O yes. If any man or woman, any thing desire, let them repaire forthwith vnto the cryer To the tune of the Parrator. 1630 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A06796 STC 17234 ESTC S120069 99855269 99855269 20755

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
O yes. If any Man or Woman, any thing deſire, Let them repaire forthwith vnto the Cryer. To the tune of the Parrator.

O yes

O yes, If any man or woman, in Countrey or in City, Can tell where liueth Charity or where abideth Pitty? Bring newes vnto the Cryer, and their reward ſhall be The prayers of poore folkes euery day, vpon the humble knée. O yes, If any man hath gon ſo long vnto the Law, That he hath loſt his wits, and is not worth a ſtraw, That to regaine the ſaddle, is glad to looſe the horſe, Let them turne downe by Beggers-buſh and reſt at wéeping-croſſe. O yes, If any man there be, that loues the crafty Foxe, And yet the mumping Cunny, will firret with a poxe: Let him come to the Cryer, and for his iuſt reward, He may dye in an Hoſpitall, and ſtinke within the Yarde. O yes, If any louing Wench doth miſſe her Mayden-head, And knowes not where ſhe loſt it, abroad or in her bed, Let her come to the Cryer, and pay him for his paine, And tell the markes of it, and ſhe ſhall haue it ſtraight againe. O yes, If there be any Oſtler, has lately loſt a Nagge, By lodgiug in his hay-mowe, of euery Tag and Rag, And now is forſt to pay for't, let him truſt knaues no more: But now the Stéed is ſtolne, be ſure to ſhut the ſtable doore. O yes, If any Man or Woman, or Mayden, if ſhe be, That hath by any ſodaine chance, loſt ſome ſmall honeſty, Let them come and demaund it, they ſhall haue their deſire, Without telling the markes of it, or paying of the Cryer.
The ſecond Part. To the ſame tune.

O yes, IF any gentle Lady, in Court or in the City▪ Hath loſt all her Complexion, the Cryer in méere pitty, Hath got a box of beauty, the like was neuer ſéene, Fu • l of the pureſt Red and White, to couer blacke or gréene. O yes, If any gallant Squires, who neare their bodies ſpare, In any great hot ſeruice, haue ſtrangely loſt their hayre, Let them come to the Cryer, and ſtraight he will them fit, With curled locks which like thē beſt to couer all their wit. O yes, If there be any Cut-purſe, that the laſt market day By chance did cut a Purſe that went vnwillingly aſtray, With twenty Pounds in money, let him forthwith appeare. And if he chance to ſcape the rope, he ſhall haue whipping chéere. O yes, If there he any Woman. the which hath loſt her tongue, To helpe her to recouer it, would doe her husband wrong: For thus the good-man wiſhes, if that ſhe be a ſcold, With all his hart that ſhe might take an euerlaſting could. O yes, If theres any man or woman, that can directly tell Wheres any Petty fogger, that takes no bribes, doth dwell, Bring word vnto the Cryer, he ſhall be payd therefore, For he will neuer plead aright the cauſes of the poore. O yes, Or is there any here can tell me any newes, Where dwells an honeſt Broker, that neuer will refuſe To take ten in the hundred, of ſuch a one I pray▪ Bring word to me. I am his friend a twelue month and a day. O yes, If there be any man hoth lately loſt his Wife, Who neuer ſince ſhe ſaw fiftéene, did lead an honeſt life; Let him thrée market dayes expect to ſée his euill, Or mounted in a Cart, or elſe ſhée's gon vnto the deuill. O yes, If there be any Laſſe that will her skill engage. To finde a ſucking Infant left, of twenty yeares of age; And let her bring him home, ſhe ſhall be welly paide, And haue her praiſes prickt, & prickt, and ſent away no Maide.
FINIS.

Printed for F. Coules.