%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Fortunate Lasses of London:/ OR,/ A brief Account of the many Benifit-Tickets drawn by poor Ser-/ vants and Sinder-wenches, out of the late Maiden-Lottery./ Some that before had scare a Smock to wear,/ Are now as fine as Ladies, I declare. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/09/2007 22353

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5.431 R188069 1 The Evening Ramble The Evening Ramble The Evening Ramble THe Lottery now is compleated,/ where Husbands you where to obtain, She had a good Benefit-Ticket we hear,/ Which brought her a Man of five Hundred a Year. (with variations) Pepys 5.431 Wing F1617[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: 431 The Fortunate Lasses of London:/ OR,/ A brief Account of the many Benifit-Tickets drawn by poor Ser-/ vants and Sinder-wenches, out of the late Maiden-Lottery./ Some that before had scare a Smock to wear,/ Are now as fine as Ladies, I declare. The Fortunate Lasses of London: OR, A brief Account of the many Benifit-Tickets drawn by poor Ser- vants and Sinder-wenches, out of the late Maiden-Lottery. Some that before had scarce a Smock to wear, Are now as fine as Ladies, I declare. The Fortunate Girls of London: Or, a Brief Account of the Many Benefit-tickets Drawn by Poor Servants and Cinderwomen, out of the Late Maiden-lottery. Some that before Had Scarce an Undergarment to Wear, are Now as Fine as Ladies, I Declare. 1/2 sheet folio, 247 x 174 cropped right edge, torn left edge, uneven inking vertical rule 1664-1696 London: Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-ball in Pye-corner. P. Brooksby BBTI

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THe Lottery now is compleated, where Husbands you where to obtain, For Lasses we find, to luck was inclin'd, and brought in their Guinneys amain, From every part of the Town, the Beautiful, Black and the Brown, Came tripping together, as light as a feather, and Kate at the sign of the Crown, She had a good Benefit-Ticket we hear, Which brought her a Man of five Hundred a Year. Young Sue at the sign of the Dragon, she laid her best Mantow in Pawn, Her Muzling Head, with Ribons of red, with Ruffles of delicate Lawn, And two or three Tippets likewise; then she to the Lottery hies, And since she had ventur'd, as soon as she enter'd, Sue lit of a delicate Prize; Her Benefit-Ticket, as it will appear, Has brought her a Man of six Hundred a Year. There's Mary in Westminster City, who was but a poor Scullion-maid, A Guinney she got, to purchase a Lot, Of Robin a Taylor by trade, Who was but her Father-in-law; so soon as the Guinney she saw, She purchas'd a Ticket, and happen'd to nick it, for Mary did luckily Draw A Benefit-Ticket, as it will appear, Which brought her a Man of eight Hundred a Year. There's Gillian that lives at the May-pole, and Betty in Turn-again-lane, Nay, Bridget and Kate, near little More-gate, young Sib at the Thistle and Crane; With Sue at the sign of the Sun, and Joan at the Dagger and Gun, They pawn'd all their Pinners, had they not been Winners, poor Creatures, they had been undone, But they have had Benefit-Tickets, we hear, For Husbands each having five Hundred a Year.
Poor Susan the Sister of Sinders, who scarce had a Smock to her Back, She luckily found, a Purse on the ground, and ventur'd it every jack; This Taterdemalian, poor Sue, who scarce had a stocking or shooe, By Fortune befrended, her case was amended, five hundred and seven she drew, And that did a Benefit-Ticket appear, Which brought her a Man of one Thousand a Year. There's Betty a Water-man's Daughter that lived near Wapping-old-stairs; A Nitter by trade, this innocent Maid away to the Strand she repairs; Her Parents altho' they were poor, and had but one Guinney in store, That Guinney they lent her, so that she did venter, her Lot was six hundred and four, The which did a Benefit-Ticket appear, And brought her a Man of two Thousand a Year. Poor Sarah that liv'd at the Miter, she had neither Silver nor Gold, But meeting with Ned, her dear Maiden-head, in troth, for a Guinney she sold; And then without longer delay, young Sarah she hurry'd away; Now mind but the Story, her fortunate Glory, this Guinney was lucky you'll say, For she had a Benefit-Ticket we hear, Which brought her a Man of three Thousand a Year. There's many young beautiful Ladies, that daily come in for a shear, Yet since they were Great, we do not relate or mention their Benefits here, But those that from nothing did rise, the Poor and the Naked likewise, Who pawn'd their Attire, to gain their desire, the hopes of a delicate Prize; And when drawing their Benefit-Tickets appear, With Husbands of Hundreds and thousands a Year.
London: Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-ball in Pye-corner.