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A19558
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Amanda: or, The reformed whore. Composed, and made by Thomas Cranley gent. now a prisoner in the Kings-bench, Anno Dom. 1635
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Cranley, Thomas, fl. 1635.
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1635
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STC 5988; ESTC S118905
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amanda_n or_o the_o reform_a whore_n compose_v and_o make_v by_o thomas_n cranley_n gent._n now_o a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o kings-bench_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1635._o admiranda_fw-la canunt_fw-la credenda_fw-la aliquando_fw-la poetae_fw-la poet_n do_v tell_v of_o strange_a thing_n not_o a_o few_o yet_o often_o time_n those_o thing_n though_o strange_a be_v true_a print_v at_o london_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o golden_a key_n over_o against_o the_o middle_a 〈…〉_z to_o the_o worshipful_a his_o worthy_a friend_n and_o brother_n in_o law_n thomas_n gileourne_n esquire_n all_o health_n and_o happiness_n sir_n have_v compose_v this_o small_a volume_n i_o be_v resolve_v to_o dedicate_v it_o to_o a_o right_n worthy_a and_o worshipful_a gentleman_n live_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n be_v persuade_v thereunto_o by_o a_o intimate_a friend_n and_o familiar_a acquaintance_n of_o i_o which_o gentleman_n as_o he_o report_v unto_o i_o be_v a_o especial_a favourer_n of_o the_o muse_n but_o upon_o better_a consideration_n well_o know_v that_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o have_v no_o particular_a relation_n unto_o he_o neither_o be_v he_o a_o man_n with_o who_o i_o have_v at_o any_o time_n the_o least_o acquaintance_n or_o one_o who_o to_o my_o knowledge_n i_o have_v ever_o fix_v my_o eye_n upon_o i_o be_v doubtful_a leave_v some_o ill_a construction_n may_v have_v be_v make_v of_o my_o honest_a and_o simple_a meaning_n and_o therefore_o unwilling_a to_o be_v tax_v with_o over_o bold_a presumption_n i_o think_v it_o better_a to_o reflect_v my_o eye_n upon_o a_o more_o familiar_a object_n and_o to_o present_v the_o dedication_n of_o these_o poor_a labour_n to_o such_o a_o man_n of_o who_o goodness_n and_o worth_a i_o have_v have_v sufficient_a trial_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o year_n acquaintance_n and_o the_o more_o embolden_v thereunto_o by_o that_o conjugal_a affinity_n which_o have_v more_o strong_o unite_v i_o to_o anindeered_a and_o in_o violable_a obligation_n if_o i_o consider_v of_o the_o work_n itself_o i_o may_v well_o blush_v at_o the_o performance_n thereof_o and_o with_o the_o poet_n say_v cum_fw-la relego_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la pudet_fw-la quia_fw-la plurima_fw-la cerno_fw-la i_fw-mi quoque_fw-la qui_fw-la feci_fw-la judice_fw-la digna_fw-la lini_fw-la for_o although_o i_o have_v have_v a_o idea_n in_o my_o mind_n which_o have_v present_v i_o with_o a_o better_a form_n yet_o my_o production_n i_o must_v confess_v be_v lame_a and_o imperfect_a and_o come_v far_o short_a of_o the_o extention_n of_o my_o wish_n and_o imagination_n let_v your_o better_a judgement_n rather_o allow_v of_o my_o intention_n then_o of_o my_o unpolisht_a expression_n and_o what_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o delineate_v in_o word_n let_v my_o well-meaning_a endeavour_n be_v supply_v out_o of_o the_o treasure_n of_o your_o more_o judicious_a apprehension_n so_o shall_v i_o have_v a_o further_a trial_n of_o your_o favour_n and_o acknowledge_v a_o sacrifice_n which_o i_o owe_v unto_o