%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Young Man put to his shifts:/ OR,/ The Ranting Young Mans Resolution./ Wherein is show'd how young Wenches he doth please,/ And of their heavy burdens he doth them ease;/ With cunning tricks their fancies up doth feed,/ And they him relieve when he doth stand in need. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1674-1679 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/25/2008 21018

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3.23 R227513 1 Cupid's Trappan Cupid's Trepan Cupid's Trepan OF late did I hear a young damsel complain,/ and rail much against a young man, Repetition of penultimate line of each stanza Pepys 3.23 Wing Y107 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. 3: 23 A Young Man put to his shifts:/ OR,/ The Ranting Young Mans Resolution./ Wherein is show'd how young Wenches he doth please,/ And of their heavy burdens he doth them ease;/ With cunning tricks their fancies up doth feed,/ And they him relieve when he doth stand in need. A Young Man put to his shifts: OR, The Ranting Young Mans Resolution. Wherein is show'd how young Wenches he doth please, And of their heavy burdens he doth them ease; With cunning tricks their fancies up doth feed, And they him relieve when he doth stand in need. A Young Man Put to His Shifts: Or, The Ranting Young Man's Resolution. Wherein Is Showed How Young Wenches He Does Please, And of Their Heavy Burdens He Does Them Ease; With Cunning Tricks Their Fancies Up Does Feed, And They Him Relieve When He Does Stand in Need. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 324 cropped right edge, creased cast fleurons 1674-1679 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. Blagden

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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 5/25/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant 05/25/2008 Checker Kris McAbee Transcription Corrected 09/11/2007 Checker Laura Miller Checked transcription, xml verified, metadata updated 08/14/2006 Checker Kris McAbee Checked transcription 08/13/2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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OF late did I hear a young damsel complain, and rail much against a young man, His cause and his state i'le now vindicate, and hold battle with Cupids, trapan, brave boys and hold, etc. Surely she thinks, that I am stark mad, to wed every Girl I do see, Do let her stay a while for I can make a fool, of twenty far better then she, etc. For if I court a Maid she will get nothing by't, for so soon as her money is gone, And I have got her Rings and other fine things, then the Devil may take her for John etc. I can give them fair words but little good deeds any girl of me shall find, And if I see she will do't then I put her to't, but straight I can turn with the wind, etc.
He's but a fool that will fawn of a Maid, although she seem never so coy, Make tho' you'd be gone she'l bid you come on, if you tell her you'l git her a boy, brave boys, if, etc. But if she don't find thou canst stir up her blood, she will laugh and jear thee to thy face, But if she perceives thou canst do her some good, then thy body she strait will imbrace, etc. As for my own part I value it not a pin I care not what Girl doth it know, But the coyest Lass I can easily win, and bring her unto my own bow, etc. I drink of the best, and live at hearts ease for Money I take little care, I can humor young wenches & have what I please, be it never so fine and so rare, etc.
I Count him a noddy that can't win a Maid to buckle to bow and to bend, And if he stands in need to do a good deed, and to give him some money in hand, brave boys, and to, etc. Though Maidens do seem coy on't they long till they ha't either Mary Sue Bridget or Nan, If they were put to their choice for to lye alone, they had rather to lye with a man, etc. For daily and hourly full often it is seen, what Maiden 'tis will lye alone, If she han't a husband when she is fifteen, she thinks she shall never have none, etc. So it doth appear how hasty they are, the fruits of Love for to tast, It makes their great belly the truth for to tell ye, they've been clipping a man about th wast, etc. Theirs choice of young Damsels I have at command that with money my pockets do fee[d] And it I want a bout they will not stand out, to help a good turn in my need, etc. If I cheat a young damsel the fault's none of mine to her self she better may look. For if I lay my bait by day or by night, be sure I take her of my hook, etc.
And when I have caught her be sure she's my own for little we two do imbrace, But before we go to church, I leave her i'th lurch thus I cheat her unto her own face, etc. I'le never be bound when I may live free, nor i'le never be tide to a wife, Theirs sope fire and candle a child for to dandle, which makes a man weary on's life, etc. So I get but the child let who will it keep, for my part I do not mean to keep none, So I have but the sport let them provide fort, for so soon as i've done I am gone. For if I should keep all the Children I get, I should have a great many lives, I will take a halter and cut my own throat, before ile have so many wives, etc. For a Gentlemans life I live as I be, and am free from both care and sorrow, If never a penny I have over night, be sure I have some the next morrow, etc. So young men i'le leave you make use of your time for so long as my Codpise do hold, I am sure of this let it hit or miss, I shall want neither silver nor gold, brave boys, I shall want neither silver nor gold.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger.