EBBA 21178
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Politick Maids Device; / OR, / The Maids distrust in CUPID's play. / Here Counsel is to all the rest, / Of Maidens fair to chuse the best, / And let the worst of Youg-men stay a while, / They are apt young maidens to beguile, / But if Maidens will be rul'd by she, / She'l fit them in their own degree: / And make them spend their breath and strength, / He should be an honest man that gain'd a wench. | |
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| Date Published | 1671-1702 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur=s[t]reet. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.166 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.166 |
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| Title | The Politick Maids Device; / OR, / The Maids distrust in CUPID's play. / Here Counsel is to all the rest, / Of Maidens fair to chuse the best, / And let the worst of Youg-men stay a while, / They are apt young maidens to beguile, / But if Maidens will be rul'd by she, / She'l fit them in their own degree: / And make them spend their breath and strength, / He should be an honest man that gain'd a wench. |
| Tune Imprint | |
| First Lines | ALL Maidens come hither and hearken a while, / I'le sing you a song that will make you to smile, |
| Refrain | Keep Liberty still Maids, and be more wise, / Young=men they are apt for to feed you with lyes. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 204 x 326 |
| Condition | cropped right edge, torn left and bottom edges, creased, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rules |