When she little thought of me.’

5.

All the maids of Islington

Went forth to sport and play;

All but the bailiff’s daughter dear;

She secretly stole away.

6.

6.2 ‘puggish.’ ‘Pugging’ means ‘thieving,’ and J. W. Ebsworth suggests that here it implies ragged clothing, like a tramp’s.

She put off her gown of gray,

And put on her puggish attire;