[The] taylor's lamentation. Shewing how he pick'd up a crafty miss, who left him sleeping in bed, and taking his cloaths, watch and money, so that he was forc'd to send for his wife, which added much to his grief. To the tune of the Old mans wish. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06078 of text R228598 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T106). 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 B06078 Wing T106 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[452] 99887916 ocm99887916 183565 2240896408

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06078) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183565) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[356]) [The] taylor's lamentation. Shewing how he pick'd up a crafty miss, who left him sleeping in bed, and taking his cloaths, watch and money, so that he was forc'd to send for his wife, which added much to his grief. To the tune of the Old mans wish. 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, date of publication, and first word of title suggested by Wing. Verse: "I am a taylor now in distress ..." Imperfect: trimmed, affecting title. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo [The] taylor's lamentation. Shewing how he pick'd up a crafty miss, who left him sleeping in bed, and taking his cloaths, watch and money, so that he anon 1692 1 676 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.79 C The rate of 14.79 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Taylor 's Lamentation . Shewing how he pick'd up a crafty Miss , who left him sleeping in Bed , and taking his Cloaths , Watch and Money , so that he was forc'd to send for his Wife , which added much to his grief . To the Tune of the Old Mans Wish .

Licensed according to order .

I am Taylor now in Distress , Who to the World must freely confess , That I am fairly serv'd in my kind . As by the sequal you shall find . I have a fair Young Wife of my own , Yet I am Courting every Ioan ; Many a Pound on them have I spent , But at the last I Sigh and Lament . Listen a while and I will unfold , As sad a Tale as ever was told , Surely the like you never did hear , Therefore I pray be pleas'd to draw near .

As I was walking thorrough Pell-Mell , Where a Young Lord and Lady did dwell , With a New Garment under my Arm , Winking Alas ! no manner of harm . There a young lass I happen'd to meet , Tempted I was to give her a Treat , Then to a Tavern strait I did go , This was but the beginning of Woe . She for the best Canary did call , I was oblig'd to pay for it a'l , Seeking Alas ! for pleasant delight , I was resolv'd to tarry all might .

Then the young Tib did cunningly say , Sir , if you are right willing to stay ? I have a Chamber here of my own , Where we may Kiss and Dally alone ? Such a kind Proffer , who cou'd refuse ; But I was fairly catch'd in a noose , The naked truth I will not deny , Taylor was ne'vr so cheated as I. Now when the Night was dalli'd away , Just before Morning break of the day , She ' rose and left me snoring Bed : Oh! I lament the life I have led . There did she sieze my delicate Suit , Likewise my Watch and Money to boot , Thus she did fairly make up her pack , Leaving me not a Suit to my back . When I awoke and found she was gone , Missing my Cloaths , Oh! how I took on ; But yet Alas ! it was but in vain , For I shall never see 'em again . Sobbing and like wise Sighing I lay , Knowing there was the Reckoning to pay , I had no Coin , nor Garments to wear , How to get home , Alas ! was my care . Yet after all to finish the Strife , Forced I was to send for my Wife ; When she came in , she rang me a Peal , Ay , and her fist she forc'd me to feel : Sirrah ( said she , ) if this be the trade ? You shall a sad example be made : There did she ring me still by the Ears , Till I Alas ! was bitter in Tears . There with her fist my Face she did maul , Till I at length was forced to fall Down on my Knees , her love to obtain , Vowing I 'd ne'er offend her again . Rascal ( said she ) I 'll pardon the now ? If that this day , you solemnly vow To be obedient still to your wife ; Yes , if you please to spare but my life . Ever since then she bears such a sway , That I am fo●c'd her Laws to obey . She is the Cock and I am the Hen , This is my case , Oh! pity me then .

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