flDern> Songs anfc Ballabs NATIONAL BALLAD AND SONG dfterq? Songs ano Ballaos PRIOR TO THE YEAR A.D. 1800 EDITED BY JOHN S. FARMER VOLUME III PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY MDCCCXCVII PR I if] INDEX TO VOL. Ill AUTHORS, TITLES, FIRST LINES, REFRAINS, AND SOURCES "Abroad as I was walking" (T. Durfev, 1678) . 53 Academy of Complements 51 Advice to a Friend upon his Marriage ( Wit and Mirth, 1682) 59 "After the Pangs of a Desperate Lover" [Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 252 Ah, what a pleasure (Refrain) 252 Akeroyde 85, 90, 93, 96, 98, 101, 106 " All the materials are the same" [Broadside, c. 1720) 242 "As Chloris full of harmless Thought" (Earl of Rochester, b. 1680) 55 "As Colin rang'd early one morning in spring" [Broadside, c. 1760) 269 " As I cam o'er the Cariney Mount" [Merry Muses of Caledonia, b. 1796) 279 " As I was a walking, I heard a maid talking" [Broadside by Mr. Estcourt, c. 1720) . . . . 248 "As I went over Tawny Marsh" (A catch in Wit and Mirth, 1682) 66 8 r ~- ( > 1— e > t ~\ vi INDEX "As Jockey and Jenny together was laid " {Broadside, c. 1720) 240 "As Nell sat underneath her Cow" [Broadside, c. 1720) 222 "As on Serena's panting Breast" (T. Durfey, 1683) 69 " As Roger last night to Jenny lay close" {Broad- side Catch, c. 1770) 277 "At dead of Night, when wrapt in Sleep" (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 260 Baker (Mr.) 254 Ballad of all the Trades, A (c. 1707) 101 Ballad of the Courtier and the Country Clown (Pills to Purge Melancholy, c. 1707) 83 Ballad upon a Wedding, A New (Pills to Purge Melancholy) 144 Bashful Scot, The (c. 1707) 96 Batchelor, The Old (Tune) • 173 Beard (Mr.) 267, 269 Beauty and Desire (c. 1720) 242 " Beggar got a Beadle, A" (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 141 " Being pursued by the Dragoons" (Merry Muses of Caledonia, c. 1796) 283 Belsize, The Pleasures of (c. 1720) 225 "Beneath a Mirtle Shade" (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 119 "Beneath a shady Willow" (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) . 250 " Beneath the Myrtles secret shade" (James Oswald, c. 1740) 266 INDEX vii Blacksmith, The (Tune) 132 Blow (Dr.) 214 Bonny Christ Church Bells, The (Tune) .... no Bristol Drollery (1674) 52 Brown (K.) 175 Burns (R.) 271, 279, 281, 283, 285 But what's that to you? (Refrain) 108 "Calm was the Ev'ning and clear was the Sky" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 115 "Celladon, when Spring came on" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 195 CHAPPELL (Popular Music) 39, 51, 127 Charming Celia lyes upon her Bridal bed (Catch in Wit and Mirth, 1682) 61 Christ Church Bells (Tune) 61 Clarke (Mr.) 217 " Clemene, pray tell me " (Pills to Purge Melancholy, I7I9)- 193 Clissold (Mr.) 187 Cloak's Knavery, The (Tune) 127 Cloe's precaution (Windsor Medley, 1 73 1) . . . , 262 "Come all you wanton wenches" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) I(j " Come in, Tom longtayle, come short hose and round (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 37 " Come, Neighbours, follow me " (Roxburgh Ballads, 1620-55) 39 "Come Neighbours now we've made our hay" (Broadside, c. 1720) 246 Comical Dreamer, The (c. 17 19) 210 viii INDEX Comin' o'er the Hills of Coupar (b. 1796) .... 281 " Cooke Laurell wold needs have the devillhis guest" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) II Country Miss with her Furbelow, The (Tune) . . 195 Courtier and die Country Clown, The (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 83 Crouch (Humphrey) 45 Cuckolds all (c. 1719) 201 Cuckold's Haven (1620-55) 39 " Curiosity made Sylvia seek the various Flowers of May" (Broadside, c. 1720) 226 Dainty Davie (b. 1796) 283 " Dainty Ducke I chanced to meete, A" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 36 Dialogue between a Widdow and a Rake, A (c. 1720) 217 DOGGET (W.) 171 " Donald Brodie met a lass " (Merry Muses of Cale- donia, b. 1796) 281 " Draw, draw the curtain, fye, make hast " (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 19 l Dream, The (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) .... 