EBBA 32683
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| The Politick Maids Device; / OR, / The Maidens Distrust in CUPID's Play. / Here Counsel is to all the rest, / Of Maidens fair, to chuse the best; / And let the worst of Young-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 | 1672-1702 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street / without Newgate. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.41 |
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| Title | The Politick Maids Device; / OR, / The Maidens Distrust in CUPID's Play. / Here Counsel is to all the rest, / Of Maidens fair, to chuse the best; / And let the worst of Young-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 | The Tune is, What shall a Young-woman do with an Old-man, Or, Digby's Farewell. |
| 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. [with variation] |
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