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In OED2, the first quotation for cock n.1 sense 20, penis, is the
at-least-arguable "1618 N. Field <i>Amends for Ladies</i> 1, Oh man
what art thou? When thy cock is up?". The next quotation is
the clearer "1714 <i>Cabinet of Love</i>, View my sore cock, his
tender wounded head." (Unless we're seeing cruelty to animals?
:-).) The following is unambiguous, clearly equating
"cock" to "[male] members".<br><br>
1663, a Middlesex, Mass., court case deposition:<br><br>
All that he had was the devills for he stood by his beds side &
caused his members to rise . . . & mead his [cock stand] <i>flesh to
rise</i> to the maydes & all soe hee bid him goe and show his [cock]
<i>members</i> to good man Bullyard again & further hee caled him Rog
& beastly Rascoll & tould him that he showed his [cock]
<i>members</i> to good man Bullyard<i> </i>2 or 3 times the other day
when they were a shearing of sheep.<br><br>
Words in brackets are crossed out in a contemporary hand (according to
Thompson) and replaced by the words in italics ("flesh to rise"
and "members" twice, in case the italics don't come through),
either interlined or marginal.<br><br>
In Roger Thompson, _Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts
County, 1649--1699_ (Amherst: Univ. of Mass. Press, 1986), page
175. The primary source seems to be either Pulsifer [19th c.
transcription of order books of Middlesex County court] or "File
34" of the court records. I may try to locate the primary
source.<br><br>
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