911:00,000['  ]| <Anon., Gallantry a la Mode: text from Harold>
911:00,000[A  ]| <This is the first section of a three-canto libertine poem,>
911:00,000[A  ]| <published anonymously a decade earlier than Radcliffe's Ramble.>
911:00,000[A  ]| <If you ever had the leisure, I would be interested to see if>
911:00,000[A  ]| <there was any indication that Radcliffe may have been the author:>
911:00,000[A  ]| <the link is that both books have the same motto on the title>
911:00,000[A  ]| <page ~~ semel insanivimus omnes.  If there was any indication>
911:00,000[A  ]| <of common authorship it would be no problem to enter the rest>
911:00,000[A  ]| <of the poem for closer testing.>
911:00,001[A  ]| TO$4$ THE MEN.
911:00,002[A  ]| You would fain be flattered, not one word,
911:00,003[A  ]| Nor dedication to$4$ a lord,
911:00,004[A  ]| Were not that$6#2$ way of writing old,
911:00,005[A  ]| Yet the author dares not be so$5#1$ bold;
911:00,006[A  ]| Lest that$3$ with some the quaere be
911:00,007[A  ]| Who$6#1$ is more to$9$ blame, the lord, or He.
911:00,008[A  ]| Expect not here some gaudy scene
911:00,009[A  ]| To$9$ tell you what the book doth mean;
911:00,010[A  ]| But your dear vices over-look
911:00,011[A  ]| And them you will$1$ find composed the book.
911:00,012[A  ]| It was not produced from either house,
911:00,013[A  ]| Where mountain groans, and teems a mouse;
911:00,014[A  ]| Where you seem charmed on$4$ fairy ground 
911:00,015[A  ]| With listening to$4$ the thundering sound
911:00,016[A  ]| Of Words you catch at the rebound.
911:00,017[A  ]| There you have been told what never was true,
911:00,018[A  ]| (At least will$1$ not be so$5#2$ with You;)
911:00,019[A  ]| But otherwise you are handled here,
911:00,020[A  ]| Where you in$4$ vizard masks appear:
911:00,021[A  ]| And well you know much truth is said
911:00,022[A  ]| Under disguise of masquerade.
911:00,023[A  ]| TO$4$ THE LADIES
911:00,024[A  ]| Ladies what ever to$4$ Men is due,
911:00,025[A  ]| The author owes respect to$4$ you;
911:00,026[A  ]| It is your fair sex that$6#1$ he adores,
911:00,027[A  ]| On$4$ whom he practised his amours.
911:00,028[A  ]| He lays his Phillis at your feet,
911:00,029[A  ]| In$4$ hopes your milder doom to$9$ meet;
911:00,030[A  ]| Pardon her youth, it was but a slip,
911:00,031[A  ]| The surest foot may sometimes trip;
911:00,032[A  ]| At least confer her punishment
911:00,033[A  ]| On$4$ him your humble penitent,
911:00,034[A  ]| Who$6#1$ willingly would for$4$ her sake
911:00,035[A  ]| As great a satisfaction make
911:00,036[A  ]| As you can possibly desire
911:00,037[A  ]| Or his offence might well require.
911:00,038[A  ]| He hopes by$4$ this to$9$ set you free
911:00,039[A  ]| From your own sex's treachery.
911:00,040[A  ]| Be true amongst yourselves; and then
911:00,041[A  ]| You are safe beyond the wit of Men.
911:00,042[A  ]| If he that$6#1$ citizen preserved,
911:00,043[A  ]| Receive a crown for$4$ his reward,
911:00,044[A  ]| More to$4$ that$6#2$ man must needs be due
911:00,045[A  ]| Who$6#1$ city saves in$4$ saving you.
911:01,000['  ]| <GALLANTRY A-LA-MODE, PART I>
911:01,001[A  ]| Oppressed with cares, involved with night,
911:01,002[A  ]| I went to$9$ seek a new delight.
