The covetous-minded parents, or, The languishing young gentlewoman whose friends would have her marry an old miser for the sake of his gold, which she utterly refused to do, resolveing to be true to the first. Tune is, Farewell my dearest dear. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02445 of text R227043 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C6634). 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 B02445 Wing C6634 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[50] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[84] 99887074 ocm99887074 183279 2264218556

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02445) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183279) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:3[50]; A5:2[70]) The covetous-minded parents, or, The languishing young gentlewoman whose friends would have her marry an old miser for the sake of his gold, which she utterly refused to do, resolveing to be true to the first. Tune is, Farewell my dearest dear. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Beck., [London] : [between 1688-1692] Verse: "I am a damosel fair ..." Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Item at A5:2[70] imperfect: cropped. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The covetous-minded parents, or, The languishing young gentlewoman whose friends would have her marry an old miser for the sake of his gold, which she anon 1692 1 432 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.15 C The rate of 23.15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Covetous-minded Parents , O. R , The Languishing young Gentlewoman

Whose Friends would have her Marry an old Miser for the sake of his Gold , which she utterly refused to do , resolveing to be true to the first .

Tune is , Farwell my dearest Dear .

Licensed according to Order .

I Am a Damosel fair of blooming Beauty ; Therefore I do declare it is my Duty My Parents to obey , Father and Mother ; They'd have me Marry Gray , I love another . Gray hath five Thousand Pound , in ready Money ; There Riches doth abound , but yet my Honey Whom I shall still adore , brings Love and Pleasure , The which I value more than Gold and Treasure . Good God what shall I do , whom shall I matry ? Father and Mother too constantly weary Their Child to entertain this wretched Miser ; For which they are to blame , would they were wiser .

What are those baggs of Gold without a Blessing ? My Dearest Love behold he is possessing My heart and all that 's dear , how can I leave him ? Heaven may prove severe it I deceive him . Before my Vow I 'll break , Death shall destroy me : I will no other take , he must enjoy me . Though Friends continually scorn and deride me ; With him I 'll Live and dye , what e're betide me . Though Gray hath Riches store , my Dear's above him ; Nay , had he ten times more , I could not love him : His Gold I count but dross , dregs of confusion , Which often proves a cross in the conclusion . Gold , Pearl and Silver bright I ne'r desire Give me my hearts delight , whom I admire ; That Treasure I 'd enjoy , my sweetest jewel : What grief will me destroy , Parents are cruel . Though tedious Nights I spend in mournful weeping ; My Heart , intire Friend , thou hast in keeping : Bear up a cheerful mind , let nothing grieve thee ; It I was not confin'd , I 'd never leave thee . When my free liberty once I recover ; I 'll quickly be with thee my loyal lover . Though now with bitter mean , grief does annoy me , No man but thee alone e're shall enjoy me .

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