The Roxburghe ballads . ker at work that ever you did see. With hey, etc. No fault at all this Tinker hath, but he takes dear for his work,That little time that he wrought here it cost me twenty mark. If you had bin so wise, quoth he, for to have held your own,Before you set him to his work the price you might have known. With, etc. Pray hold your peace, my Lord, quoth she. and think it not to[o] you coud doot so well twould save you forty pound a that the Lord most lovingly, to make all things amends,He kindly kist his Lady gay, and so they both were friends. With hey, etc.
The Roxburghe ballads . ker at work that ever you did see. With hey, etc. No fault at all this Tinker hath, but he takes dear for his work,That little time that he wrought here it cost me twenty mark. If you had bin so wise, quoth he, for to have held your own,Before you set him to his work the price you might have known. With, etc. Pray hold your peace, my Lord, quoth she. and think it not to[o] you coud doot so well twould save you forty pound a that the Lord most lovingly, to make all things amends,He kindly kist his Lady gay, and so they both were friends. With hey, etc. You merry Tinkers, every one, that hear this new-made Sonnet, When as you do a Ladys work be sure you think upon it: Drive home your nayls to the very head, and do your work profoundly, And then no doubt your Mistresses will pay you for it soundly. With hey, etc. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson.[Black-letter. Two cuts, pp. 74, and 76. Far. led., cf. p. 77. Date, circa 165C] 76 Room for a J octal [Second cut of The Jovial Tinker, mentioned on p. 75 ; and p. 77.] Note.—That this woodcut originally represented the disguised Gentlemanwhom the fair Lady of the North had caused to personate a Jovial Tinker,and that the other figure was intended for her grave unsuspicious husband, ofadvanced age and solemn dignity, is demonstrable. The antique style of thewoodcut indicates an earlier date than to the ballad reprinted on p. find it entered to John Trundle, 22 March, 1616, the ballad called the JollyTinker. The cut was used by Francis Coules, also by Henry Gosson. It becamemutilated (as in Roxb. Bds., iii. 492, printed by W. Gilbertsou), sacrificing onefigure and preserving the Tinker alone. The adventurous lover shows somethingof his courtly grace, despite the hood which muffles his sharply-cut features. Theversion in Merry Drollery, i. 134, 1661, differs in diction from the broadside,though little in the story. The Lady, with clever duplicity, k
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