The vvooing maid, or A faire maid neglected, forlorne and reiected, that would be respected: which to have effected, this generall summon she sendeth in common, come Tinker, come Broomman, she will refuse no man. To the tune of, Il'be the dad out. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1635 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). B00526 STC 19285 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.7[452] 99884552 ocm99884552 183156

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The wooing Maid, OR A faire maid neglected, Forlorne and reiected, That would be reſpected: Which to have effected, This generall Summon She ſendeth in common, Come Tinker, come Broomman, She will refuſe no man. To the tune of, Iſ'be the dad ont.

I Am a faire Maid if my glaſſe doe not flatter, Yet by the effects I can find no ſuch matter: For euery one elſe can haue Suters great plenty, Moſt marry at fourtéene, but I am paſt twenty. Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid, take me for pitty. I ſée by experience, which makes me to wonder, That many haue Swéethearts at fiftéene, and vnder, And if they paſſe ſixtéen they think their time waſted, O what ſhall become of me, I am out-caſted: Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid, take me for pitty. I vſe all the motiues my ſex will permit me, To put men in mind, that they may not forget me: Nay ſometimes I ſet my commiſſion o'th tenters, Yet let me doe what I will neuer a man venters. Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid take me for pitty. When I goe to weddings, or ſuch merry méetings, I ſée other maids how they toy with their ſwéetings, But I 〈◊〉 alone like an abiect forſaken, Woe's me for a husband what courſe ſhall be taken? Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid take me for pitty. When others to dancing are courteouſly choſen, I am the laſt taken among the halfe dozen, And yet among twenty not one can excell me: What ſhall I doe in this caſe, ſome good man tell me. Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid take me for pitty.
The ſecond part To the ſame tune.

TIs ſaid that one wedding produceth another, This I haue heard told by my father and mother: Before one ſhall ſcape me, Ile goe without bidding, O that I could find out ſome fortunate wedding. Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O if you lack a maid take me for pitty. Sure I am vnfortunate of all my kindred, Elſe could not my happineſſe be ſo long hindred: My mother at eightéene had two ſons and a daughter, And I'm one and twenty, not worth looking after. Come gentle, &c. My ſiſter that's nothing ſo handſome as I am, Had ſixe or ſeuen Suters, and ſhe did deny them: Yet ſhe before ſixtéene was luckily marry'd, O Fates, why are things ſo vnequally carry'd? Come gentle, &c. My kinſwoman Siſly in all parts miſ-ſhapen, Yet ſhe on a husband by fortune did happen, Before ſhe was ninetéene years old (at the furtheſt) Among all my Linage am I the vnworthieſt. Come gentle, &c. There are almoſt forty both poorer and yonger, Within few yeares marry'd, (yet I muſt ſtay longer) Within foure miles compaſſe, O is't not a wonder, Scant none aboue twenty, ſome ſ •• téene, ſome vnder. Come gentle, &c. I hold my ſelfe equall with moſt in the pariſh, For feature, for parts, and what chiefly doth cheriſh, The fire of affection, which is ſtore of money, And yet there is no man will ſet loue vpon me. Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O let me not die a maid, take me for pitty. Who euer he be that will eaſe my affliction, And caſt vpon me an auſpicious affections Shall find me tractable ſtill to content him, That he of his bargaine ſhall neuer repent him. Come gentle, &c. Ile neither be giuen to ſcold nor be iealous, He nere ſhall want money, to drink with good fellows▪ While he ſpends abroad, I at home will be ſauing, Now iudge, am not I a Laſſe well worth the hauing? Come gentle, &c. Let none be offended, nor ſay I'm vnciuill, For I néeds muſt haue one, be he good or euill: Nay rather then faile Ile haue a Tinker or Broom-man, A Pedler, an Inkman, a Mat man, or ſome man, Come gentle, come ſimple, come fooliſh, come witty, O let me not die a maid, take me for pitty,
M.P. FINIS.

Printed at London for Thomas Lambert, at the ſigne of tho Horſ-ſhoo in Smithfield▪