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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140547.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="W">O197a</STC>
<STC T="G">c.121.g.9[127]</STC>
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<HEAD><HI>The</HI> Old <HI>and</HI> New Courtier.</HEAD>
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<L>WITH an Old Song made by an old ancient Pate.</L>
<L>Of an old wor&s;hipful Gentleman who had a good E&s;tate,</L>
<L>Who kept a good Hou&s;e at a bountiful Rate,</L>
<L>And an old Porter to relieve the Poor at his Gate,</L>
<L><HI>Like an Old Courtier of the Queen, and the Queen's Old Courtier.</HI></L>
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<L>With an old Lady, who&s;e Anger a good Word a&s;&s;wages,</L>
<L>Who every Quarter pays her Old Servants their Wages;</L>
<L>Who knew not what belongs to Coachmen, Footmen, and Pages,</L>
<L>But kept twenty or thirty Old Men with blue Coats and Badges.</L>
<L><HI>Like an Old Courtier of the</HI> Queen, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>With an old Study fill'd full of learned old Books,</L>
<L>With an old Reverend Par&s;on, you may judge by his looks.</L>
<L>With an old Buttery-hatch, worn quite of the old Hooks,</L>
<L>And an old Kitchen which maintains half-a-dozen old Cooks.</L>
<L>Like an old Courtier of the Queen, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>With an Hall hung round about with Guns, Pikes and Bows,</L>
<L>With old Swords and Bucklers, which have born many &s;hrewd Blows</L>
<L>And an old Fri&s;ado Coat to cover his Wor&s;hips Trunk Ho&s;e,</L>
<L>And a Cup of old Sherry, to comfort his Copper No&s;e.</L>
<L>Like an old Courtier of the Queen, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L>With an old Fa&s;hion when Chri&s;tmas is come,</L>
<L>To call in his Neighbours with Bag-pipe and Drum:</L>
<L>And good Cheer enough to furni&s;h every old Room,</L>
<L>And old Liquor able to make a Cat &s;peak, and a wi&s;e Man dum,</L>
<L>Like an old Courtier of the Queen,</L>
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<L>With an old Hunt&s;man, a Faulkner, and a Kennel of Hounds</L>
<L>That never hunted nor hawk'd but in his own Grounds.</L>
<L>Who like an old Wi&s;e-man, kept within his own Bounds.</L>
<L>And when he died gave to every Child a Thou&s;and old Pounds.</L>
<L>Like an old Courtier of the Queen, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But to his elde&s;t Son his Hou&s;e and Lands he a&s;&s;ign'd,</L>
<L>Charging him in his Will to keep the &s;ame bountiful Mind,</L>
<L>To be good to his Servants, and to his Neighbours kind,</L>
<L>But in the en&s;uing Ditty you &s;hall hear how he was inclin'd.</L>
<L>Like a Young Courtier of the Times, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Like a young Gallant newly come to his Land,</L>
<L>That keeds a Brace of Creatures at his Command,</L>
<L>And takes up a thou&s;and Pounds on his own Bond,</L>
<L>And lies drunk in a Tavern till he could neither &s;it nor &s;tand.</L>
<L>Like a Young Courtier of the Times,</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>With a new Lady that is fre&s;h and fair,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Who never knew what belong'd to good Hou&s;ekeeping or Care;</HI></L>
<L><HI>But buys &s;everal Fans to play with their wanton Air,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And &s;eventeen or eighteen Dre&s;&s;ings of other Womens Hair.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a young Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>With a new Hall built where the old One &s;tood,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Wherein you can find neither burned Coal or Wood.</HI></L>
<L><HI>And a new Shuffle-Board where never Meat &s;tood,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hung round with Pictures, which do the Poor little good.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a young Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>With a new Study &s;tuff'd full of Pamphlets and Plays,</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a new Chaplain that &s;wears fa&s;ter than he prays;</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a new Buttery-Hatch that opens but once in four or five Days,</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a new French Cook to make Kick-&s;haws and Toys.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a young Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>With a new Fa&s;hion when Chri&s;tmas is come,</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a Journey to London, we mu&s;t be gone,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And leave No-body at Home but our new Porter John</HI></L>
<L><HI>Who relieves the Poor with a Thump on the Back with a Stone,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a young Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>With a Gentleman-U&s;her, who&s;e Carriage is compleat,</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a Footman, a Coachman, and a Page to carry the Meat.</HI></L>
<L><HI>With a Waiting-Gentlewoman, who&s;e Dre&s;s is very neat,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Who, when the Ma&s;ter has din'd, gives the Servants little Meat.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a new Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>With a new Honour bought with his Father's old Gold.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Who many of his Father's old Manors hath &s;old;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And this is the Rea&s;on which mo&s;t Men do hold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>That good Hou&s;e-keeping now-a-Days is grown &s;o cold.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like a young Courtier of the Times,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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