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<HEAD>The &s;econd part of the Widdow of Watling-&s;treete, and her three Daughters.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of The Wanton wife.</OPENER>
<L>THe beautifull Widdow of Watling &s;treete,</L>
<L>being thus fal&s;ly accu&s;de by her &s;onne:</L>
<L>With her three daughters of fauor &s;o &s;weet,</L>
<L>Who&s;e beauty the loue of &s;o many had wonne,</L>
<L>With her daughters three for &s;uccour went &s;he,</L>
<L>Vnto the kings coun&s;aile of Noble degree,</L>
<L><HI>Now fie vpon fal&s;hood and forgerie fraile,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For great is the truth and it &s;hall preuaile.</HI></L>
<L>&para;Her &s;onne by a writ now &s;ommoned is,</L>
<L>At the Starchamber with &s;peed to appeare:</L>
<L>To an&s;were there the abu&s;es of his,</L>
<L>The Lords of the coun&s;el the matter will heare:</L>
<L>This news was brought his wits he &s;ought,</L>
<L>Which may his villanie be&s;t might be wrought.</L>
<L>&para;Then vp and downe the Citty &s;o faire,</L>
<L>He &s;eeketh companions to &s;erue his turne:</L>
<L>A &s;ort of vacabonds naked and bare,</L>
<L>the which to worke murders for money is won:</L>
<L>The&s;e wretches behold for money and golde:</L>
<L>He hired for witne&s;&s;e his lyes to vphold, &amp;c.</L>
<L>&para;My mai&s;ters quoth he, my mother by name,</L>
<L>To be a lewd &s;trumpet accu&s;ed I haue:</L>
<L>And hauing no witne&s;&s;e to proue that &s;ame,</L>
<L>Your ayde and a&s;&s;i&s;tance herein I do craue:</L>
<L>Therefore without feare, before the Lords there</L>
<L>yet this thing is certaine, you fixe &s;hall it &s;weare.</L>
<L>&para;The fir&s;t two quoth he, &s;hal &s;weare on a booke</L>
<L>That &s;ixteene yeares pa&s;t they plainely did &s;ee,</L>
<L>As they through the garde~ hedge &s;adly did looke</L>
<L>That &s;he in one houre was abu&s;ed by three:</L>
<L>And how it feel, as they markt it wel:</L>
<L>That iu&s;t nine Moneths after &s;he had hir fir&s;t girle</L>
<L>&para;The &s;econd couple &s;hall &s;weare in this &s;ort,</L>
<L>That at Bri&s;tow faire about xvii. yeares pa&s;t,</L>
<L>She w^t her owne apprenti&s;e did fal in &s;uch &s;port</L>
<L>That her &s;econd daughter was got at the la&s;t,</L>
<L>now tru&s;t vs <ABBR>qd</ABBR>. they weele &s;weare what you &s;ay,</L>
<L>Or any thing el&s;e for money this day, &amp;c.</L>
<L>And thus y^e third couple their oath now that take</L>
<L>That as a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">t he Bath &s;he &s;taid on a day.</L>
<L>For ach in her bones as the &s;cu&s;e &s;he did make,</L>
<L>How &s;he with a Courtier the wanton did play:</L>
<L>And how well you wot in the plea&s;ant plot,</L>
<L>her deare&s;t yong daughter for certaine was got,</L>
<L>But now you ma&s;ters your names let me know:</L>
<L>That I may prouide you apparell with &s;peed,</L>
<L>Like &s;ixe graue Cittizens &s;o mu&s;t you go,</L>
<L>The better your &s;peeches the Lords will heed,</L>
<L>So &s;hal I with &s;corne, ere Saturday morne,</L>
<L>Prove her a Harlot, my &s;i&s;ters ba&s;e borne, &amp;c.</L>
<L>&para;My name is make &s;hift, the fir&s;t man did &s;ay,</L>
<L>And Francis light-finger the &s;econd likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>Cutbert creepe-window the third to di&s;play;</L>
<L>And Rowland Rob-man, w^t foule &s;taring eyes:</L>
<L>Iack &s;hameles comes then w^t Hary &s;teale-hen,</L>
<L>You are <ABBR>qd</ABBR>. the widdow &s;ome right hone&s;t men.</L>
<L>&para;Before the Lords mo&s;t prudent and graue,</L>
