The mariner's delight, or, The seaman's seaven wives. Being a pleasant new song; shewing how a seaman call'd Anthony courted a young maid whose name is Susan, in London: and (with great difficulty) gain'd her affection; notwithstanding he had seaven wives, all alive at that time: and at last was discovered, to the great advantage and satisfaction of the vertuous maid and all her relations. From which every woman, widow and maid may learn how to be wary, and cautions [sic] in their courting. To the tune of, Hail to the mirtle shades. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06910 of text N46241 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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 B06910 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[20] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[355] 99887228 ocm99887228 183487 2264218584

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06910) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183487) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[20]; A5:2[278]) The mariner's delight, or, The seaman's seaven wives. Being a pleasant new song; shewing how a seaman call'd Anthony courted a young maid whose name is Susan, in London: and (with great difficulty) gain'd her affection; notwithstanding he had seaven wives, all alive at that time: and at last was discovered, to the great advantage and satisfaction of the vertuous maid and all her relations. From which every woman, widow and maid may learn how to be wary, and cautions [sic] in their courting. To the tune of, Hail to the mirtle shades. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J. Conyers at the Raven in Duck-lain., [London] : [between 1682-1688] Date and place of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "My dearest I must to the sea ..." Item at A5:2[278] trimmed. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The mariner's delight, or, The seaman's seaven wives. Being a pleasant new song; shewing how a seaman call'd Anthony courted a young maid whose name i anon 1688 1 603 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. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Mariner's Delight , OR , The Seaman's SEAVEN WIVES .

Being a pleasant new Song ; shewing how a Seaman call'd Anthony courted a young Maid whose Name is Susan , in London : and ( with great difficulty ) gain'd her affection ; Notwithstanding he had seaven Wives , all alive at that time : and at last was discovered , to the great advantage and satisfaction of the Vertuous Maid and all her Relations . From which every Woman , Widow and Maid may learn how to be wary , and cautions in their Courting .

To the Tune of , Hail to the Mirtle Shades .

My Dearest I must to the Sea , I 'm come now to bid thee adieu : But pray thee be constant to me , as I shall prove real , and true : The Wind and the Storms may blow . and make a tempestuous Sea ; But ( whithersoever I go my Heart it remaineth with thee . Dear Anthony , Susan reply'd , I love you with Soul , and with Life ; But ( I 'm sure ) you are basely belie'd If you reckon to make me your Wife . I 'm told that you have a whole score of Sweethearts therefore 't is in vain , To think that you 'l make me a Whore , My credit to blemish , and stain . He seem'd as ore'helmed with care ; And since by all that is good : The Fowls that Fly in the Air ; and Fishes that swim in the Flood Before that he prov'd a false Lover To her that he had by the hands No Water the Ocean should cover , nor green Grass grow on the Land .

Then Susan began to look grave , and sorry for doubting his Love And modestly Pardon did crave ; perswaded he real would prove . Then after a Glass of Canary , and such as the house could afford The Seaman could no longer tarry , but kiss'd her and streight went aboard . Poor Susan ( for Grief ) she did cry , to think that her Sweet-heart was gone , And left her to sigh and to die in love and in sorrow alone . But ( thinking upon his returning ) to languish she thought it in vain ? Therefore she left off her fond mourning , expecting to see him again . But 'ere a Month was overpast , the hopes of her Marriage was gone , And Sorrow her Face did o'recast , her Heart was as cold as a Stone , A Maid that was with her acquainted inform'd her of Anthony's Life ; Her shame and disgrace she prevented , and kept her from being his Wife . A wife in Virginia he had , and three more in England and Waile In Holland a Phraw he did Wad , a couple he marri'd in Cailes . But Anthony brave he was brisk , and past for a Batchellor still ; And ready was for the next Frisk , and Women he had at his Will . Then Maids that are honest and chast , and you that are light ( like the Wind. And Widows that still are confest To be ever loving and kind Learn wisdom from what I have told For words they are made but of Air A Vertuous woman's worth Gold ; and Men that are honest are rare .

Printed for J Conyers at the Raven in Duck-lain .