%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE/ COMPLAINT/ OF/ All the She-Traders/ IN/ Rosemary-lane, Black-Mary's-Hole, Ratcliff, Dog-and-Bitch-Yard, Moor-fields, and/ Petticoat-lane, against the City Cheats, or the New Coffee-houses, about Charing-/ Cross, Westminster, Covent-garden, Fleet-street, and those parts of the Town. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1682-1700 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/07/2007 22327

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5.405 R174202 1 An Orange With a Fading An Orange A Curse of your Shams, ye Coffee-house Dames, / Who, insted of extinguishing, cherish mens Flames; imprint unclear: 'Printed by [J]. Wallis, between the Two Gateways going into White-Friars.' Pepys 5.405 Wing C5612[a]A 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. 5: 405 THE/ COMPLAINT/ OF/ All the She-Traders/ IN/ Rosemary-lane, Black-Mary's-Hole, Ratcliff, Dog-and-Bitch-Yard, Moor-fields, and/ Petticoat-lane, against the City Cheats, or the New Coffee-houses, about Charing-/ Cross, Westminster, Covent-garden, Fleet-street, and those parts of the Town. THE COMPLAINT OF All the She-Traders IN Rosemary-lane, Black-Mary's-Hole, Ratcliff, Dog- and-Bitch-Yard, Moor-fields, and Petticoat-lane, against the City Cheats, or the New Coffee-houses, about Charing- Cross, Westminster, Covent-garden, Fleet-street, and those parts of the Town. The Complaint of All the She-traders in Rosemary-lane, Black-Mary's-hole, Ratcliff, Dog-and-bitch-yard, Moor-fields, and Petticoat-lane, against the City Cheats, or the New Coffeehouses, about Charing Cross, Westminster, Covent Garden, Fleet Street, and Those Parts of the Town. 1/2 sheet folio, 287 x 190 cropped bottom edge Printer J. Wallis 1682-1700 Printed by J. Wallis, between the Two Gateways going into White-Friars. BBTI seems more likely to be John than James CTG

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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 8/7/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects economics/trade London sex/sexuality trickery/deceit urbanlife vulgarities/crasshumor 08/07/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, Metadata added, Xballaded 10/23/06 Transcriber Talya Meyers Original Transcription 10/23/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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A Curse of your Shams, ye Coffee-house Dames, Who, insted of extinguishing, cherish mens Flames; How finely you draw the poor Genleman in, With your Devils Commander, Wine, to the Sin Fornication. Sobriety cloaks your Lust, with a Pox, While we deal more plainly, like honester Fokes, Altho' we can hardly keep open our Dores, For all we maintain the perfectest Whores In the Nation. When Miss is with Kid, that shame may be hid, For a Coffee-house for her strait Money is bid, Where Bantling comes out, and then she's as pure As a Girl of fifteen, that ne'r play'd the Whore But in Fancy. At Night to the Star the Bullies repair, Where Robin has fix'd a Planet more fair; Whose Aspect alone portends more annoy Than the glitt'ring Flames that devour'd old Troy: O brave Nancy. Strait Nancy comes down in her flowr'd Sattin Gown, And in scoring ten Shillings she cheats but a Crown, Too little (alas!) to maintain the Jade's pride, And the lavish Expense of her Bully beside, I must tell ye. Chocolat, Syder, Mum, flows all o're the Room, Of which ('tis believ'd) Madam Nancy drinks some; But to Robin this Drinking is but a meer Task, For he swears he can't sleep without t'other Flask In his Belly. The Flasks go round, and the Glasses are crown'd, Till some fall o'fighting, and then to the ground; When Robin and Nancy th' advantage do take Of picking their Pockets before they do wake, Of their Silver.
If Gold was there, you boldly may swear, They got it by means not honest or fair; For whatever they cram into Fob or to Gut, You may be all confident is nothing but What they Pilfer. Then from Rosemary-lane, we all do complain, From Black-mary's Hole, from Ratcliff again, From Dog-and-Bitch-Yard, and from famous Moor-fields, To the Sparks of this End of the Town, of the Ills We lye under. In time then appease our harsh Miseries, Or the cruel Affliction you Gallants will seize, Else we shall be forced e'r many a day To turn honest Women all; which you will say, Is a Wonder. O Petticoat-lane! that long did'st maintain The Quack, that pretends to cure the Rein, How low art thou fall'n from thy Trade in a trice, What before for a George, may now for a Sice Be procured. Then let us All a Council call, And cry out amain, A Hall! a Hall! For such damn'd Impositions were ne're before known, Since Damaris Page, here, and can be by none Here endured. Let's muster our Force, both our Foot and our Horse, Those who ride on Crutches and those who halt worse, And let us proclaim it Expulsion by law, To those who from our Assistance withdraw, Or lye Skulkers. For 'ti'n't worth our while to Buttock and File, And to Clap is both our own Pain and our Toil; Then either offord us in Visits relief, Or some of the Traders may find to their grief, We'll turn Bulkers.
Printed by J. Wallis, between the Two Gateways going into White-Friars.