911:01,003[A  ]| My clouded eyes could scarcely show
911:01,004[A  ]| My treacherous feet which$6#1$ way to$9$ go.
911:01,005[A  ]| At length with halts and trembling pace,
911:01,006[A  ]| Before I wished, they approached the place;
911:01,007[A  ]| Then troubled thoughts did make me doubt
911:01,008[A  ]| Betwixt going in$5$ and coming out;
911:01,009[A  ]| But when desire the bait had laid
911:01,010[A  ]| I willingly myself betrayed
911:01,011[A  ]| And boldly am I entered in$5$
911:01,012[A  ]| The place accustomed unto sin.
911:01,013[A  ]| As well might guess by$4$ farthing light
911:01,014[A  ]| Those that$6#1$ came there played least in$4$ sight.
911:01,015[A  ]| Next little volume I did see
911:01,016[A  ]| Which$6#1$ there will$1$ never practised be.
911:01,017[A  ]| Upon$4$ a shelf a pipkin stood
911:01,018[A  ]| That$6#1$ did contain some three days' food,
911:01,019[A  ]| For$3$ gruel is their chiefest meat
911:01,020[A  ]| Nor better can afford to$9$ eat:
911:01,021[A  ]| For$4$ most of which$6#1$ they get this day
911:01,022[A  ]| Must constable or beadle pay
911:01,023[A  ]| The next, and bribed law must be
911:01,024[A  ]| A pimp to$4$ their debauchery.
911:01,025[A  ]| At last grave matron me accosts
911:01,026[A  ]| With looks more sharp than Greenland frosts,
911:01,027[A  ]| And like$4$ that$6#2$ earth when day is done
911:01,028[A  ]| Neglected by$4$ the half year's sun,
911:01,029[A  ]| Methought I looked.  Says she
911:01,029@b   | You are bold:
911:01,030@b   | My bolted hatch might make you hold
911:01,031@b   | Your hand before you it unpin;
911:01,032@b   | I keep no$2$ alehouse nor no$2$ inn.
911:01,033@b   | Hereafter I will$1$ have a lock,
911:01,034@b   | Then those that$6#1$ come to$4$ me must knock.
911:01,035@b   | I never saw you here before,
911:01,036@b   | Your token else go out the door.
911:01,037[A  ]| I thought when rattled at that$6#2$ rate
911:01,038[A  ]| She breeding learned at Billingsgate,
911:01,039[A  ]| And answered,
911:01,039@a   | It was not my intent
911:01,040@a   | Your privacy to$9$ circumvent,
911:01,041@a   | But thought when in$4$ Jack**** name
911:01,042@a   | I came, you would not boldness blame.
911:01,043@a   | He told me, whispering in$4$ my ear,
911:01,044@a   | Convenient boldness was taught here.
911:01,045@b   | He that$6#1$ can such a token show,
911:01,046@b   | My close intrigues,
911:01,046[A  ]| saith she,
911:01,046@b   | shall know;
911:01,047@b   | Pleasures I have that$6#1$ tongue can not tell,
911:01,048[A  ]| And courts me to$9$ go up$5$ to$4$ hell.
911:01,049[A  ]| Then crazy staircase we ascend,
911:01,050[A  ]| Where largely she does wine commend:
911:01,051[A  ]| And by$4$ her simpering would disclose
911:01,052[A  ]| That$3$ money first I must depose.
911:01,053[A  ]| Though cully was, yet I could scent
911:01,054[A  ]| The drift of this her complement.
911:01,055[A  ]| And humoured it, and then away
911:01,056[A  ]| In$4$ haste she goes, whilst I survey
911:01,057[A  ]| What furniture above was placed.
911:01,058[A  ]| Curtains and vallains so$5#1$ disgraced
911:01,059[A  ]| With rags and jags and tatters were,
911:01,060[A  ]| Ten thousand beggars I may swear
911:01,061[A  ]| Though dressed with art and utmost spite,
911:01,062[A  ]| Can never show me such a sight.
