The constant country-man. Or, A loving dialogue between honest Thomas and his true-love Nancy. Tune to, Woman warrier. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02358 of text R228105 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C5943). 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 B02358 Wing C5943 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[63] 99887634 ocm99887634 183260 2248541363

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02358) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183260) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[51]) The constant country-man. Or, A loving dialogue between honest Thomas and his true-love Nancy. Tune to, Woman warrier. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back., [London] : [between 1688-1692] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "Pretty Nancy my love ..." Imperfect: trimmed and stained. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The constant country-man. Or, A loving dialogue between honest Thomas and his true-love Nancy. Tune is, Woman warrier. Licensed according to order. anon 1692 1 515 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 2008-08 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 Constant Country-Man . Or , A Loving Dialogue between honest Thomas and his True-Love Nancy . Tune is , Woman Warrier .

Licensed according to Order .

Man . PRitty Nancy my love , I adore thee above All Lasses that e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ver I courted , For thy bright shining eyes Does my senses surprize , And thy glory , thy glory , I long have reported . Maid . Nay , but Thomas , she cry'd , Then it seems you have try'd Young Maids , having fla-a-a-a-a-a-a-tered many , Which discovers that you Are both false and untrue ; And will never , will never , be faithful to any . Man . I must needs speak the truth , In the days of my Youth , With Damsels I th-e-e-e-e-e-e-en took my pleasure , But I 'm now wiser grown , And I love thee alone , O , I love thee , I love thee , my dear out of measure , Maid . Men are crafty when young , With a flattering tongue , They commonly str-i-i-i-i-i-ive to deceive us , When our hearts they have won , To another they run , Thus ungrateful , ungrateful , young Batchelors leave us Man . They are more than unkind , That can be of that mind , But for mine own pa-a-a-a-a-a-art I am loyal . As a Token , I bring Thee a delicate Ring , Nancy therefore , O therefore , make no more denyal . Maid . Nay , your Ring you may keep , Who have caus'd Maids to weep , For my part I 'm lo-o-o-o-o-oth to receive it , You have long us'd the Trade Of deceiving each Maid , And I 'm fearful , I 'm fearful you never will leave it . Man . Loyal love , I declare , And most solemnly swear , No Creature now l-i-i-i-i-i-iving shall sever My dear Iewel and I , Then my Suit don't deny , For I love thee , I love thee , I love thee for ever . Maid . Was I certain that you Would be loyal and true , My heart I would str-a-a-a-a-a-aightways surrender , And a promise I 'd give , That as long as I live , I would honour , I 'd honour , and love my pretender . Man . Love , I vow and protest , As I hope to be blest , I never inte-e-e-e-e-e-nd to deceive thee , But will love thee as life , And thou shalt be my Wife , As a Iewel , a Iewel , or Pearl I 'll receive thee . Maid . By the Powers above , I beiieve thee my love , Therefore I my F-a-a-a-a-a-avours am showing , Here is hand , heart and all , In thy Arms do I fall , Where a Million , a Million of Pleasures are flowing .

Printed for P. Brooksby , I. Deacon , I. Blare , and I. Back .