A voyage to Virginia: or, The valliant souldier's farewel to his love. Unto Virginia he's resolv'd to go, she begs of him, that he would not do so; but her intreaties they are all in vain, for he must plow the curled ocean main: at length (with sorrow) he doth take his leave and leaves his dearest love at home to grieve. To the tune of, She's gone and left me here alone. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06480 of text R228752 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing V745). 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. 6 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 B06480 Wing V745 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[580] 99887987 ocm99887987 183659 2248540000

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06480) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183659) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[450]) A voyage to Virginia: or, The valliant souldier's farewel to his love. Unto Virginia he's resolv'd to go, she begs of him, that he would not do so; but her intreaties they are all in vain, for he must plow the curled ocean main: at length (with sorrow) he doth take his leave and leaves his dearest love at home to grieve. To the tune of, She's gone and left me here alone. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). s.n., [London : 1690?] Imprint suggested by Wing. Verse: "My pritty Betty I now must leave thee ..." Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Love poetry, English -- England -- Early works to 1800. Soldiers -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Ballads -- England -- 17th century. eebo A voyage to Virginia: or, The valliant souldier's farewel to his love. Unto Virginia he's resolv'd to go, she begs of him, that he would not do so; bu anon 1690 1 841 5 0 0 0 0 0 59.45 D The rate of 59.45 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 2008-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-06 Sampled and proofread 2008-12 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-12 Sampled and proofread 2009-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Voyage to Virginia : OR , The Valliant Souldier's Farwel to his Love . Unto Virginia he 's resolv'd to go , She begs of him , that he would not do so ; But her Intreaties they are all in vain , For he must plow the curled Ocean Main : At length ( with sorrow ) he doth take his leave And leaves his dearest Love at home to grieve . To the Tune of , She 's gone and left me here alone .

My pritty Betty I now must leave thée , the Drums doth summon me away I must confess it sore doth grieve me . I can with the no longer stay : When we are parted , he thon true hearted thou wilt not change thy mind I know . From thée my favour , shall never 〈◊〉 though i must to Virginia go . When first I did behold thy feature , my senses all were set on fire . Thy beauty bright , and comely Stature , which caused me for to admire : But fates prevent me , for to content thée ; which fills my heart so full of woe ; I cannot tarry , with thee to marry , for i must to Virginia go . Long time I have béen true and constant , as thou thy self didst , always find . I never proved false one instant , nor never was to thée unkind : My dear believe me , and do not grieve me , since thou dost see it must be so . My fortune I , will now go try , for i must to Virginia go . Had I a thousand pounds to leave thée . although it were in good red Gold . Not half so much it now would grieve me , to speak the truth I may be bold : What ever thou requir'dst of me , thou never heardst me answer no ; Therefore content thée do not present me for i must to Virginia go . T Is for Promotion and for Honour , that I must fail upon thée Flood , I l'e venture under Englands Banner ; although I lose my dearest Blood : For unto danger I am no stranger , when 〈◊〉 minds aloud do blow , I 'le not forget the my dearest Betty , though i must to Virginia go . When betty heard his Resolution , and ●●at he was so fully bent . Her senses all were in Confusion , and thus with sorrow she did lament : O stay quoth she and do not venture , ●…ast that thou break my heart with woe Leave not this City , but take some pitty , And do not to Virginia go I prethee dearest do not forsake me , thou knowest I love thee more then life . According to thy promise take me , and let me be thy Wedded wife : Leave bloody wars , and wounds and scars , to them who love did never know . Whilst I will ease thee and strive to please thee then do not to Virginia go But if thou be resolv'd to wander , and nothing can thy fancy turn . I 'le march under the same Commander , and never stay at home to mourn : 'T is my desire in Mans attire . thy Comrade to appear in show . And day and night yield you delight , as you unto Virginia go . O no quoth he , my dearest Iewel , that may not be in any wise . Vpon the Seas are dangers Cruel , and many Storms arise : To stay at home then he contented , whilst I do fight against my Foe . And cease thy mourning , till my returning for i must to Virginia go . Take here this King which I do give thée , my dearest and do not complain For with the same my heart I leave thee , untill that I return again : I hope here after for to embrace thee , then suffer not those Tears to flow : For when I am absent , I will be constant , although i do to Virginia go . And so farewel my dearest betty , a thousand times farwel my sweet , I now afford the Kisses plenty , for to remember till we meet : If cruel Death of Life deprive us i 'le meet the in the shades below , Where we together , shall be for ever , although i do to Virginia go . When betty saw her Lover parted , she senseless for a time remain'd , Being so kind and tender-hearted . at length her Spirits she regain●d And then a thousand happy wishes , she after sent her Love to show : Then home returned and there she mourned whilst he did to Virginia go .