%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Merry MANS Resolution/ Or a LONON Frollick./ He goes a wooing yet the matters so,/ He cares not much whether he speeds or no,/ Cause City Wives and Wenches are so common/ He thinks it hard to find an honest woman/ Ben't angry with this fellow I protest/ That many a true word hath been spoke in jest,/ By degrees he layes a wager money's scant/ Vntil five shillings out, then ends his Rant. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1670-1678 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/30/2007 21198

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3.185 R213893 1 Ile hold thee five shillings I'll Hold Thee Five Shillings IF young Men & Maidens/ will listen a while author initials from Wing; author name from Rollins Pepys 3.185 Wing J40A 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: 185 The Merry MANS Resolution/ Or a LONON Frollick./ He goes a wooing yet the matters so,/ He cares not much whether he speeds or no,/ Cause City Wives and Wenches are so common/ He thinks it hard to find an honest woman/ Ben't angry with this fellow I protest/ That many a true word hath been spoke in jest,/ By degrees he layes a wager money's scant/ Vntil five shillings out, then ends his Rant. The Merry MANS Resolution Or a LONON Frollick. He goes a wooing yet the matters so, He cares not much whether he speeds or no, Cause City Wives and Wenches are so common He thinks it hard to find an honest woman Ben't angry with this fellow I protest That many a true word hath been spoke in jest, By degrees he layes a wager money's scant Until five shillings out, then ends his Rant. The Merry Man's Resolution Or a London Frollick. He Goes a Wooing Yet the Matters So, He Cares Not Much Whether He Speeds or No, Because City Wives and Wenches Are So Common He Thinks It Hard to Find an Honest Woman Be Not Angry with This Fellow I Protest That Many a True Word Has Been Spoke in Jest, by Degrees He Lays a Wager Money Is Scant Until Five Shillings Out, Then Ends His Rant. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?185 x 253 damaged surface cast fleurons 1670-1678 Printed for J. Williamson at the Bible in Canon street & on London Bridge. J. Williamson BBTI

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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 8/30/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant appearance economics/trade gender London sex/sexuality 8/30/07 Checker Cat Zusky Checked transcription and metadata, registered ESTC number from BL site, created XML 8/21/06 Transcriber Pavneet Aulakh Original transcription 8/25/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I F young Men & Maidens will listen a while I'le sing you a Sonnet will make you to smile Then come my own Dearest and be not so coy, Whatever thou fearest ile get thee a boy. Ile hold thee a six pence tis silver compleat If thou art but willing I can do the feat. Then be not so scornful but loving and kind If thou wilt but kiss me ile tell thee my mind For I am a Gallant that's vers'd in the trade
I know what belongs to Wife, Widdow and Maid Ile hold thee a shilling as round as a Ring Those Lasses that kiss well loves the tother thing. Then dear let me feel if thy flesh it be warm For I vow and protest I will do [t]hee no harm, But huddle and cuddle weel toy and weell kiss What hurt honest Neighbours can come of all this Ile hold you three six-pences in ready Coyn Most Girls when they'r pleased with young men will joyn.
B Ut when they are sullin nere matter't a pin, But rouze um and touz um twill please um again And when you have done it, this story is true If you do but kiss um they'l straight wayes kiss you Ile hold you two shillings lay with me that can The fairest 'ith Nation will lye with a man. Then why should young Females continue so nice, When Ladies of pleasure do count it no vice To be kind to their Neighbours as well as the rest For Kissing and Courting is still in request, Ile hold two and six pence that's just half a crown Highest Girles in all Europe. are easiest blown down. To talk of Complexions too tedious it were, Or to know their conditions by th'colour of hair, Yet this ile assure you, either Black, Red or Brown When they'r in the humour theyl freely ly down Ile hold your three shillings who gainst me dare say That Women delight much with young men to play. Theres Mary & Betty , with Nancy & Jone , They'l lye with a Tinker ere they'l lye alone, There's Peg Dol and Bridget Rebecca and Kate
They laugh when they hear ont but long till they hav't Ile hold thee three & six pence Maids love Men the best When they come a wooing in earnest not jest. Fine Susan and Sarah brave Lasses indeed Yet they'l lye with a Broom-man if they stand in need, Likewise pretty Parnel and simpering Sisse When young men imbrace them how kindly they kiss Ile hold you four shillings the nicest that be At one time or other make us of a P--- Then dear be contented for thou shalt have one, And shalt be prevented of lying alone: For I 'm stout and lusty and fit for delight Ile hug thee & kiss thee ten times in a night Ile hold four & six pence Ile hold thee no less Ile bore a hole through thy coat even by guess. For I am an Archer, Well skil'd in that Art Though I shoot at young Damsels they nere feel it smart Ile hold thee five shillings, ile hold thee no more, Ile bore a hole through thy smock even before. This song throughout England on purpose I send To make young men merry, and there is an end.
Printed for J. Williamson at the Bible in Canon street & on London Bridge .