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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<ITEM>Corrected 6 illegibles of 32. Converted 26 illegibles To GAP DESC="illegible RESP="oxf".</ITEM>
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<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The Valiant Virgin; OR, <HI>Phillip</HI> and <HI>Mary</HI>;</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>In a De&s;cription of a Young Gentlewoman of <HI>Worce&s;ter&s;hire</HI> (a Rich Gentlemans Daughter) being in love with a Farmers Son, which her Father de&s;pi&s;eing, becau&s;e he was poore, cau&s;'d him to be Pre&s;t to Sea; And how &s;he Di&s;gui&s;ed her&s;elfe in Man's Apparel and followed him; where in the &s;ame Ship (&s;he being very expert in Surgery) was entertain'd as Surgeons Mate, and how loving to him (and &s;kill|fully to others) &s;he behaved her&s;elf in her Office; and he having got a Shot in the Thigh, how deligent &s;he was to dre&s;s him; &s;he never di&s;covering her&s;elf to him untill they came both on Shore: Her Father Dyeing whil&s;t &s;he was at Sea, (He having no more Children then &s;he) they went into the Countrey to take Po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion of her E&s;tate, and to Marry; To the admiration of all that were at the Wedding.</P>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>When the Stormy Winds do blow.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>TO every faithful Lover</L>
<L>that's con&s;tant to her dear,</L>
<L>This Ditty doth di&s;cover</L>
<L>Affections pure and cleere</L>
<L>Affections and Afflictions too,</L>
<L>do in this Story move,</L>
<L>Where Youth, and truth,</L>
<L>obtain the Crown of Love.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Man of mean Extraction,</L>
<L>brought up in <HI>Worc'&s;ter-&s;hiere,</HI></L>
<L>Was guided by Affection</L>
<L>to love a Lady dear,</L>
<L>Who&s;e eyes did &s;hew like morning dew,</L>
<L>that doth on Lillies lye;</L>
<L>Her face, and grace,</L>
<L>well mixt with Maje&s;ty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She was the only Heire&s;s</L>
<L>unto a Gentleman,</L>
<L>And all her Fathers care is</L>
<L>to marry her to one,</L>
<L>Who&s;e welth &amp; wit, may fairly fit</L>
<L>a Lady of &s;uch worth;</L>
<L>But he, that &s;he</L>
<L>did Love, was poore by birth.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Farmers &s;on being hand&s;ome,</L>
<L>did catch this Ladies heart</L>
<L>So fa&s;t in hold, no Ran&s;ome</L>
<L>can free it from the Dart:</L>
<L>The Gentleman, when he began</L>
<L>to under&s;tand this thing,</L>
<L>Quoth hee, I'le free,</L>
<L>my fond daughter in the &s;pring.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Spring came, &amp; the Pre&s;&s;ing</L>
<L>was every where begun;</L>
<L>Her Fathers fears increa&s;ing,</L>
<L>did Pre&s;s the Farmers Son,</L>
<L>No money could Redeem him,</L>
<L>thought &s;he, if he mu&s;t go,</L>
<L>I'le ne're, &s;tay here,</L>
<L>but I'le be a Seaman too.</L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="1">
<HEAD>The Second Part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>The Gentleman did Pre&s;s him,</L>
<L>and &s;ent him to the &s;laughter,</L>
<L>He thought fit to Pre&s;s the Man</L>
<L>y^t would have pre&s;t his daughter;</L>
<L>His wit prevents all her intents,</L>
<L>for on her knees he brought her;</L>
<L>But one, Love gone.</L>
<L>&s;traight the tother follows after.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Maid with Ingenuity</L>
<L>had every Surgeons part,</L>
<L>A Ladies hand, an Eagles eye,</L>
<L>but yet a Lyons heart;</L>
<L>She knew all tents, &amp; in&s;truments,</L>
<L>Salves, Oyntments, Oyls &amp; all,</L>
<L>That they imploy,</L>
<L>in the fight when Souldiers fall.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In mans Aparril &s;he did</L>
<L>re&s;olve to try her Fate,</L>
<L>And in the Ship where he rid,</L>
<L>&s;he went as Surgeons Mate;</L>
<L>Sayes &s;he, my &s;ouldier &s;hall not be</L>
<L>de&s;troy'd for want of Cure,</L>
<L>I'le Dre&s;s, and Ble&s;s,</L>
<L>what&s;oever I endure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their names <HI>Philip</HI> and <HI>Mary,</HI></L>
<L>who then were both at Sea;</L>
<L><HI>Phil.</HI> fought like old King <HI>Harry,</HI></L>
<L>but from the Enemy</L>
<L>Poore <HI>Philip</HI> had receiv'd a &s;hot,</L>
<L>through that part of the thigh,</L>
<L>Did joyn, to's groin,</L>
<L>oh! that &s;hot came &s;omthing nigh.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Into the Surgeons Cabbin,</L>
<L>they did convay him &s;traight,</L>
<L>Where fir&s;t, of all y^e wounded men.</L>
<L>the pretty Surgens Mate,</L>
<L>Though in this trim, unknown to him</L>
<L>did bravely &s;hew her Art,</L>
