Here's Jack in a Box, That will Conjure the Fox. Here be your new Fashions Mistress. HEre's black B●gs, Ribbons, Copper Laces. Paintings, and beauty spots for faces. Masques, and Fans you here may have Taffety Gowns and Scarves most brave Curled hair, and crisped Locks, Aporns white, and Holland Smocks: All sorts of powders here are sold To please all People young and old Then come my Customers touch and tey, Be hold and see, draw forth and buy Here be your new Fashions Mistress. Here's Jack in a Box, That will Conjure the Fox. OR, A new List of the new Fashions now used in London. Come who buys Jack in a Box, That will Cunjure the Fox, And move them to delight; It may serve as I may say, For to pass the time away, In the long Winter nights, To sit by a good fire, When the Season doth require, Your Body to keep warm: This Book of merriment, Will yield you sweet content, And do you no harm. This new merry Book was newly Jnvented, But never before this time Imprinted. Written by Laurence Price, in the Month of October. 1656. Entered according to Order. London, Printed for Tho. Vere at the Angel without Newgate. 1657. Here's Jack in a Box That will conjure the Fox, Come along my new merry disposed Customers, here are all sorts of new fashioned wares to be sold, the like was never seen in England before this present time. IF there be any young upstart Gallant, that's newly dropped out of the Beggar's basket; if he have either got Money or Credit, I have a Jack-in-a-box that will fit him with a Beaver hat, a Golden band, a great plumm of Feathers, Doublet and Hose of the new fashion, with a hundred and fifty knots of Ribbons down the Codpiece; with fancies of several colours so high as the pocket holes, set all round the Breeches? he shall also have his choice of Coats suitable to the same, laid down with Gold lace, Silver lace, or Cooper lace, according as his Money will hold out to pay for? and being thus trimmed up in his Gallantry, he will be taken to be for no less than he is, as he goeth along the streets. Prouder than a Peacock along he will pass Finer than an Ape and wiser than an Ass IN the next place if there be any Country Roister, whether he be Farmer, Grazier, Yeoman; or Gentleman: that hath got a great deal of Money, and but little Wit? If he be willing to be rid of that, he shall have my Jack-in-a-box that will afford all sorts of new Fashions whatsoever be would have: if he desires to have a gay coat all with Gold buttons, and a Suit agreeable to the same; here it is to be had: if he will have his demy-Caster, his Golden Belt, his Silver Rapier, with new fashion Boots, and embroidered Spurs, I am ready to furnish him; if he will have Silk stocking with white Boot-hose-tops, hanging downwards towards his feet, as if the tail of his Shirt hanged out at the knees of his Breeches, my Jack can fit him with that also which is known to be the newest Fashion, of that is now in use. But at the last, what ever doth befall, The Country bumpkin he must pay for al. COme who buys my new Fashioned Periwigs, if there be any manner of single man, Widower, or Bachelor that thinks his own natural Hair not good enough for him, here is Jack in a box will fit him to a hair, with all sorts of Periwigs, and all sorts of colours and fashions, both long Hair, or short Hair, Flaxen hair, or yellow hair, black, blue, red, tawny, brown, or Abraham colour, that's half Nits, and half Lice; or if any bald pated fellow amongst you that have lost his hair off from his head, with going too often into Smock-ally, I have a Periwig for him of goodly long Hair, that will hang down and cover all his shoulders, and that may serve to cover all his Knavery: or if any younger Brothers that desires to have their natural hair that grows upon their heads Died of another colour? here are all sorts of powders; of several clours, and Fashions, that will do the trick gallantly, Those bouncing Bil-bow-blades in all their bravery Must each one have a trick to hid his knavery. COme who buys my new fashion powders, if there be any boon companion, whose wits runs a wooll-grthering, that feign would be taken to be Gentlemen, before there time come, my Jack in a box have a new fashioned powder that was made of several compounds, namely the Eyes of a Cockatrice, the flying of a Swallw, the blood of a Bat, and the brains of a Woodcock; which powder being strewed, upon the Hair of many young Men, it will make them grey before they're good, and proud beford they're honest Beside all this: this sort of powder is of such an excellent Virtue that if your Cloaks and be black it will make them seem of a changeable colour. Where is the fool that will refuse to buy, Such priming powder when he comes ●t nigh Thus having pleased the Men, I mean to do My best good will and please the Women to Such rare new fashions I have here in store, To fit all sorts of Women, rcih or poor The like whereof was never known before, Nor when the world is done, will be no more. Therefore give care, and hearken to me well And you shall know what wares I have to sell. IF there be any sort of supposed she Creature that would fain be accounted for a Gentle woman, or a Lady at the lest, my Jack in a box will afford them such gallant choice of new fashion Goods; or Apparel, which will make them seem to be like that they never have been, nor will be. Come along Gentlewomen buy my new fashion ware J'll fallen good pen worths so sure as you go there. IF there be any foul Faces, that are not willing to be seen of modest and civil People in the day time, my Jack in a box will fit them with black Bags, French masks, Italian Scarves, and Spanish Frontlet's, so that there will be never a good bit to be seen of their Faces, for they shall be covered with a black Veil from the head to the lower parts of their Body? and so she may be taken for some Bloomesbury Lady, or Turnmill-street Gentlewoman, Yet more strange fashions here is to be sold, That will please Women, be they young or old IF there be any wanton Wagtails, that can speak French, although they were never out of England, which have been three times bathed in Cornelius his Lub, and five times under the Surgeon's hands to be cured of the Morbur Gallicus, my Jack in a box will afford her if she have money to buy and pay for a new Silken gown of the new Fashion, with Petticoats laced with Silver and Gold lace most gallantly, with sumptuous trimming, for before and behind, with costly rich Gorgets; and Dress, the like whereof are not to be seen, at the Exchange