The True pattern of constancy, or, The loyal joys compleated ... to an excellent new tune, or, Farewell the flower of false deceit &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A63631 of text R185616 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T2851). 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. 2 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 A63631 Wing T2851 ESTC R185616 09432047 ocm 09432047 43076 2248516091

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A63631) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 43076) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1318:25) The True pattern of constancy, or, The loyal joys compleated ... to an excellent new tune, or, Farewell the flower of false deceit &c. 1 broadside : ill. Printed for P. Brooksby [etc.], [London] : [ca. 1687] Imperfect: right half with imprint and one illustration lacking. Imprint supplied from NUC pre-l956 imprints. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Songs, English. eebo The true pattern of constancy: or, The loyal lovers joys compleated. When young-men find their love's unkind, they then inpatient grow, but when their [no entry] 1688 1 262 1 0 0 0 0 0 38.17 D The rate of 38.17 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2010-02 Sampled and proofread 2010-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE True pattern of Constancy : OR , The Loyal Lovers Joys Compleated . When Young-men find their Love 's unkind , they then impatient grow , But when their Grief do's find Relief , it Expiates their Woe . To an Excellent New Tune : Or , Farewell the Flower of false deceit , &c.

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FArewell thou Flower of false deceit , and I wish the heighth of you may fade , That your Countenance may altered be , and your Honour in the Dust be laid . Ne'er was a Man more true than I , as you your self full well do know ; Till I found you in your Cruelty , that you sought my final Overthrow . I wish the bright Sun may not shine on thee , as it has done before ; For your Countenance hath me beguil'd , I can love again , but you no more . Once I could have been as constant Sweet-heart for to cross the Ocean Seas for thee , As Vulcan did for Venus's sake , when he Sailed into Italy . If you were as fair as Rosamond was , with her Cherry Cheeks and dimpled Chin ; Or if you were as fair as Hellena was , I should never more delight therein . But now my heart it is my own , why should I for another care ? For to sigh and sob , lament , and moan , for to ●ing my self unto Despair ?