The true lovers happiness or, Nothing venture, nothing have. Shewing how an apprentice made bold to court his masters daughter, got her good will, and married her unknown to her parents yet afterwards her father seeing they loved eachother [sic] so intirely, he gave them a considerable portion of money to set up with, and now they live in a happy condition; this may serve for a pattern for others. Their complements to you I will rehearse according as they are printed down in verse. Tune of, Amintas on the new-made hay, or Loyal Lovers. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06249 of text R227407 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T2746). 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. 5 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 B06249 Wing T2746 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[116] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[486] 99887322 ocm99887322 182033 2264219413

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06249) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182033) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[116]; A5:2[382b]) The true lovers happiness or, Nothing venture, nothing have. Shewing how an apprentice made bold to court his masters daughter, got her good will, and married her unknown to her parents yet afterwards her father seeing they loved eachother [sic] so intirely, he gave them a considerable portion of money to set up with, and now they live in a happy condition; this may serve for a pattern for others. Their complements to you I will rehearse according as they are printed down in verse. Tune of, Amintas on the new-made hay, or Loyal Lovers. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for W. Thackeray, E.M. and A.M., [London] : [1692] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "Oh my dearest come away ..." Printed on verso of item at A5:2[382]: The two-penny whore (Wing T3493). Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The true lovers happiness or, nothing venture, nothing have. Shewing how an apprentice made bold to court his masters daughter, got her good will, and anon 1692 1 720 4 0 0 0 0 0 55.56 D The rate of 55.56 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The true Lovers Happiness Or , Nothing venture , Nothing have .

Shewing how an Apprentice made bold to court his Masters Daughter , got her good will , and married her unknown to her Parents yet afterwards her father seeing they loved each other so intirely , he gave them a considerable portion of money to set up with , and now they live in a happy condition ; this may serve for a pattern for others .

Their complements to you I will rehearse According as they are printed down in verse . Tune of , Amintas on the new-made Hay , or Loyal Lovers .

Man . OH my Dearest come away , and hearken what thy love doth say As I am here I vow and swear I kindly will embrace thee ; Thou need not fear my only dear that I shall e'er disgrace thee . I 'le be as honest as the day , thy vertues I will not bewray , No face alive shall e're deprive me of my dearest jewel , If thou deny I sure shall dye , then ve no● thou so cruel . many years I loved thee therefore dearest pitty me , Thy very frown doth cast me down , thy smiles again revive me : Thou hast my heart where'r thou art then don't of love d●prive me . Maid . O fie thou simple Prentice boy , how durst thou with me tick & toy ? Or be so bold this to unfold unto thy mastes Daughter ? If he should know , 't would breed thy woe then what will follow after .

I am my Fathers own delight This you may understand aright , No Daughter he hath else but me , which makes him highly prize me ; Therefore be mute , leave off thy suit I friendly do advise thee . My Fathers anger pray you shun , Least you are utterly undone , The prison-grate will be your fate , if you run such adventures , Besides all this , if maids you kiss you forfeit your indentures . Man . Prithee dearest do not flout , At Easter next my time is out , And then I swear I will not care for master nor such Histories : But a wife i 'le have my life to save , and you 'r my only mistriss . Blame me not for saying so , For love will creep where it cannot go Had I not spoke , my heart had broke I could indure no longer : Though I did fight both day & night Yet Cupid grew the stronger . Methinks I see thy lovely face As I do walk in any place , Thy chrystal eyes where Cupid lies , thy cheeks are like to Roses : Thy lips are sweet , when as we meet all vertue there incloses . Though I am poor and thou art rich Slight me not I thee beseech , You know my trade will keep a maid as well as yeoman Jarvis , If I get Pearl my dearest Girl , it shall be at thy service . Maid . Thy speeches I do much commend , Yet dare I not to condescend For fear I lose as I suppose , my fathers dear affection . Or else i 'd yield to you the field , if I might have my election . Man . Never stand to complement , This doth give me no content , Tho' father frown & mother frown , yet none of them shall rout me , I am not in jest I do protest I cannot live without thée . Thus he gain'd the Damsels love , And honest to her he did prove , He wedded her and bedded her although his Master's Daughter ; He pleas'd her well t●e truth to tell , and parents love came after . For they gave them eightscore pound wherby this couples joys were crownd Thus may you see in each degree this youth was well friended , They live in peace , their goods increase and thus my Song is ended .

Printed for W Thackeray , E. M. and A. M.