The German loues his connye well,1
the Irishman his shagg tooe 2;
the welch his Monmouth3 loues to weare,
& of the same will bragg tooe.

some loue the rough, & some the smooth,

some great, & other small thinge 4; but oh, your English Licorish man,5

he loues to deale in all thinges!

The Rush drinkes Quash; Duche, lubickes beere,"

conny-wool.-B.M. In another poem in the same volume, at p. 162, we readHere is an English conny furr ! Rushia hath no such stuffe, Which, for to keep your fingers warme, Excells your sable muffe.

The Burse of Reformation.

? For the double entendre of the black beaver, compare 1. 32 of Off alle the seaes below.-F.

2 Shagge-too.-B.M.

3 Munmouth.-B.M. A cut of the Monmouth cap is given on p. 502 of Fairholt's Costume in England, 1860, and on p. 115 of the Percy Society's Satirical Songs and Poems on Costume, and it is mentioned twice in the "Ballad of the Caps," which Mr. Fairholt places at the end of the reign of Elizabeth, and which is found in Sportive Wit, 1656; D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, 1719-20, &c. The Monmouth-cap, the saylors thrum . . The souldiers that the Monmouth wear.

From Cleveland's Square-Cap for me, the cap seems to have been made of plush

And first, for the plush-sake, the Monmouth-cap comes.

11 (Sat. Songs, 134.) It was worn by sailors, as Mr. Fairholt

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The Italyan, in her hye shapines,1
Scot[c]h lasse, & louely ffroe2 tooe;
the Spanish don-a,3 ffrench Madam,*
too :

he will not ffeare to goe
nothing soe ffull of hazards dread,4

nought liues aboue the center,

noe health, noe ffashyon, wine, nor wench,
your English dare not venter.” 6

ffins.

and there's

no woman that he daren't try.

Chapeene.-B.M. Choppines.-P. "A high sooled Shoe, v. Chapin. Sp. Chapin de mugér, a woman's shooes, such as they vse in Spaine, mules, or high cork shooes." Percivale, by Minsheu. Chopines, says Mr. Fairholt, were shoes elevated "as high as a man's leg." Raymond's Voyage through Italy, 1648. They are mentioned by Shakspere (Hamlet, act ii. scene 2), and were occasionally worn in England, but not of so great an altitude. See Douce's Illustrations of Shakspere.-F.

Come wanton wenches.

An old courtezan's advice to younger ones to grant their favours coyly; not to be forward, except at first, and so whet their hirers' desire.

Wenches,

I'll tell you

how to

manage.

Husband

your ware.

Be freer of speech than act.

Conceal your passion;

spare your favours

when men are eager.

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COME: all you wanton wenches
that longs to be in tradinge,
come learne of me, loues Mistris,

to keepe your selues ffrom Iadeinge!
when you expose your ffaces,

all baytes ffor to entrapp men,
then haue a care to husband your ware,
that you proue not bankrout chapmen.

be not att ffirst to nice nor coye

when gamsters you are courtinge,
nor fforward to be sportinge;
in speeches ffree, not in action bee,
for feare of lesse resortinge.

Let not your outward iesture

b[e]rawy your inward passyon;

but seeme to neglect, when most you doe affect, in a cunning scornefull ffashyon.

be sparing of your flavors

when mens loue grow most Eagare;

20 yett keepe good guard, or else all is mared.
when they your ffort beleaugar;

grant but a touch or a kisse ffor a tast,

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& seeme not to bee willinge

1allwayes ffor to be billinge.

with a tuch or a pinch, or a nipp or a wrenche,

disapont their hopes ffullfillinge.

Don't be always billing.

If once you growe to lauish,

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and all your wealth discouer,

you cast of hope; for then with too much scope

you doe dull your Egar louer.

then order soe your treasure,

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& soe dispend your store,

Let men

taste and

that tho men do tast, their loues may neuer wast,

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you whett desire, & daylye add fire

to a spiritt almost spent.

be sure att the next encounter

you put your loue to striue;

yett be not rude, if need he will intrude,

soe shall your trading thriue,

soe shall you still be ffreshlye woed,

like to a perfect mayd.

& doe as I haue sayd,

your ffaininge seemes true,

52 & like venus euer new,

and your trading is not betrayd.

ffinis.

If you yield,

struggle and say you didn't mean it,

and next time, make more fuss

over it:

but don't be too rude.

Thus you'll always be wooed like a maiden.

A note of Percy's here, of five lines, rubbed or scratched out.-F.

2 that which, what.-F.

As it beffell on a Day:

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As: itt beffell on a sumers day,
when Phebus in his glorye,
he was suited in his best array,-

as heere records my storye,—

2 London damsells fforth they wold ryde,
they were decked in their pompe & their pryde,
they said they wold goe ffarr & wyde
but they wold goe gather Codlyngs.

Sisters they were, exceeding ffine,
& macheless in their bewtye;
happy was the wight cold giue them wine
to expresse his loue and dutye.

soe fine, so ffeate, so sweet, soe neate, so delicate;
O, itt wold doe you good ffor to heare them prate!
but yett intruth they haue a ffault,

to fill their belly ffull of Codlings.

Then to an orchard straight they went,
intending ffor to enter.

the younger with a bold attempt

"I

ffirst did intend to enter:

nay, softly!" quoth the Elder wench, pray thee lett vs goe ffrom hence; ffor heare I am in some suspence

that heare I shall not gett no Codlings."