The Captain beguiled the Lady, to its own proper tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B18477 of text R229171 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB 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 B18477 Wing C483B Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.121.g.9[22] ESTC R229171 ocm99888207

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The Captain beguiled the Lady, : to its own proper tune. n/a 1670 1 624 4 0 0 0 0 0 64.1 D The rate of 64.1 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Captain Beguiled the Lady . To its own Proper Tune . YOung Maidens all I pray give ear , at this sad Song which you shall hear , That it a warning piece may be how you trust young Mens flatterie . Near Achelive there did latly dwell , a Virgine bright and beautifull , A wealthie Merchants only Child , for whom great bags of Gold she spield . For wit and beautie she was grown , the admiration of the Town : And many Young men dayly strove , for to be the Pattiners of her Love . But yet in vain their sutes she tryed , for that soft Blessing she 's denyed , Amongst them all she could not found none that her Lovely heart could wound . At length a-brisk young Captain came , who did this Virgins Love obtaine ; With his fair false and flattering tongue he 's gained admirance in her heart . Tho she adored him yet she strove from his false eye to hide her Love , And often would repeat , young Men are sickle no a days . Madam he said , if e're I prove false , or yet unconstant to my Love , Let me with raving Furies dwell , and headlong sink a live to Hell . At length , the Damsel overcame , with his fair false and flattering tongue ; And consented to become his Bride , and solemn vows he 's promise tyed . It hapned near the Wedding day , some busines called him to Sea ; Which was the cause of all this Wor , and proved the Ladys over thro . Scarce had a moneth gone o'er his head , e're he foregot the Vows he made . And to another Lady fair , this perjured young Man di 〈…〉 The Lady she did soon comply , and they were Married speedily , Which was the cause of all this Woe , and proved his fatall over thro . But when the marriage day was past . he thought on all his Vows at last , Unto the Lovely Maiden sent , a Letter bearing this Content . Madam when you this Letter see , it will declare my perjurie ; Dear Madam I pray thee forgive me now , for alas ! I have forgotten my Vow . When this sad news did reach her ear , she rent her Gown ; and tore her hair ; And at the close of every Line , she wrang her hands and weep a moan O perjured Man she said adieu , I live this wretched World for you ; And at the last word which she said , she sighed and groan'd and fell down dead But mark at length what came to pass , when this young Maiden Burried was ; The Ship wherein the Captain lay Road save at Anchor in the Sea . At deed of Night appeared a Boat , closs by the Vessel as they thought , And in it this fair Maid was seen , who called the Captain by his name ? The Man astonish'd at the sight , to see a Lady all in White ; Straight told the Captain and he came , to see who it was would speak with him . The Captain suddently she caught , and pull'd him head long in the Boat , Which quickly Sunk into the Main , and never , never , rose again . Young Men take warning how you prove false or unconstant to your Love . 〈◇〉 you young Maidens have a care , 〈…〉 ou believe a Flatterer . ●INIS .