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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>An excellent Ballad intituled, the unfortunate Love of a
Lanca&s;hire Gentleman, and the hard Fortune of a faire young Bride.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The tune is, <HI>Come follow my Love.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></L>
<L>LOoke you faithfull Lovers,</L>
<L>on my unhappy &s;tate,</L>
<L>S&eacute;e my teares di&s;tilling</L>
<L>but powred out too late,</L>
<L>And buy not fooli&s;h fancy</L>
<L>at &s;o deare a rate,</L>
<L><HI>Alack for my Love J &s;hall dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Father is a Gentleman,</L>
<L>well known of high degr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Tender of my wy welfare</L>
<L>evermore was he,</L>
<L>He &s;ought for Reputation,</L>
<L>but all the wor&s;e for me,</L>
<L><HI>Alack &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There was a proper Mayden</L>
<L>of favour &s;w&eacute;et and faire,</L>
<L>To whom in deepe affection</L>
<L>I clo&s;ly did repaire,</L>
<L>In heart I dearly lov'd her</L>
<L>loe thus began my care,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For Nature had adorn'd her</L>
<L>with qualities divine,</L>
<L>Prudent in her actions,</L>
<L>and in behaviour fine,</L>
<L>&V;pon a &s;w&eacute;eter Creature</L>
<L>the Sun did never &s;hine,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Nothing wanted in her,</L>
<L>but this the griefe of all,</L>
<L>Of Birth &s;he was but lowly,</L>
<L>of &s;ub&s;tance very &s;mall;</L>
<L>A &s;imple hired Servant</L>
<L>and &s;ubject to each call,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet &s;he was my plea&s;ure,</L>
<L>my joy and hearts delight;</L>
<L>More rich then any trea&s;ure,</L>
<L>more precious in my &s;ight:</L>
<L>At length to one another</L>
<L>our promi&s;e we did plight,</L>
<L><HI>Alack for my Love J &s;hall dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus unto my Father</L>
<L>the thing I did reveale;</L>
<L>De&s;iring of his favour,</L>
<L>nothing I did conceale,</L>
<L>But he my deare affection</L>
<L>regarded never a deale,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Quoth he thou gracele&s;&s;e fellow.</L>
<L>thou art my onely heire,</L>
<L>And for thy owne preferment</L>
<L>ha&s;t thou &s;o little care?</L>
<L>To marry with a Begger</L>
<L>that is both poore and bare.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I charge th&eacute;e on my ble&s;&s;ing</L>
<L>thou doe her &s;ight refraine,</L>
<L>And that into her company</L>
<L>you never come againe,</L>
<L>That you &s;hould be &s;o married</L>
<L>I take it in di&s;daine.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Is there &s;o many Gentlemen</L>
<L>of wor&s;hipfull degr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>that have mo&s;t hone&s;t Daughters</L>
<L>of beauty faire and fr&eacute;e;</L>
<L>And can none but a beggers brat</L>
<L>content and plea&s;ure th&eacute;e.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>By God that made all creatures</L>
<L>this vow to thee I make;</L>
<L>If thou doe not this begger</L>
<L>refu&s;e and quite for&s;ake;</L>
<L>From thee thy due Inheritance</L>
<L>I wholly meane to take,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e his bitter &s;peeches</L>
<L>did &s;ore torment my mind;</L>
<L>Knowing well how greatly</L>
<L>he was to wrath inclin'd,</L>
<L>My heart was &s;laine with &s;orrow</L>
<L>no comfort could I find.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then did I write a Letter</L>
<L>and &s;ent it to my deare;</L>
<L>Wherein my fir&s;t affection</L>
<L>all changed did appeare,</L>
<L>Which from her faire eyes forced</L>
<L>the pearled water cleare.</L>
<L><HI>Alack for my Love I &s;hall dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For griefe unto the Me&s;&s;enger</L>
<L>one word &s;he could not &s;peake,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e dolefull heavy tydings</L>
<L>her gentle heart did breake;</L>
<L>Yet &s;ought not by her &s;p&eacute;eches</L>
<L>on me her heart to wreake.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This d&eacute;ed within my con&s;cience,</L>
<L>tormented me full &s;ore,</L>
<L>To thinke upon the promi&s;e</L>
<L>I made her long before;</L>
<L>And for the true performance</L>
<L>how I mo&s;t deeply &s;wore.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I could not be in quiet</L>
<L>till I to her did goe,</L>
<L>Who for my &s;ake remained</L>
<L>in deadly care and woe.</L>
<L>And unto her in &s;ecret</L>
<L>my full intent to &s;how,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My &s;ight rejoyced greatly,</L>
<L>her &s;ad perplexed heart,</L>
<L>From both her eyes on &s;udden</L>
<L>the trickling teares did &s;tart;</L>
<L>And each in others bo&s;ome</L>
<L>wee breathed out our &s;mart,</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Unknowne unto my Father,</L>
<L>or any friend be&s;ide;</L>
<L>Our &s;elves we clo&s;ly married</L>
<L>&s;hee was my onely Bride:</L>
<L>Yet &s;till within her &s;ervice</L>
<L>I cau&s;ed her to abide.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But never had two Lovers</L>
<L>more &s;orrow care and griefe,</L>
<L>No meanes in our extremity</L>
<L>we found for our reliefe;</L>
<L>And now what further hapned</L>
<L>here followeth in briefe</L>
