%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Dorset-shire DAMOSEL: / OR, / Young NANCY at her last Prayer. / Containing her earnest request to Ralph the Miller, to be satisfied whether he would have her or no: Concluding / with his kind Answer. 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 03/02/2016 34942

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R228187 1 Fond Boy Fond Boy Fond Boy IN Dorset-shire lived a young Miller by Trade, / Who had courted sweet Nancy an innocent Maid, Therefore pray now resolve me before I do go, / Whether you do intend for to have me or no? [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 The Dorset-shire DAMOSEL: / OR, / Young NANCY at her last Prayer. / Containing her earnest request to Ralph the Miller, to be satisfied whether he would have her or no: Concluding / with his kind Answer. The Dorset-shire DAMOSEL: OR, Young NANCY at her last Prayer. Containing her earnest request to Ralph the Miller, to be satisfied whether he would have her or no: Concluding with his kind answer. The Dorsetshire DAMSEL: OR, Young NANCY at her last Prayer. Containing her earnest request to Ralph the Miller, to be satisfied whether he would have her or no: Concluding with his kind Answer. ?-? J. Deacon

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IN Dorset-shire lived a young Miller by Trade, Who had courted sweet Nancy an innocent Maid; Full a Twelvemonth or more he had kept her in hand; She went to him at last that she might understand What he meant by his fooling and serving her so: Prithee tell me, quoth she, if you'll have me or no? When first you came to me, How kind was you then? You would give me sweet Kisses a hundred and ten, Nay, and told me that you did my Beauty adore, Yet you have not been with me this two Months or more; Therefore pray now resolve me before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no?
Whenever I came with my Grist to your Mill You would always be kissing and courting me still, I could ne'er be at rest and at quiet for you; I appeal to your Conscience if this be not true, Therefore pray now resolve me before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no? I Bought you a Cravat to go to a Feast, One that cost Half-a-crown, or two Shillings at least, And besides that I gave you three Ells of good Linnen For to make you a Shirt, of my Mother's own Spinning; Therefore prithee resolve me before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no?
There's Roger would have me, and calls me his Dear; He has got an Estate of ten Shillings a year, Besides forty good Shillings and five in a Purse, Therefore don't spoyl my Fortune and hinder me thus, But he pleas'd to resolve me before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no? You told me last Easter you'd make me your Bride, Wherefore new Knots and Favours I strait did provide, Yet you ne'er came a near me till now June the third; E'ry honest Man would be as good as his Word: But I prithee resolve me before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no? You solemnly swore when I sat on your knee That you then had a love and a kindness for me, And if so, What's the reason I am not your Bride? Faith these lingering Bargins I near could abide; Let me now be resolved before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no? 'Tis very well known I am just in my Prime, And to have a kind Husband I think it high time; If at Michaelmas last the good deed had been done, I might had before now a young Daughter or Son; Pray resolve me this Question before I do go, Whether you do intend for to have me or no? The Young Man's Answer. SWeet Nancy, my Promise I do not forget, But I am not resolv'd to be Marry'd as yet; The devouring Sword now is reigning you see, And if I to the Wars should be forced from thee; Then thy grief, care and sorrow will daily encrease, Therefore prithee Love stay till a flourishing Peace. Believe me, I swear by the Powers above, That I never will leave thee for any new Love; My desires is that thou wilt patiently wait, Till the Land is restor'd to a prosperous State; If I live but till then thou shalt be my sweet Bride, For I love none in all the whole Nation beside.
Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street.