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WTIENT DROLLERIES 
 
 (No. 2.) 
 
 iitmlgco, or, liunnc 
 
 1609. 
 
 REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE BY 
 
 THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 
 
 WITH A PREFACE BY 
 
 A. H. BULLEN. 
 
 OXFORD : 
 
 PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. 
 1891. 
 
ANTIENT DROLLERIES. 
 
 (No. 2.) 
 
The number of copies is strictly limited to Three Hundred. 
 

 ANTIENT DROLLERIES. 
 
 (No. 2.) 
 
 , or, & unite 
 
 TIS A MAD WORLD AT HOGSDON. 
 1609. 
 
 REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE 
 
 BY 
 
 THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 
 
 WITH A PREFACE 
 
 BY 
 
 A. H. BULLEN. 
 
 OXFORD : 
 
 PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. 
 1891. 
 
HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 HOGSDON, or HOXTON, a not very cheerful quarter 
 of the town to-day, was formerly a favourite resort 
 of holiday-makers. It was noted for cakes, custards, 
 and " Pimlico " ale. 
 
 The origin of the name " Pimlico " has been 
 discussed from time to time in Notes and Queries, 
 but more light is still needed. It is usually stated 
 that a person named Pimlico kept a place of en- 
 tertainment at Hoxton, and that the place was 
 afterwards called by his name. In the first volume 
 of the first series of Notes and Queries Edward F. 
 Rimbault quoted from N ewes from Hog sdon, 1598, 
 " Have at thee \sic\ then, my merrie boyes, and hey 
 for old Ben Pimlico' s nut browne." I have never 
 seen the Newes (which Rimbault described as unique) ; 
 and I should have been inclined to regard the quota- 
 tion as spurious if Rimbault had not expressly stated 
 that he wrote with the tract before him. In early 
 seventeenth century plays there are many references 
 to the place Pimlico, and to Pimlico ales ; but I 
 cannot recall any mention of Ben Pimlico. 
 
 On 1 5th April 1609 " a book called Pimlico or 
 Runne Red Capp tis a mad world at Hogsden" was 
 
 M112444 
 
vi Preface. 
 
 entered by the publisher John Busby in the Stationers' 
 Register (Arber's Transcript) ; and on 24th April the 
 same publisher entered " a ballad called Haue with 
 you to Pimlico" Both the book and the ballad were 
 transferred on 3rd May to William Barley. The 
 ballad may be extant, but I have never seen it; 
 the "book" is here reproduced, among our Antient 
 Drolleries, for the amusement of curious readers. 
 
 The anonymous writer describes with much gusto 
 how people of every degree flocked to Hogsden to 
 drink the Pimlico ales. Play-goers deserted the 
 Fortune and the Bull for the attractions of Pimlico : 
 
 " Each afternoone thy House being full, 
 Makes Fortune blind, or Gelds The Bull." (SiG. D. 2.) 
 
 In 1609, when our tract appeared, Pimlico seems 
 to have reached the height of its prosperity ; for in 
 1610 Ben Jonson, in The Alchemist (v. i), speaks of 
 its notoriety as a thing of the past : 
 
 " Gallants, men and women, 
 
 And of all sorts, tag-rag, been seen to flock here 
 In threaves, these ten weeks, as to a second Hogsden, 
 In days of Pimlico and Eye-bright 1 ." 
 
 But for many years afterwards, as we learn from 
 the pages of Shirley, Jasper Mayne, Glapthorne, &c., 
 
 1 " Eyebright " is mentioned in our tract : 
 
 "Eyebright, (so fam'd of late for Beere) 
 Although thy Name be numbred heere, 
 Thine ancient Honors now runne low ; 
 Thou art struck blind by Pimlyco." 
 
Preface. vii 
 
 Pimlico continued to be a place of entertainment. 
 A correspondent of Notes and Queries (6th Series, 
 9, 296) quoted from A New Dictionary of the 
 Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew 
 (n. d., early eighteenth century), " Pimlico. A 
 noted Cake-house formerly, but now converted into 
 a Bowling-green of good repute at Hogsden near 
 London." To this day the name is preserved in 
 Pimlico Walk, a narrow alley leading from High 
 Street, Hoxton, to the Church *. 
 
 If I were in the mood for annotation, the little 
 tract here reproduced would afford ample oppor- 
 tunities; but I refrain. In this short series of 
 Antient Drolleries I propose to give mere reprints 
 of quaint out-of-the-way tracts. The series will, 
 I trust, be useful to those who are studying or 
 editing Elizabethan Writers. Shakespearean editors 
 may notice that the present tract testifies to the 
 popularity of Pericles (printed in the same year, 
 1609) : 
 
 "(As at a New-play) all the Roomes 
 Did swarme with Gentiles mix'd with Groomes. 
 So that I truly thought, all These 
 Game to see Shore, or Pericles." (SlG. C.) 
 
