A song in the Mad Lover, set by Mr. G: Eccles, sung by Mrs. Bracegirdle Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A89391 of text R231922 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing M2961A). 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 A89391 Wing M2961A ESTC R231922 99897513 99897513 133297 2240933749

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A89391) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 133297) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2503:4) A song in the Mad Lover, set by Mr. G: Eccles, sung by Mrs. Bracegirdle Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718. Bracegirdle, Anne, ca. 1663-1748. Eccles, John, d. 1735. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : engr. music s.n., [London : 1700?] Imprint suggested by Wing (CD-ROM edition). Wholly engraved. Reproduction of original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. eng Songs, English -- 17th century. Music -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A song in the Mad Lover, set by Mr. G: Eccles, sung by Mrs. Bracegirdle. Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1700 2 291 0 0 0 160 0 0 54982.82 F The rate of 54982.82 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Song in the Mad Lover , Set by Mr I : Eccles , Sung by M rs . Bracegirdle

Must y a faithful Lover go , scorn'd & banish'd , banish'd like a Foe , Oh! let me Rave , Oh! let me Rave , dispair , dispair , curse , curse my Fate , yet bless , yet bless , bless the Fair , for oh inspight of her disdain , I still must Love . I still must Love & hug my Chain , yet why , why shou'd Love , why shou'd Love my Heart molest , w ⁿ Hate , w ⁿ Hate , w ⁿ Hate , her Love possesses , reveng , reveng or Scorn , revenge , revenge or Scorn , or Scorn shou'd rule my Breast , w ⁿ such a Swain , such a Swain , such a Swain she Blesses , w ⁿ such a Swain , she Blesses : Then I 'll no more to Coyness Sue , Faith & constant Love adieu , farewell dotage , fond Disease , welcome freedom , welcom ease , welcome freedom welcome ease . I 'll rove & I 'll range , I 'll love & I 'll change , I 'll rove & I 'll range , I 'll love & I 'll change : Every hour & every place , every fair & every face ; I 'll vow & protest , I 'll swear & deceive , all , all who like me are so Mad to beleive , all , all , all , all , all , all , all who like me are so Mad to beleive . I 'll

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