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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Extravagant YOUTH.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, An Emblem of PRODIGALITY.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Tho' he was &s;tout, he can't get out,</L>
<L>in Trouble he'l remain</L>
<L>Young-Men be wi&s;e, your Freedom prize,</L>
<L>bad Company refrain.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, King <HI>Iames's</HI>Jigg; Or, The Country Farmer.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>COme li&s;ten a while and I will relate</L>
<L>My &s;ad and mo&s;t di&s;mal deplorable &s;tate,</L>
<L>For now I am in a mo&s;t woful ca&s;e,</L>
<L>My running this wild and extravagent race:</L>
<L>When Silks and Sattins did me adorn,</L>
<L>I &s;aid that I was mo&s;t Nobly Born,</L>
<L>Good Coun&s;el I &s;lighted, and held it in &s;corn,</L>
<L>But now here behold how I &s;tick in the Horn.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I gave my &s;elf over to ev'ry Vice,</L>
<L>As Courting, and &s;porting with Cards and Dice</L>
<L>I thought in my heart it would never be day,</L>
<L>While I was attired in rich array:</L>
<L>With Boon Companions I did Trade,</L>
<L>They counted me a Iocular Blade,</L>
<L>But now all my Glory is clearly decay'd,</L>
<L>And into the Horn my &s;elf have betray'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I once kept my Gelding abroad to Ride,</L>
<L>My Hat and my feather, and Sword by my &s;ide,</L>
<L>As long as my Pocket was lined with Gold,</L>
<L>In plea&s;ure I &s;wam, and abroad I roul'd:</L>
<L>But now no longer can I reign,</L>
<L>In &s;orrowful note I here do complain,</L>
<L>And &s;tick in the Horn where I &s;till mu&s;t remain,</L>
<L>And cannot get out if i'de never &s;o fain.</L>
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<LG>
<L>My Father he went in a Thread-bare Coat,</L>
<L>And on his old Angels was wont to dote;</L>
<L>Which he had obtain'd by V&s;ury,</L>
<L>And now I have &s;pent it as merrily:</L>
<L>I called for Wine like a Hector &s;tout,</L>
<L>My Golden Guinnies did flye about,</L>
<L>I'de Revel and Rant, and i'de keep a fine rout,</L>
<L>But now I am in where I cannot get out.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I never would take any thought or care,</L>
<L>I &s;aid that I was my old Fathers Heir,</L>
<L>My Fe&s;tival Fellows was Roi&s;terous Boys,</L>
<L>We liv'd in delights with a thou&s;and joys:</L>
<L>While we in Splendor did abound,</L>
<L>Methoughts the world went merrily round,</L>
<L>But &s;ince friends &amp; fortune together hath frownd</L>
<L>I &s;tick in the Horn, where I &s;till may be found.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Father gave me all his free-hold Land,</L>
<L>And then at my Courte&s;ie he would &s;tand,</L>
<L>O then thought I, thy Silver &s;han't ru&s;t,</L>
<L>I'le make it to flye like the Summers Du&s;t:</L>
<L>Then did I keep my Prancing Naggs,</L>
<L>Till I had emptied his Golden Bags,</L>
<L>My Silks flouri&s;ht like to a Navy of Flags,</L>
<L>But now they are worn and torn to Rags.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I Mortgag'd and &s;old, and I &s;pent &s;o fa&s;t,</L>
<L>The Mi&s;er my father was vert at la&s;t,</L>
<L>To think that I &s;quander'd away &s;uch &s;umms,</L>
<L>He &s;cratcht his ears, and he knawed his thumbs,</L>
<L>His whole E&s;tate was quite decay'd,</L>
<L>By tho&s;e vile Projects which I have play'd,</L>
<L>Thus I have quite ruin'd the V&s;urers trade,</L>
<L>And I in the Horn am a &s;orrowful Blade.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now here an Example I mu&s;t remain,</L>
<L>My freedom I never expect again,</L>
<L>Young Gallants be warned, &s;uch ruine &s;hun,</L>
<L>Which has both my father and I undone:</L>
<L>All comforts now from us are flown,</L>
<L>My Father in <HI>Bedlam</HI> makes his moan,</L>
<L>And I in the <HI>Counter</HI> a Pri&s;oner thrown,</L>
<L>This Horn is a Figure by which it is known.</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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