The unfortunate couple; or, The unkind father being a true relation of a squire's son, who having married his father's maid against his consent, was reduced to such great necessity, that his young wife died for greif, and his father denying him releif, he fell into sad dispair, and shot himself dead with a pistol, in his chamber in L-d-g-te-street on Saturday last. Tune, of orgive [sic] me if my looks thought &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64706 of text R222516 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing U50B). 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. 4 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 A64706 Wing U50B ESTC R222516 99833679 99833679 38157 2240901013

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A64706) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38157) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2067:38) The unfortunate couple; or, The unkind father being a true relation of a squire's son, who having married his father's maid against his consent, was reduced to such great necessity, that his young wife died for greif, and his father denying him releif, he fell into sad dispair, and shot himself dead with a pistol, in his chamber in L-d-g-te-street on Saturday last. Tune, of orgive [sic] me if my looks thought &c. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for P. Markham near Bridge-water-square, London : [1700?] In verse. First line of verse: You cruel parents, most severe. Year of publication conjectured by Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Parent and child -- Early works to 1800. Suicide victims -- Early works to 1800. Fathers -- Early works to 1800. eebo The unfortunate couple; or, The unkind father: being a true relation of a squire's son, who having married his father's maid against his consent, was [no entry] 1700 1 547 2 0 0 0 0 0 36.56 D The rate of 36.56 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 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Unfortunate Couple ; Or , The Unkind FATHER :

Being a true Relation of a Squire 's Son , who having Married his Father's Maid against his Consent , was reduced to such great Necessity , that his Young Wife Died for Greif , and his Father denying him releif , he fell into sad Dispair , and Shot himself Dead with a Pistol , in his Chamber in L -- d-g-te-street on Saturday last .

Tune , of or give me if my looks I thought &c. YOU Cruel Parents , most severe now Listen to my story , And pitty your own Children dear , if they for Love do Marry : For 't is not saiding Earthly Dross , that will true joys procure , When Lovers find a fatal Cross , none can such pains endure . Al Squires Son , of Wealth and fame , in Love was much affected , With a most fair and brisk young Dame , who kindly him respected , But being but his Fathers Maid , his Friends did all dispise her , Quoth they , let us the Youth perswade , to leave her , and be wiser . But all their words did but increase : his true and real affection , He vow'd that he wou'd soon release , his Love from their subjection , And in the Dark and silent Night , he privatly did Carry , His only Darling from their sight , and quickly her did Marry . No sooner did the Squire hear , what his Young Son had acted , But he with rage did rave and tare , as if he 'd been Distracted , Quoth he , no Spawn of Beggar 's Bratts , shall e're enjoy my Treasure , I 'll never own him for my Son ; so great is my displeasure . The Cruel Father , thus unkind , did make them both Distressed For no subsistance could they fi●d with wants they were oppressed . So that the poor unhappy Bride , with sorrow and vexation , Her heart it broke , and soon she Dy'd , While he made Lamentation . Two pretty Babes she left behind , wou'd move a Tark's compassion : But yet the Squire 's cruel mind ; retain'd his Indignation : For when his Son on bended Knee ; implor'd some small assistance , ( Quoth he ) bring not her Bratts to me : But pray keep at a distance . This answer fill'd his h●art with greif ; and brought dispair upon him , Because he miss'd of all releif : and friends they did disown him , Disturbed mind and fearful Dreams : did Night and Day Molest him , Confused thoughts , and such extreams : as more , and more oppress 't him . He set a Pistol to his Head , which cut Lif's thread insunder : And in his Chamber fell down Dead which fill'd the Town with wonder : Let all take warning by his fall : dispair it was his Ruin Take heed in time both great and small for fear 't is your undoing .

LONDON , Printed for P. Markham near Bridge-water-Square .