%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / FOUR-LEGG'D ELDER, / OR, / A true RELATION / OF A / DOG and an ELDER'S MAID. Birkenhead, Sir John 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 07/11/2021 37589

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R35764 1 The Lady's Fall, or Gather your Rose-buds; and Fourty other Tunes In Peascod Time The Lady's Fall, or Gather Your Rosebuds; and Fourty Other Tunes ALl Christians and Lay-Elders too, / For shame amend your Lives; Help House of Commons, House of Peers! / O now or never help! / Th'Assembly having sate four years / Has now brought forth a Whelp. British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 57 THE / FOUR-LEGG'D ELDER, / OR, / A true RELATION / OF A / DOG and an ELDER'S MAID. THE FOUR-LEGGED ELDER, OR, A true RELATION OF A DOG and an ELDER'S MAID. Birkenhead, Sir John ?-? D. Mallet

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1. ALl Christians and Lay-Elders too, For shame amend your Lives; I'll tell you of a Dog-trick now, Which much concerns your Wives. An Elders Maid neer Temple-bar, (O what a Quean was she!) Did take an ugly Mastive Cur Where Christians use to be. Help House of Commons, House of Peers! O now or never help! Th'Assembly having sate four years Has now brought forth a Whelp. 2. One evening late she stepp'd aside, Pretending to fetch Eggs; And there she made herself a Bride To one that had four leggs. Her Master heard a Rumblement, And wondred she did tarry, Not dreaming, without his consent, His Dog would ever marry. 3. Her Master peep'd, but was afraid, And hastily did run To fetch a staff, to help his Maid, Not knowing what was done. He took his Ruling-Elders Cane, And cri'd out, Help, help here! For Swash our Mastiff and poor Jane Are now Fight Dog fight Bear. 4. But when he came, he was full sorry, For he perceiv'd their strife, That, according to the Directory, They two were Dog and Wife. Ah then, said he, thou cruel Quean, Why hast thou me beguil'd? I wonder'd Swash was grown so lean; Poor Dog! he's almost spoil'd. 5. I thought thou hadst no carnal sence But what's in other Lasses, And couldst have quench'd thy 'cupiscence According to the Classes. But all the Parish sees it plain Since thou art in this pickle, Thou art an Independent Quean, And lov'st a Conventicle. 6. Alas! now each Malignant Rogue Will all the world perswade That she that's Spouse unto a Dog May be an Elders Maid: They'll jeer us if abroad we stir, Good Master Elder, stay, Sir, of what Classis is your Cur? And then what can we say? 7. They'll many graceless Ballads sing Of a Presbyterian, That a Lay-Elder is a thing Made up half-Dog, half-Man.
Out, out, said he, and smote her down; Was Mankind grown so scant? There's scarce another Dog i'th' Town Had took the Covenant. 8. Then Swash began to look full grim, And Jane did thus reply, Sir, you thought nought too good for him, You fed your Dog too high: 'Tis true, he took me in the lurch And leap'd into mine Arm, But as I hope to go to Church, I did your Dog no harm. 9. Then she was led to Newgate Jail, Where she was naked stript; They whipt her 'till the Cord did fail, As Doggs us'd to be whipt. Poor City-Maids shed many a tear When she was lash'd and bang'd; But had she been a Cavalier Surely she had been hang'd. 10. Her's was but Fornication found, For which she felt the lash; But his was Buggery presum'd, Therefore they hanged Swash. What will become of Bishops then Or Independency? For now we find both Doggs and Men Stand for Presbytery. 11. She might have took a Sow-gelder, With Synod-men good store; But she would have a Lay-Elder With two leggs and two more. Go tell thAssembly of Divines, Tell Adoniram blue, Tell Burgess, Marshal, Case, and Vines, Tell Now-and-anon-too. 12. Some say she was a Scottish Girl, Or else, at least a Witch; But she was born in Colchester: Was ever such a Bitch! Take heed, all Christian Virgins now, The Dog-star now prevails; Ladies, beware your Monkies too, For Monkies have long tails. 13. Bless King and Queen, and send us Peace As we had seven years since: For we remember no Dog-days While we enjoy'd our Prince. Bless sweet Prince Charles, two Dukes, three Girls; Lord save his Majesty! Grant that his Commons, Bishops, Earls, May lead such lives as He. Help House of Commons, House of Peers! O now or never help! Th' Assembly having sate four years Has now brought forth a whelp.
Printed in the year 1647. And Reprinted 1677. for D. Mallet.