The merchant of Scotland, and the unfortunate damosel. A damosel fair in Scotland born, being full of grief and left forlorn, 'twas an English-man that she did love, who left her and unkind did prove: in private she did make great moan. Because her English-man was gone. An Edenborough-merchant there, her sighs and groans did chance to hear: and married her, but in short time, was forc'd to leave his native chine; and sail unto some forraign shore, leaving her sadder then before. To a pleasant countrey tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B26771 of text R228343 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 B26771 Wing M1742 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.9[162] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.9[163] ESTC R228343 ocm99887779

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B26771) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 192693) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A6:1[94]) The merchant of Scotland, and the unfortunate damosel. A damosel fair in Scotland born, being full of grief and left forlorn, 'twas an English-man that she did love, who left her and unkind did prove: in private she did make great moan. Because her English-man was gone. An Edenborough-merchant there, her sighs and groans did chance to hear: and married her, but in short time, was forc'd to leave his native chine; and sail unto some forraign shore, leaving her sadder then before. To a pleasant countrey tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for E. Oliver, at the Golden Key, on Snow-hill, over-against St. Sepulchre-Chureh [sic], neer the Sarazens-head, [London] : [1695?] Date of publication from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. Verse: "Abroad as I was walking, all by the park side". Copy cut and mounted. Reproduction of original in the British Library.

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 eng Merchants -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The merchant of Scotland, and the unfortunate damosel. : A damosel fair in Scotland born, being full of grief and left forlorn, 'twas an English-man t n/a 1695 2 788 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.69 C The rate of 12.69 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 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Merchant of Scotland , AND The Unfortunate Damosel . A Damosel fair in Scotland born , Being full of grief and left forlorn , 't was an English-man that she did love , Who left her and unkind did prove : In private she did make great moan . Because her English-man was gone . An Edenborough-Merchant there , Her sighs and groans did chance to hear : And married her , but in short time , Was forc'd to leave his Native chine ; And fail unto some forraign shore , Leaving her sadder then before . To a pleasant Countrey Tune .

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a man and woman holding hands

A Broad as I was walking , all by the Park side Abroad as I was walking , so merry merrily ; Oh I heard a fair maid make great moan , And still she did weep for good company , And still she did weep for good company . Oh what do you weep for ? my wellfavour'd Maid What do you weep for , so sore and bitterly ? Quoth she , I weep for an English-man , That is quite banisht out of this Country , &c. Come I am the Burgess of Edenborough town , And I pray thee Sweet-heart lay thy love to me , oh then this Merchant-Man draws forth a bag of gold And he laid it on this fair Maids knee ; Saying sweet-heart , take thou this , And afterwards lay thy love to me , &c. I pray you take up your money , your money , I pray you take up your gold and all your fee , For if that I prove false to Kester a Wait , Oh how should I prove true to thee ? Oh how should I prove true to thee ? At length this fair Maid did behold , The Merchants great baggs , & his comely face , She also did cast an eye upon his Gold , And willing she was the same for to embrace , And willing she was the same for to embrace , Kind sir , quoth she , since my first love is gone , And if that you will make much of me , I 'le cheer up my heart & I 'le live with you alone , And to morrow your married wife I will be , And to morrow your married wife I will be .

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A Greed , agreed , the Merchant-man did say , I do love thee with all my heart , I could wish that we might have been married to day , For I from my dearest will never depart , For I from my dearest will never depart . the next day being come , they were Married both , Being cloathed in rich array , And being at the Church they both plighted their troth and Kept a most jovial wedding-day , &c. But they had not been a month Married , Not a Month Married were they , But there came News from Edenborough-town That all Merchant-Men must go to Sea , &c. This grieved the Merchant piteously , That he must so soon bid adieu to his dear , But alas the poor Bride , how grieved was she ? And at every word fell many a tear , &c. He bid her adieu , for to Sea he must go , But she held him fast in her arms , You must not , you shall not , my dearest now , I will keep you at home without harms , &c. Oh I must go to Sea my Honey , my Honey , Oh I must go to Sea my dearest Honey , But when I am gone to Sea , and to Sea , I prithee look after my little Conney , &c. Then giving her many Kisses so sweet , He bid her farewell with a sorrowful heart , Saying , be 〈…〉 of good cheer till again we do méet And then from my Love I will never depart , &c. When thus he had said , then away he did go , And now he is sailing over the Main , He leaves her behind , full of sorrow and woe , But more you shall know , when he comes back again , But more you shall know when he comes back again . FINIS . With Allowance , Ro . L'Estrange .

Printed for E. Oliver , at the Golden Key , on Snowhill , over-against St. Sepulchres-Church , neer the Sarazens-head .