A mostpleasant [sic] dialogue, or, A merry greeting betweene two louers how Will and Nan did fall at strife, and at the last, made man and wife : to the tune of Lusina / [by] C.R. Records, Charles. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A10550 of text S5124 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 20822.5). 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. 7 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 A10550 STC 20822.5 ESTC S5124 38160688 ocm 38160688 29294 2248548988

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A10550) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 29294) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1933:9) A mostpleasant [sic] dialogue, or, A merry greeting betweene two louers how Will and Nan did fall at strife, and at the last, made man and wife : to the tune of Lusina / [by] C.R. Records, Charles. 2 leaves : ill. for H.G., Printed at London : [1632] Date of publication from STC (2nd ed.). Contains 2 woodcut illustrations. Right half of sheet contains "The second part, to the same tune." and imprint. Imperfect: stained, cropped, cut in two parts; loss of print. Reproduction of original in: Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo A mostpleasant [sic] dialogue: or a merry greeting betweene two louers, how Will aud [sic] Nan did fall at strife, and at the last made man and wife. Records, Charles 1632 1 1005 4 0 0 0 0 0 39.8 D The rate of 39.8 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-12 Sampled and proofread 2002-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A mostpleasant Dialogue :

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A merry greeting betweene two louers , How Will and Nan did fall at strife , And at the last made man and wife . To the tune of Lufina .

GOod morrow faire Nansie , whither so fast , I pray swéet , whither are you walking ? Stand backe , Iack-sauce , I like not your cast , I scorne with Coxcombs to be talking . No rustick Clowne within the Towne , shall disturbe me , stop , stay , or hinder , To talke with such a foole as thée : no man shall thinke my wits so slender . Thou knowst I am a Gentleman borne , and come of no small reputation : My fame will neuer be out worne , whilst English men inioy this Nation . In forraigne Lands I haue beene proued to be the ●ader of the battel , Of Captaines Knights and Lords beloued , when thundring Drums and Cannons rattle . I heard indéed thou hast béene prest , and know the cause of it , beleeue me : Onely to get a man releast , for which he 20. shillings gaue thee : But being come into the place , whilst others brauely shewed their cunning , Thou like a Coward didst hide thy face , and glad wert thou for to be cunning . I haue 3. hundred pounds a yéere , which shall be thine , if thou canst fansie , And loue thy friend as may appeare , all shall redound to my swéet Nansie . My birth also thou dost wellknow , my Parentage doth grace our méeting : Grant me thy loue , and thou shalt be the Mistris of my wealth , my swéeting . As for thy wealth , kéepe to thy selfe , for feare heere-after thou shouldst want it : I knew a foole bestowed his pelfe , and in small time he did recant it . But for thy birth , I thinke on earth the like was not by one nor other , Long 7. yéeres together , through wind & weather , thou wast borne at the backe of thy mother . When I liued with my friends at home , I went in silke and rich arayment , With Gallants I in Tauernes board , ten pound at once in ready payment I did disburse out of my purse , vnto the Uintner for good licker , And so my Father allowd me to doe , to make my wits and spirits quicker .
The second part , to the same tune .

MUch like vnto a ruffian , rude , thou didst 'mongst Puncks & Panders wander , And commpany keptst with Strumpets lude , as flockes of Géese keepe with the Gander . To Tom of Bedlam wouldst thou skip , all this is truth which I doe tell yet , And eate the meate out of his scrip , so glad wert thou to fill thy belly . Why Nan , me thinkes thou shouldst not chide , nor put thy will to these disgraces : Many faire Lasses I haue denyed , which sought to win me with imbraces . Winny the witty and Parnell the pritty , and Sis of the City haue sought vnto me . Besse , Ioane , and Isabell : Sue , Alce & bonny Nell , thought of me passing well , & Kate did woo me . Since thou so many loues hast had , and euery one of them doe forsaké thée , I le show thée how thou maist soone be a Dad , if thou with spéed away be take thée . Goe to Pickt-hatch , there is bouncsing Kate , that for a good husband is like to miscarry , If thou goest vnto her , and soundly dost woo her , shee 'd make thée a Dad the first day thou dost marry . Wilt please you to the Tauerne goe , and take a pint of Sack or Clarret : Fine Suger cakes wée le haue also , what-euer it cost I will pay for it . The good Sack-bowle shall merrily trowle . in Nectar shall your health goe roundly , Then well-come lucke ; my dainty duck , may sit and sée her selfe pledg'd soundly . Thou boystrous Clowne , giue ouer thy sute , and leaue thy fabling complication : Speake wiser words , or else be mute , t will be more for thy commendation , Thy iolly red nose doth well disclose , and shew thée to be a man of mettle : Thou 'lt sit in a house , to drinke and carouse , till thy nose looke like a Copper-kettle . All these strange spéeches which here are past , shall neuer make me misdo●● my Nancy : I trust to inioy thy fauour at last , the words in derision thou hast giuen me many I for thy sake will vnder take , to swim the Ocean like Leander . Be thou to me like Penelope , which in affection did neuer wander . Then heere s my hand , swéet , Will at command my heart also shall still procure , Like faithfull Hero to thée I le stand , like dame Venus will I indure , To kéepe my Ioy from direfull annoy , I le leaue my life to doe thee pleasure . Take all thy selfe , my only sweet boy , my Iewels , Rings , my gold and treasure . Thankes gentle mistris of my heart , my brest hath now giuen ouer panting : To Church let vs goe act the part , which yet betwixt us 〈…〉 In Nuptiall bands giue 〈…〉 which neuer can be separated . Great Cresus gold twice ouertold , could neuer be so highly rated .
Finis . C. R.

Printed at London for H. G.