the_o grace_n and_o you_o and_o shall_v always_o rest_v your_o most_o oblige_a thomas_n cranley_n july_n 1._o 1635._o perlegi_fw-la hoc_fw-la opusculum_fw-la cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la amanda_n or_o the_o reform_a whore_n quod_fw-la continet_fw-la folia_fw-la 52_o aut_fw-la circiter_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la reperio_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la cum_fw-la utilitate_fw-la publica_fw-la imprimi_fw-la queant_fw-la modò_fw-la supprimantur_fw-la quae_fw-la deleta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o intra_fw-la sex_n menses_fw-la proximè_fw-la sequentes_fw-la reliqua_fw-la typis_fw-la mandentur_fw-la gvilielmus_fw-la haywood_n rr._n p_o arch._n cant._n cap._n dom_n the_o author_n to_o his_o book_n go_v little_a book_n the_o issue_n of_o my_o brain_n beget_v in_o bondage_n now_o at_o last_o make_v free_a to_o keep_v thou_o still_o in_o prison_n it_o be_v in_o vain_a make_v trial_n how_o the_o world_n will_v favour_v thou_o if_o none_o receive_v thou_o turn_v again_o to_o i_o i_o be_o no_o starter_n here_o thou_o shall_v i_o sinde_v shift_v for_o thyself_o be_v go_v thou_o know_v my_o mind_n but_o whether_o shall_v i_o have_v thou_o go_v at_o first_o unto_o the_o cruicke_a no_o let_v he_o alone_o many_o be_v bad_a but_o he_o of_o all_o be_v worst_a i_o will_v rather_o thou_o shall_v die_v and_o go_v to_o none_o be_v sure_o avoid_v his_o hand_n of_o any_o one_o shun_v momus_n too_o lest_o he_o at_o thou_o do_v carp_n and_o zoilus_n for_o his_o rebuke_n be_v sharp_a avoid_v their_o sight_n and_o then_o go_v where_o thou_o will_v thy_o meaning_n be_v good_a how_o ere_o it_o take_v effect_n although_o with_o word_n of_o be_v thou_o be_v not_o guilt_n some_o thy_o unlearned_a plainness_n will_v respect_v and_o perchance_o fancy_v this_o thy_o dialect_n that_o may_v please_v some_o which_o will_v not_o profit_v all_o although_o thy_o line_n be_v not_o didacticall_a chief_o i_o send_v thou_o to_o the_o female_a sex_n who_o i_o do_v true_o honour_v and_o regard_n thy_o ready_a service_n shall_v attend_v their_o beck_n without_o expect_v profit_n or_o reward_v oh_o that_o some_o one_o will_v take_v thou_o to_o their_o guard_n may_v thou_o please_v they_o as_o i_o can_v wish_v it_o so_o i_o care_v not_o if_o the_o rest_n be_v please_v or_o no._n in_o thy_o first_o interprize_n thou_o conquerd'_v one_o and_o drag_v she_o by_o thy_o force_n out_o of_o the_o mire_n let_v that_o encourage_v thou_o and_o suffer_v none_o to_o shun_v thy_o strong_a encounter_n till_o thou_o try_v she_o bold_o go_v on_o and_o neither_o faint_a nor_o tire_v god_n know_v so_o happy_a the_o success_n may_v be_v to_o one_o resist_v thou_o may_v conquer_v three_o thou_o have_v thy_o charge_n and_o now_o thou_o may_v be_v go_v go_v to_o the_o country_n city_n and_o the_o court_n they_o all_o yield_v matter_n for_o to_o work_v upon_o i_o send_v in_o earnest_n go_v not_o thou_o in_o sport_n to_o great_a aswell_o as_o mean_a do_v thou_o resort_v if_o so_o thou_o be_v esteem_v of_o any_o worth_n i_o shall_v be_v glad_a that_o ere_o i_o send_v thou_o forth_o cranley_n cranleys_n amanda_n or_o the_o reform_a whore_n have_v be_v many_o month_n a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o fleet_n and_o overwearyed_a with_o the_o tedious_a length_n of_o idle_a time_n glad_a of_o the_o least_o occasion_n of_o employment_n as_o well_o to_o put_v the_o thought_n of_o my_o distract_a fortune_n out_o of_o my_o head_n as_o also_o to_o help_v waste_n and_o bring_v to_o a_o end_n the_o wearisome_a day_n it_o be_v my_o fortune_n walk_v one_o day_n solitary_o on_o the_o lead_n be_v on_o the_o top_n of_o a_o high_a tower_n