Where Helen lyes. To an excellent new sweet tune, I would I were where Helen lyes. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06543 of text R186428 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1608B). 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 2017 B06543 Wing W1608B ESTC R186428 52529093 ocm 52529093 179240 2248533176

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06543) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179240) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2781:7) Where Helen lyes. To an excellent new sweet tune, I would I were where Helen lyes. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London? : 1690?] Caption title. Imprint suggested by Wing. Text printed in two columns in black letter. Imperfect: cropped at head; creased with some loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. B06543 R186428 (Wing W1608B). civilwar no Where Helen lyes. To an excellent new sweet tune, I would I were where Helen lyes. [no entry] 1650 1 910 34 0 0 0 2 0 593 F The rate of 593 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 2008-03 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
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To an Excellent new sweet Tune , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where Helen lyes . MY sweetest sweet and fairest fair , of birth and worth beyond compare Thou art the causer of my care since first I loved thee : I would I were where H●len lyes . where Helen lyes , where Helen lyes , For night and day on me she cryes , in land where ever she be . Thy face is full of blessedness , thy lips is full of comliness , Thou cou●tenance is loveliness : 〈◊〉 heart O I pitie me ; I ●ould I were , &c. Pitie and vertue they do meet . which makes thy body so compleat , The love of thee my only sweet can only comfort me . I would I were , &c. Yet GOD hath given to me a mind , the which to thee shal prove as kind , A● any one that thou shall find , of high or low degree . I would I were , &c. Yet nevertheless I am content , and never a whit my love repent , But think the time it was well spent though I disdained be . I would I wrere , &c. Yet Venus loved a shepherds swain , whose name is called Ordemain , And Rosmount an inferior man , why may not thou love me ? I would I were &c. 〈◊〉 contemplation be to me , the height of my felicitie ? That I adore a Deitie , can no wayes passed be ? would I were &c. Shal I continue still to love , whom neither tears nor sighs can move : ●uch constancie will fullie prove no truth but flatterie would I were , &c. the shaldest river makes most dine , ●the deepest pool , the deadest lin - ●…be richest man least truth within , though he preferred be , would I were , &c. The Eagle and the Cock a match , cannot stop the Butterflie to catch , ●or can the Hare feed with the Ratch , no more canst thou love me . would I were &c. ●ur here I swear I 'le be as true as any one shal favour you the love I love I 'le never rue untill the day I die . would I were , &c. 〈◊〉 heart with thee thou hast in 〈◊〉 with thee to live and also dye love thee for thy constanc● and evermore shall do , would I were , &c. ●o accident can have the f●●… to change my love or yet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●or can the world with its dross , ●●inner my love from you . would I were , &c. O Helen fa●… , without compare let not 〈◊〉 dispare , nor killing care , My purebe●●…t tear but one word ma●●e , and 〈◊〉 thou pities me . I would I were , &c. O Helen ●●…eet and ●ost compleat , my capt●●… sp●rit pyne at thy feet , O think no● fit thus for to treat , thy prisoner with crueltie . I would I were , &c. O Helen br●ve this still I crave , on thy poor slave some pity have O do him save who a near his grave , and dies for love of thee , I would I were &c. O Helen bed discreet , modest , who is possest with 〈◊〉 is blest ; With happines thou art ●…rest , Oh if I ●er with 〈◊〉 . I would I were &c. O Helen wise do not dispise the humb●● cryes of him who dyes , Look where he lyes and bid him rise , and live and hope for thee . I would I were &c. O Helen great in my conceit , my ridged fate I must regra Rigour abate , do not him hate ; who loves thee till he die . I would I were , &c. O Helen 〈◊〉 my love my joy , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee . I would I 〈◊〉 , &c. O He●●● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my wounds bleed fast my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and makes hast great , Thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●ast when time is past , repent thy cruelty I would I were , &c. O Helen fai● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hele 〈…〉 et , O Helen 〈◊〉 , O Helen best , O Helen wiser , O Helen great , O Helen coy and 〈◊〉 . I would I were , &c. Think on the place wer● imbracing of my love 〈◊〉 At Venus 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but now I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I would I were , &c. O Helen rare O Helen fair , I 'le wear a Garland of thy hair , Shal cover 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 untill the day I die . I would I were , &c. O that I were where I would be , e●en 〈◊〉 beneath you 〈◊〉 mood 〈◊〉 , And my own ●eary on my 〈◊〉 so well as 〈◊〉 thou'd 〈◊〉 I would I were where Helen lyes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Helen lyes , where Helen lyes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and day on m● she cryes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where ever she be FINIS .