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A BALLAD of a Countrey VVedding, By KING JAMES the Fifth of SCOTLAND.

WA's ner'e in Scotland heard nor ſeen
Sic dreſſing nor*
*Drawing up in order.
* de ray,
Neither at Faulkland on the Green
Nor-Peblis at the Play,
As was (of Woers as I ween)
At Chriſts Kirk on a day:
For there came Ketty waſhen clean,
In her new Gown of gray,
So gay that day.
To dance there, Damſels them*
*Adreſt.
* dight
Theſe Laſſes
Wanton.
light of Laight's,
Their Gloves were of the Raffle right,
Their Shoes were of the ſtraits:
Their Kittles were of Lincoln light
Wele preſs'd with many plaits,
They were ſo nice, when men them*
*Drew neer.
* nigh't
They ſqueak'd like any Gaits
Full loud that day.
Of all theſe Maidens mild as Mede
None was ſo*
*Neat.
* Jimp as Geilly,
As any Roſe her
The apples of the Chek.
Rude was red,
Her*
*Neck and Collar.
* Lyre was like the Lilly.
But yellow, yellow was her head,
And ſhe of love ſo ſillie,
Though all her Kin had ſworn her dead,
She would have none but Willie
All on that day.
She ſcorned Jocky, and*
*Slighted him.
* skirped at him,
And
Jeer'd him.
murgeon'd him with mocks,
He would have lov'd her, ſhe would not let him
For all his yellow locks,
He cheriſh'd her, ſhe bid go pack him,
She counted him not twa clocks,
So ſhamefully his ſhort Cloak ſet him
His legs were like twa*
*A Diſtaffe.
* Rocks
Or
Cudgells.
Rungs that day.
Tom Luter was their Minſtrell meet
Good Lord how he could dance,
He playd ſo ſhrill and ſung ſo ſweet
Till Tooſie took a trance:
Old Lightfoot there he did*
*Lead on.
* foreleete
And counterfeted France,
He held him like a man diſcreete
And up the Morice Dance
He led that day.
Then Steven came ſtepping in with ſtends,
No Rink might him areſt,
Plyfoot did bob with many bends,
For Maſie he made requeſt,
He lap while he lay on his*
*Brecche.
* Lends,
And riſing was ſo preſt,
While he did
Fart.
hoaſt at both the ends,
For honour of the Feaſt,
And Dance that day.
Then Robin Roy began to*
*Rant.
* revell,
And Tooſie to him drugged,
Let be, quoth Jocky, and cald him
Baſe fellow.
Jevell,
And by the tayle her tugged.
Then Kenſie*
*Pull'd a Pole or beggars ſtaffe.
* cleeked up a Kevell,
God wote how they twa lugged,
They parted her upon a
Box on the ear.
Nevell,
Men ſay their haire was*
*Pull'd.
* rugged
Between them twa.
With that a friend of his cry'd Fie,
And furth one Arrow drew,
He forged it ſo forcefully
The Bow in flinters flew:
Sic was the grace of God trow I,
For had the tree been trew
Men ſayd who knew his Archery,
That he had ſlayn enew,
*
*In a moment.
* Belive that day.
A*
*A raw young fellow.
* yap young man that ſtood him nyeſt
Soon bent his Bow in Ire,
And
Aymed the man.
etled the Berne in at the Breſt,
The Bolt flew ore the*
*The Cow­houſe.
* Byre:
He cryed Fie, he had ſlain a Prieſt
A mile beyond the Myre,
Both Bow and bagg from him he
Did throw a­way.
keiſt
And fled as faſt as fire
From flint that day.
A Luſty Kinſman was called Harry
That was an Archer keen,
Ty'd up a*
*Bow-ſtring.
* Tackle withouten tarry
I trow the man was
Mad.
teen:
I wot not whether his hand did vary,
Or his Foe was his Friend,
But he eſcap'd by the might of Mary,
As man that nothing mein'd
But good that day.
Then Lawrence like a Lyon lapp
And ſoon a*
*An Arrow.
* flegge gan
Let fly.
fedder,
He heght to pierce him at the papp
Thereon to
To wager a sheep.
wed a Wedder,
He hit him on the womb a*
*A blow.
* wapp
It burſt like any bladder:
He eſcaped ſo, ſic was his happ
His Doublet was of Leather
Full fine that day.