adjoin_v unto_o my_o chamber_n and_o look_v over_o the_o battlement_n into_o the_o fleet-lane_n i_o espy_v in_o one_o of_o the_o house_n right_o opposite_a against_o i_o a_o young_a gentlewoman_n of_o a_o comely_a feature_n and_o sweet_a grace_n apparel_v very_o rich_o and_o attire_v according_a to_o the_o fashion_n then_o most_o in_o use_n she_o be_v look_v out_o at_o a_o window_n into_o the_o street_n and_o i_o stand_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o tower_n be_v almost_o two_o story_n high_o than_o her_o chamber_n window_n can_v easy_o discern_v she_o without_o be_v see_v myself_o where_o after_o she_o have_v look_v a_o while_n into_o the_o street_n she_o retire_v into_o her_o chamber_n and_o shut_v the_o casement_n i_o think_v she_o have_v be_v a_o stranger_n and_o come_v to_o visit_v some_o friend_n or_o kinsman_n in_o that_o house_n take_v little_a regard_n of_o she_o for_o that_o time_n but_o afterward_o walk_v many_o time_n upon_o the_o lead_v look_v again_o into_o the_o lane_n i_o by_o chance_n cast_v my_o eye_n against_o the_o same_o window_n out_o of_o the_o which_o i_o do_v first_o see_v the_o gentlewoman_n to_o look_v where_o i_o may_v dark_o perceive_v through_o the_o glass_n the_o casement_n be_v then_o shut_v the_o same_o gentlewoman_n stand_v busy_a about_o something_o which_o i_o can_v not_o discern_v and_o perceive_v she_o to_o be_v the_o same_o woman_n which_o i_o have_v there_o former_o see_v i_o begin_v to_o think_v that_o she_o may_v perchance_o lodge_v in_o the_o same_o house_n and_o know_v she_o to_o be_v a_o stranger_n and_o not_o inhabitant_n there_o and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o fit_a place_n for_o a_o gentlewoman_n of_o her_o fashion_n as_o she_o seem_v to_o be_v to_o lodge_v in_o such_o a_o place_n whereas_o every_o house_n almost_o in_o the_o lane_n be_v fill_v with_o prisoner_n i_o begin_v to_o inquire_v if_o she_o be_v wife_n of_o any_o prisoner_n or_o if_o she_o be_v a_o prisoner_n herself_o because_o such_o woman_n as_o be_v prisoner_n do_v for_o the_o most_o part_n lie_v in_o the_o lane_n upon_o enquiry_n i_o understand_v that_o she_o be_v neither_o prisoner_n nor_o prisoner_n wife_n but_o a_o stranger_n new_o come_v out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o that_o she_o
of_o straw_n 180._o where_o be_v full_a of_o ache_n sore_n and_o biles_fw-la thy_o beauty_n turn_v to_o a_o tawny_a hue_n and_o that_o consume_v which_o be_v so_o fair_a ere_o while_n unknown_a of_o those_o that_o thou_o but_o late_o know_v as_o a_o just_a vengeance_n to_o thy_o merit_n due_a breathe_v thy_o last_o beneath_o some_o open_a stall_n or_o die_v disease_v in_o a_o hospital_n 181._o there_o lie_v thy_o pomp_n and_o glory_n in_o the_o dust_n thy_o body_n clothe_v with_o rag_n and_o all_o too_o tear_v thy_o flesh_n consume_v and_o waste_v by_o thy_o lust_n loathe_a condemn_a disdain_a and_o hold_v in_o scorn_n not_o one_o of_o all_o thy_o friend_n for_o thou_o will_v mourn_v nor_o hardly_o think_v thou_o worthy_a for_o to_o have_v to_o hide_v thy_o stink_a corpse_n a_o simple_a grave_n 182._o loe_o here_o amanda_n view_v thyself_o at_o large_a behold_v thy_o life_n and_o after_o that_o thy_o death_n peruse_v each_o line_n and_o letter_n i_o thou_o charge_n let_v it_o not_o be_v forget_v in_o a_o breath_n to_o thy_o best_a thought_n i_o do_v the_o same_o bequeath_v advise_o consider_v of_o the_o matter_n i_o tell_v thou_o what_o be_v true_a and_o scorn_v to_o flatter_v 183._o and_o if_o it_o take_v effect_n as_o i_o desire_v and_o breed_v a_o sorrow_n for_o thy_o time_n misspend_v if_o it_o shall_v cause_v thou_o from_o thy_o course_n retire_v and_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o