The hasty wedding; or, William's patience rewarded: with the consent of pretty Nancy. To the tune of, The man of fashion, or, The doubting virgin. Bowne, Tobias. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B01738 of text R215885 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B3893). 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 B01738 Wing B3893 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[206] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.10[50] 99884541 ocm99884541 183370 2248521319

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B01738) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183370) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[161]; A6:2[50]) The hasty wedding; or, William's patience rewarded: with the consent of pretty Nancy. To the tune of, The man of fashion, or, The doubting virgin. Bowne, Tobias. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) Printed for, P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball in Pye-corner., [London] : [between 1670-1696] Attributed to Tobias Bowne by Wing. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "Sitting with my dearest dear ..." Also identified as Wing (2nd ed.) H1139. Copies cut and mounted. Item at A6:2[50] imperfect: heavily stained. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Marriage -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The hasty wedding; or, William's patience rewarded: with the consent of pretty Nancy. To the tune of, The man of fashion, or, The doubting virgin. Bowne, Tobias. 1696 1 526 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. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Hasty Wedding ; OR , William's Patience Rewarded . With the consent of Pretty NANCY . To the Tune of , The Man of Fashion , or , The Doubting Virgin .

SItting with my Dearest Dear , by a Little purling Spring , In the pleasant time o' th year , when the little Birds do sing , Straight I was resolv'd to move her , for to know how she inclin'd , And to tell her that I lov'd her , and desire to know her mind . Then quoth I , my prety Nancy , well thou know'st thou hast my heart ; Thou alone art she I fancy , and can only cure my smart : Tell me then my pretty fair one , when you mean to change your life , Tell me quickly then my Dear one , when you will be Willy's Wife .

Truly William then quoth Nancy , men they say are grown so strange , Every one they 'l swear they fancy , so they may perhaps for change : You may freely say your pleasure , I can hear without distast , Marriage should be done with leisure , and I 'm sure I 'm not in hast . Will you be a peevish creature , and deny your self a cure , Who could teach you such ill nature , not your Mother I am sure : She was scarce arriv'd at fourteen , when she lost a single life , And was pleas'd so well with courting that she soon became a wife . This I know is her confession , but I 've heard her oft to pray , That I might have more discretion , and to wait a longer day : Therefore I do tell you fairly , some years more I mean to wast , Tho' indeed I love you dearly , yet I am not so much in haste . Well quoth he have , you consented , gave me hope , though very cold , If you have not again repented , I shall have you when you 'r old : I have patience and you know it , still to wait on you whilst life , And will never think much to do it , if that you will be my wife . Now quoth she , i 'm sure you love me , since you are content to stay , And your patience does so move me , I will marry you this day : Now I see you love me dearly , we no longer time will wast , And I do declare it clearly , that I am as much in hast . Hand in hand these Lovers walked , many a kiss she did exchange , Many a vow pass as they talked that their hearts should never range To te Church he did conduct her , whhre the Priest did end the strife , And so well he did instruct her , she that day was William's Wife

Printed for , P. Brooksby , at the Golden-Ball in Pye-corner .