The Winchester wedding: or, Ralph of Reading and Black Bess of the Green. To a new country dance: or, The King's jigg. D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. 1685-1692? Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B02835 Wing D2792B Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[151] 99887355 ocm99887355 182068 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02835) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182068) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[151]) The Winchester wedding: or, Ralph of Reading and Black Bess of the Green. To a new country dance: or, The King's jigg. D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts), music. Printed for J[onah]. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street, without Newgate., London: : [between 1685-1692] Verse: "At Winchester was a wedding ..." Author, publication date and publisher's name from Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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AT Winchester was a Wedding , the like was never seen , 'Twixt lusty Ralph of Reading , and bonny black Bess of the Green ; The Fidlers were crowding before , each Lass was as fine as a Queen , There was an hundred and more , for all the whole Country came in ; Brisk Robin led Rose so fair , she look'd like a Lilly o' th' Vale ; And ruddy fac'd Harry led Mary , and Roger led bouncing ●●ll . With Tommy came smiling Katy , he help her over the stile , And swore there was none so pritty , in forty and forty long mile ; Kit gave a green gown to Betty , and lent her his hand to rise ; But Jenny was jeer'd by Watty , for looking blew under the eyes : Thus merrily chatting all day , they past to the Bride-house along , With Iohnny and p●ity fac'd Nanny , she fairest of all the Throng . The Bridegroom came out to meet 'em , afraid the dinner was spoil'd , And usher'd 'em into to treat 'em , with bak'd , and roast , and boyl'd : The Lads were frollick and jolly , for each had a Lass by his side ; But Willy was melancholly , for he had a mind to the Bride : Then Phillip began her health , and turn'd a beer-glass on his thumb ; But Ienkin was reckon'd for drinking , the best in Chrill endom . And now they had din'd , advancing into the midst of the Hall , The Fidlers struck up for dancing , and Ieremy led up the Brawl ; But Margery kept a quarter , a Lass that is proud of her pelf , ' Cause Arthur had stolen her garter , and swore he would tye it himself ; She strugled , she blush'd , and frown'd , and ready with anger to cry , ' Cause Arthur with tying her garter , had slipt up his hands too high . And now for throwing the Stocking , the Bride away was led , The Bridegroom got drunk , was knocking , for candles to ●ight him to bed ; But Robin that found him silly , most kindly took him aside , While that his Wife with Willy was playing a Whooper's Hide : And now the warm Game begins , the critical minute was come , And chatting , and billing , and kissing went merrily round the room . Pert Stephen was kind to Betty , as blith as a birde in the spring ; And Tommy was so to Katy , and wedded her with a rush-ring ; Sukey that danc'd with the Cushion , an hour from the room had been gone , And Barnaby knew by her blushing , that some other dance had been done : And thus of fifty fair Maids , that went to the Wedding with Men , Scarce five of the fifty was le●t ye , that so did return agen . Brisk Dolly and prity-fac'd Kate , this Merriment they did adore ; Each Lass had been pleas●d with her Mate , as they never had been before : Nay , Susan was pleased at heart , she sa●d it , and said it again ; The young Men have play'd their part , and no one had cause to complain . The day was in merriment spent , the Pipers and the Fidlers they play , Before all the Throng , as they went ; thus they made an end of the day . London : Printed for J. Deacon , at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street , without Newgate .