An encomiastick character of the most necessary, most ingenious, and most pleasant art of taylorie dedicated to the masters of the much honoured Corporation of Edinburgh. / N. Paterson. Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688. 1688 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04931 Wing P691 ESTC R181518 51784593 ocm 51784593 175002 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Tailors -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ENCOMIASTICK CHARACTER Of the most Necessary , most Ingenious , and most Pleasant Art , OF TAYLORIE Dedicated to the Masters of the much Honoured CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH . BLest are Our Dayes , and Happy are Our Starrs ! After Our Brutish , and Intestine Warrs ; When harmeless Peace claps her Triumphant Wings , Betwixt the Subjects Interest , and the Kings : Peace the sole Nurse of Plenty , and of Arts , Hath with such Thrift and Vertue fill'd our Hearts No more the Bloody , and Revengeful Blade To Toss , but each to follow his Own Trade . Amongst the which Your necessary Art , Hath both the Pompous , and the pleasant Part ; An Art whose Character , and true intent , Both for distinction is , and ornament . For constantly through all the World we find , Mans habit differs from the Woman-kind . If we affirm ( who 'l take it in ill part ? ) That Kings and Patriarchs both practis'd your Art. Joseph was Jacobs darling , And what not ? And it was Jacob that made Josephs Coat . Ladies made Cloaths , who had no Journey men , A Madam Taylor was no wonder then . Yea without Taylors , where 's the difference , Betwixt a Countesse and a Countrey Wench ? Let any strangers eye ( the most observant ) Distinction make of Master from a Servant , Without your Art ? Nay it is only ye , Can fashion each Man to his own degree . Did not your Art adorn them year by year , Lords would like Beggars , Beggars Lords appear . View me your Parliaments , wherein it s said The Glory of a Nation is Displaid ; Did not your Pompous Art each Man adorn , Their Glorious Grandour all would turn to scorn . Adam and Eve , he King , and she a Queen , The greatest ever in this world were seen , Were Taylors both : But this was the mischief . They wanted Cloath , and sowed Leaf to Leaf . Yet since no Art , nor Instrument was theirs , They were but Embrio-Master fashioners . It 's yours above all Arts , whose industrie Can add a Splendour to Nobilitie . Yea , Ye have fill'd all Ages , and all States With Worthie Patriots and Magistrates ; Both Burgesses , and Splendid Gentry too , In Town and Country owe their Birth to you : Councils , and Armies , ye have both supplied With Wit and Valour , more than any Trade . Some Arts the Hands , and some the Feet do cover , Only the Taylors Art , is seen all over . Some are for Halcyon peace , some for stern Warr , But yours for both , So great 's a Taylors Care ! Some Arts we use at Land , and some at Sea. The Taylors Art we need where ere we be . Some Arts are only for some kind of Men , But yours all sorts doth fully comprehend ; Without the which , Judges would stand like Blocks , And Kings themselves wold prove but laughing stocks Some Arts are so extinct , nought can perswade , But their sad Relicts , they a Being had , Yet it 's acknowledged in every part , The Taylors are the eldest Sons of Art ; Whose Art to the last Judgment shall remain ; Or Israel in desert be again . Your Art was surely precious to the Jews , Who rent their cloaths on every dismall newes . Ye 're Artificiall Powers , that can Create The several shapes , both in the Church and State. And can them into several Classes varie , Politick , Sacred , or the Militarie . It 's you makes Cinnamon Trees , of silly Noddies , Whose Bark is far more Worthy than their Bodies . And tho their Head like emptie Bottles showes , Ye Rhetorick Infuse into their Cloaths . If palliative cures deserve that name , Ye are Physicians of Disastrous shame . And are prefer'd before them yet a stepp , Defects of nature ye both help and hepp . What Lands , what Livings , and what goodly price , Would Adam given for you in Paradice . It 's true from Adam's fall our Cloaths we name , The fairest covers , of the Foulest shame : Yet to exalt your Glory , not your Pride , Blessed are ye our nakedness can hide . It 's you can make the outside satisfie The expectation of the Curious Eye . The Souls the Bodies Blade , but then we know The Scabbard ( next to GOD ) to you we owe. Nay to the Eternal Honour of your Trade , Your Master first was GOD Himself we Read * Since Reason and the Scriptures both allow , All other Trades must needs give place to you . A Master of his Trade none him aver , In House or Shop who wants this Character . Aetern●m Floreat ARS VESTIARIA . N. PATERSON . FINIS . EDINBVRGH , Printed by John Reid , Anno DOM. 1688. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div B04931-e10 This word Hepp is pure Hebrew . * Genesis 3.17 .