the Cuckoldly Fool,
_Mars_ a Bully that beat on her Anvil.
_Neptune_ was a Tarpawling,
And _Ph[oe]bus_ by calling,
A Mountebank, Wizard, and Harper;
Jolly _Bacchus_ a Lad,
Of the Wine-drawing Trade,
And _Mercury_ a Pimp and a Sharper.
_Pallas_ was a stale Maid,
With a grim _Gorgon's_ head,
Whose ugliness made her the Chaster,
A Scold great was _Juno_,
As I know, or you know,
And _Jove_ was as great a Whore-master.
Then prithee dear Creature,
Now show thy good nature,
This once be my Female _Mac[oe]nas_;
And Times yet unknown,
My _Jenny_ shall own,
Chast as _Pallas_, but fairer than _Venus_.
_The Bonny Lass: Or, the Button'd_ SMOCK.
[Music]
Sit you merry Gallants,
For I can tell you News,
Of a Fashion call'd the Button'd Smock,
The which our Wenches use:
Because that in the City,
In troth it is great pity;
Our Gallants hold it much in scorn.
They should put down the City:
But is not this a bouncing Wench,
And is not this a Bonny;
In troth she wears a _Holland_ Smock,
If that she weareth any.
A bonny Lass in a Country Town,
Unto her Commendation;
She scorns a _Holland_ Smock,
Made after the old Fashion:
But she will have it _Holland_ fine,
As fine as may be wore;
Hem'd and stitch'd with _Naples_ Silk,
And button'd down before:
But is not, _&c._
Our Gallants of the City,
New Fashions do devise;
And wear such new found fangle things,
Which country Folk despise:
As for the Button'd Smock,
None can hold it in scorn;
Nor none can think the Fashion ill,
It is so closely worn:
Although it may be felt,
It's seldom to be seen;
It passeth all the Fashions yet,
That heretofore hath been.
But is not, _&c._
Our Wenches of the City,
That gains the Silver rare;
Sometimes they wear a Canvass Smock,
That's torn or worn Thread-bare:
Perhaps a Smock of Lockrum,
That dirty, foul, or black:
Or else a Smock of Canvass course,
As hard as any Sack.
But is not, _&c._
But she that wears the _Holland_ Smock,
I commend her still that did it;
To wear her under Parts so fine,
The more 'tis for her Credit:
For some will have the out-side fine,
To make the braver show;
But she will have her _Holland_ Smock
That's Button'd down below.
But is not, _&c._
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