The Modern World disrob'd or, both sexes Stript of their pretended vertue. In Two Parts. First, Of the Ladies. Secondly, Of the Gentlemen. With Familiar Descant upon every Character [by Edward Ward] |
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Bad Luck to him that has her.
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Bad Luck to him that has her.
OR, The Gaming Lady.
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Woman
, when any Vice sh'as chose,
Whate'er the Devil ails her,
The evil Habit ne'er can lose,
'Till Purse or Beauty fails her.
Whate'er the Devil ails her,
The evil Habit ne'er can lose,
'Till Purse or Beauty fails her.
If am'rous Sporting be her Game,
But trust her o'er the Gruncel,
And 'till she's old she'll hunt the same,
In Spite of all good Counsel.
But trust her o'er the Gruncel,
And 'till she's old she'll hunt the same,
In Spite of all good Counsel.
If Drinking be her chosen Vice,
Ev'n Age will not reform her;
But still she'll drink whilst she can piss,
To keep her Clay the warmer.
Ev'n Age will not reform her;
But still she'll drink whilst she can piss,
To keep her Clay the warmer.
If Gaming be your Wife's Delight,
She'll grow but worse upon ye,
And still play on, until her Sight
Does fail her, or her Money.
She'll grow but worse upon ye,
And still play on, until her Sight
Does fail her, or her Money.
Therefore e'en let her chafe and scold,
But keep her from your Britches;
Or else she'll game away your Gold,
And soon exhaust your Riches.
But keep her from your Britches;
Or else she'll game away your Gold,
And soon exhaust your Riches.
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Nor should you fear to be undone
By what she loses barely;
For Women have more Games than one,
Who love the Cards so dearly.
By what she loses barely;
For Women have more Games than one,
Who love the Cards so dearly.
If Fortune, in a moody Vein,
Should chance to hardly use her,
The Winner, if a handsom Man,
Must always kiss the Loser.
Should chance to hardly use her,
The Winner, if a handsom Man,
Must always kiss the Loser.
Thus Gaming very oft does prove
A Bawd to that which worse is,
And causes base adult'rous Love,
As well as empty Purses.
A Bawd to that which worse is,
And causes base adult'rous Love,
As well as empty Purses.
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