A Caueat or vvarning for all sortes of men both young and olde to auoid the company of lewd and wicked women to the tune of Virginia. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A18259 of text S3134 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 4877.7). 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. 5 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 A18259 STC 4877.7 ESTC S3134 33143047 ocm 33143047 28193 2240906266

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A18259) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28193) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1873:4) A Caueat or vvarning for all sortes of men both young and olde to auoid the company of lewd and wicked women to the tune of Virginia. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. For H.G., Imprinted at London : [ca. 1620] In verse. Date of publication from STC (2nd ed.). Contains an illustration at head of each of the four columns. Right half of sheet contains: The second part, to the same tune. Reproduction of original in: Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo A Caueat or vvarning. For all sortes of men both young and olde, to auoid the company of lewd and wicked woemen. To the tune of Virginia. [no entry] 1620 2 787 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.71 C The rate of 12.71 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Caueat or Warning . For all sortes of Men both young and olde , to auoid the Company of lewd and wicked Woemen . To the tune of Virginia .

I Once did loue a b●nn●e Lasse , As Oxford Towne doth know , But now I sée all is not gold , that makes a glistring show . The fairest apple to the eye . May haue a rotten core : And young men all now by my my fall , take héed trust not a whore . Shée 'l stroke your chéeks shee 'l stroke your chin , Sh'e ele fling her armes abou ' you , And sh'e ele protest with vowes and oaths , She cannot liue withou' you : Shee 'le sigh and sob if that you say , You le come to her no more : And Gallants all by this my fall , take heed trust not a whore . Sh'e ele buy you bandstrings at the Faire , Shee le cause you for to wo her : Shée le make you bracelets of her hayre . for to bewitch you to her , Shee le sit vppon you al the night , Shée le giue you kisses store : But Gallants all by this my fall , take heed , trust not a whore . If thou shouldst be in heauen ( quo'h she ) I would not liue in hell :

If thou shouldst be on earth quoth she , in heauen I would not dwell : If thou shouldst be on sea ( quoth she ) I would not be on shore : Then Gallants all now by my fall , take héed trust not a whore . If that you chance for to be sad , Shee le bid you send for wine : For that is good swéet heart quoth she , for thy choyce heart and mine : And thus with swee ' and smiling words , Shée le diue into your store : But Gallants all now by my fall , take heedd trust not a whore . When she hath had her whole desire , And all your quoyne is spent , If you entreat her company , shée le say she ' shal be shente Then will she leaue you to your selfe , Your fortones to deplore : Then Gallants all now by my fall , take heed trust not a whore .
The Second Part. To the same tune .

Shee le sit alone with you and sweare , By God that did her make , While breath within her body is , shee wil not you forsake : Shée'le let you toy , and stroake and kisse , Shee 'le let you doe much more : But youngmen all , now by my fall , take heed trust not a Whore . Now here I lye , my friends doe fly , My wench doth quite forsweare me , Her fathers house is but hard by , and yet she comes not neere me mee : In prison I for her doe lie , Close by her fathers doore : And young men all now by my fall , take heed trust not a whore : My Creditors they chafe at me , For my time spent so bad , And scarse I see no friend I haue , is for my griefe now sad : And those that loud in sormer times , They now doe me abhore : Then youngmen all now by my fall , take héed trust not a whore . My kinsfolkes they doe send to me , And often me doe raile , Now am I plagud in misery , Heere lying in the Iayle :

But if that I come out againe , Though I be nere so poore : I neuer more will giue consent , to meddle with a whore . You young men that in London liue , Take heed by this my fall : For if you still will follow whores , they will deuore you all : Your quoine , your states , your health and friends . Then turne you oat of doore : O Youngmen all by this my fall , take heed trust not a whore . Now farewell all you Prentises , That doe in London dwell , Leaue all those vices , which will bring one day your soules to hell : So with my heart prayer for you , I now will say no more : But wish you all both great and small , take heed loue not a whore . FINIS .

Imprinted at London for H. G.