The unconscionable gallant: or, The beautiful lady's misfortune. To the tune of, Fond boy, &c. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06385 of text R227622 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing U33). 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 B06385 Wing U33 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[55] 99887435 ocm99887435 182141 2248540631

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06385) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182141) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:1[55]) The unconscionable gallant: or, The beautiful lady's misfortune. To the tune of, Fond boy, &c. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : music. Printed for C[harles]. Nates [i.e. Bates], at the White-Hart in West-Smithfield., London: : [between 1690-1692] Date of publication and publisher's name from Wing. Verse: "Now I pray you attend, to the lines that are penn'd ..." Printed in two columns. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The unconscionable gallant: or, The beautiful lady's misfortune. To the tune of, Fond boy, &c. Licensed according to order. anon 1692 1 605 4 0 0 10 0 0 1719.01 F The rate of 1719.01 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more 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 Unconscionable Gallant : OR , The Beautiful Lady's Misfortune . To the Tune of , Fond Boy , &c

Lieensed according to Order .

NOw I pray you attend , to the Lines that are penn'd , Which abroad to the World we in merriment send ; It is absolute new , and they say it is true , Th●refore listen a while unto what shall insue : A young , Gallan● of Fame to a Friend's House he came , Where he sent for a fair and young beautyful Dame . When her Charms he beheld he with Raptures was fill'd , Yet altho he in Courting was very well Skill'd His fine Amourus Tale could in no wise prevail , For without Half a Peice of his Joys he should fail : Like a Lady of State she had told him the Rate , And this done , not a Penny or Farthing she 'd Bait. Half a Peice is too much for a poor single touch , Therefore pray use a Conscience , for faith I do grutch To give more than a Crown for a bit of the Brown , I can have it for less of the Girls of the Town : Therefore make not this fuss , and stand scruing me thus , For a light Gain they say makes a rich golden Purse . If a Lady you lack , Sir , I stand to my tack , For I 'll have you to know I am no common Crack , That for Six pence or less will their kindness express , You may see that I go in a rich silken Dress , Paint with powdered Hair and black Patches I wear , Which cannot be maintain'd with that Price I declare . Pry'the be not so nice , 't is a very good Price , And thou knows very well 't will be earn'd in a trice : Therefore do not deny , but with reason comply , And perhaps for my Jewel a Cornet I 'll buy . But the Answer she gave , You must give what I crave 'T is in vain to dispute , for ten shillings I 'll have . When he found her so stout , he began to fall out , And , as some says , he threaten'd to Kick her about : Since her price she 'd not ●●ait , faith his Love turn'd to hate , And he threaten'd to Call for an Officer strait : If you will have full Ten , I will punish you then That can be so hard-hearted and Cruel to Men. Now the Lady Reply'd , in regard you 'r deny'd , Can you be so uncivil your Friend to Deride ? Yes , I will then , he swore : And , Miss , what is more , Some good Justice of Peace you shall now go before , To Receive the Reward that the Law will afford , Streight with Tears in her Eyes she his pity implor'd . The Disgrace I do fear , therefore let me go clear , And my Scarf with Five Shillings , I 'll render you here , Had I here so much more , I would pa●t with my store , For , alas ! I was never so fitted before . Then he pity'd her Case , and would hide the disgrace , And without more to do they departed the place .

LONDON : Printed for C. Nates , at the White-Hart in West-Smithfield .