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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080847.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Mark Noble's Frollick;</HEAD>
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<P>Who Being Stopp'd by the Con&s;table near the Tower, was examin'd where he had been; whither he was going; and his Name and Place where he dwelt: to which he an&s;we|red, where the Con&s;table would have been glad to have been, and where he was going he dare not go for his Ears; as likewi&s;e his Name, which he called <HI>Twenty Shillings;</HI> with an Account of what followed, and how he came off.</P>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of <HI>The New Rant.</HI></OPENER>
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<P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P>
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<L>ONe night at a very late hour,</L>
<L>a Watch maker home did repair;</L>
<L>When coming along by the Tower,</L>
<L>was &s;topp'd by the Con&s;table there.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Friend, come before Mr. Con&s;table,</L>
<L>to &s;ee what his Wor&s;hip will &s;ay;</L>
<L>You'd have me do more than I'm able,</L>
<L>I fear I &s;hall fall by the way.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Sir, tell me, and do not deceive me,</L>
<L>where have you been playing your part?</L>
<L>Kind Mr. Con&s;table believe me,</L>
<L>where you'd have been with all your Heart.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Sweet <HI>Bacchus</HI> in Bumpers were flowing,</L>
<L>which Liquor all mortal Men cheers,</L>
<L>And now after all I am going,</L>
<L>where you dare not come for your Ears.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Your Words they are &s;awcy and evil,</L>
<L>this may be a Charge to your Pur&s;e:</L>
<L>For why? you are &s;omething uncivil,</L>
<L>to an&s;wer a Con&s;table thus.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Oh, where do you dwell with a whennion?</L>
<L>cro&s;s Humours we will not allow,</L>
<L>Sir, out of the King's own Dominion,</L>
<L>pray, what can you &s;ay to me now?</L>
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<LG>
<L>Pray what is your Name, you cro&s;s Villain;</L>
<L>be &s;ure that you an&s;wer me true;</L>
<L>Why Sir, It is ju&s;t <HI>Twenty Shilling,</HI></L>
<L>I think I have &s;atisfyed you.</L>
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<LG>
<L>What Trade are you, Brewer or Baker?</L>
<L>or do you a Waterman ply?</L>
<L>No Sir, I'm an hone&s;t Watch-maker,</L>
<L>my Trade I will never deny.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Have you e'er a Watch you can &s;how, Sir?</L>
<L>we'll &s;ee how it &s;utes with our Clocks;</L>
<L>Yes, Faith and a Con&s;table too, Sir,</L>
<L>I wi&s;h you were all in the Stocks.</L>
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<LG>
<L>You Sawcy impertinent Fellow,</L>
<L>becau&s;e you have an&s;wer'd me &s;o,</L>
<L>Although your mad Brains they be mellow,</L>
<L>this Night to a Pri&s;on you go.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Therefore without any more dodging,</L>
<L>the Lanthorns was lighted &s;treightway;</L>
<L>They guarded him to his &s;trong Lodging,</L>
<L>to lye there while Nine the next day.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Next Morning the Con&s;table brought him</L>
<L>before a Iustice to appear,</L>
<L>And earne&s;tly then he be&s;ought him,</L>
<L>a Sorrowfull Story to hear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 word"> all the Tran&s;actions he told him,</L>
<L>to which the good Iustice reply'd,</L>
<L>From Liberty he would withold him,</L>
<L>till the Naked Truth &s;hould be cry'd.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Trade&s;man returned this An&s;wer,</L>
<L>the Truth I will never deny;</L>
<L>If I may &s;peak without Offence, Sir,</L>
<L>I &s;corn'd to be catch'd in a Lye.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I &s;aid nothing which was unfitting,</L>
<L>as &s;olemnly here I profe&s;s;</L>
<L>The King he is King of Great <HI>Britain,</HI></L>
<L>and I live in <HI>Britain</HI> the le&s;s.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The next thing that cau&s;es the Trouble,</L>
<L>my Name he would have me to &s;how,</L>
<L>The which is right hone&s;t <HI>Mark-Noble,</HI></L>
<L>and that's Twenty Shillings you know.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then asking me where I was going,</L>
<L>and I being void of all Fears,</L>
<L>Right readily made him this An&s;wer,</L>
<L>where he dare not go for his Ears.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I rambl'd all day, yet the Centre,</L>
<L>at night was to lye by my Wife,</L>
<L>In&s;tead of his Ears &s;hould he venture,</L>
<L>I' Faith it might co&s;t him his Life.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Now when he had given this Relation,</L>
<L>of all that had pa&s;t in the night,</L>
<L>It yielded mo&s;t plea&s;ant Diver&s;ion,</L>
<L>the Iu&s;tice he laughed outright.</L>
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<LG>
<L>It &s;eems that a Gla&s;s of Canary</L>
<L>conducted the Gallant along;</L>
<L>I find that he's nothing but merry,</L>
<L>intending no manner of wrong.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Therefore I will free him from Pri&s;on,</L>
<L>without any Charges or F<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters"></L>
<L>It being no more than right <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>you watch not for &s;uch M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 words"></L>
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