<L>She dre&s;t, and ki&s;t,</L>
<L>the woful wounded part.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Which &s;he did mo&s;t mildly dre&s;s,</L>
<L>and &s;hed her teares upon't;</L>
<L>He ob&s;erv'd, but could not gue&s;s,</L>
<L>or find the meaning on't,</L>
<L>Although he wou'd, in tears &amp; blood</L>
<L>oft times on <HI>Mary</HI> call,</L>
<L>And pray, &s;he may,</L>
<L>be there at his Funeral.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fierce fights at Sea this Couple</L>
<L>did valiantly indure,</L>
<L>As fa&s;t as one did aime to kill,</L>
<L>the tother &s;triv'd to cure;</L>
<L>The Souldier, &amp; the Surgens Mate</L>
<L>did both imploy their parts,</L>
<L>That they, each way,</L>
<L>did win all the Seamens hearts.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Summer being ended,</L>
<L>that they could fight no more,</L>
<L>The Ship came to be mended,</L>
<L>and all men went a &s;hore;</L>
<L>Stout <HI>Philip</HI> lov'd the Surgeons Mate</L>
<L>&s;o much he could not be</L>
<L>An houre, or more,</L>
<L>out of his company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He often view'd her Feature,</L>
<L>and gaz'd on every part:</L>
<L>(Quoth <HI>Philip</HI>) &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ch a Creature</L>
<L>is Mi&s;tri&s;s of my heart,</L>
<L>If &s;he be dead, I'le never wed,</L>
<L>but be with thee for ever,</L>
<L>We'l walk, and talk,</L>
<L>Live, Lye, and Dye together.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Poore <HI>Mary</HI> full of pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>to hear him prove &s;o kind,</L>
<L>Ore Joy'd with this Relation,</L>
<L>could not conceal her mind.</L>
<L>But fondly hangs about his neck,</L>
<L>her tears did trickle down,</L>
<L>Sayes &s;he, I'le be,</L>
<L>&s;till thy true Companion.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Since providence hath vanqui&s;h'd</L>
<L>the dangers of the Sea,</L>
<L>I'le never marry whil&s;t I live,</L>
<L>unle&s;s it be with thee;</L>
<L>No woman kind, &s;hall ever find</L>
<L>my heart to be &s;o free,</L>
<L>If thou, wilt vow,</L>
<L>but to be as true to mee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>E're he could &s;peak, &s;he told h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>I am thy deare&s;t dear,</L>
<L>Thy <HI>Mary</HI> thou ha&s;t brought a&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters"></L>
<L>and now thou hold&s;t her he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>This man's Atire, I did but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>when fir&s;t I followed thee;</L>
<L>Thy Dove, I'le prove,</L>
<L>but no Surgeons Mate am I</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He flung his arms about her,</L>
<L>he wondred, ki&s;t, and wept;</L>
<L>His <HI>Mary</HI> he did hold &s;o fa&s;t,</L>
<L>as if he would have crept</L>
<L>Into her &s;oul and body too,</L>
<L>his eyes in joy did swimm,</L>
<L>And &s;he, as free,</L>
<L>was as fully fond of him.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They both rid towards <HI>Worc'&s;te<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI></L>
<L>to &s;hew how they had &s;ped;</L>
<L>but upon the Road they heard</L>
<L>her Father he was dead,</L>
<L>Two months at lea&s;t after he pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters"></L>
<L>the Farmers Son for &s;laughte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>In tears, appears,</L>
<L>the &s;ad duty of a Daughter.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Philip</HI> having chear'd her up,</L>
<L>they rid directly home,</L>
<L>Where (after many a bitter cup<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>the Marriage day was come,</L>
<L>Which they in <HI>&s;tate,</HI> did Celebra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>the Gallants that were there,</L>
<L>Were grave, and brave,</L>
<L>all the be&s;t in <HI>Worc'&s;ter-&s;hire.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus may you by this Couple &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>what from true love doth &s;prin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>When Men love with fidelity</L>
<L>their Mi&s;tri&s;s; &amp; their King:</L>
<L>when maids &s;hew men, true love a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> ge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>in &s;pight of Fortunes frowns,</L>
<L>They'l wive, and thrive,</L>
<L>for &s;uch cro&s;&s;es have their crowne&punc;</L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed, for <HI>Thomas Pa&s;&s;enger</HI> at th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> three Bibles on <HI>London-bridge</HI> With Alowance.</P>
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