A copy of verses, containing, a catalogue of young wenches, which will be expos'd to sale by inch of candle, at the Cuckold's Coffee-House in Cucumber-Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street. To the tune of, The forsaken lover. Licensed according to order.

A copy of verses, containing, a catalogue of young wenches, which will be expos'd to sale by inch of candle, at the Cuckold's Coffee-House in Cucumber-Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street. To the tune of, The forsaken lover. Licensed according to order.

Table of contents

A COPY of Verses, Containing, A Catalogue of young Wenches, which will be expos'd to Sale by Inch of Candle, at the Cuckold's Coffee-House in Cucumber-Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street.

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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 Cuckold's 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 in 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.

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

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Title statement

A copy of verses, containing, a catalogue of young wenches, which will be expos'd to sale by inch of candle, at the Cuckold's Coffee-House in Cucumber-Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street. To the tune of, The forsaken lover. Licensed according to order.

Edition statement

1688-1692?

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Date

2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

ID [DLPS]

B02385

ID [STC]

Wing C6236

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[67]

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

99887447

ID [PROQUEST]

ocm99887447

ID [VID]

182153

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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 Cuckold's Coffee-House in Cucumber-Lane, and the Golden-Cabbage in Taylors-street. To the tune of, The forsaken lover. Licensed according to order.,

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1 sheet ([1] p.).

Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby, J[onah]. Deacon, J[osiah], [sic] Blare, and J[ohn]. Back.,. [London] :: [between 1688-1692]. (Date, place of publication and publishers' names from Wing.) (Verse: "Gallants I pray attend ...") (Printed in two columns.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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