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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96827	Women will have their will: or, Give Christmas his due. In a dialogue betweene Mris Custome, a victuallers wife neere Cripplegate, and Mris New-come, a captains wife, living in Reformation-Alley, neer Destruction-street. When Gillian Turn-tripe, Jack-an-apes his trull, and Cicely Sly-tricks, Gol-magogs great gull, shall once begin to rule and sway this land, oh, to those subjects under their command!		1649 (1649)	Wing W3327; Thomason E1182_12; ESTC R208164	7,109	17

their non-residence hers in England the Bishops took that 〈◊〉 upon there and stood as shitten Gossips Thirdly the place where this is by the learned held in great Dispute but I beleeve in his infancie he was sickly and therefore according to the Church of Englands Tenets he was twice Christned that is to say at home here in England and afterwards confirmed at Rome the Mother Church of all such Antichristian Heresies but I shall be oder-tedious therefore I will come to the fourth Devision and that is by what authoritie they doe these things this will take up a great deale of time to open and explaine unto you if I should doe it to purpose therefore I will omit it onely certifying you thus much that there is no power under the Sun that hath any authoritie to erect or build up neither to destroy and pull down any thing save what is in the will of the two Houses of Parliament M. Cust That word waked me indeed I was almost asleep what you say that the Parliament hath power to pull down Christmas I pray then what will they put up in the roome on 't Stage-Playes Dancing upon the Ropes Hocus Pocus M. New No it shall be like other Times not one day higher or lower then another for it is not for us to stand upon Times and Seasons M. Cust Fie upon 't fie upon 't away with 't away with 't I doe not know this Parliament 't is no kin to me If this is the Authoritie you talked of God deliver me from such Authoritie this is worser Authoritie then my Husbands for though my Husband beats me now and then yet he gives my belly full and allowes me money in my purse which as I take it the Parliament will not for I remember men come for money money and if I aske them what it is for they still keepe in one tune like the Cockoe and tell me it is for the Parliament God deliver me from those that will neither let us eate our victualls and be merry though they don't pay for it nor yet if they could helpe it leave us any money in our purses M. New Then you doe not regard these Powers let them say or doe what they will M. Cust No indeed not I is it not fitting I should do what I will with mine own Cannot I keep Christmas ear good Chear be Merry without I goe and get a Licence from the Parliament Marry gap come up here for my part I le be hanged by the neck first must I be subject to them I never saw in my life No no neighbour they are mistaken in me though they set up Scare-Crowes to scare sooles withall they shall not fright me M. New Truely neighbour if these Powers and Authorities will not make you leave off this Superstitious and Idolatrous Feasting some other sharper and more rigorous power must M. Cust Must doe you say How now you said you did not come to Scold but I see you will Scold before you goe I see now by the Masse there is no making hony of a Dogs-turd that which is bred in the bone will never out of the flesh your mother I faith hath taught you your lerry almost as perfect as she hath it her selfe must make me M. New Yes must make you I do not goe to eats my words Gillian what I have spoken I le speake againe I have those which shall maintaine me in it I care not who knows it and that is the honest godly partie of the Armie of which societie my Husband is a member therefore take heed what you say M. Cust What have I to doe with the Army I have nothing to say to the Army M. New But the Armie hath something to say to you then for if no power will tame you they can and will tame you were you as fierce as a Lyon they will new-mould you into batter breeding and make you leave off your Superstitious Feasting and turne to Fasting if you doe not mend your manners M. Cust As for the Armie no doubt but there may be some honest men amongst them but all the world knowes what thy Husband was a poore man which ran out of his Countrey for debt and afterwards betooke himselfe to be Master Percyes Groome to rub his Horses heeles in Drury-Lane And now such as he is must come to tame those which are ten times better then themselves this is a fine world indeed M. New Huswife farewell I have with silence heard things of a dangerous Consequence against the Parliament and Armie therefore looke to it for you shall surely suffer for it these things cannot be let slip without severe punishment either with the deprivation of Life and Libertie or at least the losse of your Goods M. Cust Devill doe thy worst if they are honest men they will not doe it Yet all this Chattring shall not put me off from keeping Christmas For as long as I doe live And have a Joviall Crew I 'le sit and Chat Laugh and be Fat And give Christmas his Due The EPILOGUE CHristmas is the welcommest time That does come through the yeare For 't maketh many joyfull hearts and fills the world with Cheare And though a man a Mizer is all the whole yeare beside He now begins to hang up Care and let the world goe slide Now Tom and Tib and Lustie Jack the time in Mirth doe passe And each in Kitchin or the Hall is towsing of his Lasse The Cards in every corner stirs the Dice doe take no rest Likewise the frisking Dancers they are held in great request As long as there'there the flagrant fire doth spit out its fierce flames There is no ceasing of their Mirth nor period to their Games But now the Log of Logs is burnt The Hall-Chimney leaves smoaking Good folkes farewell for I will stay no longer in it poaking FINIS