The turtle doue. Or, the wooing in the wood being a pleasant new song of two constant louers. To the tune of, the north countrie lasse. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A14061 of text S102038 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 24369). 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 A14061 STC 24369 ESTC S102038 99837839 99837839 2185 2240900435

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A14061) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 2185) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1040:19) The turtle doue. Or, the wooing in the wood being a pleasant new song of two constant louers. To the tune of, the north countrie lasse. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed by the assignes of Thomas Symcocke, [London] : [1629] Verse - "VVhen Flora she had deckt". Place of publication from STC, which gives 1628-1629 as publication date. In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The turtle doue. Or, the wooing in the wood, being a pleasant new song of two constant louers. To the tune of, the north countrie lasse. [no entry] 1629 2 1028 3 0 0 0 0 0 29.18 C The rate of 29.18 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Turtle Doue . Or , The wooing in the Wood , being a pleasant new Song of two constant Louers . To the tune of , the North Countre Lasse .

WHen Flora she had deckt the fields with flowers faire , my loue and I did walke abroad , to take the Pleasant ayre . Faire phebus brightly shind , and gentlie warmd each thing : Where euery creature then did seeme , to welcome in the Spring . Into a pleasant groue , by Nature trimly made : My Loue and I together walkt , to coole vs in the shade . The bubling brookes did glide , the siluer fishes leape : The gentle Lambes & nimble Fawnes did seeme to leape and skipe , The Birds with sugured notes , their prettie throats did straine : And Shepheards on their oten pipes , made musicke on the plaines . Then I began to talke , of Louers in their blis : I wood her and courted her , for to exchange a kiss . With that she straight way said , harke how the Nigtingale , Although that she doth sweetly sing . doth tell a heauie tale . That in her maiden yeares , by man she had much wrong : Which makes her now with thorne inbrest to sing a mournefull song . With that I lent an eare , to heare sweete Philomell . Amongst the other Birds in woods , and she this tale did tell . Fair maides be warnd by me , I was a maiden pure . Vntill by man I was orereacht , which makes me this indure . To liue in woods and groues , sequestred from all sight : For heauily I doe complaine , both morning , noone , and night . The Threstle-cock did say , fie , Phil● ▪ you are to blame : Although that one did doe amisse , Will all men doe the same . No quoth the Ousell then , though I be blacke of hew : Vnto my mate and dearest loue , I alwaies will prooue true . The Blackebird hauing spoke , the Larke began to sing : If I pertisipate of ought , my loue to it I bring . The Mag-pie vp did start , and straight began to chatter : Beleeue not men they all are false , for they will lye and flatter . Then vp vpon a leafe , the Wren leapt by and by , And said bold Parrat your pide-coate , shewes you can cog and lye .
The Second part . To the same Tune . THen Robin-Redbrest said , T is I in loue am true : My couller shewes that I am he , if you giue me my dew . No , said the Linet then , your brest it is to yellow : For let your loue be neuer so true , you lethinke you haue a fellow . Another bird start vp , being cald the Popengay , And said faire Mistris view me well , my coate is fine and gay , Away with painted stuffe , the Felde fare did say : My couller it the abourne is , and beares the bell away . The Goldfinch then bespake , my coullours they are pure : For yellow , red , for blacke , and white , all weathers will indure . Each bird within the wood , a seuerall sentence gaue : And all did striue with seuerall notes , preheminence to haue . Then from an Iuie bush , the Owle put forth her head And said , not such an other Bird as I , the wood hath breed . With that each Bird of note , did beate the Owle away : That neuer more he durst be seene , to stay abroad by day . And then they all agreed , to choose the Turtle Doue , And that he should deside the cause , betwixt me and my loue . Who thus began to speake , Behold sweet maiden faire : How my beloued and my selfe , doe alwayes liue a paire . We neuer vse to change , but alwaies liue in loue : We kisse and bill , and therefore cald , The faithfull Turtle Doue . And when that each doth die , we spend our time in mone , Bewayling our deceased frind , we liue and die alone . We neuer match againe , as other birds doe vse : Therefore sweet Maiden loue your doe not true loue refuse . Thus ending of his speech , they all did silent stand , And then I turnd me to my loue , and tooke her by the hand And said , my dearest sweete , behold the loue of these : How euery one in his degree , doe seeke his ma●● to please . Then fairest grant to me , your constant heart and loue : And I will proue as true to thee , as doth the Turtle Doue , She said heere is my hand , my heart and all I haue : I kist her , and vpon the same a token to her gaue . And then vpon the same , the Birds did sweetly sing : That ecchoes through the woods and groues , most ●owdly then did ring . Then vp I tooke my Loue , and arme in arme did walke : With her vnto her fathers house , where we with him did talke . Who soone did condiscend when we weare both agreed And shortly to the church we went , and married were with speed . The Bells aloud did ring and Minstrels they did play And euery Youth and maid did striue , to grace our wedding day . God grant my loue and I , may haue the like successe : And liue in loue vntill we die , in ioy and righteousnes .
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Printed by the Assignes of Thomas Symcocke .