%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The VVomen and Maidens Vindication/ OF/ TOP-KNOTS:/ At a Parliament Holden by them near Pimlico./ Shewing the great benefit they bring to thousands in City and Country, Charging Men to Affront them no more/ therewith, least they incur their greatest displeasure. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1672 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/17/2008 22031

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4.367 R187736 1 Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London SInce Women and Maidens have been abus'd,/ we think it's high time to break silence; tune unclear: To a Pleas[a]nt New Tune; Or, The L[a]dies of London.; imprint unclear: Printed for J. Gilbertson, at the Sun and Bible on/ London=B[r]id[g]e; date from Rollins. Pepys 4.367 Rollins (1) IV:21-24; Wing W3326A 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: 367 The VVomen and Maidens Vindication/ OF/ TOP-KNOTS:/ At a Parliament Holden by them near Pimlico./ Shewing the great benefit they bring to thousands in City and Country, Charging Men to Affront them no more/ therewith, least they incur their greatest displeasure. The VVomen and Maidens Vindication OF TOP-KNOTS: At a Parliament Holden by them near Pimlico. Shewing the great benefit they bring to thousands in City and Country, Charging Men to Affront them no more therewith, least they incur their greatest displeasure. The VVomen and Maidens' Vindication of Top Knots: at a Parliament Held by Them Near Pimlico. Shewing the Great Benefit They Bring to Thousands in City and Country, Charging Men to Affront Them No More Therewith, Least They Incur Their Greatest Displeasure. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 198 x 296 uneven inking cast fleurons 1672 Printed for J. Gilbertson, at the Sun and Bible on/ London=Bridge. J. Gilbertson Weinstein Plomer and BBTI only list "J. Gilbertson." BBTI does record an apprentace named James, who, judging by the dates, may be the same person.

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SInce Women and Maidens have been abus'd, we think it's high time to break silence; For wearing Top-Knots it is we're accus'd, but now we can do't with a License; To th' praise of our Sex, a Law it is made, which e'ry Female doth impower. That None of us all need now be afraid, to wear a Top-Knot or a Tower. A Sessions was held ne'r to Pimlico, where Ladies and other resorted, The Acts and Speeches of those that did go, you will find here tru[l]y reported;
'First thing they did, a Speaker they chose, it was one well suited their Fancy, But they cast Lots least time they should lose, and it fell on Nimble-tongu'd Nancy. She was no sooner placed in the Chair, but made a most pithy Oration, Extolling Top-Knots and other Attire, that are worn in City and Nation: Said she (indeed she spoke like a Saint) young Maidens, and those that are grieved, Make no delay, but let's hear your Complaint, 'pon Honour you shall be relieved.
'Twas a brisk Lady first open'd the case, it's said she belong'd to the Temple. Who exprest her self with a very good Grace, and shew'd how Men on them do trample: Madam Speaker, 'tis my greatest care, that some wholsome new Laws you'l provide; Or Top-Knots in quiet we never shall wear, as we trip it up along Cheapside. For Men of late are so very rude grown, at Noon-day they plainly do show it, A Lady to them's no more than a Joan, incens'd by the Lines of a Poet: Another stood up with a fierce look, said, Madam, you're right in your guesses, For he's a Villain, I'll swear on a Book, that hath made those Paper of Verses. The third that spoke was a Milliners Wife, who seem'd to be in a great passion, And said she had rather loose her sweet life, then Top-Knots should grow out of Fashion: A Weavers Wife the cause would maintain, for Top-Knots she shew'd a great pitty; By Ribbons there's [th]ousands good livings gain, not only in Subburbs but City. Then Bridget, Mary, kind Nelly and Joan, with Sue and Doll unanimously, In all there was an hundred and one of Maids, which caus'd a very great cry: Top Knots we'l have, and Top-Knots we'l wear, since it hath occasion'd so much good, Let Men speak against us now if they dare, we'l spend the dearest drop of our blood. The Clerk was order'd to write this Law down, before they made a Prorogation, That Top-Knots be wore in City and Town, throughout the Kingdom and Nation: Therefore we strictly charge and Command, that Men no more shew themselves such Sots, Or else they shall feel the weight of our hands, when ever they catch at our Top-Knots.
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Printed for J. Gilbertson, at the Sun and Bible on London-Bridge.