8 12 16 20 24 Now ffye on Dreames. [Page 499 of MS.] Now ffye on dreames & ffond delights that occupye the minde 2! tis worser ffor to dreame by nights ffor if Cupid thy hart doth stryke with lead or golden fflight, O then, O then, O then, in dreames Methought itt was my Chance to Clipp thee Creature I loued best, & all alonge the ffeilds to tripp, to moue some sport or Iest, & then & then, my [suite] I gan to pleade But shee, but shee, would nought beleeue, But yett by prayer & ernest suite I moued her att the Last; yett cold I not inioye the ffruite that hath soe pleasing tast. but when, but when, that motyon I bewrayd; shee still this answer said, "O no! O no! O no! I will dye ere I loose my maiden-head!” 1 dreanes in the MS.-F. 2 ninde in the MS.-F. Fie on dreams! For when you're in love you dream strange things. I lately thought I was tripping along with my love, and praying 3 Only half an n in the MS.-F. She let me touch her, 28 Yett did shee giue me leaue to tuch they way I went was ffree. "Offye! O ffye! your are to blame!" shee sayd, But when Aurora, goddesse bright, & Morpheus, that drowsye wight, O then, O then, my ioyes were altered cleane! ffor I awaked, for I awaked, ffor I awaked; and I ffo[und] all this was but a dreame! ffinis. 4 A Mayden heade. [Page 508 of MS.] COME, sitt thee downe by these Coole1 streames neuer yet warmed by Tytans beames! & ffix vpon thy Cherry lipp; & lay thee downe on this greene bed, See how the litle Phillipp Sparrow, & doth instruct thee, as hee doth tread, 12 how thou shalt loose thy maidenhead. O you younglings, be not nice! coines 3 in mayds is such a vice, that if in youth you doe not marry, in age young men will lett you tarrye. by my perswasyon then be led, 16 Sit down, and lose thy maidenhead, as the sparrow teaches thee to do. Young marry in youth, or you'll be left in age. Then lose your maidenheads soon. ffinis. 1 colde.-P. 2 A.-S. mace, a wife.-F. 3 coyness.-F. Tom Longe. [Page 508 of MS.] IN Mr. Payne Collier's Extracts from the Registers of the Stationers' Company, 1557-70 (Shaksp. Soc. 1848) are two entries, on pages 46, 58, under the year 1561-2, which may relate to this song, but probably don't. "Rd. of William Shepparde, for his lycense for pryntinge of a ballad intituled, Tom Longe, y Caryer. iiijd. Rd. of Thomas Hackett, for his fyne, for that he prynted a ballett of Tom longe the Carryer. ijs. vjd. ["Tom Long, the Carrier" had been licensed to William Shepparde (see p. 46), and Thomas Hackett must have invaded Shepparde's right. The fine was considerable for the time, comparing it with other impositions of the same kind.]” Come all you men of every kind, and bring each a bit of a girl COME in, Tom longtayle, come short hose & round, Come fflatt Capp and ffether, & all to be found, Come lowcy, come laced shirt, come damm me, come [ruffe ! 1] Come holy geneua, a thing with-out Cuffe, Come dughtye dom diego, with LINENS enough, 8 Strike &c. 12 Bring a fface out of England, a backe out of fran[ce,] pinn buttockes of Spayne, aduance! aduance! 1 ruffe.-P. 16 20 Come bring in a wench shall ffitt euery natyon, the day, Come tricke itt, and tire itt, in anticke array! to make one to fit every nation, and then dress her up. Here's a health to all A health to all Captaines that neuer was in warres, thats knowne by their Scarletts, & not by their scarres! cowards a health to all Ladyes that neuer used Merkin,2 24 yett their stuffe ruffles like Buff lether ierkin! Str[ike &c.] 28 A health to all Courtiers that neuer bend knees! & a health to all welchemen that loues tosted Cheese! ffinis. and honest courtiers, and idlers! ? MS.-F. 2 Merkin, counterfeit hair for a woman's privy parts. Phillips.-F. |