250 Durfey (T.) 53, 67, 69, 70, 169, 176 Epithalamium on the Marriage of the Honourable Charles Leigh (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 191 Estcourt (Mr.) 248 Fading Rose, A (Sub-title) 127 Farmer (Thomas) 69 Farmer's Maggot (Tune) 67 Fart, The(i7ii) 176 INDEX ix Forgetful Mother, The (c. 1707) 98 "Forgive me, Venus, if I tell" {Windsor Medley, 1731) 262 "From France, from Spain, from Rome I come" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 136 "Fye Jockey never prattle more so like a Loon" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1709) 174 Galliard (Mr.) 252, 260 Gelding of the Devil, The (Wit and Mirth, 1682). 62 "Gentle Breeze from the Lavinian Sea, A" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 204 Going of a Pad, The (c. 1707) 161 "Grasshopper and a Fly, A" (Pills to Pztrge Me- lancholy, 1 71 9) . . . 212 Graves (Jos.) 239 Handel 250 "He that a Tinker, a Tinker would be" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 139 "He that intends to take a Wife" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 151 Heywood (Thomas) 5 Hide Park Frolick, The (c. 1707) 74 "How Happy's the Mortal" (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 157 "How pleasant it is to discover" (Bristol Drollery, J 674) 52 "I cannot bee contented" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 21 "If any one long for a musical song" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 90 x INDEX "If ever you mean to be kind" (Pills to Purge Me- lancholy, 1709) 173 "If't please you for to hear" {Pills io Purge Melan- choly, 1 719) 206 "In an humor I was of late" (Percy Folio MS., £.1575) x "In a Seller at Sodom, at the sign of the T — " (Dr. BLOW, Pills to Ptcrge Melancholy, 17 19) . 214 Industrious Smith, The (Roxburgh Ballads, 1635) . 45 Infallible Doctor, The (c. 1707) 136 "Infant Spring was shining, The" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) 197 "In Pennance for past folly" (Broadside, 1770) . . 274 "In the Devil's Country there lately did dwell" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1709) 1 7 1 "I saw the Lass whom dear I lov'd" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1 707) 12 Jenny making Hay (c. 1707) 108 Joan to her Lady (c. 1707) 93 "Jocky late with Jenny walking" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 96 "Jocky loves his Moggy dearly" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1709) • . . 1 75 "John Anderson my Jo" (The Masque, b. 1768) 271 John and Joan (1719) 206 John and Nell (c. 1720) 222 John and Susan {Musical Miscellany, 1729) . . . 256 "John ask'd his Landlady thinking no ill" (Broadside Catch) 224 John the Miller (c. 1720) 224 INDEX xi "Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Plowden Hill " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, I/O/) ill Jolly Young Swain, The {Broadside, c. 1720) . . 244 Jonson (Ben) 11 Kaly's a Beauty surpassing {Pills to Purge Melan- choly, c. I/O") 100 "Lady, sweet now do not frown" {Pills to Purge Melancholy) 93 Lass, if I come near ye (Tune) 285 " Last night a dream came into my head" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1719) 210 " Last night I thought my true love I caught " (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 29 "Lay aside the Reaphook, Plow, ar.d Cart" {The Mountebank, c. 171 5) 188 Leg a derry, Leg a Merry, mett, mer, whoope •whir! (Refrain) 23 "Let us drink and be merry, Dance, Joke and Rejoice" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) . . 121 " Let Wine turn a spark, and Ale huff like a Hector " {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 127 Leveridge (R.) 188, 195, 215 Libertine, The (T. Durfey, 1683) 67 " Lie still my dear, why dost thou rise" {Academy of Complements, 1650) 51 Lillumwham (1620-50) 23 Longing Maid, The {c. 1707) 106 " Lords and Ladies who deal in the sport" (c. 1 720) . 