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<HEAD>A New delightful Ballad, Called, Debauchery Scared; OR, THE Beggar wench turn'd into a Devil, Together with the Pollicy of Bumpkin;</HEAD>
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<P>Giving a pea&s;ant Account of Commical Pa&s;&s;ages between a Country Gentle man, and a <HI>London</HI> Beggar-wench.</P>
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<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Ladies of London.</HI></OPENER>
<P>This may be printed, <HI>R. P.</HI></P>
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<L>A Country Gentleman came up to Town,</L>
<L>to ta&s;te the delights of the City,</L>
<L>Who had to his Servant a jocular Clown,</L>
<L>accounted to be very witty:</L>
<L>His ma&s;ter one night got drunk as a Rat,</L>
<L>and &s;wore he would turn him away Sir,</L>
<L>Left he would get him a bit for his Cat,</L>
<L>and into his Chamber convey her.</L>
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<L>Some jolly Dame he was willing to have,</L>
<L>and gave to his Bumpkin a Guiney,</L>
<L>Who had the wit not to give it, but &s;ave</L>
<L>the far better part of the money;</L>
<L>To find out a Punck, he walkt in the &s;treet,</L>
<L>and backwards and forwards kept trudging;</L>
<L>At la&s;t a young beggar wench he did meet,</L>
<L>who was in great want of a Lodging:</L>
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<L>Sweet-heart (&s;aid he) if thou'it give thy con&s;ent</L>
<L>to go home, and lye with my ma&s;ter,</L>
<L>I'll give thee half a Crown for thy content,</L>
<L>and &s;ave thee from any di&s;a&s;ter:</L>
<L>It being late, &s;he fearing the watch,</L>
<L>Be&s;ides it was very cold weather;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">hat they quickly both made up the match,</L>
<L>and trudg'd to his ma&s;ter together.</L>
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<L>Bumpkin was arth, as he homewards did come</L>
<L>he gave her a bout by the way Sir;</L>
<L>Then to his ma&s;ter he carried her home,</L>
<L>who in a dark Chamber lay &s;ir:</L>
<L>He bid her be &s;ure let his ma&s;ter not know,</L>
<L>by any means &s;he was a muniper,</L>
<L>But bid her to ri&s;e before day-light, and go,</L>
<L>or Ad-&s;wounds he would heartily thump her.</L>
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<L>Bumpkin his <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> to the Chamber he led,</L>
<L>and then to his Bed look his way &s;ir,</L>
<L>She quickly undre&s;t, and gropt into the Bed,</L>
<L>and clo&s;e to the Gentleman lay &s;ir,</L>
<L>Eager of Ioy, he gave her a Ki&s;s,</L>
<L>and hug'd her with flaming de&s;ire:</L>
<L>The Gentleman &s;wore that &s;he &s;mell'd &s;o of Chee&s;e</L>
<L>he could not indure to lye by her.</L>
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<L>He bid her get up to a place in the room,</L>
<L>where a Bottle &s;tood of Ro&s;e-water,</L>
<L>And wash her Face to take away the fume,</L>
<L>then come into Bed again after;</L>
<L>A Bottle of Ink there happen'd to &s;tand,</L>
<L>and for the Ro&s;e-water &s;he took it,</L>
<L>Pouring a &s;poonful out into her hand,</L>
<L>and over her face &s;he did &s;troak it.</L>
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<L>Then to their Ioys they eagerly fell,</L>
<L>till at la&s;t it began to be Light &s;ir,</L>
<L>Then looking he thought her the Devil of Hell,</L>
<L>and ran out of Bed in a fright &s;ir;</L>
<L>Crying, the Devil, the Devil was there,</L>
<L>&s;he being affrighted ran after,</L>
<L>In a tatter'd old &s;mock, crying where is he where</L>
<L>which put all the &s;treet in a laughter.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> I. Bi&s;&s;el <HI>at the Bible and Harp near the</HI> Ho&s;pital-Gate <HI>in</HI> We&s;t-Smithfield.</P>
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