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<DATE>2008-12-05</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<VID>181936</VID>
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<HEAD>The Malt&s;ter caught in a Trap Or, <HI>The Witty Ale-Wife.</HI></HEAD>
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<L>This Ale-wife &s;he was run upon the Malt&s;ter's &s;core</L>
<L>Full Twenty-pounds for Malt, I think, and more:</L>
<L>But he de&s;ir'd a bit of <HI>Venus</HI> Game,</L>
<L>And I think he paid full dearly for the &s;ame:</L>
<L>He made a Di&s;charge I &s;ay for once,</L>
<L>And glad he was that he could &s;ave his Stones:</L>
<L>He was lamfateed till his bones were &s;ore;</L>
<L>He has made a vow he'l ne'r come there no more;</L>
<L>The Ale-wifes Husband did &s;o belabour him,</L>
<L>That made him &s;tink and pi&s;s for very &s;hame.</L>
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<OPENER>Tune is, <HI>What &s;hould a young woman do with an old man: <HI>Or, Digbys</HI> Farewel.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>I Pray you draw near and attend now a while;</L>
<L>Here's a pretty new Ditty will make you to &s;mile;</L>
<L>The truth of the bu&s;ine&s;s you n&eacute;ed not to fear</L>
<L>Of a notable Ie&s;t was done in <HI>Harford-&s;hire:</HI></L>
<L>A lu&s;ty brave Malt-man in that Country did dwell</L>
<L>That lov'd a fair woman, many people can tell;</L>
<L>But if you'l be pleas'd to attend here and mind,</L>
<L>He was fitted very finely and &s;erv'd in his kind.</L>
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<L>A dainty brave Ale wife that lived him near,</L>
<L>That bought her Malt of him to brew her &s;trong Beer,</L>
<L>For he was kind hearted, and loving, and fr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>But &s;he paid him in's ear, as you plainly &s;hall &s;ee:</L>
<L>She was run Twenty pounds for Malt on the &s;core,</L>
<L>But he aimed a Barrel of Beer for to bore;</L>
<L>But he was deceived, he was caught in a &s;nare,</L>
<L>She was too cunning for him now I do &s;wear.</L>
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<LG>
<L>One day he did chance to look for &s;ome money,</L>
<L>But for fear he &s;hould fail he de&s;ir'd &s;ome Coney;</L>
<L>The Ale-wife was beautyful and very fair,</L>
<L>And the Malt-man his &s;en&s;es was all on a fire</L>
<L>With &s;eeing &s;weet Babies in the Ale-wife's eyes,</L>
<L>That <HI>Cupid</HI> had &s;truck him with a lu&s;tfull &s;urprize;</L>
<L>He put forth a que&s;tion, and did her &s;alute;</L>
<L>She an&s;wer'd him hone&s;tly with a civil di&s;pute:</L>
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<LG>
<L>For all you'r my Malt-man your &s;ute's all in vain,</L>
<L>I'le ne'r wrong my Con&s;cience my Credit to &s;tain,</L>
<L>That I &s;hould defile my own Husbands Bed,</L>
<L>To be &s;uch a Whore to &s;et Horns on his Head.</L>
<L>Thou needs not to fear, that will be no di&s;grace,</L>
<L>There will be no body near us in this place.</L>
<L>She hearing him eager, and &s;o earne&s;tly bent,</L>
<L>Thought &s;he, I will fit him, ile his purpo&s;e prevent.</L>
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<LG>
<L>And now &s;he contrives an invention I &s;wear,</L>
<L>To pay him the money, and trap him in a &s;nare</L>
<L>And tells him if he will but &s;tay till next day</L>
<L>He &s;hould have his de&s;ire to &s;port and to play:</L>
<L>My Husband to morrow he will be from home,</L>
<L>And then Sir again (if you plea&s;e) you may come;</L>
<L>And re&s;t your &s;elf &s;atisfied, and be content,</L>
<L>Keep every thing clo&s;e, and all dangers prevent.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then the Malt&s;ter was pleas'd in the &s;tory we find,</L>
<L>He was &s;weetly contented, it plea&s;ed his mind:</L>
<L>He &s;aid, ile be a good friend if thou be to me true;</L>
<L>But &s;he was an hone&s;t woman I tell unto you:</L>
<L>Then &s;he to her Husband did tell all her mind,</L>
<L>Be ruled by me, and we'l fit him in's kind:</L>
<L>And &s;o then the Ale-wife laid for him a &s;nare,</L>
<L>To make her husband acquainted it was all her care.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then this Plot was contriv'd with her husbands con|&s;ent</L>
<L>To pay off the Malt&s;ter &amp; give him content:</L>
<L>Next day then this Malt&s;ter did come to this Dame,</L>
<L>But he was well rewarded I think for the &s;ame:</L>
<L>Her Husband was in ambu&s;h, and &s;he on the bed,</L>
<L>And the Malt&s;ter fell to embrac<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ng &amp; nothing did dread</L>
<L>But before he could his work then begin,</L>
<L>Her husband immediately fell upon him.</L>
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<LG>
<L>What &s;irrah, do you mean to make a whore of my wife?</L>
<L>Mu&s;t I be a Cuckold all the days of my life?</L>
<L>And with a good Cudgel he banged his bones,</L>
<L>And made him believe he would cut out his &s;tones;</L>
<L>So by head and by ears he pull'd him o' th' Floore,</L>
<L>That the Malt&s;ter bepi&s;t him; he loudly did roar,</L>
<L>All the money you owe me i'le freely forgive,</L>
<L>If you'l &s;ave my Life and let me now live.</L>
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<L>No &s;irrah, i'le Geld you and put you to &s;orrow,</L>
<L>You had enough of your own, you need not to borrow:</L>
<L>O then he did beg on his knees very &s;ore,</L>
<L>If you'l forgive me i'le do &s;o no more.</L>
<L>O now faith the Ale-man i'le do it for once,</L>
<L>Your pittyful begging hath &s;aved your &s;tones;</L>
<L>You &s;ay you will quit me all &s;cores very large,</L>
<L>Then take Pen and Paper and write a di&s;charge.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The thing it was done and they quitted the &s;core,</L>
<L>And he turned the Malt&s;ter out of the door,</L>
<L>And gave him a charge he &s;hould come no more there,</L>
<L>And take for a warning or he &s;hall pay for it dear.</L>
<L>He went &s;neaking away, and was &s;orely decoyed,</L>
<L>And paid for the thing that he never injoyed:</L>
<L>And now I intend to let my Pen re&s;t,</L>
<L>E<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ry man with's own wife, I think that the be&s;t.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for P. Brooksby at the ball in Py-Corner.</HI></P>
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