joan's Victory Over her Fellow-Servants.  
A Youngman that with many Maids does dwell,  
Thought Joan the rest in beauty did excel;  
Mall Was too coy, Jenny was too bold,,  
Kate was too stolen, and Nanny was a scold:  
That he dislikes them all, and would with none  
Be pleased, but with his fair and dearest Joan,  
Tune of, My own sweet Nichol a Cod.  
 
 

I'Ve liv'o in this Town these 5 Years,  
but never the Lass could find  
That would prove so true a Lover,  
as constant and as kind:  
Now fortune has me befriended,  
at last to give me one;  
Whose true love I discover,  

then here's a good heal Health to Joan.    

I once loved Kate and Jenny,  
and once I loved Mall;  
And than my love turned to Nancy,  
but now I dislike them all:  
For I have gotten a true love,  
whom I affect alone;  
'Tis she best pleaseth my fancy,  

then here's a good health to Joan,    

With Cate I'd a short encounter,  
because she was plaguy old,  
Her Lechery was so hasty,  
that my love soon grew cold:  
She proffered me Figgs of the best sort,  
but I told her I'd have none,  
'Cause the strenyth of her breath was so nasty  

but here's a good health to Joan,    

At length a wonderful kindness,  
as possible may be thought,  
Did pass betwixt me and Jenny,  
burr this was her only fault;  
She stradled so wide, and came on so fast.  
that she made me cry out, be gone,  
For I think the Devil is in you,  

then, etc.    

But then there was a secret Court there,  
betwixt our Mall and I;  
And she of her love was so tender,  
that I hated her Modesty:  
She was so much given to frowning,  
and kill glances prone;  
That on no terms she'd surrender,  

then here's a good health to Joan.    

At last I had a warm passion  
for Nanny my dear heart;  
But when ever her I courted,  
she was too brisk and smart:  
She'd gotten a Tongue with a tang in't,  
and a trick to herself alone;  
That she kicked like a Colt when we sported  

then, etc.    

Then since i've gotten a sweetheart,  
that is both loving and true;  
All old Fish i'll defy,  
and learn to deal with new:  
For I hate to embrace a Carcase  
that's nothing but skin and bone;  
And has never a whit of beauty,  

then, etc.    

Since Jenny then was so forward,  
and impudent withal;  
I thought it fit to leave her,  
and my kindness to recall:  
For I hate such buxom Lasses,  
they'll Cuckold me ten to one;  
'Twas policy then to deceive her,  

then, etc.    

Nor will I fix my heart on  
those Maids that are too coy;  
For Moll she was so squeamish,  
that she my love did cloy:  
Then give me the Lass that is loving,  
and not so scrupulous grown;  
For that is the Lass without blemish,  

then, etc.    

Nor i'll have no more of this scolding,  
which will but end my days;  
She is worse than a smoky Kitchen,  
which always plague's your eyes.  
Her tongues the worst part about her,  
for it is always prone  
To chatting, and damning, and itching,  

then, etc.    

Now 'twould be a thing that's needless;  
to tell how I dearly love  
She that my heart has wounded,  
and does my passion move:  
She has none of those damnable errors  
to which most Maids are prone:  
On her virtues my love is grounded,  

then, etc.    

She's neither old nor mouldy,  
she's neither coy nor bold,  
Nor has she faults of Nancy,  
she's neither Shrew nor Scold:  
Then she is the Maid that i'll marry,  
she has none of these faults of her own,  
Therefore she best pleaseth my fancy,  

then here's a good health to Joan.    
FINIS.   

Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball, near the Hospital-gate, in West-smithfield.