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<HEAD>Advice to the Ladies of <HI>LONDON,</HI> In the Choice of their Husbands.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To an Excellent new Court Tune.</OPENER>
<P>This may be Printed, <HI>R.P.</HI></P>
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<L>LAdies of <HI>London</HI> both wealthy and fair,</L>
<L>whom every Town Fop is pur&s;uing,</L>
<L>Still of your Per&s;ons and Pur&s;es take care</L>
<L>the greate&s;t deceit lies in Wooing:</L>
<L>From the fir&s;t rank of the bonny brisk &s;parks</L>
<L>their Vices I here will di&s;cover</L>
<L>Down to the ba&s;e&s;t mechanick Degree</L>
<L>that &s;o you may chu&s;e out your Lover.</L>
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<L>Fir&s;t for the Courtier look to his E&s;tate</L>
<L>before he to far be proceeding,</L>
<L>He of Court Favours and Places will prate,</L>
<L>and &s;ettlements make of his Breeding:</L>
<L>Nor wear the yoak of dull Country Clown,</L>
<L>although they are fat in their Pur&s;es;</L>
<L>Bru&s;h you with Bri&s;&s;les and toping full Fowls.</L>
<L>make Love to their Dogs and their Hor&s;es.</L>
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<L>But above all, the rank Citizen hate;</L>
<L>the Court or the Country chu&s;e rather;</L>
<L>Would you have a Blockhead that gets an E&s;tate</L>
<L>by Sins of the Cuckold his Father?</L>
<L>The <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">raking Clown intreaging does mar,</L>
<L>the Prentices hu&s;ting and ranting,</L>
<L>Cit&punc; puts on his Sword, when without <HI>Temple-Bar</HI></L>
<L>and goes to <HI>Whitehall a</HI> Gallanting.</L>
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<L>Let no &s;pruce Officer keep you in awe,</L>
<L>the Sword is a thing Tran&s;itory;</L>
<L>Nor be blown up by the Lungs of the Law,</L>
<L>a World has been cheated before you:</L>
<L>Soon you will find your Captain grow bold</L>
<L>and then 'twill be hard to get from him,</L>
<L>But if the Lawyer touch your Copy-hold</L>
<L>the Devil can ne'r bring you from him.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fly like the Plague from the huffing brave Boys</L>
<L>that Court you with many Bravadoes,</L>
<L>Tyr'ing your &s;ences with Bumba&s;t and Noi&s;e</L>
<L>and Stories brought from the <HI>Barbadoes:</HI></L>
<L>And be&s;ides, ever the Doctor, that Fool,</L>
<L>who &s;eeking to mend your Condition,</L>
<L>Tickles your Pul&s;e, peeps in your Clo&s;e-&s;tool,</L>
<L>then &s;ets up a famous Phy&s;itian.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Chu&s;e not a &s;park that has known the Town,</L>
<L>who makes it his Practice to Bully,</L>
<L>You'd better take up with a Country Clown</L>
<L>he'l make an officious Cully;</L>
<L>You with a word may his Pa&s;&s;ion appea&s;e</L>
<L>and make him a Cuckold at lea&s;ure;</L>
<L>Give him but money to live at his ea&s;e,</L>
<L>you may follow Intregues at your Plea&s;ure.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Neither admire much a Man that is wil<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>if e're you intend to deceive him,</L>
<L>He cunning Plots and Intreagues will</L>
<L>and trap you, e're you &s;hall perceive h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Therefore beware that he never di&s;clo&s;e</L>
<L>your Tricks, if he do's he will &s;light</L>
<L>He'l keep a gay Mi&s;tri&s;s under your no&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>if it be but on purpo&s;e to &s;pight you.</L>
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<L>But if you'd thrive, and grow wealthy a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>then marry a doting old Sinner;</L>
<L>What if you view there Old Time in hi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>you will by that bargain be winner;</L>
<L>You may have lu&s;ty Gallants good &s;tore,</L>
<L>if you can produce but th' Guinea,</L>
<L>And tho&s;e young Coxcombs your Face w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>if this don't plea&s;e, Old Nick is in y<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Back,</HI> at the <HI>Black Boy, Draw-Bridge</HI> on <HI>London-Bridge.</HI></P>
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