Dick the plow-man turn'd doctor. Or, The love-sick maiden cured. Shewing how a country maid in Kent fell in love with her fellow-servant Dick the plow-man, aud [sic] how he cured her of her sick distemper, &c. To the tune of, O mother Roger, &c. This may be printed, R.P.

Dick the plow-man turn'd doctor. Or, The love-sick maiden cured. Shewing how a country maid in Kent fell in love with her fellow-servant Dick the plow-man, aud [sic] how he cured her of her sick distemper, &c. To the tune of, O mother Roger, &c. This may be printed, R.P.

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DICK the Plow-man Turn'd Doctor, OR, The Love-Sick Maiden Cured,

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DICK the Plow-man Turn'd Doctor, OR, The Love-Sick Maiden Cured,

Shewing how a Country Maid in Kent fell in love with her Fellow-Servant Dick the man, and how he Cured her of her Sick Distemper, &c.

To the Tune of, O Mother Roger, &c.

This may be Printed, R.P.

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YOu Maidens all of London City,

pray come nigh, and lend an ear:

And th'event of this my Ditty,

to you all I'le make appear:

'Tis such a one will make you smile,

make you smile, make you smile,

Then pray Maidens stay a while.

Some to hear't would come a Mile,

But your hopes I'll not beguile,

Nor your expectation spoil.

Near Rochester in Kent there lived

a brave Lass whose name was Bess,

Such a Prank you ne'r did hear of,

as to you I will express:

'Tis such a one will make you smile,

make you smile, make you smile,

Then pray Maidens stay a while,

Some to hear't would come a Mile;

But your hopes I'll not beguile,

Nor your expectation spoil,

Now this Maid was brisk and merry,

and had all things to content;

Hold! I do forget to tell ye,

there was something that ill went.

To be short, Sir, this is it,

this is it, this is it,

That this Maid was very sick;

Very, very, very Sick:

Sick indeed, but pray for what,

Oh! for something Dick has got,

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NOw Dick the Plow-man he was busie

and this Maid was sham'd to ask,

Yet she thought with prither, prithee,

for to win him at the last;

But this was no perfect Cure,

perfect Cure, perfect Cure,

For her grief encreased more,

More then e're it did before:

And sick she was, but pray for what,

Oh! for something Dick had got,

One Day when Dick was very jol'y,

and as he was d [...]iving Plow;

Then he spy'd her melancholly,

ah! says Dick, how do you now.

Ah! quoth she, I'm very sick,

very sick, very sick;

O, what shall I do, my Dick,

I am very, very sick,

Sick, says Dick, I pray for what,

O, for something you have got.

And Dick, 'tis you can only Cure me,

prithee do't before you go;

Good now Richard, pray assure me,

whether you will, aye or no:

My dear Richard, don't deny,

neither from your promise flye;

For my grieve is malady,

You can Cure immediately;

Then pray now Richard, give me that

I need not name it, you know what,

Prethee Betty how should I know,

what the thing is that you mean;

Then she sighed, and cry'd Hithe,

such a Fool was never seen:

I must languish here and dye,

here and dye, here and dye;

And can't have a Remedy,

For my grievous mallady;

Was ever there so dull a Sot,

That knows not yet what he has got,

When they had understood each other,

Dick for joy did leave his Plow;

Gave his Whip unto his Brother,

and he Swore he'd Cure her now.

Then unto her straight he goes,

and his skill to her he shows;

Brisk and blith she then became,

As any one upon the Plain:

Now Maids you see what Dick can do,

then try if he can Cure you too,

FINIS

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Printed for C. Lennisson, at the Stationers-Arms within Aldgate.

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Dick the plow-man turn'd doctor. Or, The love-sick maiden cured. Shewing how a country maid in Kent fell in love with her fellow-servant Dick the plow-man, aud [sic] how he cured her of her sick distemper, &c. To the tune of, O mother Roger, &c. This may be printed, R.P.

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1685-1688?

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2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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B02686

ID [STC]

Wing D1382

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[70]

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[125]

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

99887094

ID [PROQUEST]

ocm99887094

ID [VID]

183316

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— Dick the plow-man turn'd doctor. Or, The love-sick maiden cured. Shewing how a country maid in Kent fell in love with her fellow-servant Dick the plow-man, aud [sic] how he cured her of her sick distemper, &c. To the tune of, O mother Roger, &c. This may be printed, R.P.,

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Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms within Aldgate.,. [London] :: [between 1685-1688]. (Verse: "You maidens all of London city ...") (Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.) (Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library.)

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