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A84270
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An excellent ballad intituled, the unfortunate love of a Lancashire gentleman, and the hard fortune of a faire young bride The tune is, Come follow my love.
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1658-1664
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Wing E3784A; ESTC R231234
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An excellent Ballad intituled the unfortunate Love of a Lancashire Gentleman and the hard Fortune of a faire young Bride The tune is Come follow my Love LOoke you faithfull Lovers on my unhappy state Sée my teares distilling but powred out too late And buy not foolish fancy at so deare a rate Alack for my Love J shall dye My Father is a Gentleman well known of high degrée Tender of my wy welfare evermore was he He sought for Reputation but all the worse for me Alack c. There was a proper Mayden of favour swéet and faire To whom in deepe affection I closly did repaire In heart I dearly lov'd her loe thus began my care Alack c. For Nature had adorn'd her with qualities divine Prudent in her actions and in behaviour fine Vpon a swéeter Creature the Sun did never shine Alack c. Nothing wanted in her but this the griefe of all Of Birth she was but lowly of substance very small A simple hired Servant and subject to each call Alack c. Yet she was my pleasure my joy and hearts delight More rich then any treasure more precious in my sight At length to one another our promise we did plight Alack for my Love J shall dye And thus unto my Father the thing I did reveale Desiring of his favour nothing I did conceale But he my deare affection regarded never a deale Alack c. Quoth he thou gracelesse fellow thou art my onely heire And for thy owne preferment hast thou so little care To marry with a Begger that is both poore and bare Alack c. I charge thée on my blessing thou doe her sight refraine And that into her company you never come againe That you should be so married I take it in disdaine Alack c. Is there so many Gentlemen of worshipfull degrée that have most honest Daughters of beauty faire and frée And can none but a beggers brat content and pleasure thée Alack c. By God that made all creatures this vow to thee I make If thou doe not this begger refuse and quite forsake From thee thy due Inheritance I wholly meane to take Alack c. These his bitter speeches did sore torment my mind Knowing well how greatly he was to wrath inclin'd My heart was slaine with sorrow no comfort could I find Then did I write a Letter and sent it to my deare Wherein my first affection all changed did appeare Which from her faire eyes forced the pearled water cleare Alack for my Love I shall dye For griefe unto the Messenger one word she could not speake Those dolefull heavy tydings her gentle heart did breake Yet sought not by her spéeches on me her heart to wreake Alack c. This déed within my conscience tormented me full sore To thinke upon the promise I made her long before And for the true performance how I most deeply swore Alack c. I could not be in quiet till I to her did goe Who for my sake remained in deadly care and woe And unto her in secret my full intent to show Alack c. My sight rejoyced greatly her sad perplexed heart From both her eyes on sudden the trickling teares did start And each in others bosome wee breathed out our smart Alack c. Unknowne unto my Father or any friend beside Our selves we closly married shee was my onely Bride Yet still within her service I caused her to abide Alack c. But never had two Lovers more sorrow care and griefe No meanes in our extremity we found for our reliefe And now what further hapned here followeth in briefe The Second Part To the same tune NOw you loyall Lovers attend unto the rest See by secret marriage how sore I am oprest For why my full misfortune herein shall be exprest Alack for my Love I must dye My Father came unto me upon a certaine day And with a merry countenance these words to me did say My son quoth he come hither and marke what I shall say Alack c. Seeing you are disposed to lead a wedded life I have unto thy credit provided thee a Wife Where thou maist live delightful without all care and strife Alack c. Master Senock's Daughter most beautifull and wise Three hundred pound her portion may well thy mind suffice And by her friends and kindred thou maist to credit rise Alack c. This is my Son undoubted a match for thee most meet She is a proper Maiden most delicate and sweet Goe wooe her then and win her I should rejoyce to see 't Alack c. Her friends and I have talked and thereon have agreed Then be not thou abashed but presently proceed Thou shalt be entertained and have no doubt to speed Alack c. O pardon me deare Father with bashfull looks he said To enter into marriage I sorely am afraid A single life is lovely therein my mind is staid Alack c. When he heard my speeches his anger did arise He drove me from his presence my sight he did despise And straight to disinherit me all means he did devise Alack c. When I my selfe perceived in this ill case to stand Most lewdly I consented unto his fond demand And married with the other and all to save my Land Alack c. And at this haplesse marriage great cost my friends did keep They spared not their poultry their Oxen nor their sheep Whilst joyfully they dances I did in corners weep Alack c. My conscience was tormented which did my joyes deprive Yet for to hide my sorrow my thoughts did alwaies strive Quoth I what shame will it be to have two wives alive Alack c. O my sweetest Margaret I did in sorrow say Thou knowst not in thy service of this my marriage day Though here my body resteth with thee my heart doth stay Alack c. And my meditation came in my lovely Bride With chains and Jewels trim'd and silken Rebes beside Saying why doth my true Love so sadly here abide Alack c. Yea twenty lovely kisses she did on me bestow And forth abroad a walking this lovely Maid did goe Yea arm in arm most frindly with me that was her foe Alack c. But when that I had brought her where no body was neare I imbraced her most falsly with a most feigned chéere Vnto the heart I stabbed this Maiden faire and cleare Alack c. My selfe in wofull manner I wounded with a knife And laid my selfe down by her by this my married Wife And said that Theeves to rob us had wrought this deadly strife Alack c. Great wailing and great sorrow was then upon each side In wofull sor◠they buried this faire and comly Bride And my dissimulation in this was quickly try'd Alack c. And for this cruell murther to death that I am brought For this my aged Father did end his dayes in thought My Margaret at these tydings her own destruction wrought Alack c. Loe here the dolefull perill blind fancy brought me in And mark what care and sorrow forc'd marriage doth bring All men by me be warned and Lord forgive my sin Alack c. FINIS London Printed for Francis Coles T. Vere and W. Gilbertson