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<HEAD>The Cloath-worker caught in a Trap: Or, A Fool and his Mony &s;oon parted.</HEAD>
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<P>Being a true Relation of a Cloath worker, dweelling in Thames-&s;treet who was wi&s;hed by an old wo|man to a Maid near Pauls Church-yard, per&s;wading him &s;he had mony at u&s;e, being a meer Plot of the Maiden and &s;he to cheat him of his Money, knowing him to be none of the wi&s;e&s;t, cheated him of forty pound.</P>
<L>if you will know then give good Ear,</L>
<L>The merrie&s;t Je&s;t that e'r you did hear.</L>
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<OPENER>The Tune is, How now Jocky whither away. Or the Tyrant.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>C God people I'll tell you now of a fine je&s;t,</L>
<L>Which now unto you &s;hall here be expre&s;t,</L>
<L>You &s;hall know how I have been co&s;en'd of late,</L>
<L>By her whom I called my Love and my Mate:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made me a promi&s;e &s;he would be my Bride,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But I have lo&s;t her and my Mony be&s;ide.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>There was an old Woman did wi&s;h me unto her,</L>
<L>And I, like a woodcok, mu&s;t needs go and woe her,</L>
<L>I bought me new cloaths, boots and &s;ilver &s;purs,</L>
<L>The cau&s;e why I mi&s;t her the fault it was hers.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>My &s;weet-heart was wondrous gallant &amp; &s;pruce,</L>
<L>She made me believe &s;he had mony at u&s;e,</L>
<L>My fingers did itch to be at her coin,</L>
<L>As hoping the mony and &s;he &s;hould be mine.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I followed her clo&s;ely by day and by night,</L>
<L>The hope of her Mony was all my delight:</L>
<L>But when &s;he perceived m<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> gr&eacute;edy intent,</L>
<L>A trick for to cheat me &s;he then did invent,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She knew I had mony, and &s;he had the wit,</L>
<L>To couzen me of it &s;he thought it mo&s;t fit.</L>
<L>O &s;he was to hard for me in the end,</L>
<L>God keep me hereafter from &s;uch a fal&s;e friend,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She &s;ent the old Woman upon an ill day,</L>
<L>She came unto me, and thus &s;he did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Your Sweet-heart is taking the Lea&s;e of a hou&s;e.</L>
<L>The which doth belong to old <HI>Nicolas Rou&s;e.</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her Money's at u&s;e, and out of her hands,</L>
<L>That &s;he cannot purcha&s;e Hou&s;es nor Lands.</L>
<L>But if forty pound you will lend her in lieu,</L>
<L>Lo &s;he will make over the hou&s;e unto you.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I lookt for the hou&s;e and likewi&s;e the Bride, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I was over-joy'd when I heard her &s;ay &s;o,</L>
<L>I gave her the Mony without more ado,</L>
<L>Forty good pounds &s;he cozened me of,</L>
<L>And now at my mi&s;ery make but a &s;coff,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made me a Promi&s;e &s;he would be my Bride,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But I have lo&s;t her and my Money be&s;ide.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>I Told all my Neighbours I merry would be,</L>
<L>my &s;weetheart had purcha&s;t a hou&s;e now for me</L>
<L>Though I lent her mony her ca<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 span"> to prefer,</L>
<L>Yet I &s;hould have all whe<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> I married with her.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Thus a promi&s;e &s;he made me for to be my Bride,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But I have lo&s;t her and my Mony be&s;ide.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At length I did find that I was over-matcht,</L>
<L>I reckon'd my Chickens before they were hatcht,</L>
<L>I found to my grief I was wronged God wot,</L>
<L>By a young Harlot and an old old Trot.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>This cunning old woman, my Sweet-heart &amp; &s;he</HI></L>
<L><HI>Did make but a younger Brother of me,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For when as I went to vi&s;it my Dove,</L>
<L>She would not come neer me, not grant me her Love</L>
<L>She &s;aid her affection was altered quite,</L>
<L>And &s;he bid me be packing now out of her &s;ight,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fair Mi&s;tre&s;s, quoth I, what moveth this change?</L>
<L>And what is the rea&s;on you &s;hould be &s;o &s;trange;</L>
<L>If you be re&s;olved to leave me, &s;weet <HI>Jane,</HI></L>
<L>I play then re&s;tore me my Mony again.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Now all men that here me pity my ca&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For I have lo&s;t all by her being ba&s;e.</HI></L>
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<L>She would not be known that my Mony &s;he had,</L>
<L>But asked the que&s;tion, if that I were made</L>
<L>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> old VVoman had it, quoth I, for your u&s;e:</L>
<L>Then you may go look it, go, &s;he, good-man Goo&s;e.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If you were &s;o fooli&s;h to give her your Coin,</L>
<L>Who ca<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> my nam<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, the fault is not mine:</L>
<L>O learn yo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> more w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">tt hereafter, I <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>Seek out your old woman, if you'd have you<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And &s;ince thou wante&s;t wit thou &s;halt want a <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 word"></HI></L>
<L><HI>For I'll never have thee while that I have lif<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>When as &s;he had given me the&s;e purging Plu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2+ letters"></L>
<L>I &s;tood like &s;heep-biter biting my Thumbs,</L>
<L>I <UNCLEAR>made</UNCLEAR> me to fret, to <UNCLEAR>fume,</UNCLEAR> and to &s;tare,</L>
<L>Ju&s;t like the Bull that bewraied the Fair.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That all that beheld me thought I was mad</HI></L>
<L><HI>Beholding my &s;taring and countenance &s;ad</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>She &s;hoved me out then, and locked the dore,</L>
<L>Now was ever man &s;o abu&s;ed before,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s 'twere the Gra&s;ier, I <UNCLEAR>ne'r</UNCLEAR> knew the li<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>Next morning &s;he &s;ent me a Feather bed tike</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She &s;ent me a Feather bed then in di&s;dain,</L>
<L>When as &s;he heard how I did complain,</L>
<L>To re&s;t my re&s;tle&s;s body, upon,</L>
<L>After the Baggage had me undone,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She &s;ent me a Bed in height of my pride,</L>
<L>But &s;he was too good to lie by <UNCLEAR>my</UNCLEAR> &s;ide,</L>
<L>I paid dearly for it I pla<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">ly have found,</L>
<L>My Feather=<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ed &s;irs c<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> forty good poun<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Now well a day mu&s;t be all my Song,</HI></L>
<L><HI>She hath the Mony and I have the wrong.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My covetous humour di<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <UNCLEAR>meet</UNCLEAR> with a cro&s;s;</L>
<L>And I was rewarded <UNCLEAR>with</UNCLEAR> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters">rty pound lo&s;s,</L>
<L>A Proverb to all me<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, lo here I will be,</L>
<L>A Fool and his <UNCLEAR>Money's</UNCLEAR> &s;oon pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ted we &s;ee.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>She made me a promi&s;e &s;he would be my Br<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI></L>
<L><HI>But I have lo&s;t her and my Mony be&s;ide.</HI></L>
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