except it be at some times after the Daylight is shut in. And then the wanton Wagtails by owlight, Will pick up Dicks and Cullyes in the night COme see what yea lack or buby Gentlewomen, here are choice of other new fashions, if there be any of you that would be seen to be more than Women, my Jack in a box will fit you in that quality to choose: For here is brave painting for your faces, which came from beyond Jamaica, and Ethiopia, all Venice cannot afford the like, and how it must be used it is as followeth. You must for three nights one after another, anoint your eyes with fasting spittle when you go to Bed, and every morning when you rise you must wash your face in Puppy dog water; and then lay on the painting; & last of all put black Beauty spots upon your foreheads, your cheeks and your Chin, and afterwards being mounted in a Coach, you will be taken to be as Beautiful as Cleopatra, as light as Diana. and as honest as Venice. When such light Creatures, are in Coaches carried, Woe be to them to whomn they must be married. But stay a while my comely Customers, my Jack in a box have another rare commodity in store for you, that was never spoken of yet. Here are gallant fine white Holland Smocks, and Aporns white, whosoever wears of those Aprons, will be taken for some lose bodied Gentlewoman, so she can but gather up her Coats and Aporn as high as her knees that folks may see her white smock, as she goes along the street? this indeed is an old fashion newly taken up; it was hatched in Naples, brought forth at Rome, taken up by a Nun, and made use of by a Friar: and now is come to be a common Fashion worn by some of them that use the common Trade here in England. A Woman's inward Virtue you may know, By her Apparel, and her gallant show. THe next brave business that I have to present unto you, is choice and variety of several rare compounded powders, which my Jack in a box call by six several names, and is to be taken on six several days in the week, the first is called a working powder, which is to be taken a quantity on Monday morning betimes; and it is to be taken by all manner of Men that are counted good Fellows, as Weavers, Tailors, Glover's, Shoemakers, Black-smiths, Carpenters; Feltmakers, Cooper's, Cobblers, Broom-men, and all other Tradesmen whatsoever: which if they fail of taking a reasonable portion of this working powder on the Monday morning, and so fall a drinking, 'tis ten to one but they lose the greatest part of their weeks work, and so want money on Saturday to buy meat for their dinners on Sunday. Good fellows all take heed of Jack in box For he will cunjure them that catch the Fox THe next powder that I present to you is called playing-powder, and that is to be taken one Tuesday; but this powder yields more profit to Alewives than it will to good fellows, for if a good fellow take a portion of this forenamed playing powder on Tuesday morning, though it be but as big as a Bees knee? and afterwards drink hard upon it, it is a three fold wonder if he do not pawn or fell his Hat; his Coat, or his Shirt, before night for money to pay the Alehouse scores. Sometimes good fellows work, and take great pains, And sometimes Alewives eat up all the gains. COme here's another powder also for Wednesday, and that is called good Huswives powder, this powder if a Woman take a good quantity of it in the morning, it may chance to save her bonee from being broke ere night? for suppose that her Husband have been in rebellion two days together, and come home drunk on the third day, Vaporing, Swaggering, Swearing, and Dominéering, and ready to fight at every word, the Woman having taken a dram of this good Huswives powder, she will with such discretion and civility order and temper her words, that her Husband shall have no power at all to do her any harm? and perhaps she may persuade him to be a good Husband all the week after. Good words did never put any one to cost In giving good words there's nothing lost. THe powder for Thursday is called Love powder, and that chief belongs for Maids and Widows to take; if any Maid what ever she be, shall take a portion of this Love powder, modestly, temperately, and honestly, it may be the better for her all the days of her life? and thereby she may gain and keep the Love and good will of her swéet-heart, and at last be made a happy Wife? but she that takes of this Love powder too hastily & greedily, may chance to surfeit therewith before she be made a married Wife, as many have done in former times, and if thereby she should chance to have a sweelling in her Belly, she may at the last be forced to sing the old tone to her young Son. Balloo my boy, lie still, lie still and sleep, Thy Father's gond from me, which makes me weep THe powder for Friday is called doting powder; if a lusty young Batchlor be he never so poor, take a valiable quantity of the said doting powder, and come into the house where a very rich Widow owelleth: though before he came to her? she made a vow never to marry with any Man whilst she lived, yet if he bestir himself, and send for two or three cups of nappy Ale, and then grate a merry Nutmeg, and mix with it some of the doting powder, and then drink a loving Health to his Widow, and withal give her the better part of a thousand honey sweet Kisses? Oh how it will make the Widow give down her milk, and also turn up the white of the Eye, amongst all the rest he sure that you forget not the Proverb. How he that will a fair Maid woo, must speak fine words and statter, And he that will a rich Widow woo, must kiss when he comes at her, THe last powder of all is Satturdayes powder, & that is called merry powder it savours; much like unto the Monday powder, for they that have been good Husbands and followed their business closely all the week, may on Saturday at night send for a pot or two of the best soft Ale, or Blessed lull, and spice it well with a parcel of the merry powder, and so they and their Friends, their Wives and their Children, may rejoice and be merry altogether in good sort, for doubtlèss he that followed labour all the week will be sure to have money to serve his need on Silver Saturday. This merry powder's known to be best, And far excelleth any of the rest. And thus my noble Friends for your content My merry Jack in box I here present, In hope that you which now are standers nigh, Will strait draw forth your money for to buy Come along my honest Customers buy my new merry Books; pence a piece in London, and two pence a piece in the Country. FINIS.