%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care. 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 09/01/2021 37531

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T55945 1 A Begging we will go, &c. A-Begging We Will Go A-Begging We Will Go, etc. SOME Years ago from Norfolck, / There came a Gallant Wight, So to London he wou'd go, wou'd go, &c. [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: 173 2: 174 THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care. THE STATESMAN. A New COURT BALLAD. Tune of, A Begging we will go, etc. Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care. ?-? L. SOW

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(2) The STATESMAN etc. SOME Years ago from Norfolck, There came a Gallant Wight, And tho' it is most strange, yet He cou'd both Read and Write; So to London he wou'd go, wou'd go, etc. He understood Accounts too, And thought himself most fit Because well vers'd in Figures, In Parliament to sit; So to London he wou'd go, etc. For why, whilst at his Father's he Had heard it often said, That some there were that sat there That strange queer Figures made; So to London he wou'd go, etc. But first he thought it fitting To Lynn to go and try There Votes if he cou'd beg, Or their Votes if he cou'd beg, to London he wou'd go, etc. To Lynn then straight he trudges, And as soon as he gets there, He to a Cuckold goes, Good morrow, Mr. Mayor; To London I wou'd go, etc. I have a Mind, good Sir, In Parliament to sit, If that you'll please to think me To represent you fit; For to London I wou'd go, etc. To London I wou'd go, Sir, My Fortune for to try, Therefore if you won't give your Votes, Your Votes, Sir I wou'd buy; For to London fain I go, etc. I hear the People there Soon ample Fortunes make; And I'll make mine as soon, Or else I'll much mistake; When to London I do go, etc. Some
(3) Some Persons who are there, I hear, And make a gallant Show, Soon raise an ample Fortune, By saying Ay or No, So to London I wou'd go, etc, For if to raise a Fortune, That is the only Way, I think I can say Ay or No, G-dz[-]-ns as well as they; So to London I vou'd go, etc. Friend Robin quoth the Mayor, You speak like a Man of Sense. I wou'd not give a Fig for him Who cannot get the Pence, So to London you shall go, etc. And to be chosen here, I am sure, That is your only Way; For he who cannot get the Pence, To us no Pence can Pay. So to London you shall go, etc. The Mayor he spoke full wisely, For he mostly rightly thought, He was not the worth the choosing, if He was not worth a Groat; But to Strombolo might go etc. Then hey for Westminster, quoth Bob, And when I am got there, I soon shall be a great Man, That Friend, I need not fear; So to London I will go, etc. You need not fear, says Mr. Mayor, For if you go to that, He needs must be a great Man Who has a Ton of Fat; So to London you may go, etc. To London then he came, And to St. Stephens went, For there to raise his Fortune. It was his full intent; When to London he did go, etc.
(4) Being got on St. Stephens, A mighty Noise he made, For that to raise a Fortune's, The only Way 'tis said; So to Speeching he did go, etc. So to Speeching he did go, And like a Man of Sense, He certainly said Ay or No. Just as he got the Pence; When to Voting he did go, etc. Says Marlbro', this is somebody, That makes this mighty Noise, And therefore he shall have a Place, Ay, that he shall my Boys; And to Speeching he shall go, etc. He had not long enjoy'd his Place, But being mad or Drunk, To shew he hated Money, Five hundred Pounds he sunk, So to th Tower he did go, etc. To make him some Amends then, For being thither sent, A Paymaster of the Guards he's made, But yet he's not content; So to Speeching he does go, etc. To still the Noodle next, He's made M-te-st[?]r of St-t-, And Treaties make by wholesale, For which he'll meet his Fate; When to the Tower he does go, etc. But yet not being satisfy'd, He needs must have a string, And it must be a Blue one, 'Cause that's a pretty thing; When to Norfolck he does go, However, let him have his Wim, And dangle the Blue string, So he's but doom[']d at last In an Hempen one to Swing. When to TYBURN he does go,
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