Constant, faire, and fine Betty Being the young-mans praise, of a curious creature. Faire shee was, and faire indeed, and constant alwayes did proceed. To the tune of, Peggy went over sea, with a souldier. Crimsal, Richard. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A19000 of text S108774 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 5417). 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 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A19000 STC 5417 ESTC S108774 99844429 99844429 9240 2248517759

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A19000) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 9240) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1627:11) Constant, faire, and fine Betty Being the young-mans praise, of a curious creature. Faire shee was, and faire indeed, and constant alwayes did proceed. To the tune of, Peggy went over sea, with a souldier. Crimsal, Richard. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed for Iohn Wright the yonger dwelling at the upper end of the Old-Baily, London : [1635?] Signed at the end: R.C., i.e. Richard Crimsal. Publication date suggested by STC. Verse - "Now of my sweet Bettie,". In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Identified as STC 4517 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1475-1640". Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo Constant, faire, and fine Betty. Being the young-mans praise, of a curious creature. Faire shee was, and faire indeed, and constant alwayes did procee Crimsal, Richard 1635 2 729 5 0 0 0 0 0 68.59 D The rate of 68.59 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-08 Sampled and proofread 2002-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Constant , faire , and fine Betty . Being The Young-mans praise , of a curious Creature . Faire shee was , and faire in deed , And constant alwayes did proceed . To the Tune of , Peggy went over Sea , with a Souldier .

NOw of my sweet Bet●ie , I must speake in praise , I never did see such a Lasse in my days , She is kind and loving , and constant to me ; Wherefore I will speake , of my pretty Betty . Betty is comely , and Betty is kind , Besides shee is pretty , and pleaseth my mind : She is a brave bonny Lasse , lovely and free , The best that ere was , is my pretty Betty . Her haire it doth glister , like to threeds of gold ; All those that doe meet her , admire to behold : Her they take for Iuno , so glorious seemes shee , ●●●e brighter then Lun is pretty Betty . Her eyes they do twinkle , like starres in the skie , She is without wrinkle , her fore-head is high : Faire Venus for beauty , the like cannot be , Thus I shew my duty , to pretty Betty . She hath fine cherry cheekes , and sweet Corall lips , There is many one seekes , love with kisses and clips , But she like Diana , flies their company , She is my Tytana , my pretty Bettie . Her Chinne it is dimpled , her visage is faire , She is finely temp●ed , she is neat and rare . If Hellen were living , she could not please me , I ioy in praise giving , my pretty Betty . Her skinne white as snow , her brest soft as doune , All her parts below . they are all firme and sound : Shee 's chaste in affection as Penelope . Thus endes the complexion , of pretty Bettie .
The second part , To the same tune .

NOw of her conditions , something I le declare , For some have suspitions , She 's false being faire : But shee 's not false hearted , in any degree , I 'm glad I consorted , with pretty Betty . Her words and her actions , they are all as one , And all her affection , is on me alone , She h●tes such as vary , from true constancy , Long I must not tarry , from pretty Betty . Well met my sweet Hony , my ioy and delight , O how hath my Cony done ere since last night . Oh what saies my dearest , what saist thou to me , Of all maids the ra●est , is pretty Bette . Wo. Kind love thou art welcome , to me day and night , Why came you not home , I did long for your sight : My ioy and my pleasure , is onely in thee , Thou art all the treasure , of pretty Bette . Hadst thou not come quickly , I thinke I should dye , For I was growne sickly , and did not know why . Now thou art my doctor , and physicke to me , In love thou art proctor , for pretty Bette . Sweet when shall we marry , and lodge in one bed , Long I cannot carry , not my maiden head . And there 's none shall have the same , but onely thee , T is thee that I crave , to love pretty Bette . Man . Besse be thou contented , wee 'l quickly be wed , Our friends are consented , to all hath bin sed , Thou shalt be my wife , ere much older I be , And I le lead my life , with my pretty Bette . These lovers were married , and immediately , And all was well carried , they liv'd lovingly : Let faire maids prove constant , like pretty Besse , Fine Besse hath the praise an 't , and worthy is shee . R. C.
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London Printed for Iohn Wright the yonger dwelling at the upper end of the Old-Baily .