%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Doctor Experience's excellent Advice to the/ VIRGINS:/ Or, An Infallible way to get good Husbands./ Maidens, peruse these lines, and you will find/ A speedy way to make the men grow kind;/ You that good Husbands want, 'tis in your/ power/ To hook them to you almost in an hour/ Take these directions & you cannot miss/ Safe to arrive at Loves intirest bliss. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1684-1686 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/09/2007 21103

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3.100 R174673 1 Oxford-shire Damosel Daniel Cooper Oxfordshire Damsel YOu Maidens all that would be wise,/ come hearken to my story, Title unclear: 'Doctor Experience's excellent Advice to the/ VIRGINS:/ Or, An Infallible way to get good Husbands./ Maidens, peruse these lines, and you will find/ A speedy way to make the men grow kind;/ You that good Husbands want, 'tis in your/ power/ To hook them to you almost in an h[?]/ Take these directions & you cannot m[?]/ Safe to arrive at Loves intirest bliss. Pepys 3.100 Wing D1761[A] 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: 100 Doctor Experience's excellent Advice to the/ VIRGINS:/ Or, An Infallible way to get good Husbands./ Maidens, peruse these lines, and you will find/ A speedy way to make the men grow kind;/ You that good Husbands want, 'tis in your/ power/ To hook them to you almost in an hour/ Take these directions & you cannot miss/ Safe to arrive at Loves intirest bliss. Doctor Experience's excellent Advice to the VIRGINS: Or, An Infallible way to get good Husbands. Maidens, peruse these lines and you will find A speedy way to make the men grow kind; You that good husbands want, 'tis in your power To hook them to you almost in an h[our] Take these directions & you cannot m[iss] Safe to arrive at Loves intirest bliss. Doctor Experience's Excellent Advice to the Virgins: Or, an Infallible Way to Get Good Husbands. Maidens, Peruse These Lines and You Will Find a Speedy Way to Make the Men Grow Kind; You That Good Husbands Want, It Is in Your Power to Hook Them to You Almost in an Hour Take These Directions & You Cannot Miss Safe to Arrive at Love's Entire Bliss. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 305 cropped top and bottom edges horizontal and vertical rules, and cast fleurons 1684-1686 Printed for J Clarke, W. Thackeray, and/ T. passinger. J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, 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 8/9/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant marriage trickery/deceit 08/09/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription and metadata checked, xml 08/15/2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 08/21/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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YOu Maidens all that would be wise, come hearken to my story, And take betimes my kind advice, before you lose your glory. Coyness though men often blame, does gain us love and honour, She that's o're-fond does lose her fame, whilst none will dote upon her. 'Tis some that over-lavish are of that which is their treasure, That makes men for us little care, whilst all by one they measure: In days of old I must confess that short was happy wooing, And all out Grandams still do bless what is not long a doing.
But they that in the days of Yore met with men kind and constant, Do little think how time has wore them to be false and wanton: They come unto us stuff'd with praise, and cunningly do flatter, And try our love a thousand ways until our chaps do water. Until they find our loves are strong, they feed us up with fancies, Toying with us all the day long, and leading us night-dances. At Ball and Play and merriment they willing are to treat us, And swear they will in all content, and never never cheat us.
And thus whilst we hold out the Siege they are the most obliging, In e'ry thing they will oblige whilst they'r our Forts besieging; But when upon a parly we are kindly too believing, O then they use their tyranny, and are the most deceiving. Be wise you maidens then that would be lov'd and not forsaken, She that unto her Arms well stood was never never taken; O stand your guard you maids, that would in love be happy, Baffle Novices and Blades, and let no Youngster trap ye. Be coy when they are pressing on, and frown them at a distance, When they pretend to sigh and moan do you make most resistance; The thing that's hardest to be got is ever most desired: That Lover soonest is your lot that in deep passion's mired. A man that has been hunger-fed thinks any thing a dainty:
Who's from a barren Island lead, thinks scarcy land's a plenty. Be wise you lasses then be wise, and too much fondness banish, And men no more will tyrannize, their falshoods all will vanish. He who thought to catch you then himself will be beguiling: The certain bait for to catch men is frowning and not smiling: 'Tis coyness and denial gains, 'tis that will do or nothing; To love they'r constant in their chains, but being freed are loathing. Be wise you Lasses then be wise, be coy though you dissemble, To glance such beams prepare your eyes, as makes a Lover tremble, 'Tis this will gain your desire. and make Loves flame burn lighter; By this you'l see Loves glowing fire in mens breasts burn more brighter.
Printed for J Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. passinger.