 1 The Pimlico in the West is of later date than Pimlico, Hoxton. Cunningham 
 gives some extracts from the books of the overseers of the poor for St. Martin's 
 in the Fields, dated 1626 to 1630; and these are said to stipply the earliest 
 notices of the Western Pimlico. There is a hamlet named Pimlico in Oxford- 
 shire, and there is (or was) a Pimlico in Dublin. A small West Indian island 
 bears the name ; and in Barbadoes there was " a strange bird the Pemlico, 
 which presageth storms." 
 
viii Preface. 
 
 Shore is, I suppose, Heywood's Edward IV. 
 
 Pimlico is a rare tract. Our reprint is from the 
 copy 1 in the Malone collection, Bodleian library. 
 Malone's is the only copy that I know, but probably 
 others are extant. There was a copy among the 
 books that Robert Burton (Democritus Junior) 
 bequeathed to the Bodleian, but it seems to have 
 disappeared. I know not what became of Heber's 
 copy. 
 
 169, New Bond Street, London, 
 August^ 1891. 
 
 1 I thought there would be no harm in reproducing the portrait of Elinour 
 Rummin (which is bound up with Malone's copy) from the 1624 edition of 
 Skelton's well-known poem. 
 
ELINOV* RVMMIN, 
 
 The famous Ale-wife of England. 
 
 Written by Mr, Skelton, Poet Laureat to King 
 
 Henry the egiht 
 
 Skelton wore 
 My die put all tbe jSte-wiues dtmne. 
 
 LONDON 
 
 Printed for uw/ Rand 1624, 
 
PIMLYCO* 
 
 OR, 
 
 Runne Red-Cap. 
 
 Tis a mad world at Hogsdon->. 
 
 AT LONDON, 
 
 4[ Printed for Jo'.^Busbie, and(jeo, 
 
 L o F T i s , and are to bee (buld vnder S . 
 Peters Church in Cernehill. iff op. 
 (V) 
 
Patrono Pimlyconico* 
 
 Facie dart, 
 Faccti/s Haw, 
 Thorn* 
 
 LL hayle, (6 Tom Norman,} 
 I make thee, the Foreman. 
 
 You arc chargdeto enquire Sir, 
 What kindles that fire fir, 
 
 Thatburnes with fuchfary, 
 What fire doe you fuppofe fir* 
 Tis the fire of your Nofe fir, 
 
 Whichyour F*cc bcarcs about 
 For (like to the fornace, 
 That glowes in the Gltfle-bwfc,) 
 
 It neuer goes out. 
 To kcepe thathyc C*/<w>r f 
 And make it looke fuller, 
 
 You fhali die it in grain e fir.* 
 Of the Pimlyco luicc, 
 If you gbc the right vfc, 
 
 O how well will it ftainc fir* 
 
 choofe therefore 
 That no wagainft */?', 
 (If you purpofe to feaft there) 
 
 may be your fore-runners*. 
 Hoyft then vp your Sayle fir, 
 For rich PimfycoAlc fir, 
 
 That cullors like Refit, 
 With your Copper Seale, marke fir, 
 All thofe that Embarke iir, 
 
 For Pmtyet-ffofc*. 
 
To all Trauellers. 
 
 Ou that TV ear e out your Hues a ndvreary your bodies, 
 in Difcouery of ftrange Countries, (been for 
 pleaJureorfrofitc)Rig out afkctyavtl nuke a Voi- 
 agetoan Hand which couldncuer be jound out by 
 //^PortugakjSpaniards, or Hollander s, 
 
 ly (and that now of Uti) by Englishmen. The nine of it is pim- 
 lyco, Here haue I drawne A large Map of it : by fins Chart , may 
 youinafew boures, And with little or no \cmde , ariue in the very 
 mouth of the Haucn. S*mctbMb#tetr4WeUedthither,affrm<it 
 tobe A part of //^Continent > but the better /ort of Nauigators 
 fy jit is 4fflland : full of people it is 5 and they are very vsilde 5 the 
 'women beeing able to endure more, And to doe better Seruice than 
 the men. Diners Are of tpinion 9 that it is an fochwted Hand , And 
 haunt e A rtith ft 'rang* 'Spirits^r the people there^once euery Moone, 
 are either fl^rke mad, or elfelooft their owne fy*pt$) and are tranf- 
 formcd into Beast s,yet within twetee heures , recouertbeirwittes 
 andjjhapesagaine. T^Pimlyconians^r^w^/? of them Malt-men, 
 and exceeding good fellows , all their delight beeinp in Eating and 
 Drinking $ they Hue not long , for a man can hardly ft ay amongejt 
 them tw dayes : if he doe, he is in ye At danger , by reafon of a cer- 
 Uine difeafe>(vhichtbe \\mAnaturaUybreedes) c ailed the Swg- 
 %tt$itbroughwhich)many0f them come to tbiirl)Q\NV\&fa\\ , or 
 if they fcapetbatjthenaretheyinfearetobemade away by Small- 
 (hot , in difcharging of which 9 the Pimiy conians are -very active 
 and cunning. 
 
