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against the Author of the Arraignment of Women.

To the Old Tune of King John, and the Abbot of Canterbury.

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It proues a bad nature in men doth remaine.
To make women lewd their purses they straine.
For a woman that's honest they care not a whit,
Theyle say she is honest because she lackes wit.

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

If we be honest and merrie, for giglots they take vs,
If modest and sober, then proud they doe make vs:
Let Women and Maides whatsoeuer they be,
Come follow my counsell, be warned by me.

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

The humors of men, see how froward they bee;
We know not to please them in any degree:
For if we goe plaine we are sluts they doe say,
They doubt of our honesty if we goe gay;

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

Of all the things which we euermore finde,
Such thoughts doe arise as are like to the minde.
Mens thoughts being wicked they wracke on vs thus,
That scandall is taken, not giuen by vs.

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

Theyle call women whores, but their stakes they might saue,
There can be no Whore, but there must be a Knaue.
They say that our dressings, and that our attire
Are causes to moue them to lustfull fire.

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

If their sight be so weake, and their frailtie be such,
Then Why doe they gaze at our beauty so much?
Plucke away those ill roots from whence sinne doth arise,
Amend wicked thoughts, or plucke out their eyes.

Derry Down Down, Down Derry Down

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from Tyburnia - A Radical History Of 600 Years Of Public Execution, released May 29, 2015

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