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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080925.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Counterfeit Court Lady: <HI>OR, An An&s;wer to, <HI>Your Humble Servant Madam.</HI></HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Di&s;covering all her cunning Knacks and feats,</L>
<L>How wittily &s;he doth be&s;tow her Cheats:</L>
<L>By which &s;he doth much admiration gain,</L>
<L>And in a &s;plendid Garb her &s;elf maintain.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Your Humble &s;ervant Madam.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>I A am a La&s;s</L>
<L>That doth &s;urpa&s;s,</L>
<L>the beauties of the City;</L>
<L>And near the Court,</L>
<L>Where Blades re&s;ort,</L>
<L>i'm counted wondrous witty:</L>
<L>I have an oyly Tongue,</L>
<L>And very well it's hung,</L>
<L>if that you will believe me;</L>
<L>Your flattering di&s;ea&s;e,</L>
<L>My humour cannot plea&s;e,</L>
<L>for there's none that can deceive me</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No vapouring Cheat,</L>
<L>Shall do the feat,</L>
<L>with &s;uch a Girl as I am;</L>
<L>I'le &s;it and &s;mile,</L>
<L>And him beguile,</L>
<L>and all his Oaths defie 'um:</L>
<L>He that will cog and lye,</L>
<L>Gains not my company,</L>
<L>when once his plot I faddam;</L>
<L>For I &s;corn that any man,</L>
<L>Should ever me trappan,</L>
<L>with your humble &s;ervant Madam.</L>
</LG>
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<HEAD>The Second Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>AT my fir&s;t Ri&s;e,</L>
<L>I was &s;o wi&s;e,</L>
<L>to gain a great mans favour;</L>
<L>And by my art,</L>
<L>I won his heart,</L>
<L>all by my brisk behaviour:</L>
<L>VVhere I had Gold at will,</L>
<L>My mind for to fulfil,</L>
<L>he willing was to grant it;</L>
<L>But though that he is gone,</L>
<L>And I am left alone,</L>
<L>I never fear to want it.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Rich attire,</L>
<L>Made all admire,</L>
<L>and by what means I gain'd it;</L>
<L>I have a knack,</L>
<L>To drink good Sack,</L>
<L>and bravely to maintain it;</L>
<L>VVith my Pearl about my neck,</L>
<L>And my Gallants at a beck,</L>
<L>I us'd to drein their Pur&s;es;</L>
<L>Before they will not grant,</L>
<L>VVhatever I do want,</L>
<L>they'l &s;ell both Coach and Hor&s;es.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To train up youth,</L>
<L>I &s;peak the truth,</L>
<L>upon my Reputation;</L>
<L>I do excell,</L>
<L>And do it well,</L>
<L>as any in the Nation:</L>
<L>If I may gain their gold,</L>
<L>I'le make them free and bold,</L>
<L>there's none that &s;hall out-vie them,</L>
<L>For all the art of Love,</L>
<L>You &s;hall of them approve,</L>
<L>when e're you plea&s;e to try them.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Young Ladies they</L>
<L>Ob&s;erve my way,</L>
<L>they think I am a neat one;</L>
<L>If I do glance,</L>
<L>Or Sing, or Dance,</L>
<L>I am a mo&s;t compleat one.</L>
<L>Though my breeding was not great,</L>
<L>Yet I have learnt the feat,</L>
<L>for to delude a Sinner;</L>
<L>To &s;it upon his Lap,</L>
<L>And catch him in a trap,</L>
<L>for I am no young beginner.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How happy he</L>
<L>Is thought to be,</L>
<L>that by his comely carriage,</L>
<L>Hath got the Art,</L>
<L>To win my heart,</L>
<L>and treat with me of Marriage:</L>
<L>VVhen I &s;eem to comply,</L>
<L>He knows no rea&s;on why,</L>
<L>but that he may believe me;</L>
<L>Thus I get Diamond Rings,</L>
<L>And many pritty things,</L>
<L>for none could e're deceive me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus with my wit,</L>
<L>Great benefit,</L>
<L>and Riches I have gotten;</L>
<L>VVhich I in &s;tore,</L>
<L>Keep for the Poor,</L>
<L>when I am dead and rotten:</L>
<L>He &s;hall be paid full well,</L>
<L>That Rings my Pa&s;&s;ing-Bell,</L>
<L>and digs my Grave a fadam,</L>
<L>Then all that can be &s;aid,</L>
<L>Here lies one Buried,</L>
<L>that was a Ranting Madam.</L>
</LG>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, <HI>and</HI> J. Clarke.</P>
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