%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Merry Dialogue / BETWEEN A / Doctor and a Dairy Maid. / This Doctor being deeply foxifi'd / As he along the Road did chance to ride / He overtook a Lass that he did like / And thought that she would stand while he did strike. / But she being honest, vertuous, chaste and wise / Did fail the Doctor yet she got a prize. / Thus fortune did befriend this honest Maid, / Pray hearken what they to each other said. J., T. 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 07/18/2021 37488

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R179165 1 Butter Boxes curse the day, or, a Fig for France, &c. [unknown] Butter Boxes Curse the Day, or, A Fig for France, etc. A Mountebank upon the Road / o're took a Countrey Girl i'th mode, He promis'd her a rare green gown, / to kiss with him for half a crown. [with variation] | Therefore go home and tell your Wife. / i'l fail you sir upon my life, [with variation] British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 134 2: 135 A Merry Dialogue / BETWEEN A / Doctor and a Dairy Maid. / This Doctor being deeply foxifi'd / As he along the Road did chance to ride / He overtook a Lass that he did like / And thought that she would stand while he did strike. / But she being honest, vertuous, chaste and wise / Did fail the Doctor yet she got a prize. / Thus fortune did befriend this honest Maid, / Pray hearken what they to each other said. A Merry Dialogue BETWEEN A Doctor and a Dairy Maid. This Doctor being deeply foxified As he along the Road did chance to ride He overtook a Lass that he did like And thought that she would stand while he did strike. But she being honest, virtuous, chaste and wise Did fail the Doctor yet she got a prize. Thus fortune did befriend this honest Maid, Pray hearken what they to each other said. J., T. ?-? R. Burton

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A Mountebank upon the Road o'retook a Countrey Girl i'th mode, She was so handsome neat and fair it made this Doctor for to swear He'd lye with her if she'd consent, and for the same give her content. He promis'd her a rare green gown, to kiss with him for half a crown. Dairy Maid. The Damsel standing in amaze, as on the Doctor she did gaze, Many conceits came in her mind, how she might fit him in his kind, Quoth she your words I do defie, and mean to keep my honesty; Therefore go home and tell your Wife. i'l fail you sir upon my life.
Doctor. The Doctor was importunate to kiss this Girl in spite of fate, He valu'd not his reputation, as you shall hear by this relation. But shew'd her Gold and Silver both, and bound his speeches with an Oath. He'd give this, etc. Dairy Maid. The Damsel answer'd him again, but 'twas in words of high disdain. Quoth she I hate your vapouring braggs had you the Gold in Cressus baggs, You should not tempt me unto sin, though you his Gold could bring me in Therefore march, etc.
Doctor. THis Doctor used to be drunk, and then he needs must have a punk. He sham'd it not in field nor town, but maid or wife he'd lay her down. If he had opportunity, he valued neither pish nor fie, But freely gave them a green gown, to kiss with him for half a crown. Dairy Maid, This Maiden asked him his name, his calling and from whence he came, Because he was so full of Gold, and with a stranger was so bold. I say quoth she as I did before, coin shall not make me play the whore, Therefore go, etc. Doctor. This gallant answered the Maid, I am a Doctor by my trade. Diseases incident to man, without all question cure I can, But yet this rising now quoth he, at present none can cure but thee, Therefore except etc. Dairy Maid. Are you a Doctor seriously, and cannot cure that Malady. I knew a man of mighty fame; and Squire Dun they cal'd his name, He cured all I understand, that ever came under his hand And not a farthing for his pains, but cloaths and that is all his gains.
Doctor. This made the Doctor for to rage, just like a Clown upon the Stage; Or like a man bereft of sence cause he could not orecome the wench, He threw his money on the ground, the Maid took up at least five pound, Meantime some passengers came by, which made the doctor for to fly. Now the maid sings for joy. Farewel Doctor welcome Coin, now with my sweetheart will I join. Twill make my portion better yet the Doctor might have had more wit Then offer a Maid such base abuse, for it he can have no excuse, Yet let him go, etc. Would whoremongers had all such luck, when with their harlots they would truck And women in sincerity would higher prize their honesty, For silver that should not be sold, which can't be bought again for gold, Therefore this man may tell his wife i[']le fail, etc. If any ask me of this jest, done near Bristol in the west, I will not use the Doctors name I know a reason for the same, If at this song he vex or grieve, he may wip's nose upon his sleeve, Let him contented be therefore, least that I Jeer him ten times more.
Finis. T.J. With Allowance. Printed, for R. Burton at the Horse-shooe in West-Smith-field.