<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2009-01-03</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081116.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B00880">
<STC T="S">25668</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99891300</BIBNO>
<VID>183117</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="380" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 8 -->
<HEAD>Slippery Will, or The old Bachelors complaint, with his aduice to all yong men not to doe as he had done:</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>His youthfull time he &s;pent away,</L>
<L>Which makes him now this Prouerbe &s;ay,</L>
<L>That he that will not when he may,</L>
<L>When he would, he &s;hould haue nay.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER><HI>To the tune of, <HI>The Bonny Bonny Broome.</HI></HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>LOng haue I liu'd a Batchelors life,</L>
<L>and had no mind to marry,</L>
<L>But now <HI>I</HI> would faine haue a wife,</L>
<L>either <HI>Doll, Kate, Sis,</HI> or <HI>Mary,</HI></L>
<L>The&s;e foure did loue me very well,</L>
<L>had my choice of many,</L>
<L>But one did all the re&s;t excell,</L>
<L>and that was pretty <HI>Nanny:</HI></L>
<L><HI>O young men all, to you I cry and call,</HI></L>
<L><HI>make not too long delay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For if you will not when you may,</HI></L>
<L><HI>when ye would, ye &s;hall haue nay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e La&s;&s;es faire did loue me very deare,</L>
<L>when I was in my prime,</L>
<L>But now giue eare and you &s;hall heare,</L>
<L>how I &s;pent away my time:</L>
<L>I promi&s;'d <HI>Kate</HI> to be her true loue</L>
<L>and would not fal&s;ifie,</L>
<L>But &s;oone I did contrary proue,</L>
<L>oh I cannot it deny.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">fter <HI>Kate</HI> I went and wooed <HI>Doll,</HI></L>
<L>&s;he was my ducke and my deare,</L>
<L>Her owne &s;w&eacute;et heart &s;he did me call,</L>
<L>of me &s;he had no feare,</L>
<L>But I left her for <HI>Siffes</HI> &s;w&eacute;et &s;ake,</L>
<L>for which poore <HI>Kate</HI> did grieue,</L>
<L>And &s;he did proclamations make,</L>
<L>that no Maid &s;hould me bel&eacute;eue&punc;</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now <HI>Si&s;ly</HI> &s;he my true loue mu&s;t be,</L>
<L>many fine words I her told,</L>
<L>And &s;he mo&s;t faithfully bel&eacute;eued me,</L>
<L>and gaue me &s;iluer and gold;</L>
<L>Which fr&eacute;ely I in company</L>
<L>did &s;pend and made no care,</L>
<L>She called me her deare honny,</L>
<L>and bade <HI>I</HI> &s;hould not &s;pare.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now I hauing wa&s;ted much of her coyne,</L>
<L>&s;he then began to grow weare,</L>
<L>Then did &s;he &s;&eacute;eke me to combine,</L>
<L>that I with her &s;hould marry.</L>
<L>But I was loth to y&eacute;eld vnto her will,</L>
<L>I told her I would tarry.</L>
<L>Then afterward I did v&s;e my skill,</L>
<L>for to be beloued of <HI>Mary.</HI></L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now <HI>Mary</HI> &s;he did thinke verily,</L>
<L>that I had b&eacute;ene her owne,</L>
<L>But &s;he was much deceiu'd in me,</L>
<L>as plainely &s;hall be &s;howne,</L>
<L>She was &s;o cunning, crafty and wi&s;e,</L>
<L>that &s;he would not part with her money,</L>
<L>Then when I found her &s;o preci&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> went and wooed <HI>Nanny.</HI></L>
<L><HI>O young men all, to you I cry and call,</HI></L>
<L><HI>make not too long delay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For if you will not when you may,</HI></L>
<L><HI>when you would, you &s;hall haue nay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="381" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 8 -->
<HEAD>The &s;econd part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>SW&eacute;et <HI>Nan</HI> did loue me beare ind&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>&s;he would not &s;&eacute;e me to lacke,</L>
<L>She gaue me money to &s;erue my need,</L>
<L>and apparell to my backe,</L>
<L>She called me her honny, conny, deare,</L>
<L>her true delight and her loue,</L>
<L>no alwaies bade that I &s;hould not feare,</L>
<L>but that &s;he would con&s;tant proue.</L>
<L><HI>O young men all, to you I cry and call,</HI></L>
<L><HI>make not too long delay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For if you will now when you may,</HI></L>
<L><HI>when you would, you &s;hall haue nay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus did <HI>I</HI> &s;pend away my time of youth,</L>
<L>and now begin to waxe old,</L>
<L>The Prouerbe now <HI>I</HI> finde is truth,</L>
<L>Hot loue &s;oone waxeth cold.</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> went and tryed my La&s;&s;es ore againe,</L>
<L>but I found them all very &s;trange,</L>
<L>They tell me now it is in vaine,</L>
<L>&s;o often to fleet and change.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I came to proue my fir&s;t true loue,</L>
<L>asking her if &s;he did well,</L>
<L>But now &s;he doth contrary proue,</L>
<L>and wi&s;h'd that the diuell of hell</L>
<L>Might take me vp vpon his backe,</L>
<L>and carry me about to &s;ell;</L>
<L>She bid me thence away to packe,</L>
<L>and not come where &s;he doth dwell.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>From <HI>Kate</HI> to <HI>Doll</HI> I did then repaire,</L>
<L>and called her my owne Sw&eacute;et-heart,</L>
<L>She asked me what I did there,</L>
<L>and bade me thence depart,</L>
<L>She cul'd me &s;laue and cheating knaue,</L>
<L>and &s;wore &s;he would procure</L>
<L>Some puni&s;hment for me to haue,</L>
<L>that I might &s;mart endure.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I hearing her to threaten me &s;o,</L>
<L>went quickly from her &s;ight,</L>
<L>Then to my <HI>Si&s;ly</HI> I did goe,</L>
<L>which was my hearts delight;</L>
<L>But when &s;he &s;aw me at the doore,</L>
<L>&s;he would not let me in,</L>
<L>But told me of my fault<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> before,</L>
<L>and &s;aid, She would ba&s;te my skin.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then wandring from thence I wont,</L>
<L>and came to Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e <HI>Mary.</HI></L>
<L>Who was re&s;olu'd with full intent,</L>
<L>my life for to mi&s;carry:</L>
<L>She fetcht a &s;pit and ran at me,</L>
<L>thin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ing to end my life,</L>
<L>She v&s;ed me mo&s;t cruelly,</L>
<L>and at me drew her knife.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then pre&s;ently to <HI>Nan</HI> I bi'd,</L>
<L>to &s;ee if &s;he would be kind,</L>
<L>But &s;he at me did raile and chide,</L>
<L>and &s;wore &s;he would heat me blind,</L>
<L>She tooke her Di&s;taffe in her hand,</L>
<L>and laid on me very &s;ore;</L>
<L>I thought it was no boot to &s;tand,</L>
<L>but get me out of doore.</L>
<L><HI>O young, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e that I did ami&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>in louing of &s;o many,</L>
<L>O but now what a plague is this?</L>
<L>am not beloued of any,</L>
<L>My heart is grieued very &s;ore,</L>
<L>to thinke an former ioyes,</L>
<L>O I &s;hall neuer &s;ee them more,</L>
<L>then li&s;t to me, young boyes.</L>
<L><HI>For time and tide doth quickly glide,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and time for none will &s;tay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then take your time when as you may,</HI></L>
<L><HI>or el&s;e perhaps you may haue nay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed at London for <HI>E. B.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