<L>This wretch doth with his witne&s;&s;e come:</L>
<L>The mother complains &amp; Iu&s;tice doth craue,</L>
<L>Of all the offences that he hath her done:</L>
<L>My Lords then <ABBR>qd</ABBR>. &s;he, I pray you heare me,</L>
<L>The Law for my deeds my warrant &s;hall be.</L>
<L>I &s;ay &s;he is a Harlot mo&s;t vilde,</L>
<L>And tho&s;e be her ba&s;tards that &s;tandeth is place,</L>
<L>And that &s;he hath often her body defilde,</L>
<L>By very good witnes ile proue to her face:</L>
<L>This thing of thy Mother y^u ought&s;t for to &s;mo|ther</L>
<L>Tis &s;hame for a child to &s;peake of his Mother.</L>
<L>&para; But if this matter be proued vntrue,</L>
<L>And thou a fal&s;e lyar be found to thy face:</L>
<L>Wor&s;e then an Infidell, Pagon, or Iew,</L>
<L>Thou ought&s;t to be puni&s;ht &amp; plagd in this ca&s;e,</L>
<L>And therefore draw neere, and now let vs heare,</L>
<L>What &s;aies the witnes that here doth appeare?</L>
<L>&para;When the fir&s;t couple did come for to &s;weare</L>
<L>They quiuerd and quakt in mo&s;t wondrous &s;ort,</L>
<L>The lords very cou~tenance did put them in feare</L>
<L>And now they knew not what to report:</L>
<L>The &s;econd likewi&s;e &s;tard &s;o with his eyes,</L>
<L>They &s;tamberd and knew not what to deui&s;e.</L>
<L>&para; The Lords perceiuing the ca&s;e how it went,</L>
<L>Did a&s;ke the la&s;t couple what they had to &s;ay,</L>
<L>Who fell on their knees incontinent,</L>
<L>Saying they were hir'd for mony that day:</L>
<L>Quoth they it is &s;o, the truth for to &s;how,</L>
<L>Again&s;t a good widow no harme we do know.</L>
<L>&para;Thus was the widow deliuered from blame,</L>
<L>With her three daughters of beauty mo&s;t bright</L>
<L>Her &s;onne reproached with &s;orrow and &s;hame,</L>
<L>Hauing his iudgment appointed him right:</L>
<L>To loo&s;e at the lea&s;t the goods he po&s;&s;e&s;t,</L>
<L>To loo&s;e both his eares, and bani&s;ht to re&s;t.</L>
<L>When he heard this iudgment pronou~ced to be</L>
<L>The teares full bitterly fell down from his face,</L>
<L>To mother and &s;i&s;ters he kneeled on his knee,</L>
<L>Confe&s;&s;ing y^t Lucre had wrought his di&s;grace,</L>
<L>That for my own gaine, I &s;ought to detaine,</L>
<L>My &s;i&s;ters three portions this lye I did faine,</L>
<L>Therefore deare Mother forgiuenes I craue,</L>
<L>Of you and my &s;i&s;ters offended &s;o &s;ore:</L>
<L>My body from perill if you will but &s;aue,</L>
<L>I &s;weare I will grieue and offend you no more,</L>
<L>The Lords then replide, the Law iu&s;tly tride,</L>
<L>the puni&s;hment now thou are like to abide,</L>
<L>&para;Therefore to pri&s;on now thou &s;halt go,</L>
<L>Where thou &s;halt the kings plea&s;ure abide,</L>
<L>From thence to be brought w^t &s;hame &amp; with wo,</L>
<L>To &s;uffer the puni&s;hment due to thy pride:</L>
<L>Then out of hand, thou &s;halt vnder&s;tand,</L>
<L>That pre&s;ently thou &s;halt be bani&s;ht the land.</L>
<L>&para;Now while in pri&s;on this pri&s;oner did re&s;t</L>
<L>Him&s;elfe he hanged in de&s;perate wi&s;e:</L>
<L>Such horror of con&s;cience po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed his bre&s;t,</L>
<L>&amp; being ca&s;t forth, the Rauens pickt out his eies</L>
<L>All children behold, what here hath bin tolde,</L>
<L>Accu&s;e no man fal&s;ly for lucre of golde.</L>
<L><HI>Now fie vpon fal&s;hood, and forgerie fraile,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For great is the truth, and it will preuaile.</HI></L>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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