 A i The 
 
To ail Trauellers. 
 
 Tfol land begins now to be as rich as it is populous : fifh hath bin 
 fildome taken there , but flefh is better cheape then Mackrell here. 
 WildeDucktsan-dwildeGezkflie there vpand downeinaboun- 
 dance:youmay hauea Goofc fowc'd t#Pim\yco,f0rthe value of 
 twelve pence ft er ling. Woodcockes ( in many moneths of theyecre) 
 are to be catched there by -whole dozens. It is full of fatte pajlure^ 
 and that s the reafonfuch multitudes of young Colts runnc there. 
 A hot Climate it island by that meanes the people arefubieff to in- 
 feffionj which takes them fir ji^ in tbeHc&d , and Jo falls dtrmeinto 
 their legges^ and thofe fay ling S hey are (iw arnaner} gene. The 
 Goucrnour of the Iland/^r/; muchadoeto keepehimfeifevp- 
 right, fo that beiscompelled to giuethofe that arevnder \nm^ often- 
 rimes very Hard meafure, yet are they fo -unfitly ^ that every houre 
 one or other goes to the Pot, 
 
 Thus have I giuen you a tafte , both of the People and ofihe 
 
 Co\M\tnejfyoufayle t hither ^ you may dnnke of deeper knowledge: 
 
 But take heed you tAkeaskiljull Pilot witkyou, be fratghtedwith 
 
 ds much mt as you can carry aboordy for all will belittle enough to 
 
 bring you fromthence^andtakeheede\X)lyat]j^ii^ you fake in 
 
 there^ for the commodities of Pimlyco hauefuncke many 
 
 Merchants. Paythankesfor wyCouncell, 
 
 andthiaktwellofmy Pimlyconian 
 
 Difcouerie. 
 
 Farewell. 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 late (ItbetDattCD Hey res, Defection 
 
 flD; tifteoto m0n,ajpeo top toitb care*,) ofthc 
 
 fetooD po>;el?,nou> lafcefrefo f grcene, 
 
 &0 Banck-rupts nc\p fet topasen. 
 Medovvestfrnttofnlemie barren lap, 
 (fipoac nakco than tlje troDDen toay , ) 
 Weare garment noto, Uionen all of Flowers, 
 
 JJnfc iDSttCon FJora in ter Bowers, 
 
 Shcph cards t^atoard not, (fo; tde colo,) 
 SClje fenotote bra&0 of Hills bebolo, 
 j^oU) (Deftff piping) from cole Founraines, 
 &?aD Lambcs anD Kiddcs t)p to tlje Mouncaines. 
 tt6et>ay, toben allBirdcs^olo tbetr Weddings^ 
 55Dancing Louc-menfurcsmfoft Treddings ; ) 
 3* patt : Kfce Yeare D(o it reftgne, 
 3In honour of featnt Valentine* 
 
 tBnOnotD fttg Fcthcrcd Couples Cng, 
 
 SHeir Nuptial] Songs before tbeSpiing* 
 SCbt Vernal! Gates are fct imoc open , 
 filnb ffretp^D toitb Flowers a no Herbcs, in toben 
 fiDftat May (Lotics Queene) i rommtng in, 
 tHUtjo 1 2/folU^cDncg fjatbabfcntbin. 
 3n this &U)at fe>eafon, from tn^ bcD, 
 3 earelp rofe, being icafecneo 
 H3p'tt) beating of a (Coloen flame, 
 
 JCbeKingof Light (nporpfe^^ettf 
 
 (feet ttiicfee toiti) Coic ano p^ecioaa 
 li liluaRocke of Diamond ftonne,) 
 
 5B tfflfa* 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 a*d*afone along beat'na&tiaer toat 
 
 * Horfcs of tljeDay* 
 rtje Chariot mounter* bigfycr, 
 un-god tetn*& to rioeinfire, 
 3Fo;tf> cam? tic tn tfjts biane anojning. 
 Co court fois Lone (tfce Rofic Morning) 
 SCfje Clones of Pcarlc about tier necfee, 
 Je tfcfcefrom per ^tmfdCe to oerfec, 
 
 CtU m&bt,anu DID agen refhuetbera* 
 
 Cbe toonuers (of tn taaiucu toojt^,) 
 
 ^gtct ttjcf^ t too tDjoagijt, intic'6 tnee fojt^ j 
 
 OTearp \uito loal&ing, Dotune t^zeui 
 
 PT? booie, on a bancfee vubcre greui 
 
 2TIJ0 P?ef Dazir, (Eye of Day,) 
 
 5L be Prinac-Rofe tofcicb Ooes firft otfplat 
 
 Beatitk anD Death are Enemies. 
 Cowdips fp;anoi UfeeU)tfe 6cre anO fyere, 
 Cacft blabc of grade Uiffe as a &p*are) 
 ^tanning t|m'g^t to gaara tbe Flowers, 
 2 8 if fl&ep 6ao ban ttjeir Paramoures, 
 janona Yonkeranobw Laffe, 
 
