%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Souldiers delight in the North / OR, / A New North-countrey Jigge betwixt a Man and his Wife, / Who were in a kinde of conjugall strife: / She finding his fancie to grow dull and moody, / Thus still cals upon him, Come cudle me Codie. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1640-1640 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/22/2018 36206

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S95254 2 the Northerne Diddle, or Raged and torne, &[?] Old Simon the King The Northern Diddle, or Ragged and Torn, & to the same Tune Old Simon the King To the Same Tune CVdie and P[e]ggie together / did meet in an evening late, THe Mickle Deuil's in the woman, / what would'st thou haue me to do, Canst thou not cudle me Cudie / And canst thou not cudle me now? / I pray thee come cudle me Cudie, / as thou hadst wont to doe. [with variation] | [Then hold thee] contented Peggie / [and take what I] am able; / [I'le neuer forsake m]y Meggie / [while I haue a Na]g in my Stable. Then hold thee c[o]ntented Peggie, / and take what I am able; / I'le neuer forsake my Meggie / while I haue a Nag in my Stable. | [The]n canst thou not cudle me Cudie, / [And] canst thou not cudle me now, / [I pra]y thee come cudle me Cudie / [as th]ou wert wont to doe. Manchester Central Library Blackletter Ballads Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 32 The Souldiers delight in the North / OR, / A New North-countrey Jigge betwixt a Man and his Wife, / Who were in a kinde of conjugall strife: / She finding his fancie to grow dull and moody, / Thus still cals upon him, Come cudle me Codie. The Soldier's delight in the North OR, A New North-country Jig betwixt a Man and his Wife, Who were in a kind of conjugal strife: She finding his fancy to grow dull and moody, Thus still calls upon him, Come cuddle me Codie. 1640-1640

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Peggie. CUdie and Peggie together did meet in an evening late, And pleasant like the weather, sweet Peggie began to prate. Now is it a Moone-shine night the season doth require, That we should take delight and blow up Cupid's fire. Canst thou not cudle me Cudie And canst thou not cudle me now? I pray thee come cudle me Cudie, as thou hadst wont to doe. Cudie. Then Cudie began to say, sweet Pe[g]gie I pray thee be whiet, And both [by] night and by day my S[?]ll allow thee diet: My B[?] yeeld thee drink, [?]he Parish, [?]ever shrink, [?]ve and cherish. [Then hold thee] contented Peggie [and take what I] am able; [I'le never forsake m]y Meggie [while I have a Na]g in my stable. [Peg]gie. [?], [?]kinde,
And therefore I need not stu nor vainly trouble my minde. But one thing I do want whereof I had once enough? Before I'le of that be scant, I'le sell both Cart and Plough. Then canst thou not, etc. Cudie. O Peggie dost think the Moone will alwayes be at the full, I cannot do as I have done, now age my courage doth pull. Then Peggie be content, to take what I can give, When all our meanes is spent so well as we can we must live. Then hold thee, etc. Peggie. Alas my Duck my Dove, why art thou growne faint-hearted? Long time we increased in love, and smoke's to flame converted. The Calfe will grow to a Bull, and the Lambe will be a Tup, But thou being growne to the full falst down when thou shouldst rise up. Then canst thou not, etc.
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Cudie. THe Mickle Devil's in the woman, what would'st thou have me to do, But wealth and wit I do summon if I can please thee so. And yet thou lookest for meare then I have to bestow But I pray th[?]y adue for de[s]ire, for in troth my state growes low. Then hold thee c[o]ntented Peggie, and take what I am able; I'le never forsake my Meggie while I have a Nag in my Stable. Peggie. Nay Cudie if thou art distasted at that which I have said, My time in vaine I have wasted, would I were againe a Maid. Then would I take a Lad should give me better content, When we were first wed, I had a time of merryment. [The]n canst thou not cudle me Cudie, [And] canst thou not cudle me now, [I pra]y thee come cudle me Cudie [as th]ou wert wont to doe. Cudie. [M]y Peggie I took by the middle, and I laid her upon her ridge, And I bad her lie still honny Lasse, and I'le play her the other Jigge. For sheel have a Lad with a lock, whatsoever else betide; Shall play her a Jigge in her smock, before that shee'l be his Bride. Then hold thee, etc. Meggie. [?] thou hast cudl'd me once, [?] thou hast cudl'd me twice,
And if thou hast cudl'd me once again, then thou hast cudled me thrice. I pray thee rock the Babe, the Cradle runs on wheeles, When my Host goes drunk to bed, up flies my Hostesses heeles. Then canst thou n[ot,] etc. My Peggie I pr[ay th]ee be civill, and speak no mo[r]e then's fit, I hope thou hast g[o]t no evill by me, therefore learne more wit. And do not thy foll[y] bewray, in such an unseemly manner, I'le please thee as well as I may, then do not thy Sex dishonour. Then hold thee, et[c.] Peggie. Sweet Cuddie be better appeased, thy Peggie speaks but in jest, With what thou art able I'me pleased, and so let the quarrell rest. Yet still I can neve[r] chuse, but say in a loving sort, To a Wife it is he[i]nous newes, of her [lo]ve to be kept short. Then can[s]t thou not, etc. Cudie. Well Peggie I am contented, with this thy modest excuse, My anger is well prevented, and nothing is tane in abuse. I'le be thy loving mate, and thoust be my loyall spouse, Then learne to live after the rate, that thy honest Cudie allowes. Then hold thee, etc.
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