%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> No Ring, no VVedding; / A merry new Song of the wooing there was, / 'Twixt a zealous Youngman, and a Cavalier Lasse, / He woos (and would wed) she will have no such thing, / Unlesse she may married be with a Ring / Have Ribons, and Gloves, Rosemary, and Baves, / And all things that were in her fore-Fathers dayes. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1656-1656 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/16/2018 36051

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1 The Parson of the Parish [unknown] The Parson of the Parish SWeet=Heart I come unto thee, / hoping thy Love to win, thou pretty Cavalier. [with variation] Manchester Central Library Blackletter Ballads Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 4 No Ring, no VVedding; / A merry new Song of the wooing there was, / 'Twixt a zealous Youngman, and a Cavalier Lasse, / He woos (and would wed) she will have no such thing, / Unlesse she may married be with a Ring / Have Ribons, and Gloves, Rosemary, and Baves, / And all things that were in her fore-Fathers dayes. No Ring, no Wedding; A merry new Song of the wooing there was, 'Twixt a zealous Young man, and a Cavalier Lass, He woos (and would wed) she will have no such thing, Unless she may married be with a Ring Have Ribbons, and Gloves, Rosemary, and Bays, And all things that were in her fore-Fathers' days. 1656-1656

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Young-man. SWeet-Heart I come unto thee, hoping thy Love to win, I meane to try, thy courtisie, and thus I doe begin: If thou wilt be my Sweeting, then I will be thy Deare, What think'st of me, shall I have thee, thou pretty Cavalier. Maid. Good Sir you do but mock me, your mind is nothing so, You'l speake of Love, my thoughts to prove, and then away you'l go: For if you be a Round-head, (as to me it doth appeare,) You cannot (yet,) your fancy set, upon a Cavalier. Young-man. Sweet-Heart I speake in earnest, thy beauty hath me taine, And my true-love, to thee (my Dove,) forever shall remaine: My true affections to thee, such zealous thoughts doth beare, If thou consent, I am content, my pretty Cavalier. Maid. Your Sect is bent to false-hood, and I indeed am jealous, That this is but, the shell o'th' Nut, though your pretence be zealous:
You have no cause to blame me, but I have cause to feare, 'T would be your sport, to winne thee Fort, and spoyle the Cavalier. Young-man. My dearest do not doubt me, my Heart and Tongue agree, Now Cupids Dart, hath prick't my Heart, I love no Lasse but thee: Tomorrow wee'l be married, then take it for no jeere, In word and deed, I am agreed, to wed my Cavalier. Maid. Sweet Sir you are too hasty, to speake of such a thing, If I should yeild, to you the Feild, where is your Wedding-Ring: Your Bride-Gloves & your Ribons with other things that were, Fit for a Bride, all things provide, Ile be your Cavalier. Young-man. These are but Ceremonies, belong to Popery, Therefore we will, not use them still, but all such toyes defie: Wee'l hand in hand together, conjoyne (with joyfull cheare,) Few words wee'le need, Ile doe the deed, with thee sweet Cavalier,