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4.278 R187772 1 The Touch of the Times The Touch of the Times A Pretended Quaker near Yarmouth did dwell, / Of whom I am certain Relation shall tell; Ye know that the innocent Lambs they will play. Pepys 4.278 Wing Y19B 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: 278 Yea-and-Nay the Hypocrite: / OR, / A Brief Relation of a pretended Quaker near Yarmouth, who having lain with his own / Sister, got her with Child, so that she brought him Two Sons at a Birth for a New-years-Gift. Yea-and-Nay the Hypocrite: OR, A Brief Relation of a pretended Quaker near Yarmouth, who having lain with his own Sister, got her with Child, so that she brought him Two Sons at a Birth for a New-years-Gift. Yea-and-Nay the Hypocrite: Or, a Brief Relation of a Pretended Quaker Near Yarmouth, Who Having Lain with His Own Sister, Got Her with Child, so That She Brought Him Two Sons at a Birth for a New Year's Gift. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 197 x 310 cropped top edge, creased surface vertical rule 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, / J. Blare, J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back PBA

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A Pretended Quaker near Yarmouth did dwell, Of whom I a certain Relation shall tell; He had an own Sister call'd Mary by Name, The which he hath brought now to publick shame: He often did Court her before she would yield, At length his whole Mind in a Word he reveal'd; By Yea-and-Nay Sister do not say me nay, Ye know that the innocent Lambs they will play. A Spirit doth move me to Love thee this Night, I long for to taste of those Joys and Delight, Which other fond Lovers so highly do prize, Methinks I see Babies in thy pretty Eyes:
Oh do not deny me, but let me prevail, Strong is the Desire, my Flesh it is frail, And subject to Pleasure and wander astray, Thou knowest that the innocent Lambs they will play. Oh fie for shame Brother! thoul't cause me to chide, What would'st thou be naught with thy Sister she cry'd, Pray tell me, is wanton young Women so scarce, That your loving Sister you strive to disgrace: I will not go unto a Harlot, said he, I'd rather be kissing, and loving of thee; In what I desire do not say me nay, Thou knowest that the innocent Lambs they will play.
Said she, It is a Sin if I lye with another, And worse if I happen to lye with my Brother; The World will cry out of this horrible Crime, Without doubt it will be discover'd in time: Tush, fear not this Sin, for the nearer of Kin, The common old Maxim is, the farther in: Then prithee sweet Sister, do not say me nay, Thou know'st that the innocent Lambs they will play. Thou hear'st the Town-Bells how they merrily ring, Let us be as blith as the Birds in the Spring, For I am both merry and jolly, he cry'd, And willing I am to lye down by thy side, To taste of the Fountain and Raptures of Joy, My sweet Sister Mary forbear to be coy; Indeed I do love thee, by Yea and by Nay, Thou know'st that, etc. But if you should get me with Child, she reply'd. For such a great Charge I can never provide: Sweet Sister that Charge I tell thee ne'er fear, I have an Estate of full Six pounds a year, Which shall be thine, Mary, if thou wilt be free To take now the weight of a man upon thee: Be kind to thy Brother, and don't say me nay, Thou know'st that, etc. His Gifts were so large that she could not deny, But readily did to his humours comply; The Quaker as brisk as a Town-Bully Spark, His Light did go out, they were both in the Dark: Quoth he, If I miss of a Daughter or Son, The Wicked shall never know what we have done: I'll love thee for ever, now by Yea and Nay, Thou know'st that the innocent Lambs they will play Soon after his Sister he thus had embrac'd, Poor heart, she began to grow wide in the Waste; The pain it lay in the Back, Belly, and Side, Alas! I am ruin'd dear Brother she cry'd. But then at the length as the Truth did appear, She brought him two Sons to begin the New Year, And both at a Birth, my Friends, by Yea-and-Nay, This comes when the innocent Lambs they do play.
Printed for P. Brooksby, J, Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.