 J rato;aftUn0ontbe<hra(re 
 
 luoulD not f alU and ret 
 , anfi OtOa Grccnc-Gownegct, 
 (0 Greene- go wnc, but no Gowne of Greene.) 
 Si t iengtb (m Couples) m^e \er c fane: 
 l^om ran , totne inatfeeo , ant fouie fat kiCTing . 
 $otbing iBa? loir, bat urbat \ms miffing 
 &o clofe tljev ioptifi in t^ttr Delights* 
 2C&3t f (J?|? aiifeem'd Hermaphrodites, 
 fl> * rather Mermaidcs on tbe land, 
 ecaafe tfe Shoes ^a& tD'topper fnH 
 SLbcp grac'D tbe 6*100 > tb* fielo0 tbera grac'fi, 
 
 15at fat (a* Flo wm in CDari0n0 grolo) 
 Kfjinlg, to JicJ ma to t^ burner %ott* 
 
Pimly 
 
 co, 
 
 3?et (like fo mans in one Roome, ) 
 311 feem o to if aae tottbin a ioome, 
 ome carious piece tobofe teaufieftattim 
 on cue rare biU of ftmDas IjanDs. 
 
 a Frame (a0 rare) mine etes & to a^ato 
 tCTttfj toonaer) to beboto a farre 
 
 $02 Chaucer, (tlwa artmojeDiuinc.) 
 s:o Lydgaces graoe 3 moam no tejong, 
 2Do call ftim tip bs rwb a Song. 
 ^c, 3!t loas One, tbat (botse bis Fate,) 
 OToain be&tpl t Poet Laureate; 
 3@ucft like to Some in $efe oor oaiejs , 
 SDbat (as bolO Prologues no to Playcs,) 
 Milk Garlonds ftsue tbdr Fore- head* tOttnfc 
 ^et Qtitly empt^f^coUes are rrofeufte: 
 
 . lllfitfOjEtnpcrours,) 
 
 iltf teo f (jei r p^oab bead* bone fye j&feie, 
 
 00 if tbei? fjaD fole Soueraigntie, 
 SDj'e ail tlje Buildings in tbe JLans, 
 9flD tem'o on Hilles of Gould to ftantt 9 
 jfo; tbe Suns Beames on tftcm betitgO>eO, 
 &f?e? Cbetoeb likeMynesnefn burni^eo* 
 
 iHpon tbe Left handanb tje Right, * Iflmgton,fc 
 
 T\vo *Townes (llfeeCitties) fed tbe Sight, Hogfdon. 
 
 Uttb pleafare and tirffl) aoniiratton^ 
 jf 01 (as tbep ft ait o) tbep bearepaopoatton, 
 
 J30toan Armieboe tbe Wines, 
 (Cfcc maineBattalionleo b^Ktngs.) 
 
 ^ine c^ebis obiett0 cooto not Hor^ 
 ^it tmfec beligbt bcre dill to fare?* 
 liSut notfenctomgt?oio to toeare oat time, 
 i3p cbance 3 foano a ffiuolie in Ryme, Skcitoo. 
 
 ra^tt in an age toljtti few to2^t toelt> 
 (Pans pipe (tobere none is) ace* ercell) 
 
Pimlyco, 
 
 $? UhE to tfjefe (feeing others foe) 
 mm at fo, t&o tfceir Seatct&es &P> 
 Bntj fill it t p U)it& ioatfjeD S> cojne, 
 jf it Burdens being b? tfceni not bojne, 
 25ut teingt&eir Trappings ric& ana ga 
 
 Sweating tljemfelaes tooeatb tobcarc tljem, 
 ^!jn p()2 lades (o^atotns tlje Plough) oottoeare 
 
 i5u t all tins labile toe $aue foagot 
 ^>ar Poet : tyo 31 nam'oebim not, 
 joHtonlpftouiDtjis Rymcs recite* 
 
 Thefe (all iBOUlO cr^) HID Skeiton fDJtf e* 
 31 tonrnoe fomc Icaues ano r$D tbem o ;e 
 2nO at laft fp^co ftis Elynor, 
 
