%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / High prized Pin-Box. / This Damzel she doth set great store / by her Pin-box brisk and rare, / But every ordinary Whore / hath got such kind of ware. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1681-1681 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/19/2018 35994

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R227216 I Have a gallant Pin=box / the like you ne'r did see, Then Ile not leave my Pin-box / for Fifty pound a year. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : THE / High prized Pin-Box. / This Damzel she doth set great store / by her Pin-box brisk and rare, / But every ordinary Whore / hath got such kind of ware. THE High prized Pin-Box. This Damzel she doth set great store by her Pin-box brisk and rare, But every ordinary Whore hath got such kind of ware. THE High-prized Pin Box. This Damsel she doth set great store by her Pin box brisk and rare, But every ordinary Whore hath got such kind of ware. 1681-1681 J Wright. J Clark W. Thackery and T. Passenger

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I Have a gallant Pin-box the like you ne'r 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 Ile not leave my Pin-box for Fifty pound a year. My Pin-box is the Portion my mother left with me; Which gaines me much promotion, and great tranquility: It doth maintain me bravely, although all things are dear; Then ile not etc.
My Pin-box is a treasure which many men delights: For therewith I can pleasure both Earles, Lords, and Knights; If they shall use my Pin-box they will not think it dear, Although that it doth cost them an hundred pound a year. The Parson and the Vicar though they are Holy men, Yet no man shall be quicker to use my Pin-box, when They think no man doth know it; for that is all their fear: Then ile not etc.
The cogging cheating Lyer that doth all men abuse, Will speak me very fair my Pin-box for to use; Yea, and will be as liberal as any that come there: Then ile not leave my Pin-box for an hundred pound a year. The Usurer that grindeth to get Use upon Use, Often a time he findeth to come to play with Puss; Yea, and will give me something, saying take this my dear: 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, though little he will spare: Then etc. The Chyrugion and the Doctor, that doth both cure and kill, The Chanceller 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 Ware: Then etc. The Dairy-men and Farmers that liveth on their Stocks, Who love to fill their garners, 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 flocks, Doth very oft desire for to use my Pin-box; And though they hard doth labour, yet something they will spare, Then etc. The Wool-comber that labours for's living with his Combes, Will sell them, and the Weavers will do away their Loomes, 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 will not think it dear: Then etc. The man that lives by's 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 there's no man, let him be high or low, That did come of a woman but will some Coyn 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 long 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.
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