%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Mark Noble's Frollick; / Who Being / Stopp'd by the Constable near the Tower, was examin'd where he had / been; whither he was going; and his Name and Place where he dwelt: to which he answe- / red, where the Constable would have been glad to have been, and where he was going [?] / dare not go for his Ears; as likewise his Name, which he called Twenty Shillings; with an Ac- / count of what followed, and how he came off. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/22/2008 21987

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4.324 R227295 1 The New Rant The Rant; Give Ear to a Frolicsome Ditty The New Rant ONe night at a very late hour, / a Watch-maker home did repair; Pepys 4.324 Wing M610 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: 324 Mark Noble's Frollick; / Who Being / Stopp'd by the Constable near the Tower, was examin'd where he had / been; whither he was going; and his Name and Place where he dwelt: to which he answe- / red, where the Constable would have been glad to have been, and where he was going [?] / dare not go for his Ears; as likewise his Name, which he called Twenty Shillings; with an Ac- / count of what followed, and how he came off. Mark Noble's Frollick; Who Being Stopp'd by the Constable near the Tower, was examin'd where he had been; whither he was going; and his Name and Place where he dwelt: to which he answe- red, where the Constable would have been glad to have been, and where he was going, [?] dare not go for his Ears; as likewise his Name, which he called Twenty Shillings; with an Ac- count of what followed, and how he came off. Mark Noble's Frolic; Who Being Stopped by the Constable Near the Tower, was Examined Where He Had Been; Whither He was Going; and His Name and Place Where He Dwelt: To Which He Answered, Where the Constable Would Have Been Glad to Have Been, and Where He was Going [?] Dare Not Go for His Ears; As Likewise His Name, Which He Called Twenty Shillings; With an Account of What Followed, and How He Came Off. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?185 x 330 cropped bottom, left and right edges, creased, holed and damaged surface vertical rules 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back PBA

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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 8/22/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects advice alcohol entertainment law punishment urbanlife 08/22/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created, ESTC # recorded / found in bl.uk 07/18/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad Checked STAR ID R227295 02/01/07 Transcriber Talya Meyers Original Transcription 9/7/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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ONe night at a very late hour, a Watch-maker home did repair; When coming along by the Tower, was stopp'd by the Constable there. Friend, come before Mr. Constable, to see what his Worship will say; You'd have be do more than I'm able, I fear I shall fall by the way.
Sir, tell me, and do not deceive me, where have you been playing your part? Kind Mr. Constable believe me, where you'd have been with all your Heart. Sweet Bacchus in Bumpers were flowing, which Liquor all mortal Men cheers, And now after all I am going, where you dare not come for your Ears.
Your Words they are sawcy and evil, this may be a Charge to your Purse: For why? you are something uncivil, to answer a Constable thus. Oh, where do you dwell with a whennion? cross Humours we will not allow, Sir, out of the King's own Dominion, pray, what can ye say to me now? Pray what is your Name, you cross Villain? be sure that you answer me true; Why Sir, It is just Twenty Shilling, I think I have satisfied you. What Trade are you, Brewer or Baker? or do you a Waterman ply? No Sir, i'm an honest Watch-maker, my Trade I will never deny. Have you e'er a Watch you can show, Sir? we'll see how it sutes with our Clocks; Yes, Faith and a Constable too, Sir, I wish you were all in the Stocks. You sawcy impertinent Fellow, because you have answer'd me so, Although your mad Brains they be mellow, this night to a Prison you go. Therefore without any more dodging, the Lanthorns was lighted streightway; They guarded him to his strong Lodging, to lye there while Nine the next day. Next Morning the Constable brought him before a Justice to appear, And earnestly then he besought him, a sorrowfull Story to hear. Of all the Transactions he told him, to which the good Justice reply'd,
From Liberty he would withold him, till the Naked Truth should be try'd. The Tradesman returned this Answer, the Truth I will never deny; If I may speak without Offence, Sir, I scorn'd to be catch'd in a Lye. I said nothing which was unfitting, as solemnly here I profess; The King he is King of Great Britain, and I live in Britain the Less. The next thing that causes the Trouble, my Name he would have me to show, The which is right honest Mark Noble, and that's Twenty Shillings you know. Then asking me where I was going, and I being void of all Fears, Right readily made him this Answer, where he dare not go for his Ears. I rambl'd all day, yet the Centre, at night was to lye by my Wife, Instead of his Ears should he venture, I'Faith it might cost him his Life. Now when he had giv'n this Relation, of all that had past in the night, It yielded most pleasant Diversion, the Justice he laughed outright. It seems that a Glass of Canary conducted the Gallant along; I find that he's nothing but merry, intending no manner of wrong. Therefore I will free him from Prison, without any Charges or Fees; It being no more than right reason, you watch not for such Men as these.
Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back.