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<HEAD><Q><L>A maruellous Medicine to cure a great paine,</L>
<L>If a Mayden-head be lo&s;t to get it againe.</L></Q></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>ONce bu&s;ie in &s;tudy betwixt night and day,</L>
<L>with choy&s;e of inuentions I had in my minde,</L>
<L>And many odde matters my minde did a&s;&s;ay,</L>
<L>but any to plea&s;e me I could not well finde:</L>
<L>Then &s;uddenly ca&s;ting the no&s;e in the winde,</L>
<L>I &s;melt out a Medicine both precious and plaine,</L>
<L>How to help &s;illy Maydens that had b&eacute;en &s;omwhat kind</L>
<L>to get by good order their Mayden-head againe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Fir&s;t the Mayde mu&s;t be brought into a &s;l&eacute;epe,</L>
<L>for thr&eacute;e houres together before &s;he awake,</L>
<L>And &s;euen dayes after this dyet mu&s;t keepe,</L>
<L>with the&s;e kind of compounds the which &s;hee mu&s;t take,</L>
<L>She mu&s;t eate neyther ro&s;t-meate, &s;od, neyther bake,</L>
<L>but all kinde of dainties &s;h&eacute;e mu&s;t refraine,</L>
<L>Saue onely this medicine, the which if &s;hee take,</L>
<L>then it will re&s;tore her Mayden-head againe.</L>
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<L>The fir&s;t day giue her the &s;lime of an Gele,</L>
<L>blowne through a Bag-pipe with the wind of a bladder,</L>
<L>With two or thr&eacute;e turnings of a &s;pinning wh&eacute;ele,</L>
<L>boyld in an Egge-&s;hell, and &s;treind through a ladder:</L>
<L>The tongue of an Vrchin, the &s;ting of an Adder,</L>
<L>boyld in a blanket in a &s;howre of raine,</L>
<L>With &s;euen notes of mu&s;icke to make her the gladder,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The &s;econd day giue her the p&eacute;eping of a Mou&s;e,</L>
<L>with thr&eacute;e drops of thunder that fals from the skie,</L>
<L>And temper it with thr&eacute;e leapes of a Lou&s;e,</L>
<L>and put therein thr&eacute;e skips of a Flye,</L>
<L>With a gallon of water of a Widdowes eye,</L>
<L>that w&eacute;epes for her husband when death hath him &s;laine,</L>
<L>Let her take this medicine and drinke by and by,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The third day giue her the chattering of a Sparrow,</L>
<L>ro&s;ted in a Mitten of vntan'd Leather,</L>
<L>Giue it her with the rumbling of a wheele-barrow,</L>
<L>and ba&s;te it with thr&eacute;e yards of a blacke Swans fea|ther,</L>
<L>The iuyce of a Whet&s;tone thereto put together,</L>
<L>with the farr of a Fryer brought hither from <HI>Spaine</HI></L>
<L>Let her lay all the&s;e in an ell of Lou&s;e leather,</L>
<L>and lay warme to her belly to helpe her great paine.</L>
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<L>The fourth day giue her the &s;ong of a Swallow,</L>
<L>well tempered with Marrow wrung out of a log,</L>
<L>With thr&eacute;e pound and better of Stock-fi&s;h tallow</L>
<L>hard fryed in the left horne of a Butchers blue dog,</L>
<L>With the gaggling of a Goo&s;e, &amp; the friskes of a Frog</L>
<L>the bill of a &s;houell, or a Humble-b&eacute;es braine:</L>
<L>Giue her this fa&s;ting, with the grunting of a Hog,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fift day giue her betwixt eight a clocke and nine,</L>
<L>&s;ome gruell of Grantum made for the nonce,</L>
<L>The braines of a birdbolt powdred very fine,</L>
<L>and beat in a Morter of Ginne-wrens bones,</L>
<L>Boyld in a nut-&s;hell betwixt two mill-&s;tones:</L>
<L>with the guts of a Gudgin before &s;he be &s;taine:</L>
<L>Let her be &s;ure to drinke all this at once,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Now marke well the &s;ixt day what mu&s;t be her trade,</L>
<L>&s;he mu&s;t haue a Woodcocke, a Snipe, or a Quaile,</L>
<L>Bak'd fine in an Ouen before it be made,</L>
<L>and mingle it with the blood of a Snaile,</L>
<L>With foure or fiue Inches of a Iacke-an apes faile:</L>
<L>what though for a while it put her to paine,</L>
<L>Yet let her take it without any faile,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The &s;euenth day giue her a pound of Maydes moches,</L>
<L>brayd in a basket of danger and blame,</L>
<L>With con&s;erues of Coleworts bound in a boxe,</L>
<L>to comfort her &s;tomacke with the &s;irrup of &s;hame:</L>
<L>Although &s;he be pa&s;t all hope of good name,</L>
<L>and vnto her hone&s;tie a very great &s;taine.</L>
<L>Let her take it to remedy the &s;ame,</L>
<L>and it will re&s;tore her mayden-head againe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Loe the&s;e are our Medicines for Maydens each one,</L>
<L>which in their Virginitie ami&s;&s;e &s;omewhat fell,</L>
<L>Pray you if euer you heare them make moane,</L>
<L>and gladly would know the place where I dwell,</L>
<L>At the &s;igne of the Whip and the Eg-&s;hell,</L>
<L>n&eacute;ere Pancake ally on <HI>Salisbury</HI> Plaine,</L>
<L>There &s;hall they finde remedy v&s;ing this well</L>
<L>or el&s;e neuer to recouer their mayden-head againe.</L>
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<P>Printed at London for H.G.</P>
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