make_v thy_o heart_n relent_v and_o be_v reform_v by_o my_o admonishment_n assure_v thyself_o that_o thou_o have_v gain_v a_o friend_n that_o shall_v not_o fail_v thou_o till_o his_o life_n do_v end_n 184._o for_o my_o sake_n therefore_o i_o adjure_v thou_o here_o to_o turn_v thy_o course_n and_o bend_v another_o way_n for_o thy_o friend_n sake_n to_o who_o thou_o shall_v be_v dear_a come_v home_o unto_o thyself_o and_o do_v not_o stay_v for_o thou_o own_o sake_n i_o charge_v thou_o to_o obey_v and_o in_o compassion_n of_o that_o soul_n of_o thou_o live_v not_o in_o darkness_n when_o the_o sun_n do_v shine_v 185._o pity_v thy_o year_n that_o be_v but_o young_a and_o tender_a pity_v thy_o father_n care_n thy_o mother_n love_n for_o thy_o sad_a kindred_n sorrow_n pity_v render_v let_v thy_o acquaintance_n some_o compassion_n move_v look_v not_o still_o down_o but_o raise_v thy_o thought_n above_o if_o no_o thing_n else_o prevail_v let_v fear_n of_o god_n work_v thy_o conversion_n and_o his_o threaten_a rod._n 186._o strive_v to_o regain_v the_o honour_n thou_o have_v lose_v and_o seek_v thy_o ruine_a credit_n to_o repair_v thy_o conscience_n be_v benumb_v with_o folly_n frost_n let_v thy_o warm_a tear_n of_o sorrow_n thaw_v the_o air_n that_o chill_v thy_o heart_n with_o nip_a cold_a despair_n and_o so_o dissolve_v thy_o crusty_a ice_n of_o sin_n that_o hot_a repentance_n may_v let_v mercy_n in_o 187._o redeem_v the_o time_n that_o thou_o have_v spend_v in_o vain_a and_o pursue_v honour_n as_o thou_o followd'_v vice_n although_o unwilling_a yet_o thyself_o constrain_v against_o thy_o will_n to_o virtue_n be_v not_o nice_a tire_v not_o in_o act_v goodness_n twice_o or_o thrice_o but_o persevere_v from_o one_o unto_o another_o as_o happy_a daughter_n of_o a_o bless_a mother_n 188._o and_o when_o thou_o have_v this_o little_a pamphlet_n read_v and_o see_v the_o scope_n whereto_o these_o line_n do_v tend_v let_v they_o not_o pass_v a_o hour_n out_o of_o thy_o head_n until_o thy_o sorrow_n make_v thy_o life_n amend_v and_o work_v a_o reformation_n in_o the_o end_n do_v not_o oh_o do_v not_o put_v they_o from_o thy_o heart_n but_o to_o thy_o sickly_a soul_n some_o help_n impart_v 189._o then_o shall_v my_o prayer_n fly_v aloft_o with_o thou_o and_o my_o desire_n seek_v earnest_o thy_o bliss_n thy_o happiness_n shall_v be_v to_o i_o as_o i_o thy_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o thy_o life_n amiss_o shall_v breed_v such_o joy_n as_o none_o shall_v be_v like_o this_o the_o comfort_n that_o thy_o soul_n shall_v thereby_o taste_v shall_v be_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n at_o the_o last_o 190._o in_o hope_n therefore_o of_o this_o my_o good_a success_n and_o of_o a_o happy_a welcome_n to_o these_o line_n wish_v thou_o may_v thy_o wicked_a lust_n suppress_v i_o leave_v thou_o unto_o he_o who_o grace_n refine_v pray_v his_o blessing_n unto_o these_o design_n heaven_n grant_v thou_o that_o which_o none_o on_o earth_n can_v give_v a_o life_n prepare_v to_o die_v a_o death_n to_o live_v when_o i_o have_v write_v these_o line_n i_o make_v they_o up_o in_o a_o little_a book_n and_o by_o a_o friend_n which_o i_o have_v send_v they_o unto_o her_o lodging_n with_o a_o letter_n likewise_o to_o be_v deliver_v unto_o she_o both_o which_o my_o friend_n present_v to_o her_o own_o hand_n and_o she_o receive_v of_o they_o thankful_o read_v over_o the_o letter_n present_o in_o his_o sight_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o so_o soon_o as_o she_o have_v peruse_v the_o book_n which_o shall_v not_o be_v long_o she_o will_v send_v she_o answer_v unto_o i_o and_o so_o my_o friend_n take_v a_o courteous_a farewell_n