The buff ſo boiſterouſly abaſed him
That he to the earth duſh'd down;
The other man ſo dead he left him,
And fled out of the Town:
The Wiffs came furth, and up the reſt him
And found life in the lown:
Then with their routs there they rais'd him,
And cur'd him out of ſown;
Suddenly.
Frae hand that day.
The Miller was of a manly Maik
To moot him was no mowes,
There durſt no ten men there him take
So*
*Knocked their pates.
* Nowed he their powes,
The
Ambuſhment.
buſhment whole about him brake
And bicked him with bowes:
Then trayterouſly behinde his back
They hack'd him on his*
*Hamſtring'd him.
* Howes
Behinde that day.
Then Hutcheon with ane hazel ryce
To*
*Part them.
* red gan throw them rummel
He
Trod.
mudled them down like any Myce,
He was no bettle bummel:
Though he was wight, he was not wiſe
With ſuch matters to jummel,
For from his thumb there flew a ſlyce
While he cry'd barlafummel
I'm ſlain this day.
When that he ſaw his blood ſo red
To flee might no man let him,
He trow'd it had been for old*
*Quarrell.
* feud
He thought they bid have at him,
He made his
Ran away.
feet defend his head
The far fairer it ſat him,
While he was paſt out of their plead
They muſt run faſt that gat him
Through ſpeed that day.
Twa that were heardſmen of the Heard,
They ruſh'd on other like ramms,
The other fower that were unfear'd
Beate on with Barrow
Great levers.
Tramms:
And where their*
*Mouthes un­armed.
* Gobs were unbegeard
They gat upon the
Leggs.
Gamms,
While that all blood-run was their beard
As they had worried Lamb's
Moſt like that day.
With Forks and Flayls then let they flapps,
And flew together with friggs,
With*
*Rafters.
* Kebbers of barns they pierc'd blew Capps
While of the Berns they made
Treading on their Children.
briggs.
The rore roſe rudely with their rapps
When
Poles were beaten to the ground.
ruggs were laid on riggs
The Wiffes came forth with cryes and clapps,
See where my liking liggs
Full low this day.
The*
*Cobler.
* black Sowter of breath was bounden,
His wife hang by his waſte,
His body was in black all branden,
He girned like a Ghaiſt:
Hir glittering haire that was ſo golden
His love faſt for him lac't,
That for her ſake he was ſoe
Undone.
unenden
While he a mile was chac't
And mair that day.
When they had*
*Fought.
* beerd like baited Bulls,
The Banefires burn in
Fiercely.
bails,
They grew as meek as any Mules
That weary were with Mayls,
For tyredneſſe thoſe forfoughten fools
Fell down like flatchter*
*Flakes of ſnow.
* fails,
Freſh men came in and hayld the
Fathers.
Dods,
And dang them down in dayls,
Bedeene that day.
The Wiffs then gave a hideous yell
When all the Yonkers yoaked,
As fierce as flaggs of fire flks fell,
Soon.
Freiks to the fields they flocked:
Then*
*Clowas.
* Carls with clubs did other quell
On breaſts while blood out
Belch.
bocked,
So rudely rang the common bell
That all the Steeple rocked
For dread that day.
By that Tom Taylor was in his Geare,
When he heard the common bell,
He ſaid that he ſhould put them all in sfeare
When he came there himſel,
He went to fight with ſuch a feare
While to the ground he fell,
A wiffe then hat him on the eare
With a great knocking mell
Feld him that day.
The Bridegroom brought a pynt of Ale
And bad the Pyper drink it,
Drink it (qnoth he) and it ſo ſtale,
I ſhrew me if I drink it.
The Brides Maiden ſtood near him by
And ſaid it was not Blinkit:
And Bartagoſy the Bride ſo gay
Upon them faſt ſhe winked
Full ſoon that day.
When all was done, Dick with an Axe
Came forth to fell a*
*Kill the whole party.
* Foother,
Quoth he, where are you whoreſon
Rogues.
Smaicks
Right now that hurt my Brother?
His Wife bad him goe hame Gib*
*Doting fool.
* Glaiks,
And ſo did Meg his Mother;
He turn'd and gave them both their Paiks,
Javelins.
For he durſt ding none other
But them that day.
FINIS.

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TextA ballad of a countrey vvedding, by King James the Fifth of Scotland.
AuthorJames V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542..
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Bibliographic informationA ballad of a countrey vvedding, by King James the Fifth of Scotland. James V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542.. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.,[London :1660]. (In verse.) (Place and date of publication from Wing.) (Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 9 1660".) (Reproduction of the original in the British Library.)
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