The west-country lawyer: or, The witty maids good fortune; who wisely maintain'd her virginity against the golden assaults of the lawyer, who at length married her to her hearts content. To the tune of, The baffled knight. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06523 of text R227472 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1404). 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 B06523 Wing W1404 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[147] 99887351 ocm99887351 182064 2264217657

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06523) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182064) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[147]) The west-country lawyer: or, The witty maids good fortune; who wisely maintain'd her virginity against the golden assaults of the lawyer, who at length married her to her hearts content. To the tune of, The baffled knight. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J[onah]. Deacon, at the Angel, in Gilt-spur-street., [London] : [between 1688-1695] Verse: "A youthful lawyer fine and gay ..." Date, place of publication and publisher's name from Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The west-country lawyer: or, The witty maids good fortune; who wisely maintain'd her virginity against the golden assaults of the lawyer, who at lengt anon 1695 1 634 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.77 C The rate of 15.77 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 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The West-Country Lawyer : OR , The Witty Maids Good Fortune ;

Who wisely maintain'd her Virginity against the golden Assaults of the Lawyer , who at length married her to her Hearts Content .

To the Tune of , The Baffled Knight .

Licensed according to Order .

A Youthfull Lawyer fine and gay , was riding unto the City , Who met a Damsel on the way right beautifull , fair , and witty . Good morrow then , the Lawyer cry'd , I prithee where art thou going ? Quoth she , to yonder Meadows side , my Father is there a mowing . Straight from his Horse he did alight , and as he was going to her , The Maid immediately took flight , for fear that he would undo her . But he run like a nimble Deer , untill he did overtake her ; And then he whisper'd in her Ear , a Lady he 'd surely make her . If he might but enjoy the bliss a minute or two of Pleasure ; Then as a Pledge I 'll give thee this , a handfull of Golden Treasure . Said she , I value not your Gold , and therefore I pray be civil , My Maiden head shall ne'er be sold for Mony , the Root of Evil. I 'd sooner be a Plough-man's Bride , and sit at my Wheel a spinning ; Than be a Lawyer 's Jilt , she cry'd , to live by the Trade of Sinning . Tush , said the Lawyer , Be not coy , Let 's fall to our Love's Embraces A silken Gown thou shalt enjoy , with Bracelet , Rings and Laces . Your silken G●wn I do disdain , although I have mean Relation , I am resolved to maintain my innocent Reputation . If thou wilt but to London go , I 'll honour thee like a Lady : But still the Damsel answer'd no , I am happy enough already . You talk of Glory , State and Fame , and how I shall be attended ; But , Sir , I am not for your Game , so let the Discourse be ended . Pray save your Breath and Money too , I like not your way of Wooing ; There is too many such as you that brings the young Maids to ruin . I 'll keep my pure Virginity , till Marriage is my Pleasure ; For , Sir , said she , 't is more to me than missions of Gold and Treasure . He found her so discreet and wise , in every ready Answer , That he her Charms did highly prize , and vow'd he wou'd soon advance her . Unto her Parents he did go , where he did their Love require : Then was she cloath'd from Top to Toe in costly rich Attire . Next day the Gordian Knot was ty'd , and many was at the Marriage ; When she appear'd an Angel bright , for Beauty and comely Carriage . you Lasses all , I pray you mind , to whom I have told this Story ; Be carefull that you an 't too kind , for fear you should blast your Glory . Had she been soon to Folly lead , and for a small Spell consented ; She might have lost her Maiden-head , and when it was gone , lamented . But now she is a Lawyer 's Wife , her Husband do's dearly love her ; So that she leads a happy Life . there 's few in the Town above her .

Printed for J. Deacon , at the Angel , in Gilt-spur-street .