225 Loth to Depart (Tune) 51 xii INDEX "Loners harke! an alarum is sounding; now loue cryes" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 19 Lucky Minute, The (b. 1680) 55 "Maiden fresh as a Rose" [Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 17 19) 189 "Maiden of Late, A" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) io 4 Maiden's Longing, The (c. 1707) 104 "Maids are grown so coy of late" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, I7°7) 85 "Maid shee went to the well to washe, The" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 23 "Man that hath a hansome wiffe, The" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 5 Marriage Whim, The (c. 1720) 239 Masque, The 271 Masquerade Ballad, The 232 Merry Muses of Caledonia, The . 271, 279, 281, 283 Moderate Man, The (T. Durfey, 1705) .... 70 Modern Prophets (T. Durfey) 169 Mountebank, or the Country Lass, The (c. 17 15) 188, 215 Musical Miscellany . . . 250, 252, 254, 256, 259, 260 My apron, Deary (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) . . 259 "My mother she will not endure" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 98 "Nay pish, Sir! what ails you?" (Clissold, 1711) 187 New Ballad upon a Wedding, A (c. 1707). . . . 144 "Not long ago as all alone I lay upon my Bed" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1 719) 201 INDEX xiii " Now listen a while, and I will tell" ( Wit and Mirth, 1682) 62 "Now Roger, and Harry, and Susan, and Nan" (The Mountebank, c. 1720) 215 Nymph of the Plain, A" [Broadside, c. 1720). . 244 << "O! a Masquerade's a fine place" (Broadside, c. 1720) 232 "Od's hartly wounds, Iz'e not to Plowing, not I Sir" (Wit and Mirth, 1682) 57 Of Noble Race was Shinkin (Tune) 256 Oh, Oh, for a husband (Refrain) 106 "Oh the Miller, the dusty, musty Miller" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 101 Old Batchelor, The (Tune) 173 Old Simon the Kinge (Percy Folio MS., <5>. 1575) . 1 "O my poor husband for ever he's gone" (c. 1720) 217 "One Evening a little before it was dark" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 74 Oswald (James) 266 "O the time that is past" (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 117 Pack (Mr.) 169 Packington's Pound (Tune) 127 "Panders come awaye" (Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 31 Percy Folio MS. (1620-50) 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 23. 29, 31, 36, 37 Pilgrim, The (c. 1770) 274 Pills to Ptirge Melancholy (1707) 53, 72, 74, 78, 83 85. 8 7> 9°> 93> 9 6 > 9 8 . IOO » 101, 104, 106, 108 no, in, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 132 136, 139, 141, 144, 151, 157, 159, 161, 164, 166 xiv INDEX Pills to Purge Melancholy (1709) 171, 173, 174, 175 Pills to Purge Melancholy (17 19). I, II, 57, 62, 70 169, 176, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 201, 204 206, 2IO, 212, 214 "Pillycock came to my Lady's Toe" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 87 Pleasures of Belzise, The (Broadside, c. 1720) . . 225 "Poor Jenny and I we toiled" (Pills to Purge Me- lancholy, 1707) 108 Popular Music, see Chap PELL. Power of Love, The (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 260 Power of Women, Song made on the (c. 1707) . 132 Praise of the Dairy-Maid, The (c. 1707) 127 Pretty Pegg of Windsor (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1719) 197 Progress of Love, The (c. 1740) 266 Purcell (Henry) 193, 212 Puss in a Corner (c. 1707) 166 Rape of Lucrcce 15 Rapture, The (I. Durfey, 1683) 69 Ravish'd Lover, The (c. 1736) 264 Riddle wittily expounded, A (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 78 Rochester (Earl of) 55 Roxburgh Ballads 39> 45 Ruffian's Rant (Tune) 281 " Sabina in the dead of Night" (Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 123 "Says Dicky to Dolly, I love thee so well" (The Virgin Sacrifice, c. 1720) 220 INDEX xv Says old Simon the King (Refrain) I " See how charming Celia lyes upon her Bridal bed " {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 61 "See how fair and line she lies" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1 707) 110 "See the building which whilest my Mistress liued" {Percy Folio MS., 1620-50) 7 Silly Maids, The {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 85 Sing tan tara, rara, tan-tivee (Refrain) 74 Sleeping Thames one morn I cross'd, The {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 144 Smock alone the difference makes, The (Refrain) . 