%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 & 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 he / with an Account of what followed, and how he came off. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1699-1699 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/25/2011 30799

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R228459 9 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN the Tune of The New Rant Rant, The; Give Ear to a Frolicsome Ditty The Tune of The New Rant ONe night at a very late hour, / a Watch maker home did repair; Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 359 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 & 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 he / with an Account 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 he 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. 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 he 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. 1699-1699 B. D[?]

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ONe night at a very late hour, a Watch maker home did repair; When coming along by the Tower, was stoppd by the Constable there. Friend, come before Mr. Constable, to see what his Worship will say; Youd have me do more than Im 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 youd have been with [al]l your Heart. Sweet Bacchus in Bumpers were flowing, which Liquor all mortal Men chears, 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 Kings own Dominion, pray, what can you 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 satisfyed you. What Trade are you, Brewer or Baker? or do you a Waterman ply? No Sir, Im an honest Watch-maker, my Trade I will never deny. Have you eer a Watch you can show, Sir? well 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 answerd 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. [So] all the Transactions he told him, to which the good Justice replyd,
From Liberty he would withold him, till the Naked Truth should be tryd. The Tradesman returned this Answer, the Truth I will never deny; If I may speak without Offence, Sir, I scornd to be catchd 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 thats 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 rambld all day, yet the Centre, at night was to lye by my Wife, Instead of his Ears should he venture, IFaith it might cost him his Life. Now when he had given 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 hes nothing but merry, intending no manner of wrong. Therefore I will free him from Prison, without any Charges or F[ees,] It being no more than right [reason,] you watch not for such M[en as these.]
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