The merry mans resolution or, His last farewell to his former acquaintance, declaring how hee rambled up and down, through all the suburbs of fair London town, where pretty wenches hee did plenty find, but some of them agreed not with his mind, till at the last by chance hee found out one, which pleas'd him best, so left the rest alone, to her hee then cling'd close as I heard tell, made her his mate and bid the rest farewell. To a gallant new tune, called the Highlanders new rant. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04821 of text887 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P3376A). 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. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 B04821 Wing P3376A Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[27] 99887556 ocm99887556 182285 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. B04821) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182285) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:3[29]) The merry mans resolution or, His last farewell to his former acquaintance, declaring how hee rambled up and down, through all the suburbs of fair London town, where pretty wenches hee did plenty find, but some of them agreed not with his mind, till at the last by chance hee found out one, which pleas'd him best, so left the rest alone, to her hee then cling'd close as I heard tell, made her his mate and bid the rest farewell. To a gallant new tune, called the Highlanders new rant. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed for F. Grove on Snow-Hill, London : [1650?] Signed: L.P. [i.e. Laurence Price]. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "Now farewell to Saint Gileses ..." In two parts, printed side by side. Imperfect: cropped, affecting title. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. B04821 887 (Wing P3376A). civilwar no The merry mans resolution or, His last farewell to his former acquaintance, declaring how hee rambled up and down, through all the suburbs o L. P 1650 786 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. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Merry Mans Resolution OR , His last farewell to his former acquaintance , Declaring how hee rambled up and down , Through all the Suburbs of fair London Town , Where pretty wenches hee did plenty find , But some of them agreed not with his mind , Till at the last by chance hee found out one , Which pleas'd him best , so left the rest alone , To her hee then cling'd close as I heard tell , Made her his mate and bid the rest farewell . To a gallant new Tune , called the Highlanders new Rant . NOw farewell to Saint Gileses that standeth in the fields And farewell to Turnbull-street for that no comfort yeilds , Farewell unto the Grey-hound , and farewell the Bell , And farewell my land-lady , whom I do love so well With a come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . Farewell to Long Acre , that stands neer to the Mews And farewell unto Drury-Lane where pretty wenches use , And farewell unto Sodom and all her painted Drabs , And farewell unto Bloomsbury and all their vapouring scabs And come love , Stay Love , go not from me , For all the world I le forsake for thee , Farewell to Crose-lane . it here lives some babes of graces Farewell to Common-garden , and all her wanton places , Farewell unto West-minster and farewell to the Strand Where I had choyce of mopseis even at my own command , Sing come Love , Stay Love , go a long with mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . Farewell to the Bank side farewell to Black-mans street , Where with my bouncing lasses , I oftentimes did meet , Farewell to Kentstreet Garrison , farewell to Horsey-down , And all the smirking Wenches , that dwells in Redrif Town , And come Love , Stay Love , go a long with mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . The second part to the same tune . NOw farewell unto Wapping and farewell to Blackwall , Farewell to Ratclife high-way , Rosemary lane and all , And farewell unto Shore-ditch , and More-fields eke also , Where mobs to pick up cullies , A night walking do go , Then come Love , Stay Love , go along with mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . In White-crose street and Goldenlane do straping lasses dwell , And so there do in every street twixt that and Clarken well , At Cowcrose and Smithfield , I have much pleasure found , Where wenches like to Fayeries , did often trace the round , Yet come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all those girles I le forsake for thee . Yet something more I le speak off which seems to many strange . There 's store of pretty wenches , lives neer to the Exchange ; And many more there are sure , that dwelleth in Cheapside , And other streets in London , which are both broad and wide , Yet come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all those girles I le forsake for thee . To all the Country mopseis where ever they do dwell , In this my last conclusion , I like wise bid farewell , Though they were used in former time to come when I did call , I take thee for the boldest , and best among them all , Then come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . At Bristoll and at Glocester I had of Loves great store : But now I find enough of thee , I will desire no more . And what I have said to thee thou shalt find true and right : He do thee trusty service at morning and at night Then come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all the world I le forsake for thee . Farewell black patches , and farewell powdered locks , And farewell Luthners Ladies for they have got the pox , Farewell the Cherry-garden , forevermore adue And farewell to Spur-Alley , and all that wanton crew , And come Love , Stay Love , go not from mee , For all those girles I le forsake for thee . I. P. Finis London printed for F. Grove on Snow-hill ,