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<HEAD><HI>Lu&s;ty Fryer of Flanders; How in a Nunnery at the City of</HI> Gaunt <HI>this Fryer got Thirty Nuns with Child in three Weeks; time, and afterwards made his e&s;cape.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><HI>To the Tune of,</HI> Cold and Raw.</OPENER>
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<L>NOt long ago from hence I went,</L>
<L>to travel into <HI>Flanders,</HI></L>
<L>To learn the Art of War, was &s;cut.</L>
<L>under tho&s;e great Commanders;</L>
<L>At <HI>Gaunt</HI> I &s;aw a plea&s;ant fun,</L>
<L>as you &s;hall hear hereafter,</L>
<L>Betwixt a Fryar and a Nun,</L>
<L>may well de&s;erve your laughter.</L>
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<L>The Fryar like a Iolly Dad,</L>
<L>a propagating Father,</L>
<L>Did not the Talent which he had,</L>
<L>but cho&s;e to u&s;e it rather:</L>
<L>The Nun was pretty, young, and fair,</L>
<L>as if de&s;ign'd for plea&s;ure,</L>
<L>And pity 'twas that &s;he &s;hould &s;wear,</L>
<L>to keep her Virgin trea&s;ure.</L>
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<L>Vnto this Lu&s;ty Fryer &s;he went,</L>
<L>and there her &s;ins confe&s;&s;ed,</L>
<L>Which he, unto her hearts content,</L>
<L>forgave and her relea&s;ed;</L>
<L>But this he &s;aid, before you ri&s;e,</L>
<L>for all your &s;ad offences,</L>
<L>By good St. <HI>Francis,</HI> i'le Cha&s;ti&s;e</L>
<L>with Rods your <HI>Preter Ten&s;es.</HI></L>
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<L>Her hinder Quarters up &s;he turns,</L>
<L>and there &s;he lay mo&s;t fairly,</L>
<L>The Fryar now in Lu&s;t he burns,</L>
<L>and flaug'd her off mo&s;t rarely:</L>
<L>Her prayers and tears at la&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>upon the cruel Fryar<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>That he'd no more corre<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>nor would he us w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">den<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
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<L>Then pretty Nymph ari&s;e he &s;aid,</L>
<L>and let me now imbrace thee,</L>
<L>Be&s;tow on me your Maiden-head,</L>
<L>fear not that i'le di&s;grace thee;</L>
<L>What tho' my Robe be black my dear,</L>
<L>my skins as white as may be,</L>
<L>And I have that has pleas'd i'le &s;wear,</L>
<L>oh many a gallant Lady.</L>
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<L>The Charming Nun then blu&s;hing &s;aid</L>
<L>oh tempt me not to evil,</L>
<L>Have I not vow'd to live a Maid,</L>
<L>and to renounce the Devil,</L>
<L>But &s;hould I now commit this Crime,</L>
<L>and brea&s;t my bow by &s;porting,</L>
<L>My belly will grow big in time,</L>
<L>and then you'l leave your Courting.</L>
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<L>The Sin, my Dear, is Denial,</L>
<L>and to indulge is ea&s;ie,</L>
<L>Sin on and i'le forgive you all,</L>
<L>my Love, if you'll but plea&s;e me:</L>
<L>But &s;ince you fear to breed young bones,</L>
<L>i'le tell you for their Glory,</L>
<L>The Lady Abbe&s;s and her Nuns,</L>
<L>have done the like before you.</L>
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<L>This Nun oh &s;he grew big at la&s;t,</L>
<L>and dayly i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> increa&s;es,</L>
<L>And e're ten months were fully pa&s;t,</L>
<L>the <HI>Nuns</HI> fell all a pi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">es</L>
<L>The crafty Fryer away he went,</L>
<L>that he &s;hould <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> 'twas pity</L>
<L>And left behind a Regiment</L>
<L>of baliards to the City.</L>
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<L>Thus he this Creature did beguile,</L>
<L>but tell me wan't he dirty.</L>
<L>Twenty nine <HI>Nuns</HI> he'd got with Child.</L>
<L>and this made up the thirty;</L>
<L>He had a f<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ly to Cure,</L>
<L>each longing expectation.</L>
<L>So this religious <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">a&s;eal &s;ure,</L>
<L>is able to &s;tock a nation.</L>
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