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<DATE>2008-03-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080140.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<BIBNO T="oclc">47012642</BIBNO>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Seamans adieu to his Dear.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>This Man was pre&s;t to &s;erve upon the Seat.</L>
<L>Which did his Deare&s;t very &s;ore di&s;plea&s;e,</L>
<L>She importun'd the Captain on her knee,</L>
<L>And proffered gold to have her love &s;et free,</L>
<L>But all would not prevaile, The Captains ear</L>
<L>Was deaf, the Maids complaints he would not hear,</L>
<L>When no entreaty could move his hard heart,</L>
<L>She &s;adly tooke her leave and &s;o they part.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>I'le go to Sir</HI> Richard, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Come all loyall lovers, that's faithful and true</L>
<L>ob&s;erve me whever you be,</L>
<L>A pattern I here have pr&s;ented to you,</L>
<L>It is good to be con&s;tant you &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But chiefly to thee (my own Deare&s;t) I &s;peak,</L>
<L>with patience my absence to bear,</L>
<L>For now I am pre&s;t, to &s;erve on the Seas</L>
<L>and I mu&s;t bid adieu to my Dear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Our King mu&s;t have Sea-men and Souldiers more &s;tout,</L>
<L>his enemies hearts for to fear,</L>
<L>And I for my honour will venture about,</L>
<L>and I mu&s;t bid adieu to my Dear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>O tell me not &s;o (my own Dearest) I pray,</L>
<L>for loves &s;ake take pity on me,</L>
<L>Ile do my indeavour to plea&s;e thee alway,</L>
<L>if that I may but have my Love fr&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis far better &s;taying with me on the &s;hore</L>
<L>where plea&s;ures and joyes do abound.</L>
<L>Then for to no venture, where Cannons do roare</L>
<L>in the depths of the Seas to be drownd,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O be not &s;o cruell my to be for to &s;leight.</L>
<L>but tarry (my Deare&s;t) with me,</L>
<L>We'le finde out a way in loves warrs for to fight,</L>
<L>and Ile &s;trive for to &s;et my love free.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>All that thou can&s;t doe (my Love) will not procure</L>
<L>my fr&eacute;edome I &s;orely do fear,</L>
<L>But I mu&s;t the hardship of &s;ervice endure,</L>
<L>and I mu&s;t bid adieu to my Dear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Captain by no means will let me goe fr&eacute;e</L>
<L>he likes me &s;o well I do hear,</L>
<L>Therefore its in bain to beg my liberty,</L>
<L>for I mu&s;t bid adieu to my Dear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Second Part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>I'le go to thy Captain and fall on my knees,</L>
<L>perhaps he'le take pity on me,</L>
<L>If five pounds on ten pounds will buy thy di&s;charge</L>
<L>he &s;hall have it to &s;et my love free.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Captains an&s;wer.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Not ten pounds nor twenty &s;hall buy his di&s;charge</L>
<L>fair maid you mu&s;t patiently bear,</L>
<L>He &s;hall go to Sea, for his king to ingage,</L>
<L>and he mu&s;t bid adieu to his Dear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'le have him to &s;erve me upon the &s;alt main</L>
<L>in battle with foes for to fight,</L>
<L>Then cease pretty Maiden, and do not complain,</L>
<L>for the wars is a Souldiers delight.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Behold (noble Captain) the&s;e &s;orrowfull tears</L>
<L>which down my cheeks trickles amain,</L>
<L>To move your hard heart to relea&s;e me of feare,</L>
<L>and to grant me my love once again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Maidens heart ever was fuller of woe,</L>
<L>then good &s;ir take pity on me,</L>
<L>And let him no further unto the wars go</L>
<L>but be plea&s;ed to set my Love free.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Captain.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>O cea&s;e thy &s;ute Damo&s;el and be not &s;o &s;ad,</L>
<L>let rea&s;on thy mu&s;t now a&s;&s;wage</L>
<L>Ten thousand &s;uch Sea-men ere long mu&s;t be had,</L>
<L>all again&s;t the proud foes to ingage.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>My deare&s;t why doe&s;t thou the Captain offend,</L>
<L>I am &s;ee&s;t he by no means will yield,</L>
<L>I am now resolved my blood for to &s;pend,</L>
<L>upon the &s;alt Seas or in field;</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Therefore be contented and cea&s;e thy &s;aid moans,</L>
<L>take comfort and do not thou tear,</L>
<L>If fortune befriend me when as I am gone,</L>
<L>I &s;hall once again &s;ee my own Dear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Maid.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>My deare&s;t &s;ince thou mu&s;t be parted from me,</L>
<L>and here mu&s;t no longer remain</L>
<L>The thoughts of thy love all my comfort &s;hall be</L>
<L>untill I do &s;ee thee again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Each hour for thy welfare, to God I will pray,</L>
<L>that he will in &s;afety pre&s;erve,</L>
<L>My one deare&s;t Lover by night and by day,</L>
<L>while&s;t he on the <HI>Ocean</HI> doth &s;erve.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This token I prithee love for my &s;ake keep,</L>
<L>remember me, when you it wear,</L>
<L>This parting ki&s;s take, which doth force me to w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ep</L>
<L>and &s;o heavens ble&s;&s;e my own Dear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Man.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Adieu my dear Jewel, thy love I have found,</L>
<L>thy parting doth grieve me full &s;ore,</L>
<L>The drums they do beat, I the trumpets do &s;ound,</L>
<L>and I mu&s;t &s;tay no longer on &s;hore.</L>
</LG>
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<P>London, Printed for <HI>Richard Burton</HI> at the Hor&s;hoe in <HI>Smithfield.</HI></P>
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