Cupids wanton wiles: or, The young mans friendly advice beware lest Cupid you entice: although God Cupid he be blind, yet he doth oft ore come the mind. To the tune of, Shee cannot keepe her, &c. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B17861 of text R3085 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. 5KB 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 B19634 Wing C3355D 99827878

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo Cupids wanton wiles: or, The young mans friendly advice : beware lest Cupid you entice: although God Cupid he be blind, yet he doth oft ore come the m n/a 1655 2 724 4 0 0 0 0 0 55.25 D The rate of 55.25 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Cupids wanton wiles : OR , The young mans friendly advice , beware lest Cupid you entice : Although God Cupid he be blind , yet he doth oft ore come the mind . To the tune of , Shee cannot keepe her , &c.
depiction of woman with hand outstretched to man
BLind-fold Cupid with his Dart , did a long time strive to hit me , Yet he shall not pierce my heart , I know better how to fit me , His decrée shall not be any way to my disparriage : I will strive how to thrive , And to keepe my selfe from marriage . Cupids slights and cunning trickes never in relaps shall bring me , To be drowned in loves pits , no aspiring boy shall sting me . Hée 's a foole in loves Schoole , and méere simple in his carriage , That will dally and say shall I Now incline to wanton marriage . Cupid is a subtill wile , and hath many projects used , The ripest wits for to beguile , many are by him abused : Let no man trust him then , lest he doe their states disparriage , I advise you to be wise , And keep your selves from wanton marriage . To speake of Cupid to the matter . I intend as it time gives leasure : He will cog deceive and flatter , if you in his wayes take pleasure . He will make you to take such strange courses in your carriage : Which will be your misery , If you incline to wanton marriage . Cupid is become a Gallant , and will tempt a brave young Shaver , On fond love to spend his talent , and besides a false deceiver : He is when foolish men doth intend to change their carriage , For we sée often he Crosses young men in their marriage . The stoutest Champion Cupid dan●eth , and doth bring the boldest under : The meanest man he then advanceth , and to fill us more with wonder , He can move Maids to love , though nere so modest in their carriage , And will vexe Female sexe , To bestow themselves in marriage .
The second part , To the same tune :
depiction of man doffing cap to woman
NOble Lords Kings and Princes , Cupid bound in his subjection , Beautious Ladies he convinces , they must yéeld to his direction : He will still use his skill , though it bréeds a great disparridge , Therefore I till I dye Meane to keepe my selfe from marriage . Guy of Warwicke brave and bold traveld far to gaine his Philice : Cupid kept his heart in hold , Hector though he met Achilles , Cupid prest with the rest , this stout Captaine in his carrydge , Thus he can force each man To bestow himselfe in marriage . Some Cupid takes at unawares in the bed where they lye sléeping , Some he catcheth in his snares , as they on downes their flocks are féeding Every sort , Clowne and Court , stoopes to Cupid in his carrydg , No delay can him stay , If he appoint the time of marriage . High and low poore and rich men , strong , the weake , the simple creature : If Cupids Arrowes doe but twitch them , and they bridle not his nature , It will grow great in show , therefore I wish men in carrydge , To prevent his torment , And looke before they leape to marriage ▪ If thou art old be more wiser , let no blind God so deceive thée : Learne this Emblem● of a Siser , lest Cupid doe of joyes bereave thée . If thou béest young doe not wrong thine owne state in such a carrydge : Have a care and beware Lest thou repent thy hasty marridge . Now to finish and conclude , I exhort all that are single , In your chusing be not rude , when you doe with Hymen mingle . Liberty as we sée , is a life of lovely carrydge , Therefore I till I die Will absent my selfe from marriage ▪
FINIS .

Printed at London for John Wright the Younger , dwelling in the Old-Bayley .

L.P.