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<HEAD>THE <HI>Young Man's Vindication,</HI> A<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ain&s;t the Virgin's Complaint.</HEAD>
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<L><HI><UNCLEAR>She rail'd against</UNCLEAR> young Men in a Pa&s;&s;ion great,</HI></L>
<L><HI><UNCLEAR>But he more mildly &s;eemswith</UNCLEAR> her to treat;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Young Men are not &s;o bad as &s;he would make them.</HI></L>
<L><HI><UNCLEAR>Some</UNCLEAR> Maids a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e full as bad, how <UNCLEAR>e're</UNCLEAR> you take them.</HI></L>
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<OPENER><HI>Tune o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> The Virgin's Complaint: <HI>or,</HI> Cupid's Courte&s;ie.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>SWeet Virgin, hath Di&s;dain.</L>
<L>mov'd you to Pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>N'er to love Man again,</L>
<L>but for the fa&s;hion?</L>
<L>Was your abu&s;e &s;o great,</L>
<L>beyond all mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>That you can quite for get,</L>
<L>to think of Plea&s;ure?</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">h one fal&s;e-hearted Man,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> to be named,</L>
<L>Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2+ letters"> you look pale and wan,</L>
<L>mu&s;t all be blamed?</L>
<L>As if &s;carce one were good,</L>
<L>in a whole City;</L>
<L>Your pevi&s;h angry Mood,</L>
<L>I can but pity.</L>
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<L>Men are not half &s;o bad,</L>
<L>as you would make them;</L>
<L>More Maidens may be had,</L>
<L>if you for&s;ake them:</L>
<L>Therefore I tell you plain,</L>
<L>be not di&s;dain<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">u<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>If <HI>Cupid</HI> &s;hoot again,</L>
<L>you'll find it painful.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Young Men had need beware,</L>
<L>lea&s;t they be taken,</L>
<L>And drawn into a Snare</L>
<L>and &s;o for&s;aken.</L>
<L>Many Maid's prove untrue,</L>
<L>take it for certain,</L>
<L>'Twill be too late to rue,</L>
<L>of a bad Bargain.</L>
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<L>Maidens fal&s;e hearted are,</L>
<L>I can report it,</L>
<L>Their Craft they will not &s;pare,</L>
<L>when they are courted:</L>
<L>They'll bend unto your Bow,</L>
<L>their VVits are nimble,</L>
<L>It's very hard to know,</L>
<L>wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n they di&s;&s;emble.</L>
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<LG>
<L>They'll powder, prank and paint,</L>
<L>with each new Fangle,</L>
<L>Sometimes &s;it like a Saint,</L>
<L>for to intangle:</L>
<L>Their pretty wanton Eyes,</L>
<L>are &s;o alluring,</L>
<L>Life and Death in them lies,</L>
<L>Killing and Curing.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Their Beauty's like a Charm,</L>
<L>Lovers intrancing,</L>
<L>No Man receives mo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e Harm,</L>
<L>then by their Glancing;</L>
<L>Like Syrens they <HI>will</HI> &s;ing,</L>
<L>their Voices ravi&s;h,</L>
<L>They make the Ecchoes ring,</L>
<L>their Tongues are lavi&s;h.</L>
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<LG>
<L>By &s;uch alluring Baits,</L>
<L>young Men are taken,</L>
<L>And then it is their Fates,</L>
<L>to be for&s;aken:</L>
<L>For the &s;een ticing Girls,</L>
<L>are &s;o uncon&s;tant,</L>
<L>They're won and lo&s;t again,</L>
<L>all in an in&s;tant.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I have experience had</L>
<L>of their fal&s;e dealing,</L>
<L>Some of them are &s;o bad,</L>
<L>t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ey're not worth &s;tealing,</L>
<L>If one in half a &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ore,</L>
<L>prove to be Vertuou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>She &s;hall have Suitors &s;tore,</L>
<L>her Love is precious.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Now tell me which are be&s;t,</L>
<L>young Men or Maidens?</L>
<L>I think 'tis here confe&s;t,</L>
<L>both have their Fai<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ings:</L>
<L>Therefore be rul'd by me,</L>
<L>&s;corn not a young Man,</L>
<L>There's as much Truth in him,</L>
<L>as in a Woman.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Virgins take my Advice,</L>
<L>be not di&s;dainful,</L>
<L>Neither be coy nor nice,</L>
<L>&s;quemi&s;h nor &s;cornful;</L>
<L>'Tis but a petti&s;h Strain,</L>
<L>for to love no Man;</L>
<L>If e're you love again,</L>
<L>pray love a young Man.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I am re&s;olved now,</L>
<L>tho' &s;ome mi&s;carry,</L>
<L>I'll have a Virgin too,</L>
<L>with her I'll marry:</L>
<L>Fro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> love I'll not refrain,</L>
<L>tho' it be common,</L>
<L>But when I love again,</L>
<L>I'll love a Woman.</L>
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