The old miser slighted: or, The young lasses resolution to marry the young man that she loves, and not be troubled with the groans of gouty fornicator, for the benefit of his riches. To the tune of I often for my Jenny strove. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04607 of text R228497 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O209). 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 B04607 Wing O209 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[387] 99887857 ocm99887857 183513 2240894865

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04607) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183513) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[304]) The old miser slighted: or, The young lasses resolution to marry the young man that she loves, and not be troubled with the groans of gouty fornicator, for the benefit of his riches. To the tune of I often for my Jenny strove. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back., [London] : [between 1688-1692] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "My mother duns me e'ery day ..." Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The old miser slighted: or, The young lasses resolution to marry the young man that she loves, and not be troubled with the groans of gouty fornicator anon 1692 1 503 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. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Old MISER Slighted : OR , The Young Lasses Resolution to Marry the Young Man that she Loves , and not be troubled with the Groans of Gouty Fornicator , for the Benefit of his Riches . To the Tune of I often for my Jenny strove .

Licensed according to Order .

MY Mother duns me e'ery day , to marry with a Miser then , Whose bloud is Cold , and locks are Grey for Age , above Threescore and Ten : He hath Coffers cramm'd with Treasure , Yet I 'll not be bought or sold ; A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better woth than Gold . He proffer'd me a Diamond Ring , a Watch with Ribbons , Gloves , & Fan ; To House and Home he would me bring , but ah ! he was an Aged Man : Therefore I could never love him , For he look'd like Winter cold , A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better worth than Gold .

With all he had he 'd me endue , which was both Lands and Cattel store ; As likewise Pigs , Geese , Turkies too , all feeding at his own Barn Door : Yet I valu'd not his Treasure , His Arms ne'er should me enfold ; A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better worth than Gold . The old Man gets me on his Knee , and will sometimes soft Kisses take , The which do's much discomfort me , to see his Aged Noddle shake , And his Hands with Palsie tremble , While he do's my Waste enfold : A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better worth than Gold . With Gout and Stone he lyes in Bed , to groan out the long tedious Night , While my true Fancy should he fed , with that which is my thief Delight : What can he a greater Torment , To be in Choice thus Controul'd ? A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better worth than Gold . Pray what can be a greater Crime , than such like Matches to contrive : I will not loose my Teeming time , for ne'er a Doating Fool alive : I am Buxome , Brisk and Aiery , Therefore will not be Controul'd ; A brisk young Gallant has a Talent , Which is better worth than Gold . We find the Aged Snowy Head , is often fill'd with Jealousie , Therefore with no such one I 'll Wed , although I might a Lady be : The young Man that 's Brisk and Aiery , I in him can Charms behold ; The choicest Blessing still possessing , True Love is better worth than Gold .

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