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         L.P. (Lawrence Price), fl. 1625-1680?.
      
       
         
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             A monstrous shape. Or a shapelesse monster A description of a female creature borne in Holland, compleat in every p[arte] save only a head like a swine, who hath travailed into many parts, and is now to be seene in London, ... To the tune of the Spanish Pavin.
             L.P. (Lawrence Price), fl. 1625-1680?.
          
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             Printed by M. F[lesher] for Tho: Lambert, and are to be sold at the signe of the Horse shooe in Smithfield,
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             [1639]
          
           
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           Monsters -- Netherlands -- Early works to 1800.
           Ballads, English -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           Monstrous
           shape
           .
           OR
           A
           shapelesse
           Monster
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Description
             of
             a
             female
             creature
             borne
             in
             Holland
             ,
             compleat
             in
             every
             part
             ,
             save
             only
             a
             head
             like
             a
             swine
             ,
             who
             hath
             travailed
             into
             many
             parts
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             to
             be
             seene
             in
             LONDON
             ,
          
           
             
               Shee
               s
               loving
               ,
               courteous
               ,
               and
               effeminate
               ,
            
             
               And
               nere
               as
               yet
               could
               find
               a
               loving
               mate
               .
            
          
        
         
           To
           the
           tune
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Pavin
           .
        
         
           
             
          
           
             
               OF
               horned
               Uulcan
               I
               haue
               heard
               ,
            
             
               His
               téeth
               were
               longer
               thē
               his
               beard
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               monstrous
               looks
               made
               all
               afeard
            
             
               which
               did
               that
               night
               behold
               him
               :
            
             
               And
               of
               transformed
               Acteon
               ,
            
             
               Which
               like
               a
               Hart
               in
               Forest
               ran
               ,
            
             
               And
               how
               faire
               Lidia
               like
               a
               Swan
               transformed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Robin
               Goodfellow
               also
               ,
            
             
               Which
               was
               a
               seruant
               long
               agoe
               ,
            
             
               The
               Quéen
               of
               Fairies
               doth
               it
               know
               ,
            
             
               and
               hindered
               him
               in
               fashion
               :
            
             
               She
               knew
               not
               what
               she
               did
               her selfe
               ,
            
             
               She
               chang'd
               him
               like
               a
               Fairie
               elfe
               ,
            
             
               For
               all
               his
               money
               ,
               goods
               ,
               and
               pelfe
               ,
            
             
               she
               gull'd
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               yet
               be
               brisk
               you
               Yonkers
               bold
               ,
            
             
               And
               list
               to
               what
               I
               shall
               vnfold
               ,
            
             
               Such
               newes
               afore
               was
               neuer
               told
               ,
            
             
               as
               I
               will
               now
               relate
               :
            
             
               My
               subiect
               is
               of
               such
               a
               Girle
               ,
            
             
               That
               hath
               both
               siluer
               ,
               gold
               ,
               and
               pearle
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               neuer
               will
               be
               for
               an
               Earle
            
             
               right
               fitted
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Urokin
               as
               I
               vnderstand
               ,
            
             
               Is
               now
               arriued
               from
               Dutchland
               ,
            
             
               And
               hath
               as
               much
               gold
               at
               command
            
             
               that
               she
               would
               wish
               or
               craue
               :
            
             
               Her
               portion
               thréescore
               thousand
               pound
               ,
            
             
               Both
               corn
               and
               cattell
               on
               her
               ground
               ,
            
             
               As
               good
               as
               any
               may
               be
               found
            
             
               in
               Holland
               .
            
