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<DATE>2014-08-13</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<STC T="W">J702</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99827897</BIBNO>
<VID>198068</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>A Je&s;t; Or, Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, the <HI>Three Pilgrims.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L><HI>A</HI> Pretty je&s;t I &s;hall declare.</L>
<L>Which I not long agoe did hear</L>
<L>Of one who did intend to j&eacute;ere,</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I hope there's none wil matter make</L>
<L>Of that that I intend to &s;peake,</L>
<L>Of a bu&s;y man who y^e place did take.</L>
<L><HI>Of a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For I hope each wi&s;e man wi&s;er is,</L>
<L>Then to think he is touch'd in this,</L>
<L>For thinking &s;o, he thinks ami&s;s,</L>
<L><HI>'Twas a bu&s;y Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For this is but a merry Ie&s;t,</L>
<L>Which will I hope, no man mole&s;t,</L>
<L>For I no grudge beare I prote&s;t,</L>
<L><HI>To any Can&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then pray you let this poor man pa&s;s</L>
<L>For he for money &s;ings alas,</L>
<L>Let none then &s;hew him&s;elfe an a&s;&s;e</L>
<L><HI>Like this Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He as his Office did direct,</L>
<L>To &s;et his watch was circum&s;pect</L>
<L>And nothing therein did neglect,</L>
<L><HI>Like a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Al&s;o when any pa&s;&s;ed by,</L>
<L>He did examine them &s;trictly,</L>
<L>Ob&s;erving with di&s;cretions eye,</L>
<L><HI>A wi&s;e Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At length it chanc'd y^t one came n&eacute;er</L>
<L>And he demanded who goes there</L>
<L>You know not (&s;aid he without fear</L>
<L><HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come hither that I may you &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And now what are you &s;hew to me,</L>
<L>No Man nor Woman replyed he,</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Where have you b&eacute;en then a&s;ked he</L>
<L>That you thus cro&s;ly answer, me,</L>
<L>Know you not the authority</L>
<L><HI>Of a con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yes I know your authority,</L>
<L>And I have b&eacute;en for certainty,</L>
<L>Where you would have b&eacute;en glad to be</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;aid the Con&s;table, &s;ome end,</L>
<L>Will come hereof, but &s;ay my friend,</L>
<L>Whither to goe doe you intend,</L>
<L><HI>VVhy good Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I am going thither where</L>
<L>You dare not goe for your right ears</L>
<L>What you are &s;et upon the j&eacute;ere</L>
<L><HI>&s;aid the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What is your name pray fel me that</L>
<L>Who dare &s;o boldly to me prate,</L>
<L>Be briefe, and truth to me relate,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Twenty &s;hillings I am nam'd</L>
<L>I thereof n&eacute;ed not be a&s;ham'd,</L>
<L>Although by you I may be blam'd,</L>
<L><HI>ma&s;ter Con&s;table</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir, that hereafter we &s;hall &s;&eacute;e</L>
<L>But in the mean time tell to me,</L>
<L>Where your dwelling place may be,</L>
<L><HI>Quoth the Con&s;table</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Out of the Kings dominion I,</L>
<L>Doe dwell &s;aid he a&s;&s;uredly,</L>
<L>As my Neighbours can te&s;tifie,</L>
<L><HI>ma&s;ter Con&s;tables</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But in the Kings dominion you</L>
<L>Are now my friend, and you &s;hall rue</L>
<L>That &s;till cro&s;s language you renew</L>
<L><HI>To a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L><HI>I</HI> Am at your di&s;po&s;e &s;aid he&punc;</L>
<L>But pray you here this word from me</L>
<L>You &s;hew your &s;elfe herein to be</L>
<L><HI>A wi&s;e Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To pri&s;on then incontinent,</L>
<L>The Con&s;table this good man &s;ent</L>
<L>Although the &s;ame he did repent,</L>
<L><HI>Like a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Before a Iu&s;tice the next day,</L>
<L>The Con&s;table bore him away,</L>
<L>And to his Wor&s;hip thus did &s;ay,</L>
<L><HI>Like a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir in my Watch the la&s;t night I</L>
<L>This fellow tooke who &s;aucely,</L>
<L>I&eacute;er'd me and my authority,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then quoth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Iu&s;tice, what &s;aid he?</L>
<L>That might to you di&s;ta&s;tefull be,</L>
<L>And jle betw&eacute;en you judge fairly,</L>
<L><HI>Master Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fir&s;t who goes there was ask<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d by me</L>
<L>You cannot tell replyed he&punc;</L>
<L>And thus he did begin cro&s;ly,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table,.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come before my authority</L>
<L>And now what are you tell to me,</L>
