The young mans counsellour, or, The most deserved praise of those sweet complexioned damosels of the black and brown. The pleasant blacks and modest browns, their loving husbands please; now if I had ten thoudand pounds, I'd marry one of these. Tune of All trades. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06780 of text N11777 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing Y116). 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. 6 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 B06780 Wing Y116 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[165] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[558] 99887374 ocm99887374 183642 2264219080

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06780) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183642) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[165]; A5:2[433]) The young mans counsellour, or, The most deserved praise of those sweet complexioned damosels of the black and brown. The pleasant blacks and modest browns, their loving husbands please; now if I had ten thoudand pounds, I'd marry one of these. Tune of All trades. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt-spur-street., [London] : [between 1671-1700] Date and place of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "All thoughts of confusion forbear ..." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The young mans counsellour, or, The most deserved praise of those sweet complexioned damosels of the black and brown. The pleasant blacks and modest b anon 1700 2 955 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.47 C The rate of 10.47 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 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Young Mans Counsellour , OR , The most deserved praise of those sweet Complexioned Damosels of the Black and Brown . The pleasant Blacks and modest Browns , their loving Husbands please ; Now if I had ten thousand pounds , I 'd marry one of these . Tune of All Trades .

Licensed according to Order .

ALl thoughts of confusion forbear ; there 's none but meer Niseys that frets , And cast away Sorrow and Care , which never was known to pay Debts : And if you a Wooing will goe , and would with a good Wife be Blest . Come hither , and here I will show what Colour is counted the best . As for the Black and the Brown , they are the cream of the Town ; For loe , here behold , they never can scold , not give you so much as a Frown . Beware of a Lass that 's too kind , whose Visage is Swarthy and Pale ; For most of that sort you will find are subject to play with their Tale , And count it a very small Crime to dally with every Mate ; Then Young-men take warning in time , for fear you repent it too late : But as for the Black , &c. Now she that is freckl'd and fair , she 'll baffle thy money in pride ; Black Patches and powdered Hair , nay , wanton and lazy beside ; She 'll plunder and pillage thy Purse ; all this by experience I know , Whoever is plagu'd with this Curse , he needs no more sorrow I trow . But as for the Black and the Brown , they are the cream of the Town ; For loe , here behold , &c. Beware of thin Lips , and sharp Nose , whose Hair is the colour of Gold ; If ever you marry with those , you 're fitted I faith with a Scold . Whenever she wants of her will then down flows her Crockadiles Tears ; But when her Top Tippit is up , she 'll Ring you a Peal in your Ears ; But as for the Black , and the Brown , they are the cream of the Town ; For loe , here behold , they never can scold , nor give you so much as a frown . Now as for the Locks which are Gray , such Women are both old and tuff ; They 'll hold a brisk youngster in play , and think they have never enough ; For if with a Damosel you jest , and tho' but in innocent mirth . Streight jealousie Reigns in her Breast : now this is a Hell upon Earth . But as for the Black , &c. The Flaxen hath no good Report , tho' many may fancy the same ; I know that most of that sort , are notable Girls of the Game : They 'll Gossip and Iunket about ; nay , tipple Wine , Brandy and Beer , Spend more in a day without doubt , then ever they earn in a year . But as for the Black , &c. The Sandy and Swarthy I 'll swear , she has the good name of a Slut ; And you must take very good Care , or else she will poyson your Gut : Her Beauty will never forsake you ; you may have it always in sight ; There 's no man a Cuckold will make you , except he does do it for spight ; But as for the Black , &c. The Yellow is none of the best , they are for Contention and Strife ; That poor man is happily blest , that hath such a one to his Wife . At night when he comes to his home , she 'll call him both Cuckold and Fool , And proffer his Noddle to comb sometimes with a three legged Stool : But as for the Black , &c. The Foggy I 'd have you forbear , I 'd never chuse such for a Bride , If there was no other , I 'll swear , in all the whole Nation beside . In Bed she 'll near please thee that 's flat , for there she lies all of a heap ; And she that is Foggy and Fat , is subject to fart in her sleep . ●ut as for the Black , &c. The Carrots I 'd like to forgot , which is the worst colour of all ; If such a one fall to thy Lot , thy Blessing and comfort is small . All Blessings will bid thee farewell , the very first night you are Wed , Her Carrots will cast such a smell , you 'll never endure her in Bed . But as for the Black , &c. You Young-men that hear me this day , and would with a loving Wife speed , Remember this Counsel I pray , and then you 're happy indeed : If you mean to marry with any , pray buy this New Song , without doubt , You 'll find it to be the best Penny that e'er you was known to lay out . As for the Black and the Brown , they are the cream of the Town ; For loe , here behold , they never can scold , nor give you so much as a frown .

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