The Report of the governours of the corporation for improving and releiving the poor of this city of London, and liberties thereof City of London (England). This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49050 of text R39650 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2877B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A49050 Wing L2877B ESTC R39650 18460585 ocm 18460585 107734 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. A49050) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107734) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1638:7 or 21241:124) The Report of the governours of the corporation for improving and releiving the poor of this city of London, and liberties thereof City of London (England). 1 broadside. Printed by James Flesher ..., [London] : 1655. At head of title, in verse: These children orphans singing show ... Reproductions of originals in the Harvard University Library and the British Library. eng Orphans -- England. Poor laws -- England. London (England) -- History -- 17th century. A49050 R39650 (Wing L2877B). civilwar no The report of the governours of the corporation for imploying and releiving the poor of this city of London, and liberties thereof; Corporation of London 1655 1057 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-08 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Megan Marion Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Megan Marion Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion These Children Orphans singing show , Though God's above , he dwels below , Who Clothes their backs and bellies feed , And gave them fathers in their need . These father'd fatherless , their Fathers bless , And warble forth their worth in thankfull verse . blazon or coat of arms City of London coat of arms THe Epicureans say God takes no care , Nor yet regardeth how poor mortals fare , But being himself above all sense Of trouble , grief , and indigence ; Enjoyes himself , and can , No notice take of man Nor sees , nor hears , Their sighs or tears ; Nor mindes , nor yet condoles , mens joyes or fears . That the light Lamps of Heaven know their way And beaten paths , from whence they cannot stray , The Planets march their wonted pace , Sun , Moon , and Stars , keep on their race From night to day , and then , From day to night agen , Times come and goe , Tides ebbe and flow , Things round redown'd , as days and years do show . Hold Atheist , stop thy mouth , proceed not thus , Gods care o' th poor blaspheme not , look on us , And recollect thy self , for we On Dunghils droop't in miserie , Had not Jehovah car'd , How here poor mortals far'd , We still had lain , Pining in pain , But now in plenty he doth us maintain . Repent of these thy thoughts vain man , behold How God by us , have these thy thoughts controld , For living instances we are , That God for mortals poor takes care , And doth regard the cries , Of Orphans waterie eyes , And sends relief From pain and grief , Who help and succour to the poor doth give . Wandring we were from Heavens and Earths good waies In sin and idleness to spend our daies , But now translated from that state Which led to lewdness , death , hells gate , And in a hopefull way To live another day , When thankfull we , Shall surely be , And Londons mercy keep in memorie . Blest be the great PROTECTOR of the poore Whom fatherless admire , widdows adore ; Blest be his a Vice Protector who Much favour did on us bestow , Our b President blest be , And blest his c Deputy , Lord blesse them all Who hence forth shall Lend hearts , and hands , to ridd the poor from thrall . God is the poor mans God , who doth express Himself the Father of the Fatherless , And men like Gods themselves appear , To whom poor Fatherless are dear , Whose works of Charity , He suffers not to dye , What thus they spend To God they lend , Who will repay with glory in the end . This is the pure Religion , and this By Gods appointment leads to lasting bliss ; When Scarlet robes , and Golden chains Shall come to nothing , this remains , When creature comforts faile , Such works as these prevaile , Most certainly Such seed shall be An Harvest lasting to eternity . You that have thus so well begun , go on , Finish your work , let no man take your crown , Such works as these their workmen bless ; By spending thus , you shall increase , This is Gods way of thriving , Thus give , and get by giving ; What else you save Others may have ; These works your selves shall find beyond the grave . The Report of the Governours of the Corporation for imploying and Releiving the Poor of this City of London , and Liberties thereof ; THe said Corporation ( through the Pious care and Assistance of the Lord Mayor , Commonalty , and Citizens of the City of London , and other well affected persons ) do at the present maintain , and Educate about 100. poor Children in Learning , and Arts , whose Parents are either dead or not able to maintain them , ayming ( according as ability by the good providence of God shall be administred ) at the entertaining of some hundreds more ; Moreover , there are many hundred of poor people and families imployed by the said Corporation , the Manufactures of Spinning Hemp , Flax , and Tow , and Weaving of it into Cloth ; And many hundreds more might be imployed , in case they did not habituate and necessitate themselves to an idle course of life , none being refused or denyed imployment that will come for it , either to the Wardrobe neer Black-fryers , or to Haiden-house in the Minories , belonging to the said Corporation . Towards the more effectuall carrying on and accomplishing of which good work , so abundantly conducing to the glory of God , the honour of the Government of this City , ( being Presidentiall in this kind to the whole Nation ) the prevention of many evils and Enormities , so abounding in that sort of people , and the Eternall good of their Precious Souls : This Corporation earnestly desire the ready Concurrence and Assistance of the Magistrate , and Ministers of Justice of this City in causing the known Laws of this Common-wealth to be put in Execution * for suppressing of Vagrants , and common Beggars , able to work , who come in troops from the out parts of this City , and make it their constant practice , to spend the day time in Begging , and a great part of the nights in Drinking , and Revelling . And then repair to the City again for fresh supplies , to the great dishonor of this City , the scandall of Religion , and hindrance of the Charity of many Pious and well affected People towards this good work . Printed by James Flesher , Printer to the Honourable City of LONDON , 1655. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A49050e-30 a His Highness a special friend . b Lord Mayor President . c John Cutler Esq Deputy President . Mr Thomas Read Treasurer . Notes for div A49050e-1230 * 39 Eliz. 4. and 1 Jac. 7.