The complaint of the Shepherd Harpalus, to a new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08809 of text R185420 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C5617A). 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 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B08809 Wing C5617A ESTC R185420 64551126 ocm 64551126 184487 2248530923

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08809) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184487) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2865:6) The complaint of the Shepherd Harpalus, to a new tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere and J. Wright, [London] : [between 1663 and 1674] Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Place of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: University of Glasgow. Library. eng Ballads, English -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The tragedy of Phillis, complaining of the disloyal love of Amintas. To a new court tune. [no entry] 1663 1 355 6 0 0 0 0 0 169.01 F The rate of 169.01 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2012-06 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
The Complaint of the Shepherd Harpalus , To a New Tune .

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POOR Harpalus opprest with Love sat by a Christial brook , Thinking his sorrows to remove oft times therein did look : And hearing how on pibble stones the murmuring Rider ran , As if he had bequeath'd his groans unto it thus he began . Fair streams quoth he that pities me , and hears my matchless moan , If thou be going to the Sea as I now suppone , Attend my plaint● past all relief which dolefully I breath , Icquaint the Sea Nym●s with the grief which still procutes m● death . Who sitting in the clifty Rocks may in their Songs expresse While as they comb ●heir golden locks poor Harpalus distresse ; And so perhaps some pass●ngers that passeth by the way , May stay and listen for to hear them sing this doleful lay . Poor Harpalus a Shepherd Swain more rich in youth then store , Lov'd fair Philenea baplesse man Philenea O therefore . Who still remorcelesse hearted Maid took pleasure in his pain , And his good will poor soul repaid with undeserv'd disdain . Ne'r Shepherd loved Sheperdesse more faithfully then he Nere Shepherd yet beloved lesse of Shepherdesse could be . How oft did he with dying looks to her his woes impart , How oft his sight did testifie the dolor of his heart . How oft from Vallies to the Hills did he his grief rehearse , How often ecchoed they his ills a back again alas . How oft on barks of stately pines , of Béech , of Holly gréen , Did he ingage on mournful lines , the grief he did sustain . Yet all his plaints could have no place , to change Philena's mind , The more his sorrows did increase , the more she prov'd unkind . The thought thereof hath wearied ●ate ▪ poor Harpalus did move , That overcome with high despair he lost both life and love .

Printed for F. Coles , T. Vere , and J. Wright .