%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Merry Dialogue between a Maid and her Master,/ OR all Covet all Lose./ All you that list to hear a jest,/ Give ear to what shall be exprest/ And you shall know what words were said/ Between a Master and a Maid/ After they had a bargain made/ This Couple drove a subtle trade,/ If youl be pleased to stay a while,/ I'me sure this jest will make you smile. 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 08/21/2007 21152

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3.140 R188567 1 Fill her belly full, full Fill Her Belly Full, Full I Have a house trim'd up most gallant and brave/ And a good servant maid my desire is to have, And Ile fill her belly full, full,/ She shall have her belly full, full. [with variations] Pepys 3.140 Wing M1856[B]; Rollins (2) ?1684 (April 24, 1640, IV, 508, Mrs. Griffin). 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: 140 A Merry Dialogue between a Maid and her Master,/ OR all Covet all Lose./ All you that list to hear a jest,/ Give ear to what shall be exprest/ And you shall know what words were said/ Between a Master and a Maid/ After they had a bargain made/ This Couple drove a subtle trade,/ If youl be pleased to stay a while,/ I'me sure this jest will make you smile. A Merry Dialogue between a Maid and her Master, OR all Covet all Lose. All you that list to hear a jest, Give ear to what shall be exprest And you shall know what words were said Between a Master and a Maid After they had a bargain made This Couple drove a Subtle trade, If youl be pleased to stay a while, I'me sure this jest will make you smile. A Merry Dialogue Between a Maid and Her Master, or All Covet All Lose. All You That List to Hear a Jest, Give Ear to What Shall Be Expressed and You Shall Know What Words Were Said Between a Master and a Maid after They Had a Bargain Made This Couple Drove a Subtle Trade, if You'll Be Pleased to Stay a While, I'm Sure This Jest Will Make You Smile. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 324 cropped and torn top edge, cropped top right corner vertical rule and cast fleurons 1674-1679 Printed for F. Cole. T. Vere. J. Wright. and J. Clark F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clark 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 8/21/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant 08/21/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription checked and metadata added, xml created 07/24/2006 Transcriber Pavneet Aulakh Original Transcription 08/24/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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Master. I Have a house trim'd up most gallant and brave And a good servant maid my desire is to have, Ile give her what wages so ever sheel crave, And Ile fill her belly full, full, She shall have her belly full, full. Maid. I am a poor Maiden and fain would do well To find a good Master if I could but tell, So that I might have meat and drink at my will And go with my belly, etc. Master. Fair Maid if thou a servant wilt be And art minded for to dwell with me, So that I may injoy thy company. Thou shalt have thy belly etc. Maid. The Maidens of our Town loveth good cheer, Long pudings and sweet breads all the whole year, They care not though bread corn be never so dear. o they have their belly etc,
Master. Why then fair maid thou must have a regard, To hold out thy labour be it never so hard, And for thy endeavours I will thee reward. Ile give thee thy, etc. Maid Your houshold work Master, Ime willing to do And any thing I am desired by you Ile make your bed soft, and do th'other thing too So that I may have my, etc, Master. Fair Maid, I see thou art proper and tall Yet sometimes the weakest do go to the wall But methimks a woman shews the comliest of all, When she goes with her, etc. Maid. I like of your kindness and proffers to me, And your friendship to me in every degree, But the puddings and sweet breads I long for to see That I may have my belly full, full. That I might have my belly full, full,
Master. THen first thou must get the butchers good will to save all the sweet breads when oxen they kill That is the best way, and Ile [u]se my best skill Cause thou shalt have thy belly full, full, Cause thou shalt have thy belly full full. Maid. What wages kind Master pray will you give me, That I for my labour may look to receive, Pray tell me the truth that I may you beleive When I go with my belly, etc. Master. Ile buy thee new cloathing made fit for thy back, And thou shalt each morning drink sugar and Sack, And Ile give thee a toy some pretty Maids lack, And Ile fill, etc. When he had thus spoken, they joyntly agreed, And twelve pence in earnest he gave her with speed And after concluded to do her a good deed; twas to fill up her, etc. For the very same night the bargain was made, The Master himself went to bed with's Maid, No doubt but her wages he twice over paid For she had her belly filld, etc.
He gave her a breakfast as she did it call, He gave her a pudding but that was but small, She told him that she must have sweat bread & all, For to fill up, etc. But after this meriment sorrow befel, The pudding he gave her made her for to swell Which caus'd her with tears this sad story to tell, He had filld up her belly too full, Her Master grew angry with her therefore And calld her lewd strumpet, false quene and base whore And therewithal he turned her out of door, Her belly being wonderous full, Let all other Maidens that hear this new Song Take heed how they deal with a false hearted man, In trusting her Master she did her self wrong, For he filld her belly too full, etc. There's choice of fine junkets for Maidens to eat, The which may be had at a very cheap rate; But pudings and sweet breads are dangerous meat If you fill your bellies too full, If you fill your bellies too full, full.
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Printed for F. Cole, T. Vere. J. Wright. and J. Clark