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<DATE>2014-11-12</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The two Jeering Lovers:</HEAD>
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<P><HI>Or,</HI> A plea&s;ant New Dialogue between Dick Down-right of the Country, and pretty witty Nancy of the Citie: The man|ner of their wooing, winning, and wedding &s;hall be related in this en&s;uing Ditty.</P>
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<OPENER>To a dainty new tune, called, Now the tyrant hath &s;tolen, &amp;c,</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<SPEAKER>Dick.</SPEAKER>
<L>COme hither &s;w&eacute;et <HI>Nancy,</HI></L>
<L>and &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> down by me,</L>
<L>The&s;e long &s;even Winters</L>
<L>I have loved th&eacute;e:</L>
<L>Then give me my an&s;wer</L>
<L>if that thou can&s;t love me,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e &s;ay me no then</L>
<L>my pretty <HI>Nancy.</HI></L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Nancy.</SPEAKER>
<L>Stand furth<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r Sir Lobeock</L>
<L>and trouble not me,</L>
<L>I had rather with Pi&s;tols</L>
<L>and Guns to be &s;hot,</L>
<L>Or be run through with Rapiers,</L>
<L>then &s;uffer di&s;grace,</L>
<L>For to have &s;uch a Buzzard</L>
<L>to breath in my Face.</L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Dick.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Sweet <HI>Nan</HI> doe not hold me</L>
<L>&s;o much in di&s;dain.</L>
<L>But as I love thee, prethee</L>
<L>love me again.</L>
<L>There's nothing on earth</L>
<L>in the world is be had,</L>
<L>But I will <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rocure it</L>
<L>to make my love glad.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Ile buy thee new Beaver</L>
<L>and a dainty &s;ilk Gown,</L>
<L>And a Taffety Apron</L>
<L>the ha&s;t in the Town,</L>
<L>Fine Ho&s;e and fine Shooes</L>
<L>and a brave Holland Smock,</L>
<L>Thou well may&s;t believe me,</L>
<L>for I doe not mock.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile buy thee a &s;carf that is</L>
<L>very compleat,</L>
<L>And co&s;tly head Tyero</L>
<L>both hand&s;ome and neat:</L>
<L>Ile buy thee rare Bracelets</L>
<L>and &s;uch pretious things,</L>
<L>Perfum'd gloves and Ribbons,</L>
<L>and gallant gold Rings.</L>
</LG>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Nancy.</SPEAKER>
<L>Ile none of thy Ribbons,</L>
<L>nor none of thy Gold,</L>
<L>I had rather to &s;uffer</L>
<L>both hunger and cold,</L>
<L>Then to match with a Clown</L>
<L>which my mind cannot brook,</L>
<L>Nor can I abide thee</L>
<L>once on me to look.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Dick.</SPEAKER>
<L>WHy what is the rea&s;on</L>
<L>thou &s;hould&s;t me di&s;grace?</L>
<L>I pray th&eacute;e in plain t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rms</L>
<L>&s;peak to my face.</L>
<L>Or what is the cau&s;e thou</L>
<L>can&s;t not fancy me?</L>
<L>That ever was faithfull</L>
<L>and true unto me.</L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Nancy.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>The rea&s;on is this</L>
<L>if you'l have it &s;o,</L>
<L>Thou like to a Sloven do&s;t</L>
<L>every day goe,</L>
<L>Ther<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fore take good notice</L>
<L>and mark what I &s;ay,</L>
<L>I'd not have th&eacute;e if thoult give me</L>
<L>a Noble a day.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy eyes &s;tand a &s;quint,</L>
<L>thy no&s;e &s;tands awry,</L>
<L>Thy mouth &s;tands a&s;ide,</L>
<L>and thy heards's never dry:</L>
<L>Thy Chaps all be &s;labered</L>
<L>and thy lips are ami&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Twould make a Maid loath</L>
<L>for to give thee a ki&s;&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy Shooes are unty'd,</L>
<L>and down at the h&eacute;els,</L>
<L>Thy Stockins ungartred,</L>
<L>which thou do&s;t not feel,</L>
<L>Thy Codpis unbutned,</L>
<L>thy breeches bepi&s;t,</L>
<L>The&s;e are na&s;ty actions,</L>
<L>&s;ay you what you li&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Take this for an an&s;wer</L>
<L>I will thee not have,</L>
<L>There's the doore and the way,</L>
<L>now goe walk like a Knave,</L>
<L>Goe home to thy Countrey</L>
<L>and ki&s;&s;e Countrey <HI>Ione,</HI></L>
<L>For &s;weet-heart in <HI>London</HI></L>
<L>thou art like to have none,</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Dick,</SPEAKER>
<L>Why then thou proud Hu&s;wife</L>
<L>Ile bid thee farewell</L>
<L>Your &s;coffing and ieering</L>
<L>too much doth excell:</L>
<L>Yet this I &s;ay to thee,</L>
<L>if thou had&s;t thy de&s;ert,</L>
<L>Thou would&s;t either be hanged</L>
<L>or be tyd to a Cart.</L>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Nancy.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Nay &s;tay my &s;weet <HI>Richard,</HI></L>
<L>let s ki&s;&s;e and b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> friends,</L>
<L>For what I &s;aid to thee</L>
<L>Ile make thee amends,</L>
<L>If thoul't be my Husband</L>
<L>I will be thy Wife,</L>
<L>And ile be con&s;tant to thee</L>
<L>all the dayes of my life.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then <HI>Dick</HI> he ki&s;t <HI>Nancy</HI></L>
<L>and <HI>Nancy</HI> ki&s;t <HI>Dick,</HI></L>
<L>And clo&s;e to each other</L>
<L>they after did &s;tick:</L>
<L>They went to the Church</L>
<L>and were married that day,</L>
<L>And <HI>Dick</HI> to the Countrey</L>
<L>carried <HI>Nancy</HI> away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>By this you may &s;ee what</L>
<L>young women can doe,</L>
<L>When Bachelours to th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">m</L>
<L>do come for to wooe;</L>
<L>Their wits are &s;o nimble,</L>
<L>they can in an houre</L>
<L>Turn &s;owre into &s;weetne&s;&s;e</L>
<L>end &s;weetne&s;&s;e to &s;owre.</L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>L. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P>London printed for William Gilbert&s;on in Gilt-&s;pur &s;treet.</P>
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