A Merry ballad of a rich maid that had 18 seuerall suitors of seuerall countries otherwise called The scornefull maid : to the tune of Hoop do me no harm good man. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A03153 of text S3252 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 1328.3). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A03153 STC 1328.3 ESTC S3252 33143230 ocm 33143230 28311 2240914807

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A03153) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28311) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1862:41) A Merry ballad of a rich maid that had 18 seuerall suitors of seuerall countries otherwise called The scornefull maid : to the tune of Hoop do me no harm good man. 1 sheet ([1] p.). For Henry Gosson, Imprinted at London : [ca. 1620] Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Contains four illustrations, with ornamental borders. Right half of sheet contains: The second part of The scornefull maide, to the same tune. Imperfect: faded. Reproduction of original in: Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo A merry ballad of a rich maid that had 18. seuerall suitors of seuerall countries: otherwise called The scornefull maid. To the tune of, Hoop do me no [no entry] 1620 2 984 28 0 0 0 0 0 284.55 F The rate of 284.55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-09 Sampled and proofread 2002-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A merry Ballad of a rich Maid that had 18. seuerall Suitors of seuerall Countries : otherwise called the scornefull Maid . To the tune of , hoop do me no harme good man .

I Am a young lasse , and my time doth so passe , That of late I did long for to marry ▪ I haue for my déere fiue hundred a yeare , And y●t for all that I will tarry . I had with a Scot , m●ckle m●ny I w●● , He strou●ed with ●apier and Poniard : He is laid with fine lase , but I like not his face , 〈◊〉 feare he has lost his Whiniard . Then came one from France who bra●ely could dance , Hee is proper in euery ioynt : Yet in his Country , he scapt well the P●e , So well he did cut the crosse poynt , A Signiour Spaniore , is late come ore , And he thinkes that he hath no fellow , He is ●ot in the Re●ne , and hath got a straine , By da●cing in a Bandello . Then came a Duch-man can teuse well the can , Till his head be as light as a feather : The Spaniard had 's Punck , & the Dutch-man was drunk , And so they went both together . An Italian came post , and full well he can bost , But I like no such fond fellowes : If I were his wife he should lead an ill life , 〈◊〉 I doe like none so iealous . From Rome one came to me , who daily did wo me He fasted three dayes in the w●●ke , But when prayer is done , if he spie a faire Nun , His stomacke is wonder full quick . A troublesome Turke , did make hasty worke , But his suite it was quickly ended : I scornd his beliefe , and so to be briefe , He did returne home offended . Then next a braue Dane , came marching amaine , But I answered him as the rest , That he could not preuaile , so he hoyst vp his saile , For his nose could abide no iest . From Ireland I had a 〈◊〉 braue lad , Each Limbe was proportioned mighty : Truth was he was poore ) yet I gaue him o're , Cause his breath stunke of Aquauity . From Sw●thland resorted , a man well reported And he made a proffer to woe me : His neck was so bigge , and so small was his legge , That since he would neuer come to me . From Rushia likewise , in an●●●k disguise , One came which did thinke to obtaine me : But his hayre & his hood , against my minde stood Therefore he shall neuer gaine me .
The Second Part of the scornefull Maide . To the same tune .

A Grecian one day , my loue did assay , ( Who standeth at euery Church doore● ) I neuer respected though he me affected , I had rather turne fidlers whore . An Almaine Rut spide me , and presently tride me , Who thought I would yéeld at the first : But I could not abide he should lye by my side , For some say they are diuelish and ●urst . From Pol did come hither in Summers hot weather , He strutted and stalk't with a grace : So soone as I spide him I could not abide him , His nose was frozen of on his face . He had a great minde , and was willing inclind , No Nation so willing as those , He swore and protested I gibed and ieasted , And had him goe get a new nose . A Barbarian , a bigge bellied man , Did pro●r to win me for 's wife : But I told him this , he should surely misse , For I likt not his course of life . From Amsterdame a vile Athiest came , He was neither true Dutchman nor Pole : But I doe reiect all that are of that sect , For I doubt me that hell hath his soule . This hafeminded Creature doth thinke that by nature , Both heauen and earth is made : He thinkes there 's no hell , where Athiests must But my minde he shall not perswade . A Gentleman of Wales did tell her fine tales , That her had a house built on a hill , Had Pig and had Goat , and gréene léek in the pot , And could ●at good Couse bobby her ●ll . He would keepe me so brau● , if I would him haue , He would buy me a hood and a hat : He would buy me fiue hose , with garters and rose , And sweet heart how like you 〈◊〉 A English man came , but I know not his name , And he brauely could quasse it an quarrell : Hee 'le drinke till he bye , some sayes , but not I , And sell all his lands for apparrell . If I would be his wife , he swore by his life , 〈◊〉 , Ere long he would make me a Lady : He would sell his ●●●d manners to buy him 〈◊〉 And that s but the trick of a baby . Now which should I haue , your councels I craue If you can but finde one will fit me : The best I will take , and amends ; I le you make , If Cupid ere then doe not hit me .
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Imprinted at London for Henry Go●●o● .