The young-mans complaint, or, An answer to the damosels tragedy. When friends deny, and won't comply, but let them suffer smart, we often see such cruelty, will break a lovers heart. To the tune of, Charon, &c. This may be printed, R.P. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06776 of text R228723 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing Y113). 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 B06776 Wing Y113 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[542] 99887963 ocm99887963 183630 2240888696

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06776) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183630) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[421]) The young-mans complaint, or, An answer to the damosels tragedy. When friends deny, and won't comply, but let them suffer smart, we often see such cruelty, will break a lovers heart. To the tune of, Charon, &c. This may be printed, R.P. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J. Back, at the black boy on London-bridge, near the draw-bridge, [London : between 1685-1688] Imprint suggested by Wing. Verse: "Now for the loss of my amorous jewel ..." Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Man-woman relationships -- Early works to 1800. Ballads -- England -- 17th century. eebo The young-mans complaint, or, An answer to the damosels tragedy. When friends deny, and won't comply. but let them suffer smart, we often see such cru anon 1688 1 640 8 0 0 0 0 0 125 F The rate of 125 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 2008-07 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 Young-Mans Complaint , Or , An ANSWER TO The DAMOSELS Tragedy . When Friends deny , and won't comply . but let them suffer smart , We often see such Cruelty , Will break a Lovers heart , To the Tune of , Charon , &c.

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NOw for the loss of my Amorous Iewel , I am surrounded in grief and woe . It was thy Parents unkind and most cruel , which did occasion thy overthrow : For my dear Nell I did adore thee , but we was too much kept apart , There was no one that I e're priz'd before thee ; thy Death alone does lye near my heart . Farewel the hopes af all peace , joy , and pleasure , I have no comfort ; but care and grief , Often in private I weep out of measure . 't is Death alone must yield me relief : Love , when I first heard of thy Dying , tho' we had long been kept apart , I tore my hair in a passion , and crying this Damsels death will lye near my heart . Down from his Eyes then the tears they did trickle , with many sorrowful sighs , said he , It is well known that I n●ver was fickle , for I lov'd none in the world but thee : Had I been suffer'd to come near thee , thou hadst not felt Death's cruel Dart , I would have laid down my life for to cheer thee , for thy Death now does lye near my heart . For many months I did never behold her , this was a sorrow that griev'd me sore , Her unkind Parents had oftentimes told her , that she should never come near me more : Thus did they soon blast all her glory , for when she felt Deaths fatal Dart , I never heard a more killinger story , this Damsels death doth lye near my heart . Then in her absence my poor heart was wounded , for I might not come anear my joy . When I cou'd see her we then was surrounded , in the sweet Raptures of Love and joy : But by her friends we were tormented , so that we felt Loves fatal smart , She by strong Poyson her Passion has vented , this Damsels Death does lye near my heart . As she was dying , poor heart , she did blame me , she knew not very well what she said , Tho' with sad sorrowful sighs she did name me , 't was not her Love that her life betray'd : For If I might enjoy'd the b●essing , she should have never felt the smart , Now am I no●hing but torments possessing , this Damosels Death doth lye near my heart . This sad Distration so much doth inthrall me , that I am restless both night and day , Methinks I often hear my Lover call me , sa●ing sweet Johnny make haste away : Let there be now no more delaying , why shou●d me still remain apart , Where e're I wander , I fancy this saying , her Death doth now lye so near my heart . Thou in thy life-time didst dearly adore me , as by thy sorrow I well m●ght see , Tho' thou art gone hence a little before me , Love , i 'le lye down in the Grave with thee : Farewel my Friends and each Relation , here with the World and you i 'le pa●t , For I shall be in a far better station when I●m with Nelly my own dear heart .