wench quotes

This wench we speak of strays so from her kind, Nature repents she made her; 'tis a mermaid Has tolled my son to shipwreck

-Thomas Dekker
The Roaring Girl (with Thomas Middleton), act1, sc.2.

Barnardine:Thou hast committed Barabas: Fornicationbut that was in another country; and besides, the wench is dead.

- Christopher Marlowe
c.1589  The Jew of Malta (published1633), act 4, sc.1.

Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French, And some'll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench. 559

-John Edward Masefield
  'Captain Stratton's Fancy'.

'Tis no shame for men Of his high birth to love a wench; his honour May privilege more sins. Next to a woman, He loves a running-horse.

-James Shirley
  Hyde Park, act1, sc.1.