%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The West Country VVooing, / OR, / The Merry conceited Couple. / In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, / And fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: / At first she seemed coy to his perswasion, / And put him off, with many a sly evasion: / But finding at the last his love was constant, / Her heart she did resign from that same instant. 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 04/01/2016 34741

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R227474 1 When Sol will cast no light: Or, My pritty little Rogue Cupid's Courtesy When Sol will cast no light: Or, My pretty little Rogue MY Joy and only Dear: / come sit down by me, WE know that young=men can / cog, lye, and flatter, Houghton Library Huth EBB65H Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 302 The West Country VVooing, / OR, / The Merry conceited Couple. / In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, / And fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: / At first she seemed coy to his perswasion, / And put him off, with many a sly evasion: / But finding at the last his love was constant, / Her heart she did resign from that same instant. The West Country Wooing, OR, The Merry conceited Couple. In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, And fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: At first she seemed coy to his perswasion, And put him off, with many a sly evasion: But finding at the last his love was constant, Her heart she did resign from that same instant. The West Country Wooing, OR, The Merry conceited Couple. In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, And fairly woos her, for to make her kind: At first she seemed coy to his persuasion, And put him off, with many a sly evasion: But finding at the last his love was constant, Her heart she did resign from that same instant. ?-? W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood

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MY Joy and only Dear: come sit down by me, For thou shalt plainly hear I mean to try thee, If thou canst love a Lad brisk, young and lively, I'le make thy heart full glad, thou shalt live finely. Thy pritty rowling eye, and waste so slender, Thy fore-head smooth and high thy lips so tender
Hath so ensnar'd my heart that I must love thee Therefore i'le not depart, till pitty move thee. Alas kind Sir, she said, what hath possest ye, For to delude a Maid, be not so hasty, Your flattering words that past, can no ways move me; For to repent at last, or yield to love ye,
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WE know that young-men can cog, lye, and flatter, And make vows, now and then, to mend the matter; With such slights cunningly they do deceive us, Bring us to beggary, and then they leave us. Fear not my Dear, (quoth he) that I dissemble, Or that such false young men, I do resemble, I have both house and land good gold and riches, And all at thy command: pray mark my speeches. Your house and land perhaps you think may move me, But I fear after claps, if I should love ye, Therefore my Maiden-head, I will make much on't, For ne're a false young-man shall have a touch on't. O stay my Love he said, make further tryal, Be not so resolute in your denial, Fear not but you shall find, I will content thee, And bravely please thy mind, none shall prevent me. What pleasure can a Maid find in your dealing, When you her kindness think, not worth concealing,
Young-men are apt to blab what's done in private, And well I understand what 'tis you drive at. My pretty Rogue, he said, do not misdoubt me, Why should you live a Maid, and think I flout ye, In my love, I promise, for to persever, And seal it with a kiss, to last forever. If that you love as much as you profess it, And that your truth is such, as you express it, Quoth she take hand and heart, and use your pleasure, For I will never part, from such a treasure. O how it Joyes my mind, (quoth he my jewel, That thou wilt now be kind, and no more cruel, Venus that Goddess she will smile to know it, How we in love agree, when we shall shew it. So from that happy hour, they were united, And to a pleasant Bower, he her invited, Where they with sport and play, kindly imbracing, There past the time away, Lovers Joyes tracing,
London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood.