The Old and New Courtier.
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WITH an Old Song made by an old ancient Pate,
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Of an old worshipful Gentleman who had a good Estate,
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Who kept a good House at a bountiful Rate,
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And an old Porter to relieve the Poor at his Gate,
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Like an Old Courtier of the Queen, and the Queen's Old Courtier.
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With an old Lady, whose Anger a good Word asswages,
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Who every Quarter pays her Old Servants their Wages;
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Who knew not what belongs to Coachmen, Footmen, and Pages.
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But kept twenty or thirty Old Men with blue Coats and Badges.
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Like an Old Courtier of the Queen, etc.
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With an old Study fill'd full of learned old Books,
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With an old Reverend Parson, you may judge by his looks.
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With an old Buttery-hatch, worn quite of the old Hooks,
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And an old Kitchen which maintains half-a-dozen old Cooks.
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Like an old Courtier of the Queen, etc.
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With an Hall hung round about with Guns, Pikes and Bows,
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With old Swords and Bucklers, which have born many shrewd Blows
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And an old Frisado Coat to cover his Worships Trunk Hose,
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And a Cup of old Sherry, to comfort his Copper Nose.
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Like an old Courtier of the Queen, etc.
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With an old Fashion when Christmas is come,
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To call in his Neighbours with Bag-pipe and Drum:
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And good Cheer enough to furnish every old Room,
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And old Liquor able to make a Cat speak, and a wise Man dum,
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Like an old Courtier of the Queen,
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With an old Huntsman, a Faulkner, and a Kennel of Hounds
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That never hunted nor hawk'd but in his own Grounds.
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Who like an old Wise-man, kept within his own Bounds.
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And when he died gave to every Child a Thousand old Pounds.
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Like an old Courtier of the Queen, etc.
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But to his eldest Son his House and Lands he assign'd,
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Charging him in his Will to keep the same bountiful Mind,
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To be good to his Servants, and to his Neighbours kind,
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But in the ensuing Ditty you shall hear how he was inclin'd.
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Like a Young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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Like a young Gallant newly come to his Land,
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That keeds a Brace of Creatures at his Command,
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And takes up a thousand Pounds on his own Bond,
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And lies drunk in a Tavern till he could neither sit nor stand.
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Like a Young Courtier of the Times,
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With a new Lady that is fresh and fair,
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Who never knew what belong'd to good Housekeeping or Care;
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But buys several Fans to play with their wanton Air,
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And seventeen or eighteen Dressings of other Womens Hair.
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Like a young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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With a new Hall built where the old One stood,
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Wherein you can find neither burned Coal or Wood.
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And a new Shuffle-Board where never Meat stood,
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Hang round with Pictures, which do the Poor little good.
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Like a young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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With a new Study stuff'd full of Pamphlets and Plays,
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With a new Chaplain that swears faster than he prays;
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With a new Buttery-Hatch that opens but once in four or five Days,
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With a new French Cook to make Kick-shaws and Toys.
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Like a young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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With a new Fashion when Christmas is come,
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With a Journey to London, we must be gone,
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And leave No-body at Home but our new Porter John,
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Who relieves the Poor with a Thump on the Back with a Stone,
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Like a young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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With a Gentleman-Usher, whose Carriage is compleat,
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With a Footman, a Coachman, and a Page to carry the Meat.
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With a Waiting-Gentlewoman, whose Dress is very neat,
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Who, when the Master has din'd, gives the Servants little Meat.
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Like a new Courtier of the Times, etc.
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With a new Honour bought with his Father's old Gold.
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Who many of his Father's old Manors hath sold;
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And this is the Reason which most Men do hold,
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That good House-keeping now-a-Days is grown so cold.
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Like a young Courtier of the Times, etc.
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