          
           
             
               Besides
               ,
               a
               dainty
               Lasse
               is
               she
               ,
            
             
               A
               Boores
               daughter
               in
               the
               Low-country
               ,
            
             
               Her
               mother
               is
               in
               her
               degrée
            
             
               a
               very
               proper
               Fro
               ,
            
             
               And
               all
               the
               Tribe
               from
               whence
               she
               came
            
             
               Call
               her
               faire
               Pigs
               nye
               by
               her
               name
               ,
            
             
               You
               'l
               say
               they
               haue
               reason
               for
               the
               same
            
             
               hereafter
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               describe
               her
               from
               top
               to
               toe
               ,
            
             
               I
               purpose
               now
               for
               to
               doe
               so
               ,
            
             
               And
               shew
               how
               neatly
               she
               doth
               goe
            
             
               when
               young
               men
               come
               a
               wooing
               :
            
             
               She
               shews
               her
               pretty
               heele
               and
               foot
               ,
            
             
               A
               dainty
               leg
               adioyning
               to
               't
               ,
            
             
               Her
               stockins
               stik
               ,
               if
               that
               will
               do
               't
            
             
               she
               cares
               not
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             part
             ,
             To
             the
             same
             tune
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               HEr
               person
               it
               is
               straight
               and
               tall
               ,
            
             
               A
               lilly
               white
               hand
               ,
               her
               fingers
               small
            
             
               Makes
               her
               the
               handsomest
               wench
               of
               all
            
             
               that
               euer
               her
               father
               got
               :
            
             
               In
               handsomnesse
               she
               doth
               excell
            
             
               Both
               bouncing
               Kate
               ,
               and
               bonny
               Nell
               ,
            
             
               In
               dancing
               she
               doth
               beare
               the
               bell
            
             
               of
               many
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               choice
               of
               fare
               she
               is
               indéed
               ,
            
             
               As
               oft
               as
               she
               doth
               stand
               in
               néed
               ,
            
             
               A
               siluer
               trough
               she
               hath
               to
               féed
               ,
            
             
               when
               euer
               she
               wants
               victuall
               :
            
             
               The
               siluer
               trough
               is
               straight
               brought
               out
            
             
               Wherein
               she
               puts
               her
               dainty
               snout
               ,
            
             
               And
               swéetly
               sucks
               till
               all
               is
               out
            
             
               of
               action
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               to
               speak
               further
               for
               her
               grace
               ,
            
             
               She
               hath
               a
               dainty
               white
               swines
               face
               ,
            
             
               Which
               shews
               that
               she
               came
               of
               a
               race
            
             
               that
               loued
               fat
               porke
               and
               bacon
               :
            
             
               Yet
               would
               I
               not
               her
               kindred
               wrong
               ,
            
             
               Her
               nose
               I
               think
               is
               two
               foot
               long
               ,
            
             
               Also
               her
               breath
               is
               very
               strong
            
             
               and
               fulsome
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yet
               let
               no
               party
               her
               despise
               ,
            
             
               She
               is
               furnished
               with
               two
               pigs
               nies
               ,
            
             
               Though
               something
               of
               the
               largest
               size
               ▪
            
             
               they
               doe
               become
               her
               neatly
               ,
            
             
               Her
               ears
               hang
               lolling
               toward
               the
               ground
            
             
               More
               fairer
               then
               a
               mastie
               hound
               ,
            
             
               Thus
               are
               her
               fortunes
               still
               renown'd
            
             
               by
               hearesay
               .
            
          
           
             
               Great
               store
               of
               suters
               euery
               day
               ,
            
             
               Resort
               vnto
               her
               as
               they
               say
               ,
            
             
               But
               who
               shall
               get
               this
               girle
               away
               ,
            
             
               as
               yet
               I
               doe
               not
               know
               :
            
             
               But
               thus
               much
               I
               dare
               vndertake
               ,
            
             
               If
               any
               doe
               a
               wife
               her
               make
               ,
            
             
               It
               is
               onely
               for
               her
               moneyes
               sake
            
             
               he
               loues
               her
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               any
               young
               man
               long
               to
               sée
            
             
               This
               creature
               wheresoere
               she
               be
               ,
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               him
               be
               rul'd
               by
               me
               ,
            
             
               and
               not
               to
               be
               too
               forward
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               ye
               at
               last
               should
               fare
               the
               worse
               ,
            
             
               Although
               she
               haue
               a
               golden
               purse
               ,
            
             
               She
               is
               not
               fit
               to
               be
               a
               nurse
            
             
               in
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               P.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             F.
          
           for
           
             The
             :
             Lambert
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Horse
           shooe
           in
           Smithfield
           .
        
      
    
  

