%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Counterfeit Court Lady: / Or, / An Answer to, Your Humble Servant Madam. / Discovering all her cunning knacks and feats, / How Wittily she doth bestow her Cheats; / By which she doth much admiration gain, / And in a splendid garb her self maintain. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1674-1674 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/29/2012 31684

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R227030 1 Your Humble Servant Madam Your Humble Servant, Madam Your Humble Servant Madam I Am a Lass / That doth surpass, AT my first Rise, / I was so wise, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 33 The Counterfeit Court Lady: / Or, / An Answer to, Your Humble Servant Madam. / Discovering all her cunning knacks and feats, / How Wittily she doth bestow her Cheats; / By which she doth much admiration gain, / And in a splendid garb her self maintain. The Counterfeit Court Lady: Or, An Answer to, Your Humble Servant Madam. Discovering all her cunning knacks and feats, How Wittily she doth bestow her Cheats; By which she doth much admiration gain, And in a splendid garb her self maintain. The Counterfeit Court Lady: Or, An Answer to, Your Humble Servant Madam. Discovering all her cunning knacks and feats, How Wittily she doth bestow her Cheats; By which she doth much admiration gain, And in a splendid garb her self maintain. 1674-1674 F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke

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I Am a Lass That doth surpass, the Beauties of the City: And near the Court, Where Blades resort, im counted wondrous witty: I have an oily Tongue, And very well its hung, if that you will believe me: Your flattering disease, My humour cannot please, for theres none that can deceive me.
No vapouring Cheat, Shall do the feat, with such a Girl as I am: Ile sit and smile, And him beguile, and all his oaths defieum: He that will cog and lye, Gains not my company, when once his plot I faddom: For I scorn that any Man, Should ever me Trappan, with your Humble Servant Madam.
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The Second part, To the same Tune.</hi></seg>
AT my first Rise, I was so wise, to gain a great Mans favour: And by my Art, I won his Heart, all by my brisk behaviour: Where I had Gold at will, My mind for to fulfill, he willing was to grant it: But though that he is gone, And I am left alone, I never fear to want it. My Rich attire, Makes all admire, And by what means I gain it: I have a Knack, To drink good Sack, and bravely to maintain it: With my Pearl about my neck, And my Gallants at a beck, I usd to drein their Purses: Before they will not grant, Whatever I do want, theyl sell both Coach and Horses. To train up Youth, I speak the truth, upon my Reputation: I do excell, And do it well, as any in the Nation: If I may gain their Gold, Ile make them free and bold, theres none that shall out vye them: For all the art of Love, You shall of them approve, when ere you please to try them.
Young Ladies they Observe my way, they think I am a neat one: If I do glance, Or Sing or Dance, I am a most compleat one. Though my breeding was not great, Yet I have learnt the Feat, for to delude a Sinner: To sit upon his Lap, And catch him in a Trap, for I am no young beginner. How happy he, Is thought to be, that by his comely carriage: Hath got the Art, To win my heart, and treat with me of Marriage: When I seem to comply, He knows no reason why, but that he may believe me: Thus I get Diamond Rings, And many pritty things, for none could ere deceive me. Thus with my wit, Great benefit, and Riches I have gotten: Which I in store, Keep for the poor, when I am dead and rotten: He shall be paid full well, That Rings my Passing Bell, and digs my Grave a faddom: Then all that can be said, Here lies one buried, that was a Ranting Madam.
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