[4.] Just after the late Kings Restauration, when going to Church came to be in fashion, an old Woman was advised by her Neighbours to go to Church; for fear of being Presented, she was resolved to go once a month to save her Bacon: So Dressing herself very fine, she came into the Church, just at the Expiration of the Letany, and the Parson having said, _Lord have Mercy upon us_, and then the People Responding thereto, she Cryed out aloud, _I never was here before in my Life, and since you make such a Wonderment at it I will never come again_. _On Sextus._ Sextus doth wish his wife in heaven were [5.] Where can shee have more happines than there? _The Rurall Dance about the_ May-pole.[F. 19] _The Tune the first Figure dance at_ Mr Young's Ball _in_ May 1671 Come lasses and ladds, [13.] Take leave of your Dadds, And away to the _May-pole_ hey; For every he Has got him a she With a Minstrill standing by. For _Willy_ has gotten his _Jill_, And _Jonny_ has got his _Jone_, To jigg it, jigg it, jigg it, jigg it, Jigg it up and down. Strike up sayes _Wat_ Agreed sayes _Kate_, And I prethee Fidler play, Content sayes _Hodge_, And so sayes _Madge_, For this is a Holliday. Then every man did put His Hat off to his Lasse, And every Girle did curchy, Curchy, curchy on the Grasse. Begin sayes _Hall_. [F. 20] I. I says _Mall_ Wee'l lead up _Packingtons_[F. 21] pound No, no, says _Noll_ And so says _Doll_ Wee'l first have _Sellengers_[F. 22] round: Then every man began To foot it round about, And every Girle did jet it, Jet it, jet it in and out Y'are out, says _Dick_, 'Tis a lye, says _Nick_, The Fidler play'd it false; 'Tis true says _Hugh_, And so says _Sue_, And so says nimble _Alice_; The Fidler then began To play the Tune agen, And every Girle did trip it, Trip it, trip it to the men. Let's kiss says _Jane_, Content, says _Nan_ And so says every she How many says _Batt_, Why three says _Matt_, For that's a maiden's fee; But they instead of three Did give 'em halfe a score, And they in kindnesse gave 'em, Gave 'em, gave 'em as many more. Then after an hour, They went to a bower, And play'd for Ale and Cakes, And kisses too Untill they were due, The Lasses kept the stakes. The Girles did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bid 'em take their kisses back And give 'em their own agen. Yet there they sate Until it was late And tyr'd the Fidler quite, With singing and playing Without any paying, From morning untill night. They told the fidler then, They'd pay him for his play, And each a 2 pence, 2 pence, 2 pence, Gave him and went away. [Footnote 19: For tune see Appendix.] [Footnote 20: Ay, ay.]