93 So bolt upright and ready to fight (Refrain) . . 87 " Some say that marriage life is best " {Broadside, by Mr. Graves, c. 1720) 239 Song made on the Power of Women, A (V. 1707) . 132 Song representing the going of a Pad, A (1707) 161 So rebel Johnny Scot (Refrain) 212 Spanish Gipsie (Tune) 39 "State and Ambition all joy to great Csesar " {Broad- side Medley, c. 1720) 229 Strike home thy pipe, Tom Longe (Refrain) ... 37 Sweet Jenny shall J? shall I? (Refrain) .... 96 Sylvia a May Rolling {c. 1720) 226 Tenoe (Mr.) 254 "There was a Lady in the North-Country" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1 707) 78 "There was a maid the other day" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1 707) 106 XVI INDEX "There was a poor Smith liv'd in a poor town" {Roxburgh Ballads, 1635) 45 Tinker, The (V. 1707) 139 "To Cullies and Bullies" {Pills to Purge Melan- choly, 1707) 166 To Flora Drest {Musical Miscellany, 1729) . . . 254 "To Friend and to Foe, to all that I know" {Wit and Mirth, 1682) 59 Tom Longe (1620-50) 37 Tory, a Whig, and a Moderate Man, A (DURFEY, 1 705) 70 Town Gallant, The {c. 1707) 121 Trick for Trick 53 "Turke in Linen wrapps his head, The" {Percy Folio MS., 1608) 5 Turner (Mr.) 220 Twangdillo {c. 1707) n 1 "Twas forth in a Morning, a Morning of May" {Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 259 'Twas in the Land of Cyder {Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 256 Unnatural Parent, The {c. 1750) 267 Virgin Sacrifice, The 2 20 Virgin's last Resolve, The (Sub-tide) 267 "Walking down the Highland Town" {Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 164 Wanton Trick, The {c. 1707) 90 Wedding, A new ballad upon a (c. 1707) .... 144 "We London Valets all are Creatures" (T. Durfey, Modern Prophets, 1709) 169 INDEX xvii West-countryman's Song on a Wedding, The (Wit and Mirth, 1682) 57 "Wha is that at my bower door" (R. Burns) . . 285 "When Fanny Blooming Fair" (Broadside, c. 1736) 264 "When for Air" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 161 " When Sylvia in Bathing, her charms does expose" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 159 Which nobody can deny (Refrain) 132, 171 "Whilst Love predominates over our souls" (T. DURFEY, 1683) 67 Whoop 'tis but a Wanton Trick (Refrain). ... 90 "Whose three hogs are these" (Broadside Catch, c. 1770) 278 "Why art thou drest, my lovely maid" (Musical Miscellany, c. 1729) 254 "Why is your faithful slave disdain'd" (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 125 Widdow and a Rake, A Dialogue between, (c. 1720) . 217 Wife Hater, The (c. 1707) 151 Wilford (John) 187 "Will you give me leave, and I'll tell you a story " (Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 132 Windsor Medley 262 Wit and Mirth (1682) 57, 59, 61, 62, 66 With a /adding, etc. (Refrain) 83 With a hum, hum, hum, hum (Refrain) .... 176 Wrath (Thomas) 87 " Ye Jacks of the Town" (T. Durfey, Pills to Purge Melancholy, 17 19) I7 6 xviii INDEX "Ye Virgins who do listen" (c. 1750) 267 Young man, remember delights are but vain (Tune) 45 Your courtiers scorn we country clowns [Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) 83 flfcerr\> Songs anb Ballabe OLD SIMON THE KINGE [*• 1575] [This version from /%rg/ /b/w Manuscript, 1620- 50, p. 519 of MS.; tune in P///y /# Purge Melancholy (1719), iii. 143]. In an humor I was of late, as many good fellowes bee thai thinke of no matter of state, but the keepe merry Companye : thai best might please my mind, soe I walket vp & downe the towne, but company none cold I ffind till I came to the signe of the crowne. mine ostes was sicke of the mumpes, her mayd was ffisle att ease, mine host lay drunke in his dumpes; " they all had but one disease," sayes old simon the King, sayes old Simon the King, MERRY SONGS III. I 2 OLD SIMON THE KINGE w*'th his alc-dropt hose, & his malmesy nose, w«'th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, wz'th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, w*'th a hey ding [ding,] q?