%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / High-Priz'd PIN-BOX: / This Damsel she doth set great Store, / By her Pin-Box Fine and rare; / But every ordinary Whore, / Hath got suck Kind of Ware. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1750-1750 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/04/2012 32500

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N68227 I Have a gallant Pin-Box, / The like you ne'er did see, Then I'd not want my Pin-Box / For forty Pounds a Year. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 289768 THE / High-Priz'd PIN-BOX: / This Damsel she doth set great Store, / By her Pin-Box Fine and rare; / But every ordinary Whore, / Hath got suck Kind of Ware. THE High-Priz'd PIN-BOX: This Damsel she doth set great Store, By her Pin-Box Fine and rare; But every ordinary Whore, Hath got suck Kind of Ware. THE High-Prized PIN-BOX: This Damsel she doth set great Store, By her Pin-Box Fine and rare; But every ordinary Whore, Hath got such Kind of Ware. 1750-1750

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I Have a gallant Pin-Box, The like you neer did see, It is where never was the Pox, Something above my Knee: O tis a gallant Pin-box, You never saw the Peer; Then Id not want my Pin-Box For forty Pounds a Year. My Pin Box is the Portion My Mother left with me; Which gains me much Promotion, And great Tranquility: It doth maintain me bravely, Although all Things are dear: Then Ill not, etc.
My Pin-Box is a Treasure Which many Men delights; For therewith I can pleasure Both Earls, Lords, and Knights, If they do use my Pin-Box, They will not think it dear, Although that it doth cost them An hundred Pounds a Year. The P---n and the V---r, Though they are holy Men, Yet no Man eer is quicker To use my Pin-box, when They think no Man doth know it; For that is all their Fear: Then Id not, etc.
The cogging cheating Lawyer, That doth all Men abuse, Will also speak me very fair My Pin-Box for to use; Yea, and will be as liberal As any that come there; Then Id not want my Pin-Box For an hundred Pounds a Year. The Usurer that grindeth To get Use upon Use; Often a Time he findeth To come and play with Puss: Yea, and will give me something, Though little he will spare: Then, etc. The grievous hard Curmugeon That lives upon Brown-Bread, Unto me will be trudging, If that he be not sped; Yea, and will give me something, If that he shall come there: Then, etc. The Chirurgeon and the Doctor, That doth both cure and kill; The Chancellor and Proctor, And the Paritor will Bestow large Gifts upon me, If that they shall come there: Then, etc. The Grocer and the Draper That liveth on their Trades, Will leap and skip and caper, And think themselves brave Blades, And for to use my Pin-Box, They will give me some Geer, Then, etc. The Dairy-Men and Farmers That live upon their Stocks, Who love to fill their Graneries, And to increase their Flocks; For the Use of my Pin-Box, The best of it will spare: Then, etc.
The Clothier and the Dyer, And Tucker drest with flock, Doth very oft desire To use my Pin-Box; And though they hard do labour, Yet something they will spare; Then, etc. The Wool-Comber that Labours Fors Living with the Combs, Will sell them; and the Weavers Will do away their Looms, And all to use my Pin-Box, Because it is so rare; Then, etc. The Butcher that is killing, Sometimes of Cow and Calf, Is very often willing To give me more than half For the Use of my Pin-Box. And does not think it dear: Then, etc. The Man who lives by his Labour Those piteous ragged Sots, Will think it a great Favour For to use my Pin-Box. And though he gets but little, Yet something he will spare; Then, etc. And to be short, theres no Man, Let him be high or low. That did come of a Woman But will some Coin bestow For the Use of my Pin-Box, Because it is so rare: Then, etc. But to conclude my Ditty, And my most harmless Song, If any in the City, Or the Country doth belong For the Use of my Pin-box, And will some Money spare, Then they shall use my Pin-Box As long as they can stare.