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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<HEAD>The &s;ubtil Mi&s;s of LONDON: OR, The Ranting Hector well fitted by this cunning Mi&s;s,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Who by putting certain Ingredients into his Wine, laid him into a deep &s;leep, and &s;triping his Gallant At|tire, cloathed him in a red Petticoat, and a Coyfon his Head; then &s;ent him in a great Che&s;t by water to <HI>Grave&s;end.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The two Engli&s;h Travellers.</HI> This may be Printed, <HI>R. P.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>A Mi&s;s who near <HI>London</HI> did &s;et up her Trade,</L>
<L>And whil&s;t &s;he did u&s;e it, &s;ome projects &s;he play'd,</L>
<L>Among&s;t all the re&s;t, here is one I declare,</L>
<L>The like of this humour you &s;eldom did hear.</L>
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<L>As &s;he was a ranging along in the &s;treet</L>
<L>I Ganting brave Gallant the chanced to meet;</L>
<L>His Coat was of Velvet, a Sword by his &s;ide,</L>
<L>He feared no dangers, whatever betide.</L>
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<L>This Gallant no &s;ooner had fired his Eyes</L>
<L>Open her fair Beauty, but &s;traight he replyes,</L>
<L>She give thee a <HI>Guinea,</HI> &s;o I man enjoy</L>
<L>Tho&s;e tender embraces; &s;weet Love be not cay.</L>
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<LG>
<L>To &s;eal this kind promi&s;e, he gave her a ki&s;s;</L>
<L>O fie, fie, forbeat Sir, what mean you by this?</L>
<L>Your words are &s;o winning, I grant your demand,</L>
<L>That Dam&s;el is able your force to with&s;tand.</L>
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<LG>
<L>They &s;traight &s;truck a'bargain and made no delay,</L>
<L>To her habitation they po&s;ted away,</L>
<L>Where with her old Mother this Mi&s;s &s;he did dwell;</L>
<L>Now li&s;ten, i'le tell you what after befel.</L>
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<LG>
<L>A Dinner of Dainties then &s;traight did prepare,</L>
<L>For their jovial pa&s;time, no charges they'd &s;pare;</L>
<L>But yet I mu&s;t tell you, it &s;oon came to pa&s;s,</L>
<L>Tho' they found the meat, yet he paid for the &s;awce.</L>
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<LG>
<L>For Claret, Canary, he freely did call,</L>
<L>To &s;how him&s;elf noble, he'd pay for it all;</L>
<L>And thus he appeared mo&s;t jovial and free,</L>
<L>They all were as merry as merry might be.</L>
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<L>They ply'd him with Bumpers, which he ne'r deny'd</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e with other ingredients be&s;ide,</L>
<L>They gave him in order, his courage to rool,</L>
<L>Which quickly did make him as wi&s;e as a tool,</L>
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<L>This Liquor up into his Doddle did creep,</L>
<L>So that in &s;hort time they had laid him to &s;leep;</L>
<L>His Rea&s;on and Sen&s;es was perfectly fled,</L>
<L>With their &s;ubtile Do&s;es, as if he were dead.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then, then they went on with their ri&s;ling trade,</L>
<L>And of this brave Gallant a Booty then made,</L>
<L>He had &s;tore of Silver, both Guineas and Kings,</L>
<L>His Watch and Broad-Pieces, and other rich things.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thus while he was &s;leeping they &s;tript off his Cloaths</L>
<L>His Hat, Wigg and Cravat, his Shirt Shoes &amp; Do&s;e;</L>
<L>Then being as naked as e're he was born,</L>
<L>In other Apparrel they did him adorn.</L>
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<LG>
<L>A cour&s;e Nempen Smock they did put him on there,</L>
<L>One which the old Woman was u&s;ed to wear;</L>
<L>A red Petticoat, with a Coif on his Pate,</L>
<L>Then he was array'd at a not able rate.</L>
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<LG>
<L>They put him into a great Che&s;t that &s;tood there,</L>
<L>And made a &s;mall hole for to let in the air;</L>
<L>So great was the kindne&s;s which to him they &s;how'd,</L>
<L>They called a Porter to take up this load.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This Gallant had told them he had at <HI>Grave&s;end,</HI></L>
<L>An Uncle who was his particular Friend;</L>
<L>And therefore to <HI>Billing&s;gate</HI> they did repair,</L>
<L>And hir'd a Boat-man to carry him there.</L>
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<LG>
<L>As &s;oon as the Che&s;t was &s;et &s;afe in the Boat,</L>
<L>To the Waterman they delivered a Note,</L>
<L>And bid him be careful his tru&s;t to di&s;charge,</L>
<L>He vow'd he wou'd do it, their pay being large.</L>
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<L>But now at the la&s;t comes the cream of the je&s;t,</L>
<L>He knew not what trea&s;ure he had in the Che&s;t,</L>
<L>Until at <HI>Grave&s;end</HI> he had &s;et him on tho&s;e,</L>
<L>Then, then he awaken'd and never before.</L>
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<LG>
<L>It was about twelve of the Clock in the night,</L>
<L>They call'd up his Uncle to &s;ee this &s;trange fight;</L>
<L>Thered Petticoat, with a Copf on his Crown,</L>
<L>With wonder and laughter did fill the whole town.</L>
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<LG>
<L>With grief, &s;hame and &s;orrow his Heart it did bleed,</L>
<L>Next day up to <HI>London</HI> he rid with all &s;peed;</L>
<L>His Cloaths, Watch and Guineas, in hopes to obtain,</L>
<L>For tho' he did &s;eek her, it was but in bain.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Mi&s;s had no &s;ooner committed this Crime,</L>
<L>She &s;hifted her Lodging, it being high time;</L>
<L>Therefore this young Gallant mu&s;t patiently bear</L>
<L>His lo&s;s, for'to find her he could not tell where.</L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>J. Deacon,</HI> at the <HI>Angel</HI> in <HI>Guilt &s;pur &s;treet,</HI> without <HI>Newgate.</HI></P>
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