The unhappy marriage, or A warning to covetuous parents. Being a true relation of the dismal effects of forced wedlock. A new play song. To the pleasant new tune of, Jenny she was a wanton lass, or Martellus. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06398 of text R185864 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing U70). 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 B06398 Wing U70 ESTC R185864 52529343 ocm 52529343 179174 2248539750

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06398) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179174) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2779:9) The unhappy marriage, or A warning to covetuous parents. Being a true relation of the dismal effects of forced wedlock. A new play song. To the pleasant new tune of, Jenny she was a wanton lass, or Martellus. 1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill. Printed for J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, [London] : [1680] Caption title. Place and date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The unhappy marriage, or, A warning to covetous parents. Being a true relation of the dismal effects of forced wedlock. A new play song. S[e]e parents [no entry] 1681 1 689 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.51 C The rate of 14.51 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Unhappy Marriage , OR , A Warning to Covetous Parents . Being a True Relation of the Dismal Effects of Forced Wedlock , A New Play SONG . See Parents when that you your Children force Against their Wills , to turn Love from it's Course ; The Stream will soon return with greater Rage , And soon you 'l see the folly of your Age ; And grieve to think what Rashly you have done , When Ruine is by that means hurry'd on .

To the pleasant New Tune of , Jenny she was a Wanton Lass ; or , Martellus . ;

JENNY she was a Wanton Girl , and kept her Fathers Sheep , Yet Jockey though a homely Churl , would fain with Jenny Sleep ; Geud Faith he came to Court a good , but Jenny would not say , And do poor Iockey what he cou'd , still Jenny cry'd O Nay . He felt her with his hard rough hand , and often strove to Smouch her , But Jenny made him off to stand , and would not let him touch her : For Jenny at defiance stood , though Jockey much did say , And do poor Iockey what he cou'd , still Ienny cry'd O Nay . He many times aloud did sigh , and Chesnuts did present her , And in his Plad and Bonnet blith , strove all for to content her : But that the Lass in her mad mood , would not Loves power obey , For do poor Iockey what he cou'd , still Ienny cry'd O Nay .

He gave her often Curds and Cream , and These from off the shelf , And did as often lead her home , to proffer her himself : And sighing often Jockey wou'd have Lead to Kirk the way , But do poor Iockey what he cou'd , still Jenny cry'd O Nay . In vain you sue Sweet Jenny cry'd , what e're you do is vain , Another must lye by my side , 't is so I 'le tell you plain : I le tell you plain I 'le lovh a good , but 't is not you I 'le say , And do poor Iockey what he cou'd , yet Jenny did say nay . Then Jockey to her Father went , to see what he cou'd do , And told him plainly what he meant , how his poor heart did rue : Cause Ienny was unkind he said he o're the world would Stray , For do alas what e're he cou'd , Yet Ienny she said nay . He offer'd House and Land and all , With many Geud Geuds more , So Jenny to his Lot might fall , she never should be poor : With this temptation here he sped , and Jenny must obey , And though at Kirk they soon were Wed , yet Jennys heart said nay . On Jockey she 'd no fancy set , though he did buss and Clip her , She still did wish they ne'r had met , though he fall brave did keep her : No Love for Jockey e're she had , her thoughts else where obey , In spight of all poor Iockey cou'd , fair Jenny went astray . For why a Lusty Lad she lov'd , Tall Sawny he by Name , Fair Jenny often after prov'd , unto her Fathers shame : Who cursing the unlucky Mood , that made him first give way , Poor Jenny ●gainst her will to Wed , and make her go astray . Did pine himself full soon to death , and Jockey griev'd likewise , A Hempen Noose puts o're his head , and like a Woodcock dies ; Then Parents in no cruel Mood , force Children to obey , In Loves great cause it is not good , to force when they say nay . FINIS .

Printed for J Wright , J. Clark , W. Thackeray , and T. Passinger .