 nor, u*t)ofe fame fp;eu faile, 
 
 Elynor R 
 
 WLitb iile, ano 610 Rimes patoe fo; it* 
 Bat feeing tjbou tafeft t&c Laurcats namf 
 (Skelcon) 3 wftlg tbee map blame, 
 313ecaofc tfiou leau tt t^e Sacred Fount, 
 Jfoj Liquor offobafeaccoant 
 ^et (3 remember) enentb* Prince 
 fijf^o^fiCjiDitbb^ pen (longfince) 
 Hewe to a jFieloe, tbe Mice ann Proggesj 
 Df ^crs ^aue ball's oat ba>be0 of Dogges: 
 >ar oioine Maro fpent muc6 otile 
 0bont a Gnat* &>ne kps a cop le 
 W,it\) a poi;e Flea (Nafo, U)l)of U)tt 
 S5 jougbt t)im bp Phoebus Hoe to at) 
 &ince t|jen t&efe Rare-ones flacfe^o t&ei* firings* 
 jfrom tbc bie-foneo acts of Kings 
 jfo; notes fo ID to , leffe is t bp Blame, 
 |Foa in tfceir paroon ftanDsj t^p Name. 
 Het^ tijerefo^e lead onr eye0 aflra^, 
 ant) from onroUmeintenoco inav* 
 <So bacfee to tielo t^ine Hofkiie picture* 
 OTtom tf;as t^on ^ato'tt in iiutty tolourc. 
 
 Skelfons 
 
Pimlyco* 
 
 Skeltons tunning of 
 Elynor Ttymming. 
 
 3)8 notljtng elenre 
 ffiutfoglP of create. 
 
 ^etfaceaHbotofp, 
 
 Comelp cttncftleD, 
 i^o nDetflp ijtncfelea, 
 
 ^^ep planet men Ca?en, 
 Xtbearopptapne, 
 
 Demote fome^fceale 
 SnOcamouflpctoofecD, 
 23 ? 
 
Pimlyco, 
 
 g> 
 
 SiitcuerDjopptng 
 !^r ^fcinioofeanB flacfce, 
 (grapnel) iifce a >acfce, 
 
 3 nmn tooulls Ijaue pittr> 
 "Co fee tjouo ftecjS summed 
 
 (Steafefi anD annotnteO, 
 
 jit^ Simper tljecocket. 
 J^er ^UHCOf Lincolncgtccnt, 
 
 3 1 tjaO bcene Ijetst 31 toeene, 
 &9o je tljan fojtte ?eate, 
 
 3ffiiO tlje gteenr bare ti)jefc$ 
 
Pimlyco, 
 'Clje toooll tootne a toap, 
 
 S>{jee ttjmbs i?et feifegap 
 IJpwrtrtjoiifoap, 
 
 2iKn fore Dotlj t)et atrap 3 
 
 uajtitljcn in a toonOer toife ? 
 
 Upon t)ctb;amc pan 
 
 JLihcanEgiptian, 
 
 CappeH about, 
 
 ^cc Dja toct^ tiotone ity 6cS, 
 
 5fe tjee ^obblcjg n0 (bee ftoeft 
 
 HDtrl)t)ctbiancfectl)Otf, 
 
 i^cr (boone fmeatD toit^ talioto, 
 
 'C^at Danbert) tfte ^bi 
 
 Primus Paflus. 
 
 5S Elynor Humming, 
 
 3tt liome in bet toonning: 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 effDeLcdcrhcdc, 
 
 ^Ijcc^atomufbgibj 
 Ctje BiuiU anfc ftee be Sb, 
 
 T &eo ant>fmilD0 9 bataf tbdaff, 
 1 a touuart) tfce to tone mine epe 31 cad, 
 3n mingles tr copes 3 migbtbejjotoe 
 Women ano men ( feme pong, feme otos) 
 Hike to a Spring-tide, aronglpflotoing 
 Hogsdon,notcnebacfemaro going. 
 MDutofttjcCitt^ru^o tbeftreame, 
 1 tDl)ile (me t bou gftt) J mo bat D?eantCj 
 SDJjat 3 fa U) people, till at lad, 
 Hogidono^e-flotooe, itftoerofofaff. 
 31 mafoe t^at from tbeCtttf bentnroe 
 
 : fo? tbo tfte Spring toas enferte 
 
 finpbeft in 
 
 tfje Cuckoc) a$ pet bet note 
 & ^e bao not perfect, bat b? rote : 
 j$e Dm KQecting vet, being notable 
 Bln(ngU(b,butin - to gabble. 
 jfo? U)a$$ it lifee tbe^ maoe tbefe thongs, 
 So beare tbe Nightingals fao fong*, 
 $$} Lud (in tbefctja^cs) bearea fuefypjice, 
 SCfjep arebutmocfe'otbat cbecfee tbat Vice, 
 
 &ttl( mo?c ano mo^e tfyie Seab^ahe in, 
 l^ct ebb'o inoneb&lfe bonre agen> 
 
 EDtje Voyagers t^firtt Dili Vailc, 
 
 (Caning tbeir Lading) fcometoara fade, 
 
 ^ct all cattanc^o? (none 
 % toent mp faiies 
 Jn tbe fame Port 31 an tijojac to. 
 ffieing lannen ($m> all 31 coalo 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 They came to hunt the Hinde. 
 
