%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 English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/13/2016 34642

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R227318 ALl you that are Free=men of Ale=Drapers hall / And Tapsters where ever you be, Houghton Library Huth EBB65H Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 201 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 Tankerds, Cans, call’d Ticklers; Rabbits, Jugs, and short Quarterns, To the Grand abuse of the So- ciety of Good-fellowship. Good Fellow 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 Flagons, Pimping Tankards, 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. ?-? R. Burton

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ALl you that are Free-men of Ale-Drapers hall And Tapsters wherever 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 inclin'd, To Challenge you out if you dare, A very sharp Tryal you're 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 deny'd, Of our Measure we have been debat'd.
But now we'l show you a trick (you knaves) And lay you all open to view, It's 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 time 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 Tankerd's a Thief. Bee't Tankerd or Flaggon, which of them you brag on, We'l 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 tak't in good part, for a Winchester Quart Will fill sir, I dare lay you a Pound. Your Rabbits & Jugs, & Coffee-house Mugs Are ready when e're 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 custome away, And force us good Fellows to flinch. Somtimes a man may, leave somthing to pay Though seldom he did it before: With Marlborough Cholke, you his patience provoke Whenever 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, they'l have their measure Or else you shall have little rest. There's Billings-gate Nan, & all her whole gang Complaining for want of their due: True Topers they are, as e're scor'd at Bar, For they'l 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 ever good Liquor will Preach. In Shoo-makers Row, there's true hearts you know But give them their Measure and weight, They'l scorn for to stir, but stick like a Bur, And Tope it from Morning till Night. Then there's 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 s[e]veral Trades Which freely their Money will spend; But fill them good drink, they value not think Wherever they meet with a Friend. Most Trades in that Nation gives their appro-bation How that you are much for to blame: Then make no excuses, but cease your abus[e]s And fill up your Measure for shame.
Printed for R. Burton, in West-smith-field.