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<HEAD>A WARNING for Married WOMEN:</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Being an Example of Mrs. <HI>JANE REYNOLDS</HI> (a We&s;t-country Woman) born near <HI>Plymouth,</HI> who having plighted her Troth to a Seaman, was afterwards marri|ed to a Carpenter, and at la&s;t carried away by a Spiriet, the manner how &s;hall be recited.</P>
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<OPENER>To a We&s;t-country Tune, call'd, <HI>The fair Made of <HI>Bri&s;tol:</HI></HI> or, <HI>Iohn True,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>THere dwelt a fair maid in the We&s;t,</L>
<L>of worthy birth and fame,</L>
<L>Near unto <HI>Plimoath</HI> &s;tately town,</L>
<L><HI>Jane Reynolds</HI> was her name.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">am&s;el dearly was belov'd,</L>
<L>by a proper youth:</L>
<L>And what of her is to be &s;aid,</L>
<L>is known for very truth:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Among&s;t the re&s;t a Seaman brave</L>
<L>unto her a wooing came,</L>
<L>A comely proper youth he was,</L>
<L><HI>James Harris</HI> call'd by name.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The maid and young man was agreed,</L>
<L>as time did then allow,</L>
<L>And to each other &s;ecretly</L>
<L>they made a &s;olemn vow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That they would ever faitful be,</L>
<L>whil&s;t Heaven afforded life;</L>
<L>He was to be her husband kind,</L>
<L>and &s;he his faithful wife.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A day appointed was al&s;o,</L>
<L>when they were to be married,</L>
<L>But before the&s;e things were brought to pa&s;s,</L>
<L>matters were &s;trangely carried.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All you that faithfull lovers be,</L>
<L>give ear and hearken well,</L>
<L>And what of them became at la&s;t</L>
<L>I will directly tell:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The young man he was pre&s;t to Sea,</L>
<L>and forced was to go,</L>
<L>His &s;weet-heart &s;he mu&s;t &s;tay behind</L>
<L>whether &s;he would or no.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And after he was from her gone,</L>
<L>&s;he three y&eacute;ars for him &s;taid,</L>
<L>Expecting of his coming home,</L>
<L>and kept her&s;elf a maid.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At la&s;t news came that he was dead</L>
<L>within a forraign land,</L>
<L>And how that he was buried,</L>
<L>&s;he well did under&s;tand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For who&s;e &s;weet &s;ake the maiden &s;he</L>
<L>lamented many a day:</L>
<L>And never was &s;he known at all</L>
<L>the wanton for to play.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Carpenter that liv'd hard by,</L>
<L>when he heard of the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Like as the other had done before,</L>
<L>to her a wooing came.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when that he had gain'd her love,</L>
<L>they married were with &s;peed,</L>
<L>And four years &s;pace (being man and wife)</L>
<L>they lovingly agreed.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Three pretty children in this time,</L>
<L>this lovely couple had,</L>
<L>Which made there father's heart rejoyce,</L>
<L>and mother wondrous glad.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But as occa&s;ion &s;erv'd our time,</L>
<L>the good man took his way,</L>
<L>Some three days journy from his home</L>
<L>intending not to &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But whil&s;t that he was gone away,</L>
<L>a &s;pirit in the night,</L>
<L>Came to the window to his wife,</L>
<L>and did her &s;orely fright.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Which &s;pirit &s;pake like to a man,</L>
<L>and unto her did &s;ay,</L>
</LG>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>'My dear and only love (quoth he)</L>
<L>'prepare and come away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>'James Harris</HI> is my name (quoth he)</L>
<L>'whom thou did&s;t love &s;o dear,</L>
<L>'And I have travel'd for thy &s;ake,</L>
<L>'at lea&s;t this &s;even year.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'And now I am return'd again,</L>
<L>'to take thee to my <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ife,</L>
<L>'And thou with me &s;halt go to See,</L>
<L>'to end all further &s;trife.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>O tempt me not, &s;weet <HI>James</HI> (quoth &s;he)</L>
<L>with thee away to go,</L>
<L>If I &s;hould leave my children &s;mall,</L>
<L>alas, what would they do:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My husband is a Carpenter,</L>
<L>a Carpenter of great fame,</L>
<L>I would not for five hundred pounds</L>
<L>that he &s;hould know the &s;ame.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>'I might have had a King's daughter,</L>
<L>'and &s;he would have married me,</L>
<L>'But I for&s;ook her golden crown,</L>
<L>'and for the love o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">hee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Therefore if thou'<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> husband for&s;ake,</L>
<L>'and thy children three al&s;o,</L>
<L>'I will forgive thee what is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>'if thou wilt with me go.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>I<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> I for&s;ake my husband and</L>
<L>my little children three,</L>
<L>What means ha&s;t thou to bring me to,</L>
<L>if I &s;hould go with thee?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<LG>
<L>'I have &s;even &s;hips upon the &s;ea,</L>
<L>'wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n they are come to <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">and,</L>
<L>'Both merriners and merchandize</L>
<L>'&s;hall be at thy command.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">he <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">hip wherein my love &s;hall &s;ail,</L>
<L>'is glorious to behold,</L>
<L>'The &s;ails &s;hall be of fine&s;t &s;ilk,</L>
<L>'and the ma&s;t of &s;hining gold.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<LG>
<L>When he had told her the&s;e fair tal<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s,</L>
<L>to love him &s;he began</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he was in humane &s;hape,</L>
<L>much like unto a man.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;o together away they went,</L>
<L>from off the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> &s;hore,</L>
<L>And &s;ince that time the womankind,</L>
<L>was never &s;een no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when her husband he came home,</L>
<L>and found his wife was gone,</L>
<L>And left her three &s;weet pretty babes</L>
<L>within the hou&s;e alone.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He beat his brea&s;t, he tore his hair,</L>
<L>the tears fell from his eyes,</L>
<L>And in the open &s;treets he run,</L>
<L>with heavy doleful cries.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And in this &s;ad di&s;tracted ca&s;e,</L>
<L>he hang'd him&s;elf for woe,</L>
<L>Vpon a tree, near to the place,</L>
<L>the truth of all is &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The children now are fatherle&s;s,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">nd left without a guide,</L>
<L>But yet no doubt the heavenly Powers,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="1 letter"> will for them well provide.</L>
</LG>
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<P><HI>London: <HI>Printed by and for</HI> W. O. <HI>and are to be &s;old by the Book&s;ellers.</HI></HI></P>
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