Like a flourishing young gallant, newly come to his land, Who keeps a brace of painted madams at his command, And takes up a thousand pound upon his father’s land, And gets drunk in a tavern, till he can neither go nor stand; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new-fangled lady, that is dainty, nice, and spare, Who never knew what belong’d to good house-keeping, or care, Who buys gaudy-colour’d fans to play with wanton air, And seven or eight different dressings of other women’s hair; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new-fashion’d hall, built where the old one stood, Hung round with new pictures, that do the poor no good, With a fine marble chimney, wherein burns neither coal nor wood, And a new smooth shovel-board, whereon no victuals ne’er stood; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new study, stuft full of pamphlets, and plays, And a new chaplain, that swears faster than he prays. With a new buttery hatch, that opens once in four or five days; And a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new fashion, when Christmas is drawing on, On a new journey to London straight we all must begone, And leave none to keep house, but our new porter John, Who relieves the poor with a thump on the back with a stone; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new gentleman usher, whose carriage is compleat, With a new coachman, footmen, and pages to carry up the meat, With a waiting-gentlewoman, whose dressing is very neat, Who when her lady has dined, lets the servants not eat; Like a young courtier, &c. With new titles of honour[13] bought with his father’s old gold, For which sundry of his ancestors’ old manors are sold; And this is the course most of our new gallants hold, Which makes that good housekeeping is now grown so cold, Among the young courtiers of the King, Or the King’s young courtiers. ANONYMOUS. ―――― THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. I’ll sing you a good old song, Made by a good old pate, Of a fine old English gentleman, Who had an old estate; And who kept up his old mansion At a bountiful old rate; With a good old porter to relieve The old poor at his gate. Like a fine old English gentleman, All of the olden time.