Alidor and Calista being an excellent new song, much in request at court, to an excellent new play-house tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26662 of text R20479 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A926A). 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. 3 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 A26662 Wing A926A ESTC R20479 12610105 ocm 12610105 64330 2248567035

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A26662) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 64330) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 339:34) Alidor and Calista being an excellent new song, much in request at court, to an excellent new play-house tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : music Printed for J. Deacan ... in Guilespur-street, [London?] : 1684. eng Songs, English -- England. Love songs -- England. Love poetry, English -- England. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Alidor and Calista. Being an excellent new song, much in request at court. To an excellent new play-house tune. [no entry] 1684 1 482 0 0 0 40 0 0 8298.76 F The rate of 8298.76 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2005-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-04 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
Alidor and Calista . Being an excellent New Song , much in Request at Court , To an Excellent New Play-House Tune .

SInce first my heart did feel the smart , of fair Calista's charming Tongue ; No joys it could to it impart , my flaming passion was so strong : But still my grief , beg-ging relief , which mov'd her pitty not in vain ; For ne'r was known , by anyone , so charming and so sweet a Swain .

II. Her fancy found some Charms abound , in Alidor , which she oft said ; Which often did his senses drown'd , but ah ! they were too soon betray'd : For as her passion still did move , and urge her fancy to comply , The Fates which often crosses Love , divided my poor Swain and I. III. She still in brief , declar'd her grief , but ne'r durst with her love comply , Which forc'd her tears to beg relief , from Loves incessant Cruelty : Yet with that Art , her yielding heart , dessembled what her eyes discry'd , And rather choose to Embrace the Dart , then e're be any others Bride . IV. But ah ! what comfort can this give to my poor heart that 's rent in twain , Nay , it were better dye then live , then live to see my self in pain : Although she says she loves so strong , that none can with her paralell , Yet why should I my self thus wrong , when I may in Embraces dwell ? V. But hold , I think it were unjust , to use such Acts of Tyranny , I 'le rather be confin'd to Dust , than break my Faith and Constancy : Ne'r shall Calista have to say , Alidor e're shall prove unkind , I 'le be a Martyr e'ry day , sooner then ever change my mind . VI. My pains are sore , and now therefore , my love once more shall be reveal'd , To she whose Beauty I adore , who knows at length my love may yield : It did appear his love did hear those words which he in sorrows said , Then willingly she did comply , for Cupid now her heart betray'd . VII . Love here 's my hand at thy command , Calista I thy love will be , Now let us not disputing stand . I will forsake the world for thee : They both unite in true delight , and love in e'ry vein doth flow , She felt the smart of Cupids Dart , at length whether she wou'd or no.

Printed for J. Deacan , at the sign of the Angel in Guiltspur-street : 1684.