The west country vvooing, or, The merry conceited couple. In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, and fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: at first she seemed coy to his perswasion, and put him off, with many a sly evasion: but finding at the last his love was constant, her heart she did resign from that same instant. Tune of, When Sol will cast no light: or, My pritty little rogue. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06529 of text R227474 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1410). 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 B06529 Wing W1410 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[148] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[498] 99887352 ocm99887352 183599 2248539320

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06529) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183599) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[148]; A5:2[390]) The west country vvooing, or, The merry conceited couple. In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, and fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: at first she seemed coy to his perswasion, and put him off, with many a sly evasion: but finding at the last his love was constant, her heart she did resign from that same instant. Tune of, When Sol will cast no light: or, My pritty little rogue. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood., London, : [between 1670-1677] Date of publication suggested by Wing. In two parts. Verse: "My joy and only dear ..." Item at A5:2[390] trimmed. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The west country vvooing, or, The merry conceited couple. In pleasant terms, he lets her know his mind, and fairly wooes her, for to make her kind: at anon 1677 1 652 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The West Country Wooing , OR , The Merry conceited Couple . In pleasant terms , he lets her know his mind , And fairly wooes her , for to make her kind : At first she seemed coy to his perswasion , And put him off , with many a sly evasion : But finding at the last his love was constant , Her heart she did resign from that same instant . Tune of , When Sol will cast no light : Or , My pritty little Rogue .

MY Ioy and only Dear : come sit down by me , For thou shalt plainly hear I mean to try thee , If thou canst love a Lad brisk , young and lively , I 'le make thy heart full glad , thou shalt live finely . Thy pritty rowling eye , and waste so slender , Thy fore-head smooth and high , thy lips so tender Hath so ensnar'd my heart that I must love thee Therefore I 'le not depart , till pitty move thee . Alas kind Sir , she said , what hath possest ye , For to delude a Maid , be not so hasty , Your flattering words that pass , can no ways move me ; For to repent at last , or yield to love ye ,
The second Part , To the same Tune . WE know that young-men can cog , lye , and flatter , And make vows , now and then , to mend the matter ; With such slights cunningly they do deceive us , Bring us to beggary , and then they leave us . Fear not my Dear , ( quoth he ) that I dissemble , Or that such false young men , I do resemble , I have both house and land good gold and riches , And all at thy command : pray mark my speeches . Your house and land perhaps you think may move me , But I fear after claps , if I should love ye , Therefore my Maiden-head , I will make much on 't , For ne're a false young-man shall have a touch on 't . O stay my Love he said , make further tryal , Be not so resolute in your denial , Fear not but you shall find , I will content thee , And bravely please thy mind , none shall prevent me . What pleasure can a Maid find in your dealing , When you her kindness think , not worth concealing , Young-men are apt to blab what 's done in private , And well I understand what 't is you drive at . My pretty Rogue , he said , do not misdoubt me , Why should you live a Maid , and think I flout ye , In my love , I promise , for to persever , And seal it with a kiss , to last for ever . If that you love as much as you profess it , And that your truth is such , as you express it , Quoth she take hand and heart , and use your pleasure , For I will never part , from such a treasure . O how it Ioyes my mind , ( quoth he my jewel , That thou wilt now be kind , and no more cruel , Venus that Goddess she will smile to know it , How we in love agree , when we shall shew it , So from that happy hour , they were united , And to a pleasant Bower , he her invited , Where they with sport and play , kindly imbracing , There past the time away , Lovers Ioyes tracing ,

London , Printed for W. Thackeray , T. Passenger , and W. Whitwood .