The six-penny whore, or The London frollick. Being a true relation, how a porter and a counsellors wife were found in bed together near West-Smithfield. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B43997 of text R184257 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B43997 767620496 ocn 767620496 Wing S3918

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 eng Ballads -- England -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The six-penny whore, or The London frollick. :Being a true relation, how a porter and a counsellors wife were found in bed together near West-Smithfie n/a 1684 3 546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Six-penny Whore , OR THE London Frollick .

Being a true Relation , how a Porter and a Counsellors Wife were found in Bed together near West-Smithfield .

To the Tune of a Figg for France .

Entred according to Order .

I. YOu London Dames I pray give ear , A story true I will declare , Of a Porter & a Counsellors Wife These two did live a gallant Life , I pray give ear , and hear the rest , And you shall hear a pleasant Jest , Saith she , my Husband doth me Scorn , I will then make him ware the Horn . II . She being Whorish they do say , Her Husband from her went away , She like a Miss then of the Town , Both Day and Night sails up and down , With her Rouling eyes she doth state , Seeking what man she can insnare , And my Husband , &c. III . She sailing late about the streets , Her dear Neddy there she meets . And in great hast these two did Come Near to Smithfield , unto her home , To Bed they went , and thought no harm , Thinking to sport with his fine Dame , And my Husband , &c. IV . They being then discovered , And hardly warm then in their Bed , Her Landlady chance to come there , Which made the Porter stink for fear , And pull'd him out where he was laid , And soundly he there was paid , And since her Husband did her Scorn , The Porter thought him for to Horn . V. He feeling of her blows did Smart , Which strook a Damp unto his Heart , Because he was beaten by Woman-kind , Which much then troubled his mind ; He swears he near will her come nigh , Cursing his fate most bitterly , You Porters all then have a care , And meddle not with Lawyers gear . VI . A pretty Creature she is then , She 's enough to Ravish any Man , This Porter thought he had been Blest , Thinking one Night with her to rest , But he was much deceived there , And Swears he will not her come near , You Porters all , &c. VII . A thousand pitties 't is I do say , This Woman is given to go astray , For she 's a Blith and Burum Lass , And for a Six-pence she 'l show her A — She 'l sware and lie tho she was mad , And have a P — if it is to be had , You Porters all , &c. VIII . So to Conclude , I 'le make an end , Hoping this Porter his Life will mend , And Frollick no more with Woman-kind , For they are as fickle as the Wind , But be contented with your own Wife , Beloving to her , and live not at strife , You Porters all then have a care , And meddle not with Womens gear ,

LONDON , Printed for A. C. in St. Johns-street .