The more haste, the worst speed: or, The unfortunate maids complaint in private as she did sit, being fifteen years of age, and never a suitor yet. To the tune of, O no, no, no, not yet: or, What shall I do, shall dye for love. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B27002 of text R229081 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. 6KB 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 B27002 Wing M2704 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.10[62] ESTC R229081 ocm99888142

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The more haste, the worst speed: or, The unfortunate maids complaint in private as she did sit, being fifteen years of age, and never a suitor yet. To n/a 1680 1 851 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-06 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
The more Haste , the worst Speed : OR , The Unfortunate Maids Complaint in private as she did sit , Being Fifteen Years of age , and never a Suitor yet . To the Tune of , O no , no , no , not yet : Or , What shall I do , shall dye for love .

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WAs ever Country Maid perplext , having both wealth and feature ; Or any thing nature directs , to make a prudent Creature ; As I , even I , which makes me oft so Solitary sit ; For Fifteen years of age I am , and never a Suitor yet . The Fifty Pounds to portion I , upon my Marriage day ; Full truly paid , I tell no lye , then mark what I shall say ; My Mother she oft hath told , she would a Husband get ; For Fifteen years , &c. There was a Maiden in our Town , was Married at Fourteen ; Then would not that make me to mean , that am not all so green : Besides my comely person , I am of a pregnant wit ; Yet Fifteen Years , &c. Besides the thoughts of waxing old , should stir Young-men to Wed ; Besides less fear of taking cold , when two are in a Bed ; With many other things wherewith , I could a Husband fit ; Yet Fifteen , &c. To Brew and Bake its usually perform'd by Country Maids , And therefore them I will pass by to speak of other Trades : Who through imployment may have need more of a Womans Wit ; For Fifteen , &c. If I should be a Vintners Wife , I should become the Bar , As well as doth a Drum or Fife , within a field of War : To cry , Boy , shew these Gentlemen a Room where they may sit ; Yet Fifteen years of age am I , and never a Suitor yet . And if a Cook should Marry me , I well can raise his Paste , Of any fashion that may be upon a Table plac'd : Or any other Dish I can both garnish and make fit ; Yet fifteen years of age am I , and never a Suitor yet .

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NAy , if a Shoomaker me wed , his Shop-Thread I can spin ; Although it by my self is said , there 's few our Town within For all the points of Huswifry , that can each Trade so fit , And Fifteen years of age am I , and never a Suitor yet . The Taylors Needle I can thred , if haste should so require , Of several colours , Green or Red , pleasing to his desire : Make answer to a man , while he doth at the Ale-house sit ; Yet fifteen , &c. If that a Glover marrys me , part of his Trade I know , Whither it plain or prick-seam be , that makes the braver show , And truly for to work the same , I know Leather's fit , Yet fifteen , &c. And if I should a Weaver have , either of Silk or Linnen ; This can I do , and Money save , which is a good beginning : Either wind Silk , or fill his quills , 't is either I can fit , Yet fifteen , &c. If I should be a Saylors wife , I can with Plummet sound , To know how many fathom length the Ship bears from the ground : I do know his Compass well , with many things so fit ; Yet fifteen , &c. But yet for all my forward care , great grief it is to tell , Not any man falls to my share that far or near doth dwell : There 's not a Maid my Mother keeps , but straight a Husband gets ; Yet fifteen , &c. I am perswaded now that I shall hardly live this year , But even a silly Maiden dye , which causeth many a tear To gush forth of these Chrystal eyes , and much disturb my wit ; That Fifteen , &c. I hope there 's none will take distaste , because I speak my mind , For all that in the same is plac'd , whoever trys shall find Both Portion and these properties of which I here have writ : Yet fifteen , &c. If any Tradesman I have nam'd , within himself can find , By that description I have fram'd , that I can please his mind : Go marry all about my years , so may ye on me hit ; For fifteen years of age am I , and never a Suitor yet . FINIS .

Printed for P. Brooks by , at the Golden-hall , near the Hospital-gate , in West-smithfield .