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<HEAD><HI>The Princely Scuffle:</HI> Or, An Account of the Late Famous Duel, which happen'd betwixt the <HI>Prince of Wales,</HI> and the Young <HI>Duke of Berry,</HI> one of the <HI>French King's Grand &s;ons.</HI> <ADD><DATE>26. Jan. 1690/1</DATE></ADD></HEAD>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of the fistfight between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Berry</FIGDESC>
<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of the French king</FIGDESC>
<SP>
<P>Don't Bank 'em; Let 'em Fight.</P>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of the English queen</FIGDESC>
<SP>
<P>O! the Prince! Part 'em.</P>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of the Prince of Wales</FIGDESC>
<SP>
<P>You <HI>French</HI> Dog.</P>
</SP>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of the Duke of Berry</FIGDESC>
<SP>
<P>You <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ba&s;tard.</P>
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<L>ALL you that pa&s;s by, I pray you draw nigh,</L>
<L>Attend to my Song, without ever a Lye;</L>
<L>There chanc'd t'other day, a mo&s;t Tragical Fray</L>
<L>Between Two Young Princes, as they were at play</L>
<L><HI>In a Garden.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The One he was bold, being Four Years old,</L>
<L>And &s;corn'd by a <HI>Ty<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er</HI> for to be Controul'd;</L>
<L>Yet tho' he was Young, he could handle his Tongue,</L>
<L>And call'd his <HI>VVel&s;h-Highne&s;s</HI> i'th' mid&s;t of a Throng,</L>
<L><HI>Engli&s;h Ba&s;tard.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Other &s;o Wi&s;e, did the <HI>Dauphin</HI> de&s;pi&s;e,</L>
<L>His Countenance &s;hew'd, his Fle&s;h at him did ri&s;e;</L>
<L>Quoth he, How I Itch, to have a Sound Twitch</L>
<L>At that <HI>French</HI> Sawcy Son of a Bitch.</L>
<L><HI>The Young Dauphine.</HI></L>
</LG>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">UPHINE.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Begar, do&s;t dou come, to beat me at Home;</L>
<L>Nay, if it be &s;o, den have at dy Bum,</L>
<L>That none may e're &s;ay, of me another day,</L>
<L>I di&s;honour'd my &s;elf, in Running away</L>
<L><HI>From a Tyler.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>P. of WALES.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L><HI>French Dog,</HI> do&s;t thou think, I ever will &s;hrink?</L>
<L>No, e're I have done, thy <HI>French</HI> Hide it &s;hall &s;tink:</L>
<L>Then do not &s;uppo&s;e, I am one of tho&s;e,</L>
<L>That will run away for one Bloody No&s;e;</L>
<L><HI>No, I Scorn it.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tho' my Rigid Fate, has expos'd me to hate,</L>
<L>And am, like an Old Almanack, quite out of date;</L>
<L>Yet &s;till there remains, <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Blood in my Veins;</L>
<L>Then hold your <HI>French</HI> Tongue, or I'll beat out your Brains,</L>
<L><HI>You Young Vrchin.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<LG>
<L>At this <HI>Dauphine</HI> Hi&s;t, and up with his Fi&s;t;</L>
<L>But the <HI>Prince</HI> he drew back, and the <HI>Dauphine</HI> he mi&s;t:</L>
<L>And the <HI>Prince</HI> to repay, his kindne&s;s, they &s;ay,</L>
<L>Knock'd the Young <HI>Dauphin</HI> down, and there the Rogue lay</L>
<L><HI>For an Hour.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But being Reviv'd, together they &s;triv'd,</L>
<L>And e'er they had done, the late Queen &s;he arriv'd;</L>
<L>Who &s;eeing the Battle, fought on with &s;uch mettle,</L>
<L>She &s;et up her Notes, and made the Air rattle</L>
<L><HI>Like Thunder.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Pray part them, &s;he cry'd: The <HI>French King</HI> reply'd,</L>
<L>I cannot tell which has the be&s;t on his &s;ide:</L>
<L>Then part not the Chits; you Rogues, look to your Hits;</L>
<L>At which, the late Queen, &s;he fell into Fits.</L>
<L><HI>And no wonder.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For &s;uch a &s;ad Maul, there never did fall,</L>
<L>Since <HI>Iames,</HI> for not Fighting, &s;he beat at <HI>VVhite-hall;</HI></L>
<L>And &s;o the&s;e Young Sparks, did Fight like two <HI>Sharks,</HI></L>
<L>That on both their Bodies, you might &s;ee the Marks</L>
<L><HI>A Month after.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The <HI>French King</HI> did &s;ay, They &s;hall have fair play;</L>
<L>This is not diver&s;ion, I have e'<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y day;</L>
<L>With that they did Fight, in Earne&s;t out-right,</L>
<L>And the <HI>Wel&s;h Prince</HI> he Wor&s;ted the Young <HI>Dauphine</HI> quite,</L>
<L><HI>That he Cryed.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And then the <HI>Late Queen,</HI> who the Duel had &s;een,</L>
<L>And &s;aw her Son's No&s;e bleed, &s;o rai&s;ed her Spleen,</L>
<L>That &s;he &s;tept to the <HI>Dauphine,</HI> who was crying and coughing,</L>
<L>Quoth &s;he, You Young Ba&s;tard, your Grand-fathers huffing</L>
<L><HI>Shant daunt me.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Without any delay, &s;he began a new Fray,</L>
<L>And flew at <HI>Old Lewis,</HI> and beat him they &s;ay,</L>
<L>That h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Roul'd in his Gore, and his Fle&s;h it was &s;ore;</L>
<L>Be&s;ides it is &s;aid, She in Fury Tore</L>
<L><HI>Off his VVhiskers.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But a great <HI>Engli&s;h Peer.</HI> who chanc'd to be near,</L>
<L>And &s;o this Confu&s;ion he Fortun'd to hear,</L>
<L>Stept in to make Peace, which they all did Imbrace,</L>
<L>And the <HI>Queen</HI> gave <HI>Old Lewis</HI> a Pla&s;ter for's Face,</L>
<L><HI>So they Parted.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Tran&s;lated from the Orignal, Printed at <HI>AMSTERDAM.</HI></P>
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