%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Saint turn'd Curtezan: / OR, / A New PLOT discover'd by a precious Zealot, of an Assault and / Battery design'd upon the Body of a Sanctify'd Sister, &c. / Who in her Husband's absence, with a Brother / Did often use to comfort one another; / Till wide-mouth'd Crop, who is an old Italian, / Took his Mare napping, and surpriz'd her Stallion: / Who 'stead of Entertainment from his Mistris, / Did meet a Cudgelling not match'd in Hist'ries. 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 03/02/2016 34913

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R202035 1 Quakers Ballad: or, All in the Land of Essex Tom a Bedlam Quakers Ballad: or, All in the Land of Essex ALL in the Zealous City, / Near the Exchange so Royal, Old Ben who much suspected / 'Twas more then a bare Vision, Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, / Each pious Covenanter, / Now alas what hope / Of converting the Pope, / When a Sister turns a Ranter? [with variation] Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, / Each zealous Covenanter, / Who wou'd credit Ben. T--k, / Tho' he swore on a Book, / That a Saint should turn a Ranter? [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 THE / Saint turn'd Curtezan: / OR, / A New PLOT discover'd by a precious Zealot, of an Assault and / Battery design'd upon the Body of a Sanctify'd Sister, &c. / Who in her Husband's absence, with a Brother / Did often use to comfort one another; / Till wide-mouth'd Crop, who is an old Italian, / Took his Mare napping, and surpriz'd her Stallion: / Who 'stead of Entertainment from his Mistris, / Did meet a Cudgelling not match'd in Hist'ries. THE Saint turn’d Curtezan: OR, A New PLOT discover’d by a precious Zealot, of an Assault and Battery design’d upon the Body of a Sanctify’d Sister, etc. Who in her Husband’s absence, with a Brother Did often use to comfort one another; Till wide-mouth’d Crop, who is an old Italian, Took his Mare napping, and surpriz’d her Stallion: Who ‘stead of Entertainment from his Mistris, Did meet a Cudgelling not match’d in Hist’ries. THE Saint turned Courtesan: OR, A New PLOT discovered by a precious Zealot, of an Assault and Battery designed upon the Body of a Sanctified Sister, etc. Who in her Husband's absence, with a Brother Did often use to comfort one another; Till wide-mouthed Crop, who is an old Italian, Took his Mare napping, and surprised her Stallion: Who instead of Entertainment from his Mistress, Did meet a Cudgeling not matched in Histories. ?-?

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ALL in the Zealous City, Near the Exchange so Royal, In dead of Night Appear'd such a Sprite, Wou'd make a Saint disloyal. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, Each pious Covenanter, Now alas what hope Of converting the Pope, When a Sister turns a Ranter? A precious Goose-quill Brother, Joyn'd with a Holy Sister, In place of Mate To propagate The Holy Seed, he kiss'd her. Help, etc. About the time of Midnight, When th'Saints are Caterwauling, The Youngster came To cherish the Dame, While the Cuckold was a stroleing. Help, etc. For while her Factious Gaol-bird, That Type of Reformation, Lay close by the heels, The slippery Eels Lay in close Copulation. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, Each pious Covenanter, What hopes have we got To defeat the Sham-Plot, If a Sister turns a Ranter?
But as the Devil wou'd have it, The Devil of Lust and Malice, That night he broke Gaol, And boggl'd her Tail; She wish'd him at the Gallows. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, Each zealous Covenanter, What hopes have we got To defeat the Sham-Plot, If a Sister turns a Ranter? For at the usual hour, In comes the Clerk oth' Quorum; Where to spoil the Plot, The Devil had got Possession long before him. Help, etc. My fairest Helen open, Here's thy own loving Paris: Get away from my door, You Son of a whore, For here's th' old Cuckold H---is. Help, etc. Then damn the Factious Lubber, To spoil our Recreation: Quoth H---is, what's there? nothing, my Dear, But the Spirit of Revelation. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, Each zealous Covenanter, Who wou'd credit Ben. T--k, Tho' he swore on a Book, That a Saint should turn a Ranter? Old
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Old Ben who much suspected more then a bare Vision, Began for to peep, And slept Dog-sleep, Till he found the Apparition. Help, etc. The Covenanting Brother, According to Indenture, With Ink in Pen Came there agen Next Night, but could not enter. Help, etc. He knockt beneath the window, What can you sleep so soundly? Open, my Dear: Quoth Ben, are you there? I'le handle you profoundly. Help, etc. In Gown of Wife, and Slippers, While she lay in a slumber, Perplex'd with cares, He crept down Stairs, Arm'd with good Cudgel Lumber. Help, etc. Who's there? quoth watchful Argus: I in longing passion, Give me a kiss: Quoth Ben, take this, A Drydens Salutation. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, Each zealous Covenanter, What wonder the Atheist L'------ should turn Papist, When a Zealot turns a Ranter? What means this strangeness, Madam? I mean to cool your Courage: Take this, you Rogue, I'le send you, Dog, To hunt for other Forrage. Help, etc. The Wife scar'd in the Buzzle, My Dear, what is the matter? You're a Whore, quoth he, You are, quoth she, A Villain and a Traytor. Help, etc.
I'le have thee scourg'd by Baxter, Quoth he, at the next Lecture, For prostrating To anything Beneath a Lord Protector. Help, etc. Quoth she, I'le have thee Quarter'd Thou Scribbling Factious Felon, For publishing Against the King Sedition and Rebellion. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, All pious Covenanters, What hopes have we got To defeat the Sham-Plot, When a Sister turns a Ranter? Have I, quoth he, escaped The Pillory and Committal, The Gallows and The Laws oth' Land, To be proclaim'd a Wittal? Help, etc. What will the Bloudy Plotters Say of a Holy Brother, When we our selves Lay Traps and Shelves To Counterplot each other? Help, etc. But now for an Expedient, Lest they should us bespatter, We'l say the Spark's A Popish Shark, And that will salve the matter. Help, etc. We'l say he was a Papist L'------ had sent to Fire us; So thou art clear, My dearest Dear, And the Saints will still admire us. Help Care, Vile, Smith, and Curtis, And each true Covenanter, What hopes have we got To defeat the Sham-Plot, If a Sister turns a Ranter?
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