 3nto tfcetr Parke j fojt&to itrj foen t, 
 $5eing en trenail t&e apre teas rent 
 itfl lib a mod ftrange confufeD no? fe, 
 tfounoeo noting but mare bogce* 
 
 (too to fee a roimi 
 iuill Throats ftc ctcfc out fo lotoO : 
 (20 at a New.play) all t^eRoomcs 
 SDto fasarmt tottb Gentiles mtc'O toftjj Groomes, 
 &otM3 trultt^ongtt, ail The fc 
 Came to fa Shore, o; Pericles, 
 flr.o t^at(to ^auetfjemfelafs toelipfac'D) 
 SCba0 b;ougbt tber tiaualis (tftcp feo fo faff) 
 313ut tften (agen um f bongtjt) This (hoale 
 0oiomr()tt^rfo; Bakers ooale 
 tfDj Brewers, and tftat fo; tbcir fooleg fabe, 
 SCbep tbos to ere fero'D U)tt^ flfe ano cahea: 
 4Fo? lugs of 3ie came reeling tn, 
 90 if t&e Pots ban ^unkaroa bin* 
 
 flTayicrftbatbaonarroto epw 
 ffb^ougb fme0 (bat tip to iris b^atnee Did rtje) 
 
 Sno Jfcoles anb2)2onfeerDfi, trntjj 
 Ipimfycrefoze J uefiroetoftolu 
 W)^ ait tbefe met* Ti$ Pimlyco 
 My Friend, TisPimlyco (fttttrt?bO 
 2no no two* coolo 31 get be (ioe. 
 SCfM* mat)e me maODer tben bcfo;e, 
 31 afb'o another, ano bee f too;e 
 Zoundes - 1'me ten ftrong in Pimlyco - 
 Wat** tbat ffltuej f-ftowr Pimlyco - 
 Aid bat fee, at lead ttjzee ?aroe0 b mle0, 
 Pimlyco trips vp good rnens heclcs 
 f^ifptng) be crpes, anB botpne fie fatii?, 
 ^et foa mo^e ',. imlyco - fiiu be calla* 
 
 IMbat Pimlyco (bouiomrane | tooitajco, 
 Kecanfe fo iotoD tbat tno^o fiiii tbun&reo 
 If rom all tyeir Croats !b;ougb all t&cir care0 
 
 c at 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 $aO tourn'o bis &eaft and bearfe ait gra$> 
 and came but to be&cloe That Play, 
 ananottoattfjimfelfe The Vice) 
 
 SColQe all tfje Dronken Miseries. 
 
 )nt^ bp t(at Fond, fcnceleiTe Name, 
 3 Iaog()'D to fe a World(fo U)tfe, 
 ^ofubtlleinallVillanies, 
 &o fcojnmg to be laugj'o to fcoane) 
 j&^onla befo o;otonoe luit^ AicinCoine 
 ^et fince in Hogfdon all ran tnaD, 
 3 plague t&e Mad-man ttt, and ban 
 $&? lug baougfjt in* a tojaugbe o; ttoaior 
 aoefucb bot boiling in m^ bjaine, 
 Kbat (fatter tfjen ttjeir Pots t&ere filoe) 
 5From tnp Inuention to* re tuftiloe 
 Verfcs m Pimlyco's tygt) p^apfe, 
 Pimlyco crotoncenip fteaoiuttb bapes. 
 iFojffraigbta feitmr fdfea Poet, 
 ano (itfec fome fooles) in Riaiemuft (boto tfc 
 ^etftrtt BltOUrnDeo';eSkeI tons Rimer 
 MUbtbofemao times to toeigft our Time*, 
 
 0HO tr^ ()OU) Elynor Rummmgs Ale. 
 Mas Brcw'd; antl Dra'vne, anofct to Sale, 
 
 cft$u:unk tgere, ano tobat Drinke Jeere, 
 appeare* 
 
 TJtUt tomaftebpmptaie, 
 ^^slje b^uetljnappp 3lk> 
 
 eof poojt fale 
 
 !, to ftomfects> 
 3fim> all QOOD Hie fttinucrs, 
 ^!)atU)tU notbine fpate, 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 3no tying tijem feluejg bate, 
 ODitt) noto atoap tljc a^arc , 
 3nt> let )> flap cate, 
 
 jCometobofotottl 
 
 IBttbfllUDeCupflU, 
 
 SnonttljetibpfttU. 
 
 Itftitljet commetl) Kate, 
 
 CifleyanllSare, 
 
 SKnUalfotljeitfcrt, 
 
 J&arDlp full tonftw et, 
 
 irti 
 
 'EtKtt Ittrtle? all to taggeti, 
 
 C^eic fmocfeeg all to 
 
 23?ing ttfljeg anB platterjs, 
 astrh all tbcirm(gl)t tunning, 
 
 ^o Elynor Kumming, 
 
 Icauctl) tljem of tljc fjamc, 
 3lnD tijiiig begtmictlj tljegaitic. 
 
 aome toenrtjeja! come Db>aceo, 
 t tHj t!wt tiaUco pappefi!, 
 'Cliat flipped ano flapped, 
 Jt toiggeg ano it fragged , 
 JLtftctatonepCaflfron baagtsf, 
 
