%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, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was / Arraigned, and narrowly escaped the penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate / a Miss, and love their Wives. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1684-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/17/2018 35670

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1 Moggies Jealousie. You London Lads Be Merry; Moggie's Jealousy Moggies Jealousy THere was an Excise-man so fine / rode into the County of Kent, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : 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 penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men 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 penalty of the Law: Which may be a sufficient warning to all Excise-men 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 penalty of the Law: Which may be a sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate a Miss, and love their Wives. 1684-1684 J. Deacon

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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 business he went: He met with a jolly brave Miss, her beauty was fair to behold, But she gave him a Judas kiss, and shew'd him a trick for his Gold. She rode on a bonny brave Mare, he rode on a Gelding also, He whisper'd a Word in her ear; straightway to an Inn they did go: He was of a pretty condition, he call'd her his Joy and his Life; And then without any suspition, they passed for Husband and Wife.
They set up the Mare and the Gelding, and call'd for a Supper with speed, Their Wine it was presently fill'd 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 ne'r was Excise-man so cheated; O now comes the Cream of the jest.
He pull'd out a Purse full of Gold, which he had receiv'd for Excise, And said to his Landlord, behold, keep this till the morning we rise; His Miss she did call him her Honey, and straight to embracing they fall, But her mind still ran on the Money, to give him the Chouse for it all; And while he was snoring & 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 Saddle his Steed, And Landlord I do you desire to fetch me the Money with speed. The Inn-keeper he did believe it, and fetcht her the fourscore pound, And she was as glad to receive it, she neither spar'd horse-flesh nor ground But when the Excise-man did awaken and found that his Miss she was fled, And seeing himself thus forsaken, while he had been sleeping in bed; O then he rapped and thunder'd, he was in a Chollerick heat, His Pockets was pillag'd & plunder'd, 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 freeting and petting, he had ne'r a penny of Cole, His Miss rode away with his 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 'raign'd at the bar, besides all the Money he lost. O now you Excise-men beware, you see in your Courting you're crost: The Bill it had like to been found, because he had call'd 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 serv'd in his kind: But now the Excise-man is sorry that ever he met with this Jade, For sure she had learned her lurry, she lackt but a stock to her Trade.
Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Guilt-spur street.