The Contented couckould, or, A Pleasant new songe of a New-castle man whose wife being gon from him, shewing how he came to London to her, & when he found her, carried her backe againe to New- castle towne : to a very pleasant new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A19679 of text S5089 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 6100.5). 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 A19679 STC 6100.5 ESTC S5089 38160587 ocm 38160587 29259 2240937417

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A19679) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 29259) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1922:3) The Contented couckould, or, A Pleasant new songe of a New-castle man whose wife being gon from him, shewing how he came to London to her, & when he found her, carried her backe againe to New- castle towne : to a very pleasant new tune. 2 leaves : ill. By W.I., Printed at London : [ca. 1620] Broadside, printed as single sheet, cut and cropped. Right half of sheet contains "The second part. To the same tune," and imprint. 4 woodcuts. Reproduction of original in: Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo The Contented couckould, or a pleasant new songe of a New-castle man whose wife being gon from him, shewing how he came to London to her, & when he fo [no entry] 1620 2 1106 20 0 0 0 0 0 180.83 F The rate of 180.83 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more 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
The contented Couckould , Or a pleasant new Songe of a New-Castle man whose wife being gon from him , shewing how he came to London to her , & when he found her carried her backe againe to New-Castle Towne . To a very pleasant new Tune .

COm hither thou seaman braue sir what do you require , I prethée tell mée if thou can the thing that I de●ire , Séest thou not my true Loue , séest not my Louer go downe , And seest thou not my true louer then com thorough New-Castle Towne . And metest thou not my true Loue by the way as you came How should I know your true Loue , that haue met many a one , She is neyther whit nor black but as the heauens faire Her lookes are very beautifull , none may with her compare , She hath ●al●ied her word and left me heere a lone And seest thou not my true louer then , go thorough New-Castle Towne : She hath left me heere alone , alone heere as you see , And seest thou not my true louer then , since she hath forsaken mee , Sure I saw your true loue , or else I saw such a on In a gown and peticoat gay , go through New-Castle Towne . She went toward the sea O thither ward did she bend And with a very braue Coale shipe to London she is wende For when she went abo● ▪ she mickle was and merry , Sure I did wish then verily she had bene in my wh●rye , T is now iust two dayes since that the ship went away , That now a very great way o● , th●●r ●●e●●ing on the sea , O that was my true loue , O that was my louer true Though she hath now forsaken me , and change me for a new I neuer gaue her cause , why she should me forsake But now alas she is gone to sea , and an other corse doth take . But sure the winds and fa●es did both togeather agree Thus to cary a way my loue that hath forsaken me But though the winds , did with the fates agree Yet will I neuer forsake my loue , though she hath forsaken me . why hath she left you alone , an other for to take That sometimes did loue you so d●are and her ioy did you mak● , I loued her all my youth But now am old you sée , Loue liketh not the falling fruit nor yet the Withered tree . She is like a careles child forgets her promise paste She 's blind , she 's death , when as she list and in faith neuer fast , Her desires is ●●ckel sound and a trustles ioy , I won her with a world of ●ares and lost her with a toy . But since I haue her loue I vowe her for to follow , Be it by land or else by sea or yet through dep or shallow . And if I so her find I le count her for min owne , O then ●ll bring her back againe vnto New-Castle Towne ,
The Second part . To the same Tune ▪

THe saylor rige thy shipe , and thy tacles do prouide I tell you true that I do meane , for to go the next tide , Spread forth your sayles abroad , and driue into the mayn , I pray you for to make great hast , wey anchor thou Iolly boat swayn . For I think euery hower , for to be seauen yeare , Untill that I do find my loue , I shall be in great feare , For I 〈◊〉 her for to seeke , I know not which way nor wheather , But I would the windes and fates , would graple our shipes togeather . For many a boystrous blast , here do I abid for thee To●sing and tumbling on the se● , though thou hast forsaken me : Yea greater paines I will , fiue hundred times indure , So I may win thy loue againe , and therof be made sur● . But when that thou doest heare , the paines that I doe take , For to finde thee out againe , thou wilt neuer me forsake , And now to see the seas , how smooth they are and plaine , Sure they do Calculat that I , shall find my loue again● . And now at Grausend towne , wee ar ariued at last Let us with harty prayers to God , giue thankes for dangers past , Now farewell seamen all , adew , nay twis adew , And if I chance to finde my loue , I le carry her back with you . For I will go down this tide , allthough that it be late , Where all the way he slept vntill , be came to Billing gate , But ere that he came their , t was early in the morning , Then he went vp and down the streat , as on that was forlorne . First went he into Cheapside , thinking his louer to finde , And after that to London-ston , to satifie his minde , So strayt thorough ●ower street , he pased all along , Wher it was his chance to met , his loue with a ●ea●ringman . But when the man espied her husband was so nye , Then he made no more adow , but run away presently , Which when her husband spied , vnto his wife he came , And kist her their most louingly , who blusht for very shame . Il that you will me forgiue , and count me for your owne , I would go backe againe with you , vnto New-Castle Towne , At which words he was full glad , that she so soone was wone , Then prethee swet go back againe , vnto New-Castle Towne . Thus were they both a greed , to go togeather home , where wee will leaue them for a while , going to New-Castle Towne . Thus was the poore man glad , that he had got his wife home , But he for a cockold euer went , in faire New-Castle Towne .
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