The trappand virgin or Good advice to maidens, that they may not be drawn into priminaryes by the specious pretences of their seeming amorist's, who having once obtained their wills, leave & forsake their betray'd mistresses. Take my advice while you are free, and young-men do not trust, they promise fare as fare can be, but mean what is unjust. Tune, Wheu [sic] busie fame. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06182 of text R228604 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T2051). 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 B06182 Wing T2051 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[455] 99887919 ocm99887919 183568 2248541369

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THE TRAPPAND VIRGIN

Or good Advice to Maidens , that they may not be drawn into Priminaryes by the specious Pretences of their seeming Amorist's , who having once obtained their Wills , leave & forsake their betray'd Mistresses .

Take my Advice while you are free , And Young-Men do not trust , They promise fare as fare can be , But mean what is unjust . Tune , When busie Fame .

COme mourn with me you Ladies all , whom Young men have betrayed , I was belov'd of great and small , and thought a virtuous Maid : At length a Young-Man to me came and he did me much wrong , For he betray'd a harmless Maid with his deludeing Tongue . Such vows and Protestations he did to me often use , With sighs , and Sobs that pittyed me , so that I could not chuse But condescend to his desire , by which I me ruin'd quite , In a haples hour he crop't the Flower wherein I took delight . My Virgins Name I must disown . which grieves me to the Heart , And since my Maiden-head is flown I feele such deadly smart , That makes me oft desire to dye to be freed from that shame , All will bestow on me I know whoever hear the same . But this may somewhat me excuse , which brings me some content , Obstinately I did Refuse , and would not give consent , Till he did vow and swear to me he would make me his Wife , But now I find , he hath chang'd his mind , I am weary of my life . ANd he from me is fled and gone a false and perjur'd wretch , Whilst by my self I make my moan , and many a sigh do fetch , But 't is in vain I plainly find since nothing will availe , Why should I sigh away my life unless I could prevail . Take warning by me Maidens fair and do not be Trappand , To their pretences give no Ear , for if they understand You 'r of a gentle Nature , and begin to them to yield , They 'l flatter on till you 'r undone and they have won the Field . When they have got what they desire their passion 's at an End , They 'l coole that seeming fervent fire and you shall lose your Friend , But keep them at a distance , and you 'l find them stoop amain , So you may be from dangers free , and need not to complain . Such good Advice I once did want which makes me now lament , And when too late I think upon 't it breeds such discontent , That I do wish ten thousand times I had his Suit deny'd , Who now I find doth prove unkind , and me hath terrified . False hearted men where e're you be think not for to Escape , For what you gain by Treachery is next kinn to a Rape , And will in time requited be with some most just reward Hereafter then prove honest Men , and faithful to your word .

Printed for , F. Cole . T. Vere . J Wright . J Clark . W. Thackery . and T. Passenger .