911:01,063[A  ]| If thus the outward case be decked,
911:01,064[A  ]| What is hid within I must inspect,
911:01,065[A  ]| And turned down sheets, even covered over
911:01,066[A  ]| With plastered filth and putrid gore.
911:01,067[A  ]| Pandora's box did never compress
911:01,068[A  ]| Such various kinds of nastiness.
911:01,069[A  ]| Next blankets pinked with sally-ports,
911:01,070[A  ]| For$4$ lice and fleas to$9$ manage sports.
911:01,071[A  ]| I had not yet overlooked the quilt
911:01,072[A  ]| But up$5$ comes bawd with wine and jilt.
911:01,073[A  ]| Stone bottle then she holdeth out
911:01,074[A  ]| And cries,
911:01,074@b   | Now let us drink about:
911:01,075@b   | Come here is a health unto the best
911:01,076@b   | (And you that$6#1$ please make out the rest).
911:01,077[A  ]| Once round, and bottle does depart
911:01,078[A  ]| Scarcely so$5#1$ hollow as her heart.
911:01,079[A  ]| When such a cheat did make me stare,
911:01,080@b   | This wine is so$5#1$ good it has turned to$4$ air,
911:01,081[A  ]| She smiling says,
911:01,081@b   | but hang it, since we
911:01,082@b   | Are now such pleasant company,
911:01,083@b   | The other bottle is not much,
911:01,084@b   | Let ill-bred clowns their money grudge.
911:01,085[A  ]| Then down the stairs she posts away
911:01,086[A  ]| Whilst I above with tit do stay,
911:01,087[A  ]| And it was a pleasant sight to$9$ see
911:01,088[A  ]| How with affected modesty 
911:01,089[A  ]| She wheedled when I did intrude
911:01,090[A  ]| With hand or foot,
911:01,090@c   | Pray, sir, you are rude.
911:01,091[A  ]| Love's fire did kindle but not burn,
911:01,092[A  ]| The old one made so$5#1$ quick return.
911:01,093[A  ]| When bottle had gone former's fate
911:01,094[A  ]| Then she of jilt began to$9$ prate:
911:01,095@b   | It may be, sir, you will$1$ think what I
911:01,096@b   | Do now relate may seem a lie;
911:01,097@b   | I must confess I have told a few:
911:01,098@b   | By$4$ all that$6#1$ is secret this is true.
911:01,099@b   | This little rogue that$6#1$ now you see
911:01,100@b   | From country came last week to$4$ me.
911:01,101@b   | Methinks I see what pretty feats
911:01,102@b   | She showed, stroking of Mully's teats,
911:01,103@b   | And then a tickling sonnet sings;
911:01,104@b   | But here she learneth better things.
911:01,105@b   | Look on$4$ her well, survey each part,
911:01,106@b   | This is no$2$ beauty made by$4$ art.
911:01,107@b   | Let painted bitches boast their stains,
911:01,108@b   | Brisk blood runs sporting through these veins.
911:01,109@b   | At Gifford's, Creswell's and elsewhere
911:01,110@b   | Where precise damsel does appear,
911:01,111@b   | Perhaps you have been; no$2$ greater cheat
911:01,112@b   | Is shown than lady spruce and neat.
911:01,113@b   | Lick makes the coral of her lips
911:01,114@b   | And he that$6#1$ kisses plaster sips.
911:01,115@b   | I smile to$9$ think how oft you are mumped
911:01,116@b   | In$4$ clapping cheeks with engines plumped,
911:01,117@b   | False eye-brows and false shade of hair,
911:01,118@b   | When one and the other place is bare.
