O yes.
If any Man or Woman, any thing desire,
Let them repaire forthwith unto the Cryer.
To the tune of the Parrator.
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O yes,
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IF any man or woman,
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in Countrey or in City,
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Can tell where liveth Charity
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or where abideth Pitty?
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Bring newes unto the Cryer,
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and their reward shall be
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The prayers of poore folkes every day,
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upon the humble knee.
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O yes,
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If any man hath gon
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so long unto the Law,
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That he hath lost his wits,
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and is not worth a straw,
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That to regaine the sad[d]le,
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is glad to loose the horse,
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Let them turne downe by Beggers-bush
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and rest at weeping-crosse.
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O yes,
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If any man there be,
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that loves the crafty Foxe,
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And yet the mumping Cunny,
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will firret with a poxe;
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Let him come to the Cryer,
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and for his just reward,
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He may dye in an Hospitall,
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and stinke within the Yarde.
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O yes,
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If any loving Wench
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doth misse her Mayden-head,
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And knowes not where she lost it,
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abroad or in her bed,
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Let her come to the Cryer,
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and pay him for his paine,
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And tell the markes of it, and she
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shall have it straight againe.
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O yes,
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If there be any Ostler,
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has lately lost a Nagge,
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By lodging in his hay-mowe,
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of every Tag and Rag,
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And now is forst to pay fort,
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let him trust knaves no more:But now the Steed is stolne, be sure
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to shut the stable doore.
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O yes,
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If any Man or Woman,
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or Mayden, if she be,
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That hath by any sodaine chance,
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lost some small honesty,
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Let them come and demaund it,
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they shall have their desire,
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Without telling the markes of it,
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or paying of the Cryer.
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The second Part. To the same tune.
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O yes,
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IF any gentle Lady,
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in Court or in the City
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Hath lost all her Complexion,
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the Cryer in meere pitty,
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Hath got a box of beauty,
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the like was never seene,
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Fu[l]l of the purest Red and White,
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to cover blacke or greene.
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O yes.
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If any gallant Squires,
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who neare their bodies spare,
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In any great hot service,
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have strangely lost their hayre,
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Let them come to the Cryer,
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and straight he will them fit,
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With curled locks which like the best
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to cover all their wit.
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O yes,
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If there be any Cut-purse,
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that the last market day
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By chance did cut a Purse that went
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unwillingly astray,
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With twenty Pounds in money,
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let him forthwith appeare
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And if he chance to scape the rope,
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he shall have whipping cheere.
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O yes,
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If there be any Woman
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the which hath lost her tongue,
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To helpe her to recover it,
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would doe her husband wrong:For thus the good-man wishes,
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if that she be a scold,
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With all his hart that she might take
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an everlasting could.
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O yes.
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If theres any man or woman,
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that can directly tell
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Wheres any Petty fogger,
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that takes no bribes, doth dwell,
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Bring word unto the Cryer,
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he shall be payd therefore,
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For he will never plead aright
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the causes of the poore.
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O yes,
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Or is there any here
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can tell me any newes,
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Where dwells an honest Broker,
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that never will refuse
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To take ten in the hundred,
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of such a one I pray
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Bring word to me I am his friend
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a twelvemonth and a day.
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O yes,
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If there be any man
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hath lately lost his Wife,
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Who never since she saw fifteene,
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did lead an honest life;
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Let him three market dayes
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expect to see his evill,
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Or mounted in a Cart, or else
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shees gon unto the devill.
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O yes,
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If there be any Lasse
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that will her skill engage.
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To finde a sucking Infant left,
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of twenty yeares of age;
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And let her bring him home,
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she shall be welly paide,
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And have her praises prickt & prickt,
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and sent away no Maide.
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