%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Young-Man's Answer/ To the Politick-Maids Device./ If all young-men were as he would be,/ Maidens should mould above the knee:/ And let them sweat in their own S in,/ They are more false than men have been:/ And yet you see what here's in hand,/ How they do speak against Young-Men. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/28/2007 21179

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3.167 R187784 2 Digby's Farewel Digby's Farewell What shall a Young Woman What shall a young woman FOr certain and sure, this Girl will go mad,/ To rail against young men, and say they're so bad: Therefore honest Young-men have a care what you do,/ more maids there are false, then are true in the row. see also Pepys 3.166; Manuscript annotation: No. 8. Pepys 3.167 Wing Y111E 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: 167 The Young-Man's Answer/ To the Politick-Maids Device./ If all young-men were as he would be,/ Maidens should mould above the knee:/ And let them sweat in their own S in,/ They are more false than men have been:/ And yet you see what here's in hand,/ How they do speak against Young-Men. The Young-Man's Answer To the Politick-Maids Device. If all young-men were as he would be, Maidens should mould above the knee: And let them sweat in their own S[?]in, They are more false than men have been: And yet you see what here's in hand, How they do speak against Young-Men. The Young Man's Answer to the Politic Maid's Device. If All Young Men Were As He Would Be, Maidens Should Mould Above the Knee: And Let Them Sweat in Their Own Sin, They Are More False Than Men Have Been: And Yet You See What Here's in Hand, How They Do Speak Against Young Men. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 280 cropped rop and right edges, torn top edge vertical rule 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt=spur=street[.] J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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F Or certain and sure, this Girl will go mad, To rail against young men, and say they're so bad: They may hold their tongues, and shake 'um byth' hand They're as false as the young men, all over the Land: There's hardly any truth in a maid to be found, They'l lye and dissemble, and search a man round: Therefore honest Young-men have a care what you do, more maids there are false, then are true in the row. They're such dangerous ware, and so apt to make strife, A young-man cannot tell how to chuse him a wife: They're so false and so fickle, and so full of deceit, It's a thousand pound to a penny some light of a Cheat; And think he hath a pure virgin to bring to his Bed, When long time before she has lost her maiden-head. therefore honest young-men, etc.
I cannot deny, but they keep company, But they look to be fed with the best that may be, Then cakes upon cakes, and ale, wine, and beer, Thus they make fools of young-men e'ry where; And then at the last when they have got what they can, There is no truth in them, they are for another man; therefore honest young-men have a care what you do more maids there are false, then are true in the row. There is many a Marriage has been in this Land, And many a young-man that has been trappan'd: When he has brought his young wife unto his own home It after has been prov'd he had a butter'd Bunn; What he wanted ith' purse, he had it ith' tail, I am sorry that Maidens at young-men will rail. therefore honest young [- ]men, etc.
A man cannot tell [?] or to chu[se] one that's g[?] They're so rotten at heart, if it be right understood, For they go with their necks and their breasts very bare, For to give young-men notice they have special ware: But yet their conditions are often unsound, There is many a man a bad wife he hath found. therefore honest, etc. A maid may say this, and a maid may say that, To blame honest young-men, but I know not for what; There's many a man for a maid has been slain, And has lost his sweet life, he was a fool for his pains; 'Tis a hundred to one if he had scap'd his life, That she'd never a yielded for to have been his wife. therefore honest, etc. 'Tis a wonderful thing some Maids are so base To rail against young-men unto their disgrace: A true hearted Lover will scorn to do so, But a false hearted Damsel is a mans overthrow: There's never a maiden say all what you can, But sometimes desires to play with a man. therefore honest, etc. Now young-men you hear that some Maids are unjust, If you be minded to marry, take one you can trust: For still there is plenty of both good and bad, And you must take your fortune if a wife must be had; And if she be half Whorish you must be content, For after-wit always is too late to repent. therefore honest, etc. A Scold and a Slut let them both go together, But a Scold is the better, all this I consider, A Slut she may poyson a man with his meat, And make him to loath every bit he should eat; Let Maidens consider and cleanly Girls be, It is a foul blot in their Scuttheon truly. therefore honest, etc. This young-man was vext when he heard the maids touch He answer'd her kindly, for his heart it did grutch: He tells her his mind, and sets himself out to the view, There's not one maid in twenty will stand to be true; They'l prate and they'l lye, they'l huff, and they'l puff, If men give them their hearts, they've never enough. therefore honest young-men have a care what you do, more maids there are false then are true in the row.
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