly did cry. So then the mother she did say, dear husband now i pray, We would give her, her portion if that she marry'd were; No, I will have the money down e'er I to Church do go, The old man sigh'd & shook his head well, since it must be so. Seven thousand pounds i'll give her but thus it shall be done, The Minister he shall come hear, You away shall run; He having got the money, he fell upon his knees, Likewise the Youthful Lady, saying, father if You please. To grant us both Your blessing, for we've already Wed, Her aged parents wept for joy, their grief soon vanished; He blest his son and daughter, saying, rise my children dear; And strait he settled on them both five hundred pounds a Year. Now Lovers all, you plainly see, what cupid can do, There's nothing like the Lovers that constant are and true; Blame not my charming creature, because she courted me, This being Leap-year, the maidens fair to court indeed are free.
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