%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Fair MAID of Islington;/ OR,/ The London Vintner Over-reach'd./ This is a pritty Fancy if you mind,/ He thought to fool her, since she was so kind./ Bu she was Crafty, and resolv'd to fit him,/ And in the end it prov'd she did out-wit him;/ She for her Seller made him pay her Rent,/ As by a wile, which made him to repent. 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 04/03/2008 21273

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3.259 R188020 2 Sellengers Round Sellenger's Round; The Beginning of the World Sellenger's Round Caper and ferk it Under the Greenwood Tree Caper and Ferk It THere was a fair maid at Islington,/ as I heard many tell, Pepys 3.259 Wing F101[B] 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: 259 The Fair MAID of Islington;/ OR,/ The London Vintner Over-reach'd./ This is a pritty Fancy if you mind,/ He thought to fool her, since she was so kind./ Bu she was Crafty, and resolv'd to fit him,/ And in the end it prov'd she did out-wit him;/ She for her Seller made him pay her Rent,/ As by a wile, which made him to repent. The Fair MAID of Islington; OR, The London Vintner Over-reach'd. This is a pritty Fancy if you mind, He thought to fool her, since she was so kind. Bu she was Crafty, and resolv'd to fit him, And in the end it prov'd she did out-wit him; She for her Seller made him pay her Rent, As by a wile, which made him to repent. The Fair Maid of Islington; or, the London Vintner Overreached. This Is a Pretty Fancy If You Mind, He Thought to Fool Her, Since She Was So Kind. But She Was Crafty, and Resolved to Fit Him, and in the End It Proved She Did Outwit Him; She for Her Seller Made Him Pay Her Rent, as by a While, Which Made Him to Repent. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 306 vertical rules 1684-1686 Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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THere was a fair maid at Islington, as I heard many tell, And she would to fair London go, fine Apples and Pears to sell: And as along the streets she flung, with her Basket on her arm, Her Pears to sell, you may know right well, this fair maid ment no harm. But as she tript along the street, her pleasant fruit to sell, A Vintner did with her meet, who lik'd this Maid full well: Quod he fair maid, what have you there in Basket decked brave, Fine Pears quod she, and if it please ye, a tast Sir you shall have.
The Vintner he took a taste, and likt it well, for why? This Maid he thought of all the rest, most pleasing to his eye: Quoth he fair maid I have a suit, that you to me must grant, Which if I find you be so kind, nothing that you shall want. Thy Beauty doth so please my eye, and dazels so my sight, That now of all my liberty, I am deprived quite: Then prithee now consent to me, and do not put me by, It is but one small courtisie, all night with you to lye.
SIR if you lye with me one night, as you propound to me, I do expect that you should prove, both courteous, kind, and free: And for to tell you all in short, it will cost you five pound, A match, a match, the Vintner said, and so let this go round. When he had layn with her all night, her money she did crave, O stay quoth he the other night, and thy money thou shalt have: I connot stay, nor I will not stay, I needs must now begone, Why then thou mayst thy mony go look for money I'le pay thee none. This maid she made no more ado, but to a Justice went, And unto him she made her moan, who did her case lament: She said she had a Seller let out, to a Vintner in the Town, And how that he, did then agree, five pound to pay her down. But now quoth she, the case is such, no rent that he will pay, Therefore your Worship I beseech, to send for him this day: Then streight the Justice for him sent, and ask'd the reason why, That he would pay this Maid no Rent to which he did reply.
Although I hired a Seller of her; and the possession was mine, I ne'r put any thing into it, but one poor Pipe of Wine; Therefore my bargain it was hard, as you may plainly see, I from my freedom was debar[']d, then good Sir favour me. This fair Maid being ripe of wit, she straight reply'd agen, There was two buts more at the door, why did you not rowl them in: You had your freedom and your will, as is to you well known, Therefore I do desire still, for to receive my own. The Justice hearing of their case, did there give order straight, That he the money should pay down, she should no longer wait: Withal he told the Vintner plain, if he a Tennant be, He must expect to pay the same, for he could not sit rent free. But when her money she had got, she put it into her purse And clapt her hand on the Sellar door, and said it was never the worse: Which caus'd the people all to laugh, to see this Vintner fine, Out-witted by a Country Girl, about his Pipe of Wine.
Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.