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<DATE>2014-08-21</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140610.apex.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>A Fairing for Maids.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<LG>
<L>Being the hone&s;t Maids Councel to all other,</L>
<L>Better then &s;he had given her by her Mother,</L>
<L>She wi&s;hes Maides in time for to be wary</L>
<L>And with what Young-men they intend to marry,</L>
<L>A &s;ingle life is gallant &s;he doth &s;ay</L>
<L>For being bound perforce they mu&s;t obey.</L>
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<OPENER><HI>To the Tune of, <HI>He that has mo&s;t mony, &amp;c.</HI></HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of a man</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of a woman</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>ALl you brave Dam&s;els come lend your attention,</L>
<L>I a brave Fairing unto you will &s;end</L>
<L>The councel is hone&s;t of which I make mention</L>
<L>the Ver&s;es are witty which here I have pen'd</L>
<L>Some young-men are hone&s;t, and &s;ome are deceitful</L>
<L>and &s;ome with fair &s;p&eacute;eches wil lead you away.</L>
<L>Then chu&s;e not a young-man the which is ungrateful</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fir&s;t I advi&s;e you all that hear this Ditty</L>
<L>with due admoni&s;hion in time to be rul'd</L>
<L>For Youngmen are cunning in Country and City</L>
<L>then &s;&eacute;e that by policy you be not fool'd</L>
<L>Some wil &s;peak you mo&s;t fair, thinking to in&s;nare you</L>
<L>and many cunning baits for you will lay.</L>
<L>But I wi&s;h all Maidens in time to be wary</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You that are &s;ingle and in ha&s;te would marry</L>
<L>thinking you have &s;taid your time over-long</L>
<L>Let me advi&s;e you forthwith to be wary,</L>
<L>for ha&s;ty marriages oft produceth wrong,</L>
<L>When you are wedded then comes care and trouble</L>
<L>then farewel &s;ingle life and Maidens joy</L>
<L>If Husbands be dogged then woes do redouble</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What if they promi&s;e and vow they do love you,</L>
<L>yet ne'r the &s;ooner do you them bel&eacute;eve</L>
<L>For it is but policy &s;ome waies to prove you</L>
<L>or by &s;ome flattering waies you to deceive</L>
<L>Some are &s;o skilfull and crafty in wooing,</L>
<L>that they will follow you both night and day,</L>
<L>But when they have gain'd you it proves your undo|ing</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, you needs mu&s;t obey.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some young-men are civil and wooe &s;o demure</L>
<L>butter would not melt in their mouths you would think</L>
<L>But when they have won you they are crabed &amp; &s;owre</L>
<L>and from their old promi&s;es &s;traight they wil &s;hrink</L>
<L>He that looks mo&s;t civill as often is &s;poken</L>
<L>when he weds a Maiden her bones he will pay,</L>
<L>Then let this to maidens be &s;till a true token</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part to the &s;ame tune.</HEAD>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of a man</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE>
<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of a woman</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>THer's many wil promi&s;e you &s;hal live mo&s;t gallant</L>
<L>until they have brought you unto their own bow</L>
<L>But when they have gain'd you they will &s;pend your talent</L>
<L>this by experinece &s;ome maidens do know</L>
<L>Some do not wooe for love nor for beauty,</L>
<L>but &s;&eacute;ek after riches as much as they may</L>
<L>Then maidens n&eacute;er y&eacute;eld unto &s;uch men in duty</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Whil&s;t you are &s;ingle there's none to curb you,</L>
<L>go to bed quietly and take your ea&s;e</L>
<L>Early or late there's none to di&s;turb you</L>
<L>w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">lk abroad where you and when you plea&s;e</L>
<L>A &s;ingle life is fr&eacute;e from all danger,</L>
<L>then maids imbrace it as long as you may,,</L>
<L>And never y&eacute;eld to neighbor nor &s;tranger</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When you are wedded then farewel all plea&s;ure</L>
<L>And le&s;t your Husband be loving and kind,</L>
<L>Marrie in ha&s;te, you will repent at lea&s;ure,</L>
<L>this by experience too many doe find</L>
<L>Children proc&eacute;eding mu&s;t have cloaths and diet</L>
<L>and Nur&s;es wages oft times you mu&s;t pay</L>
<L>When Maids from &s;uch Taxes do &s;til live at quiet</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet I will not any Maiden di&s;parage</L>
<L>if &s;he a con&s;tant Youth chance for to find</L>
<L>Then let her joyn with him in lawful marriage</L>
<L>if he unto her be loving and kind,</L>
<L>Where love remaineth it is a great ble&s;&s;ing</L>
<L>but if men be froward and &s;ullen I &s;ay</L>
<L>There the womans woe is alwaies increa&s;ing</L>
<L><HI>for when they are bound, then they needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now in love I wi&s;h all Maids to con&s;ider,</L>
<L>The&s;e witty Ver&s;es which here I have pen'd.</L>
<L>Though the gift be &s;mal yet except of the giver</L>
<L>this Fairing through all parts to maidens I &s;end,</L>
<L>And &s;o for to end with my old Re&s;olution</L>
<L>the which is both hone&s;t and true I dare &s;afe</L>
<L>All Maidens be rul'd by this Song in conclu&s;ion</L>
<L><HI>for when you are bound, then you needs mu&s;t obey</HI></L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London Printed for Fra. Grove on Snow-hill.</P>
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