The Phantastick age: OR,
The Anatomy of Englands vanity,
In wearing the fashions
Of severall Nations,
With good exhortations,
Against transmutations.
To the tune of, O Women monstrous &c.
AVdience audience gallants all,
for here (as on a stage)
Ile shew the postures, admirall strange
of this Phantastick age,
Wherein both sexes are growne
and Phebe-like they often change.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters
leave these foolish toyes.
Chamelion-like themselues they change
to any colour seene,
How many seuerall fashions strange
haue here obserued béene
Within the circuit of few yeares,
as by experience truth appeares.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leaue these apish toyes.
An English manor woman now
Ile make excuse for neither,
Composed are I know not how,
of many shreds together:
Italian, Spaniard, French, and Dutch,
of each of these they haue at touch.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes,
The German and the drunken Dane,
the Persian and Polonian:
The Sun-burnt Aethiopian,
the Russian and Slavonian▪
Our English imitate in cloathes,
in drinking, drabbing, and strange oathes
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes,
When méeknesse bore in England sway
and pride was not regarded,
Then vertue bore the bell away,
and goodnesse was rewarded
Now our phantastick innouations.
doe cause prodigious transmutatiōs.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes.
Our men were in precedent dayes,
to manly actions bent.
They did not séek their names to raise
by cloathes, and complement.
Now he's the man whose braue apparel
defends him in a Tauerne-quarrell.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes.
Hée thinks the Taylors should not chuse
but grow excéeding rich,
Yet from them I heare no such newes
though they goe thorow stitch:
The reason's this, new cloathes are made
before the old Bill is defraide.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters, &c.
The second part,
To the same tune.
NOw many of both sexes goe
each after [...]noone to'th play,
Their rich Acoutrements to shew
and doe euen what they may,
To note if they can any spy,
that put them downs in brauery.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes.
The women will not be at quiet,
their minds will still be crost,
Til Husbands, Frends, or Fathers buy it,
what euer price it cost.
Thus wide mouth'd pride insatiately,
deuoures all thoughts of piety.
O monsters,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes
And men that should more wisdom haue
then the scayle Female sex,
As many fond inuentions haue,
nay rather they'l annexe
Vnto the story of their shame,
a higher style then women claime,
O monsters, &c.
Vngirt vnblest the proverbe sayes,
and they to proue it right,
Haue got a fashion now adayes,
thats odious to the sight
Of those who loue ciuility,
and hate this idle foppery.
O monster.
Neutrall monster,
leave these Apish toyes.
Like Frenchmen all on points they stand
no girdles now they weare,
To spread this fashion through the land
The Hang-man (as I heare)
When at foure gates hee hang foure men
did weare iust such a Dublet then.
O monsters &c.
If any thing may giue them light
to sée their vanity:
In my conceit that obiect might
make wise men to defie
A fashion that is held so base,
worne by the Hang-man in disgrace.
O monsters &c.
Now to conclude, with all my heart
I wish that euery one,
Would study on some better Art
and let vaine pride alone:
Be as your good Fore-fathers were.
and let not vice thus dominéere.
O monsters &c.
What you profusely doe let fly,
in pride, in drinke, and gaine:
Spend in good hospitality,
'twill eleuate your fame
The prayers and praises of the poore,
shal cloathe your minds for evermore▪
O monster,
Neutrall monsters,
leave these apish toyes.
FINIS.
London Printed for Thomas Lambert.