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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140736.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="G">C.20.f.9[118]</STC>
<STC T="G">C.20.f.9[119]</STC>
<STC T="C">R216095</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99884639</BIBNO>
<VID>192668</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The pining Maid OR A Pattern for Lovers</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Giving a brief account of the unfortunate death of a young Man living in <HI>Coventry,</HI> Shopkeeper, who drowned him&s;elf for the Love of a Maid daughter to a Captain of the &s;aid City, becau&s;e &s;he denyed her promi&s;e and would not yeild to be his wife and now &s;he lives in a mo&s;t &s;ad condition and is very much troubled in her mind the Poet having a bint of &s;ome of her grief c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">mpo&s;ed the&s;e lines into meeter, according to her directions and &s;o cau&s;ed it to be Printed for all young men and maids, to take example by the &s;ame.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>The tune is, <HI>alack for my Love I mu&s;t dye.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of women with coffin</FIGDESC>
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<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>COme all young Men &amp; Maidens</L>
<L>and li&s;ten unto me,</L>
<L>I briefly will declare</L>
<L>how I'm plung'd in mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>And all through my own &s;&eacute;eking</L>
<L>I well may &s;ay truly,</L>
<L><HI>And 'tis for my Love that I mouen.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There was a gallant young Man</L>
<L>in <HI>Coventry</HI> did dwell,</L>
<L>He was a brave Shop-keeper</L>
<L>as it is known fall well,</L>
<L>He loved me to dearly the</L>
<L>truth of it to tell,</L>
<L><HI>And &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thr&eacute;e years in Love together</L>
<L>was this young Man and I,</L>
<L>Our hearts in one were linked fa&s;t</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> cannot it deny,</L>
<L>But <HI>I</HI> was the fir&s;t breaker</L>
<L>of the bands of amity,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>He</HI> was as well beloved</L>
<L>as any Man could be.</L>
<L><HI>He</HI> was civil in his carriage</L>
<L>to'th high and low degr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Yet for all this poor &s;oul</L>
<L>he could find no Love</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> to the &s;ame tune.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>MY Parents they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>that <HI>I</HI> &s;hould <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">e</L>
<L>Al&s;o I was cu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>with him to lead my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>But my Pride and A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>did &s;eek this deadly A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>And 'tis for my Love <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ourn.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>His heart wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>or could re&s;t but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ight</L>
<L>He &s;ought all mea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">a&s;e me</L>
<L>and feed my fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> delight</L>
<L>At la&s;t for to reward him</L>
<L>I paid him with de&s;pight,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For when that Marriage it grew nigh</L>
<L>than <HI>I</HI> did him for&s;ake,</L>
<L>And gave him a flat an&s;wer</L>
<L>then in their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">de did &s;peak,</L>
<L>Oh <HI>Mary</HI> don't deceive me</L>
<L>and cau&s;e my heart to break</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> &amp; wall'd he wrung his hands</L>
<L>and thus to me did &s;ay</L>
<L>Sweet <HI>Mary</HI> it thou love&s;t me</L>
<L>oh ca&s;t me not away,</L>
<L>But &s;till with a &s;cornful look</L>
<L>his words would not obey,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He &s;eeing no p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;wa&s;ions</L>
<L>my &s;tony heart would move,</L>
<L>He &s;ighing &s;adly went away</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> did it him to prove</L>
<L>I thought he did di&s;&s;emble</L>
<L>but he did mean true Love</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He laid him&s;elf upon the bed</L>
<L>but there no ta&s;t could be,</L>
<L>In's mind he was perplexed</L>
<L>as plainly you may &s;ee;</L>
<L>That very n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ght be drown'd him&s;elf</L>
<L>all for the love of me,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> when <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> was brought me</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word">,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> was tormented</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">t to do</L>
<L>Yet all things <HI>I</HI> kept &s;ecret</L>
<L>and made no outward &s;how,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Within a &s;mall time after</L>
<L>appeared in my &s;ight</L>
<L>His ga&s;hly Gho&s;t that lov'd me</L>
<L>and did me &s;ore affright,</L>
<L>And groaning cry'd now <HI>I</HI> do come</L>
<L>for my own hearts delight,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Into &s;uch a damp if &s;truck me</L>
<L>and wounded &s;o my heart,</L>
<L>If a thou&s;and &s;words had pierc'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> me</L>
<L>I could not a felt more &s;mart</L>
<L>Nor can all the Phy&s;it<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ans</L>
<L>yet cure me with their art,</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My friends thy much do blame me</L>
<L>and all the Town be&s;ide,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e that which I kept company</L>
<L>now cannot me abide</L>
<L>Becau&s;e I would not yeild</L>
<L>to be his Bride</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now <HI>I</HI> have made a &s;olemn Oath</L>
<L>and mean to keep it truly,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he lov'd me &s;o well</L>
<L>for his &s;ake a Maid to dye</L>
<L>My &s;elf I will refrain</L>
<L>from all had company</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile live on bread and watter</L>
<L>good dyet ile for&s;ake,</L>
<L>In the world I live in mi&s;ery</L>
<L>&s;weet Chri&s;t me ready make,</L>
<L>Oh <HI>John</HI> I come, I come</L>
<L>all this is for thy &s;ake</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t <HI>I</HI> made light of it</L>
<L>yet now it doth grieve me &s;ore</L>
<L>That I, &s;hould ca&s;t a man away</L>
<L>that lov'd me long before</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> was the cau&s;er of his death</L>
<L>which was worth worlds and more</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I hope I &s;oon &s;hall follow him</L>
<L>whom <HI>I</HI> do love &s;o dear,</L>
<L>Though then <HI>I</HI> made light of him</L>
<L>and for him did not care</L>
<L>I thought love but an idle toy</L>
<L>but now <HI>I</HI> find it dear</L>
<L><HI>And &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Young Maidens all both great &amp; &s;mall</L>
<L>to you the&s;e lines <HI>I</HI> &s;end,</L>
<L>Be faithfull in your promi&s;e</L>
<L>and true unto your f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">end</L>
<L>Lea&s;t at the la&s;t you'r forced</L>
<L>to cry out in the end</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tru&s;t not Love o'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e much</L>
<L>I &s;peak it flat and plain,</L>
<L>Run not the h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">zard of it</L>
<L>but con&s;tant &s;till remain</L>
<L>For fear it be to late</L>
<L>to call ye&s;terday again</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For through fooli&s;h fancy</L>
<L>a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> many well do know.</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> wr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ught my lov<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s de&s;truction</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> &s;ought his overthrow</L>
<L>Now in <HI>Coventry</HI> fair City</L>
<L>my love doth <HI>lye</HI> full low</L>
<L><HI>And, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So adieu you faith ful lovers</L>
<L>where ever that you be,</L>
<L>Be &s;ure to keep your promi&s;e</L>
<L>in every degree,</L>
<L>Though <HI>I</HI> remain upon the earth</L>
<L>yet &s;till my hearts with thee</L>
<L><HI>And 'tis for my love that I mourn.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed for Phillip Brooksby near the Ho&s;pital-gate in We&s;t-Smith-field.</P>
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