A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques, whose death is bewailed, to the tune of New lusty gallant. Elderton, William, d. 1592? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B01226 of text W11344 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 7562). 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 B01226 STC 7562 Interim Tract Supplement Guide Huth 50[2] 99892280 ocm99892280 182318 2240918043

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B01226) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182318) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:4[2]) A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques, whose death is bewailed, to the tune of New lusty gallant. Elderton, William, d. 1592? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). In Fletestreat beneath the Conduit, at the signe of S. Iohn Euangelist, by Thomas Colwell, Imprinted at London : [1569?] Signed by W. Elderton. Date of publication suggested by STC. Verse: "Ladies I thinke you maruell that ..." Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 16th century. eebo A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques, whose death is bewailed, to the tune of New lusty gallant. Elderton, William, d. 1592? 1569 1 560 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-05 Sampled and proofread 2009-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques ▪ Whose death is be wailed , To the tune of new lusty gallant .

LAdies I thinke you maruell that I writ no mery report to you , And what is the cause I court it not So merye as I was wont to dooe , Alas I let you vnderstand , It is no newes for me to show , The fairest flower of my garland Was caught from court a great while a goe . For vnder the roufe of sweete Saint Paull , There lyeth my Ladie buryed in Claye , Where I make memory for her soule , With weepinge eyes once euerye daye , All other sightes I haue for got , That euer in court I ioyed to see : And that is the cause I court it not , So mery as I was wont to be , And though that shee be dead and gone , Whose courting need not to be tolde , And natures mould of fleshe and bone , Whose lyke now liues not to be holde , Me thinkes I see her walke in blacke , In euery corner where I goe : To looke if anie bodie do lacke , A frend to helpe them of theyr woe . Mee thinkes I see her sorowfull teares , To princelye state approching nye Mee thinkes I see her tremblinge feares , Leste anie her suites shulde hit a wrie , Mee thinkes she shuld be still in place A pitifull speaker to a Queene , Bewailinge every poore mans case , As many a time the hath ben seene . Mee thinkes I see her modeste mood Her comlie clothig plainlie clad , Her face so sweete her cheere so good , The courtlie countenance that shee had But chefe of all mee thinkes I see , Her vertues dentie daie by daie , Homblie kneeling one her knee As her desire was still to praie . Mee thinkes I cold from morow to night Do no thing ells verie good will , But spend the time to speak and writte : The praise of my good ladies still Though reason saith now she is dead To seeke and sarue as good as shee It will not sinke so in my head That euer the like in courte will bee . But sure I am ther liueth yet , In court a dearer frinde to mee , Whome I to sarue am so vnfit , I am sure the like will neuer bee , For I with all that I can dooe , Vnworthie most maie seeme to bee To vndoo the lachet of her shooe , Yet will I come to courte and see . Then haue a mongste ye once a gaine , Faint harts faire Ladies neuer win , I trust ye will consider my payne , When any good Venison cometh in , And gentill Ladies I you praie , If my absentinge breede to blame , In my behalfe that ye will saie , In court is remedie for the same . ꝙ W. Elderton . Finis .

Imprinted at London in Fletestreat beneath the Conduit , at the signe of S. Iohn Euangelist , by Thomas Colwell .