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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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