911:01,119@b   | If urgent you be for$4$ to$9$ know
911:01,120@b   | The occasion of its being so$5#2$,
911:01,121@b   | Confounded lie she straight will$1$ fain
911:01,122@b   | How that$3$ she travelled once to$4$ Spain,
911:01,123@b   | And large account gives there of a lord
911:01,124@b   | That$6#1$ kept her there at bed and board,
911:01,125@b   | And by$4$ the custom of that$6#2$ place
911:01,126@b   | The smoothest skin has greatest grace;
911:01,127@b   | Highly praising all that$6#2$ nation
911:01,128@b   | For$4$ keeping still one constant fashion.
911:01,129@b   | To$9$ show her travels, breeding, state,
911:01,130@b   | In$4$ this she them will$1$ imitate.
911:01,131@b   | Thus oft the cullies may deceive
911:01,132@b   | But somewhat else it was by$4$ your leave;
911:01,133@b   | And though of it she will$1$ not be known,
911:01,134@b   | The clap was got from Spanish don.
911:01,135@b   | If still you like$1$ such a bald coot,
911:01,136@b   | Take her with clap and pox to$4$ boot.
911:01,137@b   | Let my persuasions make you wise,
911:01,138@b   | Be not trapanned with those damned lies.
911:01,139@b   | Try mine once, then tell me whether
911:01,140@b   | You like$1$ best; and go together.
911:01,141[A  ]| No$2$ sooner said, but she is gone,
911:01,142[A  ]| And I with tempter left alone.
911:01,143[A  ]| Whilst I resolved to$9$ fly those eyes,
911:01,144[A  ]| My soul was taken by$4$ surprise:
911:01,145[A  ]| Unusual flames my heart had fired,
911:01,146[A  ]| Nor could I tell what I desired.
911:01,147[A  ]| As tender maid that$6#1$ never had known
911:01,148[A  ]| The effects which$6#1$ from fierce love have grown
911:01,149[A  ]| With lingering sickness pines away
911:01,150[A  ]| And makes a night before it was day
911:01,151[A  ]| Of rosy beauty, whilst that$3$ she,
911:01,152[A  ]| Aware of her infirmity,
911:01,153[A  ]| Its growing rage would fain prevent;
911:01,154[A  ]| But, alas poor soul, she is innocent ~~ 
911:01,155[A  ]| Now longs for$4$ this and longs for$4$ that$6#2$ ~~ 
911:01,156[A  ]| So$3$ I desired I knew not what,
911:01,157[A  ]| And, fearing that$3$ she might deny,
911:01,158[A  ]| Unasked I gave gratuity,
911:01,159[A  ]| And said,
911:01,159@a   | You guess what it is I want,
911:01,160@a   | Since I do give, it is you must grant
911:01,161@a   | A favour, which$6#1$ I would conceal,
911:01,162@a   | But love compels me to$9$ reveal:
911:01,163@a   | That$6#2$ tyrant over my heart doth reign
911:01,164@a   | And only you can assuage my pain.
911:01,165[A  ]| Then with a smile she kisses me
911:01,166[A  ]| And off falls vizard modesty:
911:01,167@c   | If I
911:01,167[A  ]| (says she)
911:01,167@c   | can give you ease,
911:01,168@c   | I will$1$ be kind, and what you please;
911:01,169@c   | Make no$2$ delay, but straight fulfil
911:01,170@c   | Your own desire: do what you will$1$.
911:01,171[A  ]| As one that$6#1$ never knew nought but night,
911:01,172[A  ]| When suddenly is brought to$4$ light,
911:01,173[A  ]| Fears for$4$ to$9$ see, nor dares to$9$ wink
911:01,174[A  ]| And knows not what to$9$ do or think,
911:01,175[A  ]| So$3$ never before known different sex
911:01,176[A  ]| Did strangely then my thoughts perplex.
911:01,177[A  ]| Nature brute creatures taught the way
911:01,178[A  ]| But I, more ignorant than they,
911:01,179[A  ]| If never had gone to$4$ such a school
911:01,180[A  ]| Still might have lived and died a fool:
911:01,181[A  ]| For$3$ by$4$ the kind nymph's sole direction
911:01,182[A  ]| Pleasure was brought to$4$ perfection.
