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EBBA 36792

British Library - Osterley Park
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A COPY of Verses,
Containing,
A Catalogue of young Wenches, which will be expos'd to Sale
by Inch of Candle, at the Cuckolds Coffee-House in Cucumber-
Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street.
To the Tune of, The Forsaken Lover.
Licensed according to Order.

I.
GAllants I pray attend
to this New Ditty;
Good News to you I send,
young Lasses witty
Will be expos'd to Sale
by Inch of Candle;
As neat from Head to Tale,
as Man can handle.

II.
The first is bonny Kate,
a Broom-Man's Daughter,
With whom a vast Estate
will come hereafter;
It is, I'll swear a Lease,
Ten Pounds per Annum,
Which comes at the decease
of an Old Grannum.

III.
The next a Beauty bright,
which Men admire,
Who will both Day and Night
grant your desire;
She came, I do declare,
last Week from Dover;
As sweet a Lass as e're
Man laid Leg over.

IV.
Young Bridget fine and gay,
fit for promotion,
She has I'll tell you a
White-Chappel Portion,
Which is a Mark a year
her Mother gave her;
Gallants I pray draw near,
for you may have her.

V.
The next is Mistriss Joan,
that famous Flower,
Who wears it is well known,
a topping Tower;
With Sumptuous rich Array,
like a fair Lady;
Young Gallants come away,
she's ripe and ready.

VI.
Not far from Tunbolt-street,
a Drovers Sister,
She is young fair and sweet,
thousands have kist her;
View but her Charming Brow,
never stand arg'ing,
She is I'll swear and vow,
a special bargain.

VII.
The next is Mistriss Nell,
a fair young Creature,
Living near Clarken-well;
but you may meet her
At the afore-said place,
with many other;
She is in right good Case
to make a Mother.

VIII.
Would you injoy a Wit?
come to this Auction,
There's one that is right fit
for a Concoction;
The most ingenious Mirth
in her is carried,
Only two at a Birth,
and never Married.

IX.
Tell me what fault is this
in a young Beauty,
Can it be thought amiss,
to learn their Duty;
Come she is fit for Game,
before you buy her;
Young Nancy is her Name,
take her and try her.

X.
We have one strapping Maid,
scarce one and twenty,
Who by a Female Trade
now lives in Plenty;
To change a single Life,
young men don't fail her,
She'll make a Buxom wife
for some poor Taylor.


Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.

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