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</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="1">
<HEAD>The Second Part,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">To the &s;ame tune.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>NOw you loyall Lovers</L>
<L>attend unto the re&s;t,</L>
<L>See by &s;ecret marriage</L>
<L>how &s;ore I am opre&s;t.</L>
<L>For why my full mi&s;fortune</L>
<L>herein &s;hall be expre&s;t.</L>
<L><HI>Alack for my Love I mu&s;t dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Father came unto me</L>
<L>upon a certaine day,</L>
<L>And with a merry countenance,</L>
<L>the&s;e words to me did &s;ay.</L>
<L>My &s;on quoth he come hither,</L>
<L>and marke what I &s;hall &s;ay.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Seeing you are di&s;po&s;ed</L>
<L>to lead a wedded life,</L>
<L>I have unto thy credit</L>
<L>provided thee a Wife;</L>
<L>Where thou mai&s;t live delightful</L>
<L>without all care and &s;trife.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ma&s;ter <HI>Senock's</HI> Daughter</L>
<L>mo&s;t beautifull and wi&s;e,</L>
<L>Three hundred pound her portion</L>
<L>may well thy mind &s;uffice:</L>
<L>And by her friends and kindred</L>
<L>thou mai&s;t to credit ri&s;e.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This is my Son undoubted</L>
<L>a match for thee mo&s;t meet,</L>
<L>She is a proper Maiden</L>
<L>mo&s;t delicate and &s;weet.</L>
<L>Goe wooe her then and win her</L>
<L>I &s;hould rejoyce to &s;ee't.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her friends and I have talked,</L>
<L>and thereon have agreed,</L>
<L>Then be not thou aba&s;hed</L>
<L>but pre&s;ently proceed.</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt be entertained</L>
<L>and have no doubt to &s;peed.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O pardon me deare Father</L>
<L>with ba&s;hfull looks he &s;aid,</L>
<L>To enter into marriage</L>
<L>I &s;orely am afraid.</L>
<L>A &s;ingle life is lovely</L>
<L>therein my mind is &s;taid.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he heard my &s;peeches</L>
<L>his anger did ari&s;e,</L>
<L>He drove me from his pre&s;ence,</L>
<L>my &s;ight he did de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L>And &s;traight to di&s;inherit me</L>
<L>all means he did devi&s;e.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I my &s;elfe perceived</L>
<L>in this ill ca&s;e to &s;tand,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t lewdly I con&s;ented</L>
<L>unto his fond demand.</L>
<L>And married with the other</L>
<L>and all to &s;ave my Land.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And at this haple&s;&s;e marriage,</L>
<L>great co&s;t my friends did keep.</L>
<L>They &s;pared not their poultry,</L>
<L>their Oxen nor their &s;heep.</L>
<L>Whil&s;t joyfully they dances</L>
<L>I did in corners weep.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My con&s;cience was tormented</L>
<L>which did my joyes deprive,</L>
<L>Yet for to hide my &s;orrow</L>
<L>my thoughts did alwaies &s;trive,</L>
<L>Quoth I what &s;hame will it be</L>
<L>to have two wives alive.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O my &s;weete&s;t <HI>Margaret,</HI></L>
<L>I did in &s;orrow &s;ay,</L>
<L>Thou know&s;t not in thy &s;ervice</L>
<L>of this my marriage day;</L>
<L>Though here my body re&s;teth</L>
<L>with thee my heart doth &s;tay.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And my meditation</L>
<L>came in my lovely Bride,</L>
<L>With chains and Jewels trim'd</L>
<L>and &s;ilken Rebes be&s;ide,</L>
<L>Saying why doth my true Love,</L>
<L>&s;o &s;adly here abide.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yea twenty lovely ki&s;&s;es</L>
<L>&s;he did on me be&s;tow,</L>
<L>And forth abroad a walking</L>
<L>this lovely Maid did goe,</L>
<L>Yea arm in arm mo&s;t frindly,</L>
<L>with me that was her foe.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when that I had brought her</L>
<L>where no body was neare,</L>
<L>I imbraced her mo&s;t fal&s;ly,</L>
<L>with a mo&s;t feigned ch&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>&V;nto the heart I &s;tabbed</L>
<L>this Maiden faire and cleare.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My &s;elfe in wofull manner</L>
<L>I wounded with a knife,</L>
<L>And laid my &s;elfe down by her</L>
<L>by this my married Wife:</L>
<L>And &s;aid that Theeves to rob us</L>
<L>had wrought this deadly &s;trife.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Great wailing and great &s;orrow</L>
<L>was then upon each &s;ide,</L>
<L>In wofull &s;or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> they buried</L>
<L>this faire and comly Bride.</L>
<L>And my di&s;&s;imulation</L>
<L>in this was quickly try'd:</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And for this cruell murther</L>
<L>to death that I am brought,</L>
<L>For this my aged Father</L>
<L>did end his dayes in thought,</L>
<L>My <HI>Margaret</HI> at the&s;e tydings</L>
<L>her own de&s;truction wrought.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loe here the dolefull perill</L>
<L>blind fancy brought me in,</L>
<L>And mark what care and &s;orrow</L>
<L>forc'd marriage doth bring:</L>
<L>All men by me be warned,</L>
<L>and Lord forgive my &s;in.</L>
<L><HI>Alack, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London, Printed for <HI>Francis Coles, T. Vere,</HI> and <HI>W. Gilbert&s;on.</HI></P>
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