911:01,183[A  ]| But now I slight when it is over
911:01,184[A  ]| What I built altars to$4$ before,
911:01,185[A  ]| Blaming myself and wondering why
911:01,186[A  ]| I took this opportunity
911:01,187[A  ]| To$9$ run a tilt at such a tit
911:01,188[A  ]| Who$6#1$ neither beauty had nor wit.
911:01,189[A  ]| You will$1$ say she never could me infect
911:01,190[A  ]| If reason had my passions checked,
911:01,191[A  ]| So$3$ bowl of water if in$4$ the way
911:01,192[A  ]| A little flame perhaps may stay,
911:01,193[A  ]| But raging lust once in$4$ the field
911:01,194[A  ]| Who$6#2$ is so$5#1$ strong that$3$ will$1$ not yield?
911:01,195[A  ]| In$4$ vain does reason watch and ward,
911:01,196[A  ]| For$3$ from its blow there is no$2$ guard.
911:01,197[A  ]| So$3$ lady beauty does display
911:01,198[A  ]| To$4$ gaudy fop in$4$ Saint*James's way
911:01,199[A  ]| (Whilst he with 9bonne*grace would set out
911:01,200[A  ]| His flaxen wig and ruby snout,
911:01,201[A  ]| And seems to$9$ cough and then to$9$ spit
911:01,202[A  ]| And fain would void something of wit)
911:01,203[A  ]| With ease his mulberry treat blows off,
911:01,204[A  ]| And for$4$ his courtship gives him scoff;
911:01,205[A  ]| Returned back from whence she came,
911:01,206[A  ]| On$4$ quilted couch increased a flame,
911:01,207[A  ]| Which$6#1$ with such fury began to$9$ rage,
911:01,208[A  ]| Discretion was too weak to$9$ assuage:
911:01,209[A  ]| Stung with desire, so$5#1$ long denied,
911:01,210[A  ]| Lets butler or the coachman ride.
911:01,211[A  ]| No$2$ longer nymph could me detain,
911:01,212[A  ]| Her charming wheedles now are vain.
911:01,213[A  ]| But oh misfortune! Oh hard hap!
911:01,214[A  ]| When I suspect an after clap
911:01,215[A  ]| And on$4$ a serious inquisition
911:01,216[A  ]| Find a just cause for$4$ my suspicion.
911:01,217[A  ]| Never she*zealot turned up$5$ eyne
911:01,218[A  ]| Receiving brother's discipline
911:01,219[A  ]| Or antick gestures showed as I
911:01,220[A  ]| Reduced to$4$ such extremity.
911:01,221[A  ]| Faintly to$9$ die is folly's part:
911:01,222[A  ]| Wisdom will$1$ seek to$4$ man of art.
911:01,223[A  ]| Artist I sought and quickly found,
911:01,224[A  ]| One that$6#1$ could do, not make a sound
911:01,225[A  ]| Of mighty cures and vainly boast
911:01,226[A  ]| More than his papers on$4$ the post.
911:01,227[A  ]| Him I resolved should try his skill
911:01,228[A  ]| And after bolus then came pill.
911:01,229[A  ]| By$4$ his advice so$5#1$ soon it was over
911:01,230[A  ]| I doubted what I ailed before;
911:01,231[A  ]| Yet the artist will$1$ not set at naught,
911:01,232[A  ]| Had I ailed nothing but in$4$ thought.
911:01,233[A  ]| Spark may cause flame if not withstood
911:01,234[A  ]| And for$4$ a twig may come a wood.
911:01,235[A  ]| Suspicion than I washed away
911:01,236[A  ]| With old langoon and cleansing whey
911:01,237[A  ]| And grieved at my folly past
911:01,238[A  ]| For$4$ such a feast kept twelve-months fast.