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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080843.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The loving Chamber Maid. Or, Vindication of a departed Maidenhead.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Being the Art to lye with a Man and yet be a Virgin.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To a New Tune</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Maidens&mdash;but Ah what is a maid I pray</HI></L>
<L><HI>An infant Female that &s;carce views the day,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For e're the things we Virgins call a&s;pire</HI></L>
<L><HI>To 13 years, they feel a &s;trange de&s;ire:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Longing for what them&s;elves can &s;carcely tell,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which &s;trange de&s;ire of make their bellies &s;well</HI></L>
<L><HI>And then what 'tis they</HI> know <HI>too fatal well.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>SHut the door after me,</L>
<L>pull off the Boule,</L>
<L>I'le blow in the Candle</L>
<L>the be&s;t of you all,</L>
<L><HI>And all the World</HI></L>
<L><HI>&s;hall ne'r me per&s;wade,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But that I'm a maid,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Ay a very good maid.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I ne'r lay with any</L>
<L>unle&s;s it were one,</L>
<L>And yet I dare venture</L>
<L>or look at the Sun,</L>
<L><HI>And all the world &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I had but one &s;mall one,</L>
<L>what am I the wor&s;e</L>
<L>I ne're gave it Suck</L>
<L>but I put it to Nur&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>And all the world &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Perhaps 'twas my Ma&s;ter</L>
<L>that got it, what then,</L>
<L>My Mi&s;tri&s;s ne'r knew on't</L>
<L>nor none of our men,</L>
<L><HI>And all the world</HI></L>
<L><HI>&s;hall ne'r me per&s;wade,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But that I'm a maid</HI></L>
<L><HI>Ay a very good maid.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For I can pa&s;s currant</L>
<L>and &s;ell it again,</L>
<L>To &s;ome Fopp o'th City</L>
<L>who ne'r yet was in,</L>
<L><HI>And all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Although my Maidenhead</L>
<L>&s;porting took flight,</L>
<L>With heaving and thru&s;ting</L>
<L>I bid it good night</L>
<L><HI>Yet all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And if I be clap'd too</L>
<L>then what of all that,</L>
<L>Some Country Clown</L>
<L>will be baiting his Cat.</L>
<L><HI>And all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tis a known was Marime</L>
<L>from ages long track'd,</L>
<L>A Chamber Maids &s;imple</L>
<L>unle&s;s &s;he be crack'd.</L>
<L><HI>Then all the world.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For &s;he is not fitting</L>
<L>good coun&s;el to keep,</L>
<L>When Light-heels her Mi&s;tre&s;s</L>
<L>with Gallants does &s;leep,</L>
<L><HI>Then all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tho I &s;hou'd my Mothers</L>
<L>black Legacy pawn,</L>
<L>To &s;ome doating Broker</L>
<L>for rigging of Lawn.</L>
<L><HI>Yet all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For tho the did doatard</L>
<L>&s;hould flutter a while</L>
<L>He could not the fa&s;hion</L>
<L>at Margery &s;poyl.</L>
<L><HI>Then all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Nay tho I &s;hou'd deal</L>
<L>with a blade of the Town</L>
<L>A Squire to <HI>Venus</HI></L>
<L>&s;hould tumble me down.</L>
<L><HI>And tho he long &s;truggl'd</HI></L>
<L><HI>yet none &s;hould per&s;wade</HI></L>
<L><HI>But that I'm</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For &s;he's a mean Strumpet</L>
<L>that knows not the tricks,</L>
<L>To try with one Maiden-heats</L>
<L>dozens of &mdash;</L>
<L><HI>Then all the world</HI></L>
<L><HI>&s;hall ne'r me per&s;wade,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But that</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The famous Matronas</L>
<L>of <HI>Whet&s;tone</HI> will tell</L>
<L>That they can a Maiden-head</L>
<L>&s;ixty times &s;ell,</L>
<L><HI>Then all the world</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Cook-maids by Prentices</L>
<L>oft are beguil'd</L>
<L>And pack'd in the Countrey</L>
<L>when pregnant with child.</L>
<L><HI>And after delivery</HI></L>
<L><HI>none them per&s;wades</HI></L>
<L><HI>But that they are maidens,</HI></L>
<L><HI>pa&s;s currant for maids.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Once having a &s;match</L>
<L>to trading they fall,</L>
<L>Set up with a Maiden-head</L>
<L>common to all.</L>
<L><HI>And keep open Warehou&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>then none &s;hall per&s;wade, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ther's none above fift&eacute;en</L>
<L>but if they'r put to't,</L>
<L>Although they deny you</L>
<L>will willingly do't.</L>
<L><HI>Therefore no Gallant</HI></L>
<L><HI>&s;hall e're me per&s;wade,</HI></L>
<L><HI>but that as maids go</HI></L>
<L><HI>I'm a very good maid.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>Printed for Phil, Brooksby at the Golden Ball in We&s;t &s;mithfield</HI></P>
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