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<DATE>2014-10-09</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140710.apex.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Six-penny Whore, OR THE London Frollick.</HEAD>
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<P><HI>Being a true Relation, how a Porter and a Coun&s;ellors Wife were found in Bed together near</HI> We&s;t-Smithfield.</P>
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<OPENER><HI>To the</HI> Tune <HI>of a Figg for</HI> France.</OPENER>
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<P>Entred according to Order.</P>
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<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>YOu <HI>London</HI> Dames I pray give ear,</L>
<L>A &s;tory true I will declare,</L>
<L>Of a Porter &amp; a Coun&s;ellors Wife</L>
<L>The&s;e two did live a gallant Life,</L>
<L>I pray give ear, and hear the re&s;t,</L>
<L>And you &s;hall hear a plea&s;ant Je&s;t,</L>
<L><HI>Saith &s;he, my Husband doth me Scorn,</HI></L>
<L><HI>I will then make him ware the Horn.</HI></L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>She being Whori&s;h they do &s;ay,</L>
<L>Her Husband from her went away,</L>
<L>She like a Mi&s;s then of the Town,</L>
<L>Both Day and Night &s;ails up and down,</L>
<L>With her Rouling eyes &s;he doth &s;tate,</L>
<L>Seeking what man &s;he can in&s;nare,</L>
<L><HI>And my Husband,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>She &s;ailing late about the &s;treets,</L>
<L>Her dear <HI>Neddy</HI> there &s;he meets.</L>
<L>And in great ha&s;t the&s;e two did Come</L>
<L>Near to <HI>Smithfield,</HI> unto her home,</L>
<L>To Bed they went, and thought no harm,</L>
<L>Thinking to &s;port with his fine Dame,</L>
<L><HI>And my Husband,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>They being then di&s;covered,</L>
<L>And hardly warm then in their Bed,</L>
<L>Her Landlady chance to come there,</L>
<L>Which made the Porter &s;tink for fear,</L>
<L>And pull'd him out where he was laid,</L>
<L>And &s;oundly he there was paid,</L>
<L><HI>And &s;ince her Husband did her Scorn,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Porter thought him for to Horn.</HI></L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>He feeling of her blows did Smart,</L>
<L>Which &s;trook a Damp unto his Heart,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he was beaten by Woman-kind,</L>
<L>Which much then troubled his mind;</L>
<L>He &s;wears he near will her come nigh,</L>
<L>Cur&s;ing his fate mo&s;t bitterly,</L>
<L><HI>You Porters all then have a care,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And meddle not with Lawyers gear.</HI></L>
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<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L>A pretty Creature &s;he is then,</L>
<L>She's enough to Ravi&s;h any Man,</L>
<L>This Porter thought he had been Ble&s;t,</L>
<L>Thinking one Night with her to re&s;t,</L>
<L>But he was much deceived there,</L>
<L>And Swears he will not her come near,</L>
<L><HI>You Porters all,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L>A thou&s;and pitties 'tis I do &s;ay,</L>
<L>This Woman is given to go a&s;tray,</L>
<L>For &s;he's a Blith and Burum La&s;s,</L>
<L>And for a Six-pence &s;he'l &s;how her A&mdash;</L>
<L>She'l &s;ware and lie tho &s;he was mad,</L>
<L>And have a <HI>P&mdash;</HI>if it is to be had,</L>
<L><HI>You Porters all,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<L>So to Conclude, I'le make an end,</L>
<L>Hoping this Porter his Life will mend,</L>
<L>And Frollick no more with Woman-kind,</L>
<L>For they are as fickle as the Wind,</L>
<L>But be contented with your own Wife,</L>
<L>Beloving to her, and live not at &s;trife,</L>
<L><HI>You Porters all then have a care,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And meddle not with Womens gear,</HI></L>
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<P>LONDON, <HI>Printed for</HI> A. C. <HI>in</HI> St. Johns-&s;treet.</P>
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