 Killfmtuptottb ftabbejf, 
 
 >ome (hctooa* atrium, 
 
 c i 
 
Pimlyco* 
 
 >&me tottt) a ftooeclotetr, 
 inDc ti)eii Ijeabe about, 
 
 im* iocfctjS about t^eir fac* s 
 
 Cfctic treat* 
 
 j^omeioohe firatojp, 
 
 Elinor 
 
 o matot anD to molUr* 
 Sccundus PafTus. 
 
 tljeit 3lle to pap, 
 
 tar a fi)jetoO 
 
 l^ec fljali not bcarc atoap 
 
 fliap^lefojt nought 
 
 3Bp Ijim tljat me bought* 
 
 U5ttl)bepi)oQijap ? 
 ^atie ttjcfe Dogged atoap, 
 iBttftgetmcaftaffc, 
 "Etjc (tome eate mp&affc, 
 
 , (tub t 
 
 **)*? tmuetyttmtic top mpfDoiHing 
 jTo} be fyete neoec fo muc^ p jeafe, 
 
Pimlyco. 
 'Cljcfe ftDine gor to tbe bye Deft, 
 
 <QL!)e ffioje Jjiai taile iwigges 
 3gamtl tfy^pe to net?, 
 
 Steca t^ounot toljat ig fall, 
 
 Stnbbcateoutoft^e^aU, 
 
 Cletilp a$ emu cbeuing 
 ffiut let 1)0 tucne plapnr, 
 
 jfoztgoetocouft, 
 ^sttapt oucr tljc 3Ie iouft, 
 3nD Dong toljf n it corne^ 
 3ntbe3U tonne jf, 
 
 *djl Elinor tnfcCtl) 
 
 C4e maCb boll, ano ftaKttij 
 Ct)e ftennes Dong atoap, 
 3tnD Cfeommct!} it in a ttap 
 
 teitb bf t tnanngp fittt^: 
 
 ^e Dong of bet bcntifjs 
 toaetber, 
 
 3nD fiourc tfae mo?e quicker, 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 ew, 
 
 it is neto. 
 
 $Q$ pec map pjoue ttbpmc, 
 
 r Cijat can mp tjuCbanDCap, 
 i&^en tote feiffe ana plap, 
 3Hn tuft ant) in lifting, 
 
 8 bulling, anD t)i0 0ittinc 
 
 t$ rtxjeettng anD 1)10 bonnr, 
 uaitl) bade mp p?cttp bonnp> 
 Cbouart toojttlj good and monnp, 
 ^CbtS maKe 3 mpfaipjefannp, 
 CtU tbat be tyeame anD Djoanp. 
 fojaftctalloitrfpojtt, 
 CbantoilibectontanTifnojtt, 
 %tjen ftoeetip togetbct toe Ipe, 
 
 23ut toe toiii tutne plaptie, 
 nal)cre toe left agarnr. 
 Tertius paflus. 
 
 3n fteab of cdpne and monnp, 
 >ome bzmg bet a connp, 
 3nb fome arpot toft^bonnp, 
 &ome a fait^anfi Comes fpoonr, 
 &ome tbetc bof e,fomc tbetr Qioon. 
 
 mtm 
 
Pimlyco. 
 ^ometanagoofcttot, 
 
 Cum rntolris altjsj qua nunc pcrfcribere Ion- 
 gum eft. 
 
 Hoc eft Skeltonicum, 
 Incipit Pimlyconicum. 
 
 O$ Pimlyco noto let 1)0 (ing, 
 Rich Pimlyco, tfce neVD'fotmft &p#ng, 
 W&cremen ana toomenbotb together, 
 ffio toarme t&eir tjatues tn froftp toeatfjcr, 
 Wbere men ant Cornea t)ot blouos ccolc, 
 55p n;tncbmg Pimlycoes bo^lco poote* 
 Strong Pimlyco, tt)g nou r idjtng fooue 
 SCo make men fat, ano b^o pure biaCs 
 
 Dcepe Pimlyco, tje Well of Glee, 
 SL&at tomatoes bp merrg company* 
 Bewitching Pimlyco, tbat t$C0 
 SCfiC Rich anOPoore, tbe Foole anD Wife, 
 
 fill tn one bnot* Df tbat 100 uwte , 
 nfpire ^our poet to tnctte^ 
 pOU Barlie Mufcs P'imlyconian, 
 ^e ftoaneB tfte Mufes Hely conian ; 
 
 (^(DjeSoulc.i) tfeer none but icaterD;mcbe, 
 HBot Pimlyco o;op t into I) t ^ncbe, 
 UN* Unt0 Qiail fl pc votti? mern? gale, 
 
 ^0 Mufc is Ufee to Pimlyco ale- 
 
 ^ot tbe neat tHKtne DC Orleans-, 
 $0* Of Hebrian, (bcft in France;) 
 $0t Gafcoigne, no: tfte Burdeux Vine, 
 
