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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>Taylor's Lamentation. Shewing how he pick'd up a crafty Mi&s;s, who left him &s;leeping in Bed, and taking his Cloaths, Watch and Money, &s;o that he was forc'd to &s;end for his Wife, which added much to his grief.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of the <HI>Old Mans Wi&s;h.</HI></OPENER>
<P>Licen&s;ed according to order.</P>
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<LG>
<L>I am Taylor now in Di&s;tress,</L>
<L>Who to the World mu&s;t freely confe&s;s,</L>
<L>That I am fairly &s;erv'd in my kind.</L>
<L>As by the &s;equal you &s;hall find.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have a fair Young Wife of my own,</L>
<L>Yet I am Courting every Ioan;</L>
<L>Many a Pound on them have I &s;pent,</L>
<L>But at the la&s;t I Sigh and Lament.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Li&s;ten a while and I will unfold,</L>
<L>As &s;ad a Tale as ever was told,</L>
<L>Surely the like you never did hear,</L>
<L>Therefore I pray be pleas'd to draw near.</L>
</LG>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>As I was walking thorrough <HI>Pell-Mell,</HI></L>
<L>Where a Young Lord and Lady did dwell,</L>
<L>With a New Garment under my Arm,</L>
<L>Winking Alas! no manner of harm.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There a young la&s;s I happen'd to meet,</L>
<L>Tempted I was to give her a Treat,</L>
<L>Then to a Tavern &s;trait I did go,</L>
<L>This was but the beginning of Woe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She for the be&s;t Canary did call,</L>
<L>I was oblig'd to pay for it a'l,</L>
<L>Seeking Alas! for plea&s;ant delight,</L>
<L>I was re&s;olv'd to tarry all might.</L>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Then the young Tib did cunningly &s;ay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Sir,</HI> if you are right willing to &s;tay?</L>
<L>I have a Chamber here of my own,</L>
<L>Where we may Ki&s;s and Dally alone?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Such a kind Proffer, who cou'd refu&s;e;</L>
<L>But I was fairly catch'd in a noo&s;e,</L>
<L>The naked truth I will not deny,</L>
<L>Taylor was ne'vr &s;o cheated as I.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now when the Night was dalli'd away,</L>
<L>Ju&s;t before Morning break of the day,</L>
<L>She 'ro&s;e and left me &s;noring Bed:</L>
<L>Oh! I lament the life I have led.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There did &s;he &s;ieze my delicate Suit,</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e my Watch and Money to boot,</L>
<L>Thus &s;he did fairly make up her pack,</L>
<L>Leaving me not a Suit to my back.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>VVhen I awoke and found &s;he was gone,</L>
<L>Mi&s;&s;ing my Cloaths, Oh! how I took on;</L>
<L>But yet Alas! it was but in vain,</L>
<L>For I &s;hall never &s;ee 'em again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sobbing and like wi&s;e Sighing I lay,</L>
<L>Knowing there was the Reckoning to pay,</L>
<L>I had no Coin, nor Garments to wear,</L>
<L>How to get home, Alas! was my care.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet after all to fini&s;h the Strife,</L>
<L>Forced I was to &s;end for my Wife;</L>
<L>When &s;he came in, &s;he rang me a Peal,</L>
<L>Ay, and her fi&s;t &s;he forc'd me to feel:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Sirrah</HI> (&s;aid &s;he,) <HI>if this be the trade?</HI></L>
<L><HI>You &s;hall a &s;ad example be made</HI>:</L>
<L>There did &s;he ring me &s;till by the Ears,</L>
<L>Till I Alas! was bitter in Tears.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There with her fi&s;t my Face &s;he did maul,</L>
<L>Till I at length was forced to fall</L>
<L>Down on my Knees, her love to obtain,</L>
<L>Vowing I'd ne'er offend her again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ra&s;cal (<HI>&s;aid &s;he</HI>) I'll pardon the now?</L>
<L>If that this day, you &s;olemnly vow</L>
<L>To be obedient &s;till to your wife;</L>
<L><HI>Yes, if you plea&s;e to &s;pare but my life.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ever &s;ince then &s;he bears &s;uch a &s;way,</L>
<L>That I am fo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">c'd her Laws to obey.</L>
<L>She is the Cock and I am the Hen,</L>
<L>This is my ca&s;e, Oh! pity me then.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare <HI>and</HI> J. Back.</P>
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