<L>No Man nor Woman replyed he,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Where have you b&eacute;en then Ienquir'd</L>
<L>Where you to be would have de&s;ir'd</L>
<L>Thus I againe by him was j&eacute;erd,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Weither goe you? then &s;aid I</L>
<L>And he &s;till cro&s;ly did reply</L>
<L>Where for my ears I dur&s;t not be,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What is your name &s;ir tell to me,</L>
<L>Twen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y &s;hillings replyed he</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he&s;e answers fit to be,</L>
<L><HI>Give<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ke his dwelling place al&s;o,</L>
<L>And he this answer did be&s;tow</L>
<L>Out of the Kings dominion know,</L>
<L><HI>Quoth the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he &s;aw jde him convey,</L>
<L>To pri&s;on untill the next day,</L>
<L>You are quoth he I n&eacute;eds mu&s;t &s;ay,</L>
<L><HI>A wi&s;e Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>you my complaint have heard &s;aid he</L>
<L>Now pray you judge twixt him &amp; me&punc;</L>
<L>That I may &s;atisfied be,</L>
<L><HI>being a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;aid the Iu&s;tice was not he,</L>
<L>In drink that he thus an&s;wered th&eacute;e</L>
<L>If &s;o, that might the rea&s;on be,</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> your Wor&s;hip I doe vow</L>
<L>He was as &s;ober as we are now,</L>
<L>And therefore doe no favour &s;hew,</L>
<L><HI>Said the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;aid the Iu&s;tice what &s;ay you,</L>
<L>Is this that he alledges true,</L>
<L>If, how dur&s;t you &s;uch carriage &s;hew</L>
<L><HI>Toward a Con&s;table&punc;</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir I &s;peake truth, fir&s;t he a&s;kd who</L>
<L>Goes there, I &s;aid he did not know,</L>
<L>If he had he would let me goe,</L>
<L><HI>Like a Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And I am a Taylor by my Trade,</L>
<L>Who are no men by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> proverb made,</L>
<L>Nor am I a Woman jle per&s;wade</L>
<L><HI>Master Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then next he asked of me where</L>
<L>I had b&eacute;en; which was at good ch&eacute;er</L>
<L>And you'd as gladly have b&eacute;en there,</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And I was going thus I &s;ed,</L>
<L>where you dur&s;t not go for your head</L>
<L>For it was with my wife to bed.</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;ir, <HI>Marke Noble</HI> is my name,</L>
<L>And in your ears I dare proclaime,</L>
<L>That twenty &s;hilling is the &s;ame,</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King of great Brittain is King</L>
<L>as fame thro~ghout y^e world do~h ring</L>
<L>But in little Brittain is my dwell|ing,</L>
<L><HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>and I pray your wor&s;hip further here</L>
<L>If I in any thing did erre</L>
<L>It was that I did him prefer,</L>
<L><HI>For a wi&s;e Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;ir he ought give me content;</L>
<L>Both for my wrong impri&s;onment&punc;</L>
<L>And lo&s;s of time with money &s;pent,</L>
<L><HI>Through the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;aid the Iu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ice good &s;ir heare</L>
<L>This man makes al his words apear</L>
<L>To be the truth, and not a j&eacute;ere</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And you have <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&eacute;en too much to blame</L>
<L>To take away thu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> his good name,</L>
<L>And tis fit you pay for the &s;ame</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You &s;aid that he was not in drinke</L>
<L>And therefore come lay down your think</L>
<L>It is in vaine backward to &s;hrink</L>
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To pay his charges I you enjoyne,</L>
<L>And a French crown for lo&s;s of time</L>
<L>And friendly drink a pint of Wine.</L>
<L><HI>So farwell Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>which done y^t man went merily home</L>
<L>His wife rejoyc'd to &s;&eacute;e him come,</L>
<L>Where he to her told y^e whole &s;umm,</L>
<L><HI>Of the Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus of this Con&s;table I end,</L>
<L>De&s;iring favour of each Friend,</L>
<L>For what in mirth by me is pend</L>
<L><HI>Of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">his Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if there's any fault doth find&punc;</L>
<L>Such men they have a guilty mind,</L>
<L>Or too too bu&s;y are inclin'd</L>
<L><HI>Like this Con&s;table.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
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<P>Entered according to Order.</P>
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<P>London&punc; Printed for <HI>Francis Grove</HI> o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Snow-hill.</HI></P>
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