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T198296 O Jeanie's a Lass, that doth surpass / all Ladies [th]at are [?] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 50 ALIUD or / The Superlative Transcendent Jean. ALIUD or The Superlative Transcendent Jean. 1750-?

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O Jeanie's a Lass, that doth surpass all Ladies [th]at are [?] wish that it might, seem [?]o[?] he[?] to grant unto me a reviving, By her loving smiles, which are unto me more sweet than the Balm or Honey, And much more desir'd than Jewls or Pearls, or treasures of Gold, or of Money. My heart, I confess, my Jean doth possess, O! how will I gain her affection? She doth me provoke, the Muse to invoke, how I may describe her perfection, Yea, vertue itself in her breast doth dwell, with graces also in great number: She's modest and chast she's pious and grave, with other endowments an hunder. Which passeth the Pen, of Angels & Men, to write them at large, or express them; No proof can be made, till enjoyments be had, then he who enjoys must confess them To be far beyond whatever he thought, or could be imagin'd by any, Yea, Poets may write, Orators may speak, by Orations and Poems many. But what might be said to the praise of this Maid far short they would come, I assure them, Yea, also I might swear that the first sight of her charming face would allure them: But lest that I should by my bluddering pen her vertue Eclipse, and her beauty; Il[?]ore forbear, her more to commend, [?]d[?] duty [?]