%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Whose there Agen:/ OR,/ The 6-penny Cuckold of Shoreditch his Policy./ Pollicy still, the proverb saith,/ beyond Strength it does go;/ And if you mind, you'l surely find/ that it is even so. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/22/2007 21791

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4.127 R187747 1 Daniel Cooper Daniel Cooper Daniel Cooper GOod People all I pray give ear,/ and listen to my Ditty: uneven inking, title: Whose there Agen:/ OR,/ The 6-penny Cuckold of Shoreditch his Policy./ Poll[i]cy still, the proverb saith,/ beyond Strength it does go;/ And if you mind, you'l surely find/ that it is even so. Pepys 4.127 Wing W2070A 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. 4: 127 Whose there Agen:/ OR,/ The 6-penny Cuckold of Shoreditch his Policy./ Pollicy still, the proverb saith,/ beyond Strength it does go;/ And if you mind, you'l surely find/ that it is even so. Whose there Agen: OR, The 6-penny Cuckold of Shoreditch his Policy. Poll[i]cy still, the proverb saith; beyond Strength it doth go; And if you mind, you'l surely find that it is even so. Whose There Again: Or, the Six-penny Cuckold of Shoreditch His Policy. Policy Still, the Proverb says; Beyond Strength it Does Go; And if You Mind, You'll Surely Find that it is Even so. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 310 uneven inking vertical rule 1664-1703 Printed for J. Blare on London-Bridge. J. Blare BBTI

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GOod People all I pray give ear, and listen to my Ditty: A story true you now shall hear, was done near London City: A Drunken Sot, that lov'd the Pot, his folly did discover, My story mind, and you shall find, it was a lisping Glover. This Glover he lov'd Company, did often stay out late Sir, But did not think, while he did drink, his Wife would horn his Pate Sir; And often she would lay the Key, so that he might get in Sir And not make her rise out of Bed but now the Game begins Sir. One night when he was tipling hard, a Neighbour came to see her, She bid him not to be afraid, her Husband was not near,
By joynt consent, then to't they went, the door full fast she locked, Her Husband he came presently, but the Key was in her Pocket. In sweet Embraces there they lay, he willing was to please her, Her husband fumbling long time lay, but could not find the Key Sir: This valiant man, his shoulder then, against the door he placed, And by his strength, got in at length, but they lay both amazed. Unto the Bed-side then he went, and for her head he felt Sir, The Neighbour was in such a sweat, he ready was to melt sir; Whose head is this, the Glover said, quoth she, 'tis my head truly, But another he felt presently, which made him grow unruly.
Unto the Beds-feet then he goes, nought could his passion smother And felt two legs, two feet and toes, at last he felt another; Two heads, quoth he, and three Legs too, sure thou art grown a Monster, His neighbour near, supriz'd with fear, his very heart did pant sir. The Glover felt for th' Tinder-box, and for to strike a Light sir, As with the Flint the steel he knocks, i'th middle of the night sir: Pat, pat, went something on the floor, the Neighbour he was frighted, And naked stood behind the door, till the Candle it was lighted. The Glover of a courage bold, whose there, aloud he cryed, His neighbour quaking stood i'th cold, but could not be espyed; Who's there agen, quoth this stout man, but no body made answer. O then, quoth he, i'le surely see, who did so softly dance sir. Behind the door he then espies his near and loving Neighbour, What makes you here, the Glover cries, i'le pay you for your labour; Neighbour to buy a pair of Gloves, was all that I intented, Oh then, quoth he, assuredly, you now shall be befriended.
His hand he fitted presently, who then did ask the price sir, They're worth two shillings sir, quoth he, you cannot it deny sir; But cause you are my Neighbour near, i'le take but eighteen pence sir, Pay me and then my Chamber clear, 'tis time to get you hence sir, He drest himself, and away he went, for joy the Glover jumped, And to his wife aloud he cries, your Rogue I now have mumped; Because he me a Cuckold made, to cheat him I was willing, And eighteen pence for Gloves he paid, that were not worth a shilling. The six-penny Cuckold did rejoyce, that he had c[?]ous'd his Neighbour; And said, though he a Cuckold was, he was pay'd well for his labour; Though some do scoff, and some deride, and held it in dis[d]ain so, If I catch him by my Bed-side, i'se sell him Gloves again so. And you that have got wanton Wives, I pray of them be wary; For they love pushing as their lives, and love a Man that's hairy; For he can stoutly do the feat; and his wantonness discover; Like him that put this cunning Cheat upon this subtile Glover.
Printed for J. Blare on London-Bridge.