Your ladyship may well be in amaze, [electronic resource] : think either Magget or Windmill in my Crown, for being a Meddler out of my own Sphere; yet had I Wings, I would fly to your Feet, and rely on your Justice in hope of Pardon. A Fool is an Extinguisher of Loves Flames. May some good Angel shield you from that lamentable Cross. I was neither Baboon nor Hedghog for all the Owls of Tunbridge to gaze at. If your Gallant's Eyes want Spectacles to find a Mask, I can compass those will fit his Nose. But last Sunday I met a Parrot that saw your Spark reel from the Bell to salute a Wench in a Pink Petticoat. I shall not harp any more on those Asses, but leave them to the Devil; only tell you, Neither Time not Fortune can alter my Heart, but shall still rest, Madam, your most passionate Servant, .
1710
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Your ladyship may well be in amaze, [electronic resource] : think either Magget or Windmill in my Crown, for being a Meddler out of my own Sphere; yet had I Wings, I would fly to your Feet, and rely on your Justice in hope of Pardon. A Fool is an Extinguisher of Loves Flames. May some good Angel shield you from that lamentable Cross. I was neither Baboon nor Hedghog for all the Owls of Tunbridge to gaze at. If your Gallant's Eyes want Spectacles to find a Mask, I can compass those will fit his Nose. But last Sunday I met a Parrot that saw your Spark reel from the Bell to salute a Wench in a Pink Petticoat. I shall not harp any more on those Asses, but leave them to the Devil; only tell you, Neither Time not Fortune can alter my Heart, but shall still rest, Madam, your most passionate Servant, .
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[London? : s.n., 1710?]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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1 sheet : ill. ; 1/12⁰.
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Signed: J. W.
A snide note informing the lady that her "spark" (not the writer) has been giving the glad eye to "a wench in a pink petticoat".
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) cites date of publication as [1675?]
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
A snide note informing the lady that her "spark" (not the writer) has been giving the glad eye to "a wench in a pink petticoat".
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) cites date of publication as [1675?]
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), W75
English Short Title Catalog, T188691.
English Short Title Catalog, T188691.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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