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1.208-209 S125692 1 hempe and flax Hemp and Flax COme you fatall Sisters three,/ whose exercise is spinning: Oh hemp, and flax, and tow to to to,/ Tow to to to, tow tero,/ Oh hempe, &c. [with variations] SIsters wee haue receiu'd your letters,/ And lament yours cases: At hempe and flaxe and tow, to, to, to./ At hempe and flaxe, &c. [with variations] [Part 2]: title cropped at torn right edge: Roring [Boyes?] Pepys 1.208-209 STC 25353 for H. G[osson c.1625] Woodblock 1: first 1/2 sheet, over columns 1 & 2: An elaborately dressed woman sits on a bench at and works a spinning wheel. Her left hand holds the drive wheel, while her right hand guides a thread for the distaff. She wears a dress, a large ruff, and a ruffled cap. : 74 x 105 Woodblock 2: second 1/2 sheet, over columns 3 & 4: Two aristocratically dressed bearded men face each other, pounding flax with mallets. The man to the right of the cut holds an upraised mallet. He is dressed in a buttoned doublet or jerkin with a collar, slops, low shoes, and hose with ribbon garters. The figure to the left of the cut has brought his mallet down on the bundle of hemp that lies on the block before them. He wears a buttoned doublet or jerkin with a collar, slops, a wide-brimmed hat, hose, and tall boots with spurs. Behind the two men is a lattice window.: 77 x 105 Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 208 1: 209 Whipping Cheare./ Or the wofull lamentations of the the three Sisters in the Spittle/ when they were in new Bride-Well Whipping Cheare. Or the wofull lamentations of the the three Sisters in the Spittlewhen they were in new Bride-well Whipping Cheer. Or the Woeful Lamentations of the the Three Sisters in the Spittle When They Were in New Bridewell The Second Part of the Whipping Cheere. With the Roring [Boyes] / comfortable answere to three fatall Sisters. The Second Part of the Whipping Cheere. With the Roring [Boyes] comfortable answere to three fatall Sisters. The Second Part of the Whipping Cheer. With the Roaring Boys' Comfortable Answer to Three Fatal Sisters. 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 272 x 133 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 266 x 137 cropped right edge, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking torn top right corner, damaged surface, uneven inking cast fleurons cast fleurons 1625 Printed at London for H. G. H.G. Weinstein: STC Weinstein lists I:208-209 under H. G. [Henry Gosson]. She notes STC lists H. G[osson]. BBTI and Plomer confirm Gosson's activity ca. 1625. ESTC lists H. G[osson].

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 8/14/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America State & Times 8/14/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy metadata updated, estc id entered, ballad rechecked, added [Boyes] to second part title where edge is cropped 08/02/2007 Checker Eugene Hart xml created, ballad checked, Ballad Checked - ESTC S125692 2/13/2005 Transcriber Casey Dolan original transcription 7/16/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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C Ome you fatall Sisters three, whose exercise is spinning: And helpe us to pull out these thrids, for hee'rs but a harsh begining. Oh hemp, and flax, and tow to to to, Tow to to to, tow tero. Oh hempe, etc. The blinded whipper hee attends us, if the wheele leave turning, And then the very Matrons lookes, turnes all our mirth to mourning. Oh hempe and flax and Tow to to to, tow to to to to to tero, Oh hempe etc. Now for a Cup of bottle Ale, some suger-plummes and Cakes a, But never a client must come in, to giv's a poore pinte of Sacke, Heer's hemp and flax and tow to to to tow tow to to to to tero. Heer's hempe and etc. Besse the eldest Sister, shee is stayned much with honour, And one cannot endure the labour, which is thrust upon her. O hemp and flax and tow to to to. Tow to to, to to tero. O hemp etc. Garden-allies cleare are swept, Hoglaine laments a little: Our tinder boxes over our heades, were broken at the Spittle: Heer's hemp and flax and tow to to to, tow to to to to to tero. Heer's hempe etc.
If the London Prentises, And other good men of fashion: Would but refraine our companies, Then woe to our occupation. Then hempe and flaxe and tow to to to Tow to to to to tero. Then hempe, etc. O you lusty Roring Boyes, Come shew your brazen faces: Let your weapons turn to beetles, And shoulder out some of these lashes. At hemp and flaxe and tow to to to, Tow to to to to to tero, At hemp, etc. Gold and silver hath forsaken, Our acquaintance cleerely: Twined whipcord takes the place, And strikes t'our shoulders neerely. Heer's hempe and flax and tow to to to, Tow to to to to tero. Heere's hemp, etc. You Punkes and Panders every one, Come follow your loving sisters: In new Bridewell there is a mill, Fills all our hands with blisters. And hempe and flax and, Tow to to to to tero, If the Millers art you like not, to the hempe blocke packe yee: Thumpe, and thumpe, and thump apace, for feare the whipper take yee. Ther's hemp & flax and tow to to to, Tow to to to to tero.
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S Isters wee have receiv'd your letters, And lament yours cases: Worke but apace a little while, Wee will possesse your places. At hempe and flaxe and tow, to, to, to. At hempe and flaxe, etc. You have pla[cd] your parts wee see, And well maintaind the battle: Now to give the Counterblow, Weele make the beetles rattle. At hempe and flaxe and tow, to to to, At hempe etc. Dice and Cards and mony store, Which every foole disburses: Commands us all to sing and roare, With full impleated purses. Now to the hempe and Tow to to to, Now to the, etc. Clownes shall not escape our hands, But still we will be nipping: Weele ventures gentry state and lands, Because weele have some whipping. At hempe and flaxe and Tow to to to, At hempe, etc. Sommons shall be sent abroad, To call home country brothers: Panders, Foysters, and roring boyes, The Pimp and all such others. To the hemp and flaxe & Tow to to to, To the hempe, etc. Cutpurse boyes shall grow to strength, For labours best befitting:
Play the beetles out at length, Unlesse youle goe to whipping. To the hemp and flax and Tow to to to, To the hempe, etc. Pads and Prancers run and ride, Decoyes come shew your cunning: Make hast to bring the cards and dice, Your labours worth the running. Heer's hemp and flaxe and tow to to to, Heer's hemp, etc. Worke apace for Wine and Capon, And good cheere growes scanty: Now the beetles grow the weapon, Our fares not halfe so dainty. Heer's hemp and flaxe and tow to to to, Heere's hemp. Sisters what thinke you that we, Do second out your labours, When we meet abroad againe, I display the double coulours. O hempe and flaxe and tow to to to, O hempe, etc. Lastly to amend the matter, Shew your shoulders printed: Weele shew as faire and if not better, For so it is appointed. At hempe and flaxe and to to to to, At hempe axd flaxe and tow to to to, etc.
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Printed at London for H.G.