<0th Simon the king [When I beheld this sight,] I straight began [to say,] "if a man be hull [o'ernight] he cannott get d[runk to-day;] & if his drinke w[ill not downe] he may hang himsfelf for shame;] soe may he mine h[ost of the Crowne.] therfore this reason I [frame:] ffor drinke will ma[ke a man drunke,] & drunke will make [a man dry,] & dry will make a man [sicke,] & sicke will make a man dye," sayes old simon the King, sayes old Simon the King, with his ale-dropt hose, and his malmesy nose, with a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, with a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, with a hey ding [ding,] qnoth Simon the king "But when a man is drunke to-day, & laid in his graue to-morrow; will any man dare to say that hee dyed ffor Care or sorrowe? but hang vp all sorrow and care! itts able to kill a catt; OLD SIMON THE KINGE 3 & he that will drinke till he stare, is neuer a-feard of that; ffor drinking will make a man quaffe, & quaffing will make a man sing, & singinge will make a man laffe, & laug[h]ing long liffe will bringe," sais old Simon the King, sais old Simon the King, w/th his ale-dropt hose, and his malmesy nose, w/th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, w/th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, w/th a hey ding [ding,J qwth Simon the king. . . . Iif a puritane skinker crye, " deere brother, it t is a sinne to drinke vnlesse you be drye; " this tale I straight begin " a puritan left his cann, & tooke him to his iugge, & there he playde the man so long as he cold tugg; but when that hee was spyed when hee did sweare or rayle, 'my only deere brother,' hee sayd, 'truly all fflesh is ffrayle,' " sais old Simon the King, sais old Simon the King, w/th his ale-dropt hose, and his malmesy nose, w/th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, w/th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, 4 OLD SIMON THE KINGE w/th a hey ding [ding], quoth Simon the king. . . . Soe fellowes, if you be drunke, of ffrailtye itt is a sinne, as itt is to keepe a puncke, or play att in and in ; ffor drinke, & dice, & drabbs, are all of this condityon, they will breed want & scabbs in spite of they Phisityan. but who feare[s] euery grasse, must neucr pisse in a meadow, & who loues a pott & a lasse must not cry "oh my head, oh!" sais old Simon the King, sais old Simon the King, w/th his ale-dropt hose, and his malmesy nose, w/th a hey ding, ding a ding, ding, w/th a hey ding, ding a cling, ding, w/th a hey ding [ding,] quoth Simon the king. . . . THE TURK IN LINEN THE TURK IN LINEN [1608] [By Thomas Hey wood in Rape of Lucrece (1608); this version from The Percy Folio Manuscript, page 383 0/ MS]. The turke in Linen wrapps his head, the persian his in lawne tooe, the rushe wz'th sables ffurres his cappe, & change will not be drawen tooe. the Spaynyards constant to his blocke, the ffrench inconstant euer; but of all ffelts that may be ffelt, giue me the English beuer. The German loues his connye well, the Irishman his shagg tooe; the welch his Monmouth loues to weare, & of the same will bragg tooe. some loue the rough, and some the smooth, some great, & other small thinge; but oh, yo«r English Licorish man, he loues to deale in all thinges! 6 THE TURK IN LINEN The Rush drinkes Quash ; Duche, lubickes beere, & that is strong and mightye; the Brittaine, he Metheglin Quaffes, the Irish, Aqua vitae; the ffrench affects his orleance grape, the spanyard tasts his sherrye; the English none of these escapes, but wz'th them all makes merrye. The Italyan, in her hye shapines, Scot[cjh lasse, & louely ffroe tooe; the Spanish don-a, ffrench Madam, he will not ffeare to goe too: nothing soe ffull of hazards dread, nought Hues aboue the center, noe health, noe ffashyon, wine, nor wench, yo«r English dare not venter. THE MAN THAT HATH THE MAN THAT HATH [15-0206] [Percy Folio Manuscript, page 104 of MS.]