The maids unhappinesse or The youngmens unconstancy. When maidens seem for to be kind, youngmen do from them fly. But if the maidens coy they find then they for love can dye. Tune of Philander. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B26445 of text R229077 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 B26445 ESTC R229076 Wing M283 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.10[59] ESTC R229076 ESTC R229077 ocm99888140

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The maids unhappinesse or The youngmens unconstancy. : When maidens seem for to be kind, youngmen do from them fly. But if the maidens coy they find t n/a 1682 1 614 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.29 C The rate of 16.29 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-07 Sampled and proofread 2014-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Maids Unhappinesse OR The Youngmens Unconstancy . When Maidens seem for to be kind , Youngmen do from them fly : But if the Maidens coy they find Then they for love can dye . Tune of Philander .

woodcuts of woman with outstretched hand, man walking toward her

ALas poor Female Sex ! Nature your ruine meant ; In vain 't is to perplex , or still for to lament . For youngmen they prove so unkind , in these our latter days , They 'l swear they 'l love , And true will prove , Yet cheat you twenty ways . First they 'l pretend to doat , by power of charming eyes , Which if you well do note , you 'l find them fill'd with lyes . Oh! what a prating they will keep , and load you with their praise , Which if you mind , 't will make you weep , For they 'l cheat you twenty ways . Great Portions are the things at which they chiefly aim , They 'l cry that Gold hath wings , and its dislike proclaim . But rich or poor they will pretend , to Crown their loves with Bayes , But yet deceive you In the end , And cheat you twenty ways . If you but kind do seem , you 'r fond they 'l quickly say , Not worthy of esteem , and quickly keep away , If you seem coy they 'l count you proud , and loftiest of these days , Do what you will I 'me sure they still Will cheat you twenty ways .

3 woodcuts: standing man, Venus and Cupid, young couple

If you go fine you 'r proud , unless your Portion's great , If poor in Cloaths , they 'l flout , poor Girls they say they hate . And he that ne'r did see five pound of his own in all his dayes , With vows and Odaths Will you confound , And cheat you twenty ways .
The Fair Maidens Resolutions . COme , come be of good cheer , let 's merry be , and wise , For youngmen they will leer , when Maidens them denies . When with a prating Iack you meet , ne'r mind him what he says , Though he pretends His love is great , He cares for no delays . Then they will be as sweet , and bend unto your bow , With Youngsters you may méet , if you but serve them so . Oh how they 'l cringe at your command , and you obey always , If once they find You are inclin'd To hold them in delays . Iust as you us'd to sigh , so they will panting fit , You weary were of life , now they 'r bereft of wit . And as you us'd most secretly to spend your youthfull days , So you will spy Them sighing lye , But hold them in d●lays . I by experience prov'd what here I do protest , By one that said he lov'd , but I thought 't was in jest . I at a distance kept him still . and gain'd my self great praise ; He had rather die He still did cry , Than languish in delays . Could he but see my smile , His heart to heaven did fly , If I but frown d a while then was he like to die . Thus did I play both fast and loose , as the Old Proverb saies , But now I've got Him in my Arms , By seeming long delays .

Printed for J. Wright , J Clark , W. Thackery and T. Passenger .