Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America by Henry Reed Stiles
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14. Whores will be whores, and on the floor Where many has been laid, To set and smoke and ashes poke, Wont keep awake a maid. 15. Bastards are not at all times got In feather beds we know; The strumpet's oath convinces both Oft times it is not so. 16. One whorish dame, I fear to name Lest I should give offence, But in this town she was took down Not more than eight months sence. 17. She was the first, that on snow crust, I ever knew to gender I'll hint no more about this whore For fear I should offend her. 18. 'Twas on the snow when Sol was low, And was in Capricorn, A child was got, and it will not Be long ere it is born. 19. Now unto those that do oppose The bundling traid, I say Perhaps there's more got on the floor, Than any other way. |
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