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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The French Dancing-Ma&s;ter, AND THE ENGLISH SOLDIER: Or, The Difference betwixt Fidling and Fighting, Di&s;played in a DIALOGUE betwixt an <HI>ENGLISH-MAN,</HI> and a <HI>FRENCH-MAN.</HI></HEAD>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>MOn&s;ieur,</HI> good morn, whither away &s;o fa&s;t?</L>
<L>Some great importance &s;ure doth cau&s;e this ha&s;te;</L>
<L>Your running looks do in effect thus &s;ay,</L>
<L><HI>Mon&s;ieur</HI> is gone, 'cau&s;e Landlord asketh pay.</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> me no &s;u&s;h man, me &s;corn de &s;hift,</L>
<L>Me plus Affaires dat me from home de lift.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h man.</SPEAKER>
<L>You &s;corn to &s;hift, 'tis true I think you &s;ay,</L>
<L>Witne&s;s your <HI>Shirt</HI> not wa&s;ht this many a day.</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Par me foy</HI> de Ra&s;call to degra&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>Ne autre</HI> man in de <HI>varle</HI> live in &s;u&s;h ca&s;e;</L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> though me no &s;peak &s;i bon Engli&s;h,</L>
<L>Me thru&s;h Tord in de belly if de &s;peak dis;</L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> me be de born Gentil-man de <HI>France,</HI></L>
<L>Me can learn Engli&s;h <HI>a le mode</HI> de Dance:</L>
<L>Me play ode leetle Fidle, me can &s;ing,</L>
<L><HI>Par ma foy</HI> no Poet <HI>Orphus</HI> &s;u&s;h Mu&s;ick bring:</L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> you no &s;u&s;h man in all de <HI>England</HI> have,</L>
<L>For de Fidle, and de Dancing brave.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L>But when you come to meet your Foe in face,</L>
<L>The Fidler and the Fidle's out of ca&s;e.</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> de art <HI>Jack-napes</HI> to a teetle,</L>
<L>Me be brave Fellow, me can feight a leetle;</L>
<L>Me wear <HI>Feader</HI> in de Hat, me have <HI>Tord</HI> by &s;ide,</L>
<L>Me be de Gentil-man when me on de <HI>Hor&s;e</HI> ride;</L>
<L>Engli&s;h-man be a Clown, make Leg like a de Beare,</L>
<L>Franch-man be de Gentil-man, de fidle and de dance rare.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L>'Tis true, in dancing you do us excel,</L>
<L>But can you, as the Engli&s;h, fight as well?</L>
<L>When <HI>Mars</HI> un&s;heaths his Sword, and Canons roar,</L>
<L>And men lye welt'ring in their purple gore,</L>
<L>When Towns are burnt, and Cities are de&s;troy'd,</L>
<L>To what u&s;e will your Dancing be employ'd?</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> be de creat Fool to &s;peak &s;u&s;h ting,</L>
<L>Brava, brava, de Dance, de Fidele, Sing;</L>
<L>No &s;u&s;h ting in de varle, to peepe, to dance,</L>
<L>To be drea&s;s like de Madam, <HI>a le mode France.</HI></L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L>Brave Mon&s;ieur! gallant Mon&s;ieur! wondrous rare!</L>
<L>Fidling and fooling none with thee compare!</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> be de Rogue, de Villain, de Carle,</L>
<L>To &s;peak 'gain&s;t de Dance, de brave ting in de varle;</L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> me do love it out of all de cry,</L>
<L><HI>Par ma foy</HI> de &s;peak 'gain&s;t it, tell loud lye:</L>
<L><HI>France-man</HI> is de Gentil-man in de high Sphere,</L>
<L>Vat is de Clown vas dis skip de <HI>Angletiere?</HI></L>
<L>De French Mon&s;ieur skip and leap like de Spright,</L>
<L>De caper, and kick, is not dat a rare Shite?</L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L>A rare Shite 'tis indeed, I needs mu&s;t &s;ay,</L>
<L>To &s;ee men skip like Puppets in a Play;</L>
<L>To act the Mimick, fidle, prate, and dance,</L>
<L>And cringe like Apes, is <HI>a le mode France:</HI></L>
<L>But to be re&s;olute, one to fight with ten,</L>
<L>And beat them, 's proper unto Engli&s;h-men.</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> France-man is couragio, feight like te Tiffell,</L>
<L>De kill, de &s;lay, cutt men off de midle;</L>
<L>De brave Mon&s;ieurs, de <HI>Oliver,</HI> de <HI>Rowland,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> de feight as long as de could &s;tand;</L>
<L><HI>Amadis de Gaule,</HI> de <HI>Roy Charlemain,</HI></L>
<L>De make blood run down like drops of de rain,</L>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> with new fa&s;hion &s;o exc'lent! &s;o rare!</L>
<L>No men in de varle wid de French make compare.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Engli&s;h-man.</SPEAKER>
<L>But <HI>Mon&s;ieur,</HI> have you never heard report</L>
<L>Of <HI>Poicters, Cre&s;cy,</HI> and of <HI>Agen-Court?</HI></L>
<L>When <HI>France</HI> was drown'd with &s;treams of French-mens blood,</L>
<L>And English Valor could not be with&s;tood?</L>
<L>Sixth <HI>HENRY</HI> in <HI>Paris</HI> Crown'd in State,</L>
<L>And <HI>France</HI> (&s;ubmi&s;&s;ive) did on <HI>England</HI> wait,</L>
<L>When onely <HI>TALBOT'S</HI> Name did bear &s;uch &s;way,</L>
<L>To make Ten thou&s;and French-men run away?</L>
<L>Is not <HI>France,</HI> and the Nation &s;till the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Whom <HI>England</HI> did in all Encounters tame?</L>
<L>Have we not Hero's &s;till who are endu'd</L>
<L>With Valor, (Stars of the fir&s;t Magnitude?)</L>
<L><HI>YORKS</HI> Duke, Brave <HI>ALBEMARLE,</HI> equal to tho&s;e</L>
<L>Our Ance&s;tors, who French-men did oppo&s;e?</L>
<L>With other Worthies of de&s;erved Fame,</L>
<L>Make French-men tremble for to hear their Name.</L>
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<SPEAKER>French-man.</SPEAKER>
<L><HI>Begar</HI> dis true, de Engli&s;h-man &s;peaks right,</L>
<L><HI>France</HI> leave to Dance, and now de learn to Fight.</L>
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<CLOSER><SALUTE>Adieu Mon&s;ieur.</SALUTE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed in the Year 1666.</P>
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