leave_v she_o and_o return_v tell_v i_o of_o the_o kind_a welcome_a both_o of_o the_o letter_n and_o the_o book_n which_o i_o be_v glad_a to_o hear_v of_o and_o therefore_o hope_v in_o a_o short_a time_n to_o receive_v her_o answer_n which_o i_o do_v wish_v may_v be_v according_a as_o i_o both_o expect_v and_o desire_v i_o wait_v for_o she_o answer_v about_o ten_o day_n and_o not_o hear_v from_o she_o well_o know_v in_o that_o time_n she_o may_v at_o her_o leisure_n have_v read_v it_o over_o i_o begin_v to_o wonder_v what_o the_o reason_n shall_v be_v imagine_v that_o either_o she_o be_v loath_a to_o bestow_v so_o much_o pain_n as_o to_o read_v it_o or_o else_o have_v read_v it_o she_o be_v offend_v at_o it_o and_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v satisfy_v herein_o yet_o unwilling_a that_o she_o shall_v take_v any_o notice_n of_o my_o desire_n i_o send_v another_o friend_n not_o to_o her_o lodging_n but_o near_o unto_o it_o to_o the_o end_n that_o i_o may_v be_v assure_v whether_o she_o still_o continue_v there_o or_o whether_o she_o be_v remove_v to_o any_o other_o place_n my_o friend_n take_v occasion_n secret_o to_o inquire_v of_o she_o understand_v by_o one_o of_o the_o neighbour_n that_o she_o keep_v her_o old_a lodging_n and_o that_o she_o have_v late_o be_v very_o sick_a and_o be_v not_o then_o recover_v of_o which_o her_o sickness_n when_o i_o understand_v i_o be_v in_o some_o hope_n that_o she_o have_v consider_v serious_o on_o the_o content_n of_o the_o book_n and_o that_o it_o have_v wrought_v so_o far_o with_o she_o that_o she_o have_v lay_v the_o same_o to_o her_o heart_n and_o be_v thereby_o draw_v to_o a_o strict_a examination_n of_o her_o own_o life_n which_o may_v be_v the_o mean_n of_o trouble_v her_o conscience_n so_o far_o as_o that_o it_o may_v breed_v a_o distemper_n in_o her_o body_n and_o so_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o impayr_v her_o health_n desirous_a therefore_o to_o understand_v how_o she_o digest_v it_o &_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o other_o cause_n of_o her_o disease_n i_o send_v my_o friend_n to_o her_o lodging_n to_o see_v how_o she_o do_v not_o take_v any_o notice_n that_o i_o have_v know_v of_o her_o sickness_n and_o withal_o to_o excuse_v my_o not_o come_v unto_o her_o all_o that_o time_n whither_o when_o he_o come_v he_o be_v willing_o conduct_v into_o her_o chamber_n where_o she_o than_o lay_v in_o her_o bed_n and_o deliver_v his_o message_n unto_o she_o she_o tell_v he_o that_o she_o have_v be_v very_o ill_o and_o wonderful_a desirous_a to_o see_v i_o and_o entreat_v he_o to_o signify_v so_o much_o unto_o i_o and_o that_o she_o be_v mind_v to_o send_v a_o messenger_n unto_o i_o but_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o her_o sickness_n she_o know_v not_o how_o convenient_o to_o do_v it_o not_o speak_v one_o word_n unto_o he_o concern_v the_o book_n my_o friend_n not_o stay_v long_o with_o she_o and_o promisig_a to_o acquaint_v i_o with_o her_o desire_n depart_v and_o tell_v i_o what_o her_o request_n be_v and_o in_o what_o case_n he_o find_v she_o i_o resolve_v within_o few_o day_n to_o visit_v she_o and_o according_o within_o a_o day_n or_o two_o after_o i_o come_v unto_o her_o chamber_n where_o be_v enter_v i_o find_v she_o sit_v in_o her_o chair_n by_o the_o fire_n and_o weep_v exceed_o i_o come_v in_o so_o sudden_o and_o she_o turn_v her_o head_n espy_v of_o i_o present_o leap_v out_o of_o her_o chair_n and_o come_v towards_o i_o take_v i_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o look_v earnest_o in_o my_o face_n she_o begin_v to_o speak_v to_o i_o to_o this_o effect_n the_o substance_n whereof_o for_o memory_n sake_n i_o