%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Crafty MISS, / Or, An Excise=man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man who lately in the County of Kent, had received the / sum of fourscore pounds, and lighting into the Company of a Crafty Miss who gave him the / Chouse for it all; and riding away with his Gelding, lest in the stead a Mare which she had / stole; for which Mare he was arraigned, and narrowly escaped the severe penalty of the Law: / which may be a sufficient warning to all Excisemen far and near, to amend their lives, to / hate a Miss, and love their Wives. 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 31195

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R228749 3 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Moggies Jealousie You London Lads Be Merry; Moggie's Jealousy Moggie's Jealousy THere was an Excise-Man so fine, / rode into the county of Kent, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 577 The Crafty MISS, / Or, An Excise=man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man who lately in the County of Kent, had received the / sum of fourscore pounds, and lighting into the Company of a Crafty Miss who gave him the / Chouse for it all; and riding away with his Gelding, lest in the stead a Mare which she had / stole; for which Mare he was arraigned, and narrowly escaped the severe penalty of the Law: / which may be a sufficient warning to all Excisemen far and near, to amend their lives, to / hate a Miss, and love their Wives. The Crafty MISS, Or, An Excise-man well fitted. Being a true Relation of an Excise-man who lately in the County of Kent, had received the sum of fourscore pounds, and lighting into the Company of a Crafty Miss who gave him the Chouse for it all; and riding away with his Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was arraigned, and narrowly escaped the severe penalty of the Law: which may be a sufficient warning to all Excisemen far and near, to amend their lives, to hate a Miss, and love their Wives. The Crafty MISS, Or, An Exciseman well fitted. Being a true Relation of an Exciseman who lately in the County of Kent, had received the sum of fourscore pounds, and lighting into the Company of a Crafty Miss who gave him the Choice for it all; and riding away with his Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was arraigned, and narrowly escaped the severe penalty of the Law: which may be a sufficient warning to all Excisemen far and near, to amend their lives, to hate a Miss, and love their Wives. ?-?

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THere was an Excise-man so fine, rode into the County of Kent, And there he received much Coyn, for that very bustness he went: He met with a jolly brave Miss, her beauty was fair to behold, But she gave him a judas kiss, and shewd him a trick for his Gold. She rod on a bonny brave Mare, he rid on a Gelding also, He whisperd a word in her ear. straight way to an Inn they did go He was of a pretty Condition, he calld her the joy of his life, And then without any suspition, they passed for Husband and Wife. They set up the Mare and the Gelding, and calld for a Supper with speed, Their Wine it was plentily filld in, and lovingly then they agreed: O then they were heartily merry, their joys did begin to abound, They drank up full brimmers of sherry and the Glass it went merrily round, He had not the sight of his folly, fond love had so blinded his eyes, O then he was heartily jolly, he thought he had gotten a prize, Then whilst they most lovingly greeted, he thought he was certainly blest, But ner was Excise-man so Cheated, O now comes the Cream of the jest. He pulld out a Purse full of Gold, which he had receivd for Excise, And said to his Landlord, behold, keep this till next morning we rise; His Miss she did call him her Honey, and straight to embracing they fall, But her mind still run on the money, to give him the Chouse for it all And while he was snoring and sleeping, she thought it no time to delay, But giving the Landlord a Meeting, O thus unto him she did say: My husband he has not the power, to rise although it be day, Yet he hath appointed an hour to pay all this money away.
The time doth begin to expire, then prithee now sadle his Steed, And Landlord I do you desire, to fetch me the Money with speed: The Inn-keeper he did believe it, and fetch her the fourscore pound, And she was as glad to receive it, she neither spard Horse-flesh nor ground But when the Excise-man did waken, and found that his Miss she was fled, And seeing himself thus forsaken, while he had been sleeping a Bed, O then how he rapped and thounderd, he was in a Cholerick heat; His Pockets was pillagd and plunderd he found he had met with a Cheat. The Landlord the Chamber did enter, and bowing himself to the ground, Sir have you forgot where you sent her to pay in the fourscore pound? The Landlord no sooner had said it, but then he was daunted straightway But yet for the sake of his Credit, O never a word he would say. But then he was fretting and petting, he had ner a penny of Cole, His Miss rid away with the Gelding, and left him a Mare she had stole: For which they did soon apprehend him, in sorrow he then did complain, For they to a Prison did send him, where he did till Sizes remain. And there he was raignd at the Bar, besides all the Money he lost. O now you Excise-men beware, you see in your Courting youre crost The Bill it had like to been found, because he had called her his Wife It cost him many a pound, and had like to have cost him his life. This was in Rochester City, the truth you may certainly find, The people afforded no pitty, but said he was servd in his kind: But now the Excise-man is sorry, that ever he met with this Jads, For sure she had learned her Jurry, she lackt but a stock to her Trade.
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