The widdows rant, or A wedding song, upon Widdow Jackson in Borthuicks-Closs. Composed by one of her own sexes. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06579 of text R186553 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2093B). 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 B06579 Wing W2093B ESTC R186553 52529098 ocm 52529098 179247 2240900247

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06579) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179247) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2781:14) The widdows rant, or A wedding song, upon Widdow Jackson in Borthuicks-Closs. Composed by one of her own sexes. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Edinburgh : ca. 1700] In verse. Caption title. Imprint suggested by Wing. Printed in two columns. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Scottish poetry -- 17th century. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo The widdows rant, or A wedding song, upon Widdow Jackson in Borthuicks-Closs. Composed by one of her own sexes. [no entry] 1700 1 573 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. 2008-02 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 Widdows Rant , Or a Wedding-Song , upon Widdow Jackson in Borthuicks-Closs . Composed by one of her own SEXES . 1. ALL ye Wifes in this Town That s moved for your Men , And ye that puts on Mourning deep When they are dead for them ; 2. And cryeth O my dear Since thou art from me gone , To no Man else I 'll Wedded be But live single alone . 3. Detain your selves from sobs , And barken to my call , I 'le tell you of a Chast Widow The Honour of you all ; 4. It doth not much exceed A Moneth or five weeks space , Since she put on her mourning Weed And fiegned her face ; 5. And so her Neighbour said , When she was Mourning sore , Ye are a Widdow now indeed And woe is us therefore . 6. Said she hold ye your peace And be not troubled sore , For though my man be freely dead ; I am even as before ; 7. For when he was alive Although he lay me near , Nevertheless a Widdow I Have been more then ten year . 8. But Notwith standing she For him hath tane such care , That sleep and rest is freely gone From her both late and air . 9. For which she did complain Unro the Pastor then , Because that for her Husbands death She was grieved with pain . 10. But yet her Neighbours dreads That she her self did fain , And says it was but Tam auld's Fleas That made her seek the Men. 11. It 's likewise said by some , That her Man 's gan again , And others say that by his Grips They are sting to the Bayne . 12. But whither it s because That she hath him forgot . That he is going through the Closs , This truly I know not . 13. Or if it be because , That she hath her Bed Cloathed , With covrings , and with other things , Which he hath wholly loathed . 14. Or if it be indeed , Because that she doth spend , The Mony on Beads , Kalls , and Rings , By which his Son should send . 15. Or if in fine it be , That Ale raising their Brain , Makes them see three , where there is but two Determine if ye can . 16. Nevertheless she hath A remedie procur'd , By which she may be freed from Fleas , And of their sting procur'd . 17. By finding out a Man , That of such things had Skill , As killing Fleas , and healing stings , Which tempted her most ill . 18. But as some ones doth Judge He plasters did apply , Before that he was Graduat , Fearing that she should dye . 19. But least that ye should doubt Of whom I have thus Rim'd I 'le tell you Name , and Surname both , That I may ease your mind . 20. She is a Lustie Wife , and thinks her self no dross , Her Name 's call'd Nansie Cruck shanks , She lives in Borthuicks-Closs . FINIS .