. The man that hath a hansome wiffe & keepes her as a treasure, it is my cheefest ioy of liffe to haue her to my pleasure; But if thai man regardless were as tho he carde not for her, tho shee were like to venus fayre, in faith I wold abhor her. If to doe good I were restrained, & to doe euill bidden, I wold be puritan, I sweare, ffor I loue the thing forbidden. It is the care that makes the theft; none loues the thing forsaken; the bold & willinge whore is left when the modest wench is taken. THE MAN THAT HATH Shee dulle that is too forwards bent; not good, but want, is reason; fish at a feast, & flesh in lent, are never out of season. SEE THE BWILDINGE SEE THE BWILDINGE [1620-50] [Percy Folio Manuscript, page 56 of MS.]. See the building w/«'ch whilest my Mistress liued in was pleasures asseince ! see how it droopeth, & how Nakedly it looketh wzVh-out her p^sence! heearke how the hollow winds doe blowe, & how the Murmer in every corner for her being absent, from whence they cheefly grow ! the cause thai I doe now this greeffe & sorrow showe. See the garden where oft I had reward in for my trew loue! see the places where I enioyed those graces they goddes might moue! oft in this arbour, whiles that shee w/th melting kisses disstilling blisses through my frayle lipps, what Ioy did ravish me ! the pretty Nightingale did sing Melodiouslee. io SEE THE BWILDINGE Haile to those groves where wee inioyed our loues soe many daies ! May the trees be springing, & the pretty burds be singing theire Roundelayes! Oh! may the grasse be euer greene wheron wee, lying, haue oft beene tryinge More seuerall wayes of pleasure then loues queene, w/zz'ch once in bedd wz'th Mars by all the godds was seene. • • Hing p - \half a page missing] COOKE LAURELL n COOKE LAURELL [1620-50] [Percy Folio Manuscript, page 182 of MS. : attributed to Ben Jonson (d. 1637); tune in Pills to Purge Melancholy (17 1 9), iv. 101]. Cooke Laurell wold needs have the devill his guest, who came in his hole to the Peake to dinner, Where neuer ffeend had such a feast provided him yet att the charge of a sinner. His stomacke was queasie, he came thither coachet, the logging itt made some crudityes ryse; to helpe itt hee Called for a puritan pochet that vsed to turne up the eggs of his eyes. And soe recovered to his wish, he sett him downe & fell to Meate; Promboters in plumbe broth was his first dish, his owne priuye kitchen had noe such meate. Sixe pickeld taylors slasht & cutt, With. Sempsters & tire women ffitt for his pallatt, With ffeathermen & perfumers put Some 12 in a charger, to make a graue sallett. 12 COOKE LAURELL Yett thoe wz'th this hee much was taken, Upon a sudden hee shifted his trencher, & soone he spyed the Baude & Bacon by w/zz'ch you may know the devill is a wencher. A rich ffatt vserer stewed in his Marrowe, & by him a lawyers head in greene sawce, both w/zzch his belly tooke in Like a barrowe As if tell then he had newer seene sowce. Then, Carbonadoed & cooket wz'th paynes, was sett on a clouen sergeants face; the sawce was made of his yeamans braynes, that had beene beaten out wz'th his owne mace. Tow roasted sherriffes came whole to the borde, — the ffeast had beene nothing wz'thout them;— both liuing & dead they were foxed & furred, theire chaines like sawsinges hang about them. The next dish was a Maior of a towne, wz'th a pudding of Maintenance [thrust] in his bellye, like a goose in his fethers drest in his gowne, & his couple of hinch boyes boyled to Iellye. A London Cuckold hott from the spitt: but when the Carver vpp had broke him, the devill chopt up his head att a bitt, COOKE LAURELL 13 but the homes were verry neere like to haue choakt him. The chine of a leacher too there was roasted, wz'th a plumpe harlotts haunche & garlike ; a Panders petitoes that had boasted himselfe for a Captaine, yet neu