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thing of it, many a time I have lost my maidenhead with great pleasure, and it ay came back again to its ain place, but I'll never gather up my milk.
A drover who frequented a public inn in the north of England, as he passed and repassed, agreed with the servant maid of the house for a touch of love; for which he gave her a six and thirty shilling piece: On the next morning he mounted his horse, without asking abill or what was to pay; but sir, said the landlord, you forgot to pay your reckoning: Well minded, sir, I forgot my change; the maid was called in all haste; yes, said she I got it, but it was not for that, throws it down and off she goes: her mistress gave her the challenge, she told her it was so, but she should be up with him. Twelve months after, he coming past with his drove, puts up at the same inn, as formerly: The girl then goes to a neighbour woman who had a young child about three months old, lays it on the table, saying, sir, there's the change of your six and thirty and
