%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Penitent Gallant, / Being, An Account of a Gentleman who lay Condemn'd for the Murther / of his Friend, and pretended he could not dye till he had eas'd his Con- / science, in sending for thirteen Men, to beg their Pardons, whom he / had Cuckolded at Branford. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1683-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/09/2008 21802

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4.138 R187297 1 Hide Park Hyde Park Hyde Park THere was, I must tell you, a Iocular Spark, / who Rambl'd and Revel'd at pleasure, full thirteen poor Cuckolds in Branford. [with variations} Pepys 4.138 Wing P1232A 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: 138 The Penitent Gallant, / Being, An Account of a Gentleman who lay Condemn'd for the Murther / of his Friend, and pretended he could not dye till he had eas'd his Con- / science, in sending for thirteen Men, to beg their Pardons, whom he / had Cuckolded at Branford. The Penitent Gallant, Being, An Account of a Gentleman who lay Condemn'd for the Murther of his Friend, and pretended he could not dye till he had eas'd his Con- science, in sending for thirteen Men, to beg their Pardons, whom he had Cuckolded at Branford. The Penitent Gallant, Being, An Account of a Gentleman Who Lay Condemned for the Murderof His Friend, and Pretended he Could not Die Till He Had Eased his Conscience, in Sending for Thirteen Men, To Beg Their Pardons, Whom he had Cuckolded at Branford. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?205 x 317 cropped right edge, creased surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1683-1703 Printed for C. Bates, next door to the Crown-Tavern in / West-Smithfield. C. Bates BBTI

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THere was, I must tell you, a Jocular Spark, who Rambl'd and Revel'd at pleasure, Young Women he often would kiss in the Dark, and tickle their Giggs out of measure; He being a wanton young frolicksom Blade, He was so well skill'd in the Courtezan Trade, That in seven Weeks he declar'd that he made full thirteen poor Cuckolds in Branford. As honest good Christians as ever broke Bread, dear friends, I would have you believe it, Tho' each Man had lusty large Horns on his Head, alas! they could no way perceive it; Concluding their Wives to be honest and Chaste, Sweet Women, that hated a wanton Embrace; Yet now after all you may pitty the Case of the thirteen poor Cuckolds of Branford.
These Cuckolds did love this young Fop as their lives, in Taverns they tippl'd together, In Corners he kist, and made much of their Wives, whose Heels was as light as a Feather; They were not the Rabble, I'de have you to know, But delicate Women as plump as a Doe, Then listen a while and the Horns you'll hear blow of the thirteen poor Cuckolds of Branford. But if you wou'd know how this Mischief came out, I pray now attend to the Ditty, This Gallant he murther'd a Man brave and stout, in cool Blood, the more was the pitty: And while he in Prison Condemned did lye, In sad Lamentation he often did cry, He must ease his Conscience before he could dye, concerning these Cuckolds of Branford.
He told them that he was tormented in mind, the Guilt like sharp Arrows run through him. Beseeching the Keeper he would be so kind, as to send for these men to come to him; Right earnestly he for this favour did plead, The Keeper he could not deny him indeed, And therefore to Newgate they sent for with speed, the thirteen poor Cuckolds of Branford. So soon as the Keeper he sent for them then to come to the Gallant in Prison, It was an astonishment to these poor Men, who wonder'd what might be the reason, But knowing him to be their Friend, they presume, To mount Roan and Dobbin, for Newgate they come, Not thinking that he had put Pope into Rome, and made them the Cuckolds of Branford. As these thirteen Cuckolds did enter the Goal, it almost bereft them of Senses, The Gallant he begg'd with a pittiful Tale, a pardon for all his offenses, Said he, an Extravagant Race I have run, Forgive me the Injuries which I have done, Alas! I have wronged you every one, My Cronyes in private in Branford. We know not wherein you have wrong'd us, they cry'd the value or weight of a farthing; But if you will tell us the Truth, they reply'd, you shall have our absolute Pardon; The Gallant did then on his marrow-bones fall, And said, your good Wives they have been at my Call, So that in a word I have Cuckold you all, while I did inhabit at Branford. With shaking their Noddles they turn'd them about, the foremost was Cuthbert the Hatter, Now as in a body they came trooping out, the People cry'd, What is the matter? A Keeper that follow'd, said clear the way wide, Pray what do you think they should be, he reply'd, But good honest Christians, not Men that are Try'd, the thirteen poor Cuckolds of Branford.
Licensed according to Order. Printed for C. Bates, next door to the Crown-Tavern i[n] West-Smithfield.