Robert Muirheads. lament. To a pleasant new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B05004 of text R182748 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing R1572A). 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. 2 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 2017 B05004 Wing R1572A ESTC R182748 52614895 ocm 52614895 176062 2240865603

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05004) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 176062) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2761:3) Robert Muirheads. lament. To a pleasant new tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : ca. 1641-1700] Caption title. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland. eng Ballads -- 17th century. Broadsides -- 17th century. B05004 R182748 (Wing R1572A). civilwar no Robert Muirheads. lament. : To a pleasant new tune. [no entry] 1650 1 321 4 0 0 0 0 0 125 F The rate of 125 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 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
ROBERT MUIRHEADS . LAMENT. To a Plesant New Tune . 1 Leave of my minde why thinks thou on , She that was once my dear does thou not know that she is gone , and maried now I hear what madness make the recolect to think on such a maide who allwise payd me with neglect and my desinges bewraed . 2 Why wakenest thou again my woes and thus tormenteth me , who is the worst of all my foes who only friend should be , is she not dead to me alace except her husband dye , I le yet remember on her face for all her Creul●tie . 3 For I never saw a thing so faire since I had eyes to see , a thing that was both Chast and raire 〈◊〉 thing that reavisht me , 〈◊〉 modestie she did exceed , ● most of women kind , thought she had no fault Indeed gift she had been mine . 4 I wet in my conceit I swear , and Constantce to the whilest ●o man Could withstand her feat , nor shoon her destanie , I Loved her well she lov'd not me she was un great yow'l say , some said it was but p●●e●●e O what great fools were they 5 For I tryed all the civil arts , that ever any used , with tears I did procleam my smart , yet daylie was abused , I am sure if ever she had Lov'd , at length she would have shown'd she slighted me and so she provd , And manfullie disound . 6 Unhappie I if I recall , these pevis thoughts again to bring my spirit under thral to reposes my pain , If I had never seen her face I had not fainted so , to offer up a sacrifice , to anie thing below . FINIS .