The distracted young-mans answer to the injured maiden. Shewing the cruelty of his parents, in forcing him to marry another, because she had a bettet [sic] fortune, which proved the ruine of the young man and his former mistress. Te [sic] the same tune: or, the Languishing swain. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02719 of text R227578 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing D1697). 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 B02719 Wing D1697 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[31] 99887410 ocm99887410 182117 2240890752

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02719) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182117) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:1[31]) The distracted young-mans answer to the injured maiden. Shewing the cruelty of his parents, in forcing him to marry another, because she had a bettet [sic] fortune, which proved the ruine of the young man and his former mistress. Te [sic] the same tune: or, the Languishing swain. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for P. Pelcomb, in Fleet-street., London: : [1700?] Date of publication from Wing. Verse: "It's true, thou justly maist complain ..." Printed in two columns. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The distracted young-mans answer to the injured maiden· Shewing the cruelty of his parents, in forcing him to marry another, because she had a bettet anon 1700 1 511 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. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Distracted Young-MANS Answer TO The Injured Maiden .

Shewing the Cruelty of his Parents , in forcing him to marry another , because she had a better Fortune , which proved the Ruine of the young Man and his former Mistress .

Te the same Tune : or , The Languishing Swain . IT 's true , thou justly maist complain , On thy unfaithful perjur'd Swain , But yet at first I did design , To marry you , to marry you , In little time . I found you beautiful and fair , Delightful with a pleasing air ; Endow'd with all the charms of love , And I believ'd , and I believ'd , You 'd constant prove . My father told me o're and o're , Of one who riches had great store ; He said , If I did not agree , To court that lass , to court that lass , He 'd own not me . I went as he did give command , Altho' you had my heart and hand ; The God above do know it 's true , I always meant , I always meant ; To marry you . Our Parents straightways did agree , And said , That I must married be ; To her they lately wish'd me to . Then I reply'd , then I reply'd ; What shall I do ? My father said , To Church now go , A thousand pound this has I know ; For her you courted just before , She has not half , she has not half ; So much in store . I answer'd yea , she has my heart , Besides me vow'd never to part ; Therefore dear father , do not make Me break this vow , me break this vow ; Which I did take . He said , If I a thousand took , I should no more upon her look ; But straight he made me for to go To Church and wed , to Church and wed , I know not who . Altho' I have a rich young wife , I have no comfort of my life ; For she that had my heart before , Will keep the same , will keep the same , For evermore . I do implore the God above , To look upon my injur'd love , Who justly does complain on me , And help her in , and help her in Her misery . Then young men all a warning take , Ne'er break those vows in love you make If she you love does prove but kind , Be not like me , be not like me ; To change your mind . Since I have proved thus untrue ; I bid unto the world adieu , For I no comfort now can have ; Then death come send , then death come send , Me to my grave .

LONDON : Printed for P. Pelcomb , in Fleet-street .