%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Nick and Froth; / OR, / The Good-fellows Complaint for want of full Measure. / Discovering the Deceits, and Abuses of Victuallers, Tapsters, Ale-Drapers; and all the rest / of the Society of Drunkard-makers: By filling their Drink in False Flaggons, Pimping Tankerds, / Cans, call'd Ticklers; Rabbits, Jugs, and short Quarterns, To the Grand abuse of the So- / ciety of Good-fellowship. / Good Fellows Drinks their Liquor without flinching; / Then why should Knavish Tapsters use such pinching. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/04/2011 30812

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R227318 1 We'l Drink this Old Ale no more, no more UNKNOWN We'll Drink This Old Ale No More, No More ALl you that are Free=men of Ale=Drapers hall / and Tapsters whereever you be, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 376 2: 377 Nick and Froth; / OR, / The Good-fellows Complaint for want of full Measure. / Discovering the Deceits, and Abuses of Victuallers, Tapsters, Ale-Drapers; and all the rest / of the Society of Drunkard-makers: By filling their Drink in False Flaggons, Pimping Tankerds, / Cans, call'd Ticklers; Rabbits, Jugs, and short Quarterns, To the Grand abuse of the So- / ciety of Good-fellowship. / Good Fellows Drinks their Liquor without flinching; / Then why should Knavish Tapsters use such pinching. Nick and Froth; OR, The Good-fellows Complaint for want of full Measure. Discovering the Deceits, and Abuses of Victuallers, Tapsters, Ale-Drapers; and all the rest of the Society of Drunkard-makers: By filling their Drink in False Flaggons, Pimping Tankers, Cans, call’d Ticklers; Rabbits, Jugs, and short Quarterns, To the Grand abuse of the Society of Good-fellowship. Good Fellows Drinks their Liquor without flinching; Then why should Knavish Tapsters use such pinching. Nick and Froth; OR, The Good fellows Complaint for want of full Measure. Discovering the Deceits, and Abuses of Victuallers, Tapsters, Ale Drapers; and all the rest of the Society of Drunkard makers: By filling their Drink in False Flaggons, Pimping Tankers, Cans, called Ticklers; Rabbits, Jugs, and short Quarterns, To the Grand abuse of the Society of Good fellowship. Good Fellows Drinks their Liquor without flinching; Then why should Knavish Tapsters use such pinching. ?-?

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ALl you that are Free-men of Ale-Drapers hall And Tapsters where ever you be, Be sure you be ready to come at my call, And your Knavery here you shall see. A knot of Good-fellows we are here inclind, To Challenge you out if you dare, A very sharp Tryal youre like to find, Although it be at your own Bar. Your Cheats and Abuses, we long did abide, But times are so wondrous hard, That Loosers may speak, it cannot be denyd, Of our Measure we have been debatd.
But now wel show you a trick (you knaves) And lay you all open to view, Its all for your Froth and your Nick (you slaves) And tell you no more then is true. If in a cold Morning we chance to come, And bid a good Morrow my Host, And call for some Ale, you will bring us black Pots, Yet scarce will afford us a Toast. For those that drink Beer, tis true as ime here Your Counterfeit Flaggons you have, Which holds not a Quart, scarce by a third part, And that makes my Hostis go brave.
BUt now pimping Tankerds are all in use Which drains a Mans Pocket in brief: For he that sits close, and takes of his Dose, Will Find that the Tankerds a Thief. Beet Tankerd or Flaggon, which of them you brag on, Wel trust you to Nick and to Froth; Before we can Drink, be sure it will shrink, Far worser then North Country Cloth. When Summer is coming, then hey brave boys, The tickling Cans they run round. Pray takt in good part, for a Winchester Will fill six, I dare lay you a Pound. Your Rabbits & Jugs, & Coffee-house Mugs Are ready when ere you do call, A P____ take his Trade, such Measures that made, I wish that Old Nick had them all. When we have a Fancy our Noses to Steel, And call for some Nance of the best, Be sure the short Pot, must fall to our lot, For now they are all in request. Scarce one House in twenty, where measure is plenty, But still they are all for the Pinch; Thus every day, they drive customs away, And force us good Fellows to flinch. Sometimes a man may, leave somthing to pay Though seldom he did it before: With Marlborough Cholke, you his patience provoke When ever he clears off his score.
The women likewise, which are not precise, But will take a Cup of the best, Tho they drink for pleasure, theyl have their measure Or else you shall have little rest. Theres Billings-gate Nan, & all her whole gang Complaining for want of their due: True Topers they are, as ere scord at Bar, For theyl drink till their Noses look blew. A Pot and a Toast, will make them to boast, Of things that are out of their reach: So long as a Groat, remains in the Coat, They over good Liquor will Preach. In Shoo-makers Row, theres true hearts you know But give them their Measure and weight, Theyl scorn for to stir, but stick like a Bur, And Tope it from Morning till Night. Then theres honest Smug that with a full jug Will set all his Brains on a float: But you are such Sots, to fill him small Pots Will scarce quench that spark in his Throat. With many such Blades of several Trades Which freely their Money will spend; But fill them good drink, they value not chink Where ever they meet with a Friend. Most Trades in the Nation gives their approbation How that you are much for to blame: Then make no excuses, but cease your abuses And fill up your Measure for shame.