An answer to the unconstant shepherd: or, Fair Cynthia's grief and care crowned with joy and happiness, by her lover's return. To an excellent new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08380 of text R170327 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A3450). 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. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B08380 80921730 Wing A3450 ESTC R170327 80921730 ocm 80921730 191792 2240872277

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08380) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 191792) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; 1641-1700 ; 2887:11) An answer to the unconstant shepherd: or, Fair Cynthia's grief and care crowned with joy and happiness, by her lover's return. To an excellent new tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : music. Printed for Charles Bates next to the Crown Tavern in Westsmithfield., [Westsmithfield] : [between 1690 and 1702]. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo An answer to the unconstant shepherd: or, fair Cynthia's grief and care crowned with joy and happiness, by her lover's return. To an excellent new tun [no entry] 1690 2 507 0 0 0 10 0 0 1972.39 F The rate of 1972.39 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2012-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-07 Sampled and proofread 2012-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ANSWER TO The Vnconstant Shepherd : OR , Fair Cynthia's Grief and Care Crowned with Joy and Happiness , by her Lover's Return . To an excellent New Tune .

I. MY Dear let nothing trouble thy Heart , for here I am returned again , In order to cure that killing Smart , of which thou so often didst complain . II. 'T is true I was banish'd from my Love , which was a Torment and Grief to me ; Yet now I will ever Loyal prove , so long as I have my Liberty . III. As I am thy true entire Friend , thy faithfull and ever loving Swain ; There 's no evil Tongue shall thee offend , so long as I do alive remain . IV. In Kisses and sweet Embraces still , our Minutes we 'll freely pass away , As void of the thoughts of any ill , as inn ocent Lambs that sport and play . V. Thy Wishes at length are come to pass , my Chamber and all I have is thine ; I never did see a sweeter Lass , thy Beauty has won the Heart of mine . VI. By wandering shady Groves about , expressing true Sorrow , Grief , and Care , Thy wandering Heart hath found me out , now I am thy Captive , charming Fair. VII . 'T is true thou saidst thou sett'st Love as light as the Wind that blew from Tree to Tree , But thy former Wrongs I now will right , and we 'll live in Love and Loyalty . VIII . Love dry up thy flowing Tears , he cry'd , and bid all thy Sorrows and Cares adieu ; Tho' Fortune a while did us divide , yet I 'll Love none in the World but you . IX . The whifling Winds did soon convey thy scornfull Sighs , and Groans to me , And therefore I made no more delay , but readily came , my Love , to thee . X. And now in the Circuit of mine Arms , the former Delights thou still shalt find ; For viewing thy Youthfull pleasing Charms , young Phaon he cannot prove unkind . XI . I pitied thy bitter Sighs and Cries , and sorrowfull Groans that fill'd my Ears ; My Senses was struck with a strange surprize , and straightways my Eyes did flow Tears . XII . Such killing Torments I then did feel , which neither my Tongue nor Pen can tell ; No longer I could my Love conceal , to hear thee taking thy last Farewell . And now my sweet Cynthia and charming Fair , if thou wilt but pardon what is past , Thy Phaon do's solemnly declare , he 'll love thee as long as Life shall last .

Printed for . Charles Bates next to the Crown Tavern in Westsmithfield .