 ^o; tljat lot)icb ftotDuet from f fcoift foite Rhyrte^ 
 
 $OtSheerys Sacks, nojCharnfco, 
 
 Peter Semine, no J Mallago, 
 
 ^0| f b'Amber-colored Candie grape, 
 
 Mbfcti t);unche tottb Egg^s mafee men to Ape. 
 
 a 
 
Pimlyco, 
 
 et Hipocras (tyetjinkc of toomcnj 
 
 #o * Baitords (tftat are cre, but common,) 
 $oj tfcc fatlecberoas Alligant, 
 CTftofe Jaicc rrpatres tobat Backcs tee toanf 
 $02 Skaters Bjatonebs Dilations, 
 mify me&tinable >peratton0, 
 
 3s RofaSolis, Aa 4 ua Vitnr, 
 
 Nugs of Balme, fo qutcfec, anti 
 
 uebagh, 
 
 fktrongVfqucbagh i tljat (jotlier barnea 
 Eftan ^ckcs, anotDbttet^eCntratl^ 
 $o; tor Ift Mcthegly n, (b^oicne as berrp) 
 HancaQter Sy<lcr, Mo;aerfttcr Perry, 
 $03 t^t a jaagtit of Darby Ale, 
 jSoj motber Bunch, (long fince grotene ttaleO 
 
 j^'j^ tfeat olO tlDO-pWI^ SlU Of Pyndcr, 
 Cbat man? a poster oft DID bnoer 
 jf torn car rp tti0 H5aroen0, fo; (alacfce t } 
 Stye ^Ic bad (!rcngtb to b^eafte Ms bat&e. 
 
 jjo: alltbofe 5D;infae of J^o;tb?en Climes, 
 Mbofe Backings l^alt fill Dp oar tttmt*, 
 
 Brant, Kenfque, and tbcdare Romayne, 
 SDl)C B^o> Crafno, anO Patifane, 
 
 Pceua (to tfccm as ts our Bare,) 
 
 H&M) fptceD Mcadc5(\Bbo!f9me>bof bdre) 
 
 <3s Meadc Obarne, anO Mtadc Chcrunck, 
 
 tcrrt b alt tbe reft that lutiet (be fp;ttes 
 )f RuficsatHKolO Mufcouytcs. 
 j?ot all tfjcfc Drmkes, 
 Can rcacb tbe fame of Pimlyco. 
 
 ffo paooe (6 Pimlyco 
 ftrttue? ratb ttaf fpjeafi Cttnifon banners* 
 U>rtbbP* Colon rg 
 
 tn 
 
Pimiyco. 
 
 8il men of art* o; SDccupaftons, 
 (3s tf foj fiavne to feme great jf a?;e,) 
 tfDnel? foj 8lc to t^a repapje. 
 
 , Dutch t)D French, 
 
 3f but of Pimiyco tjjep Ujfttfee &anj, 
 3i3ef tut ?? Ujirm falls net one foute ttm;c, 
 &E? feidc lib b;otl)rr0, Dutch, French,Scot, 
 ^Ire all Dnc in a Pimiyco pof. 
 
 , 
 
 l^itljer come Baaitfes tottD reo face*, " 
 t^tt^cr come Ia00 ano greafie Iloumf s, 
 l^itber comcpocbf f* fuit of CrcUines, 
 ^tt&cr cpm* tftofe can fcarce fine )i5atEe 
 #02 fiye pence, pet fpeno ctg^t in aie* 
 Wnrer0 baffle (bere) t&eir pence, 
 SL^eE>tueil can fcarce b&pe Brokers ^ence> 
 
 SCfte Lawyer tyat in Tcnuc-tinie fakes 
 
 jf at fces,plea&es tjcrc fo: 0Ic aim Cakes. 
 
 Do&ors, ProSlor$ Clarices, Atturncis, 
 
 SEo Pimiyco make fvpeattte to arncts f 
 
 0nt> rbeing toell ^rm'5 toitb IBucbram bags,) 
 
 jftgbt fencer Hogfdons ffeariet Oagtf* 
 
 Cbe OTinoe oar Merchants tyfc u>a^ u^tues, 
 
 Mb tift tftctr men fake up foa f fair tmues 
 
 Sto>me5befo:el)ano:anD oft it bits, 
 
 ^otfarttfromtbcmfom? 
 
 if p; (bere) of manners none tatte beeo, 
 
 5f < rft com^ ftrfe feto'D firft fern'o> f irft teo. 
 
 Citizens, Souldiers, Sea-men, Sch oilers, 
 
 Gentlemen* CJownes, Millers, Colliers, 
 
 Mercers,! aylors, Poets, Booke.bynders, 
 
 Grocers, Curriers, Goldfmiths, goldfiners, 
 
 Silkemen, Botcheis, Drapers, Dray-men, 
 
 Courtiers, Carters, Church- men, Lay-men, 
 
 Midwiues, Apple- wiucs,Cheape- ride Ladies, 
 
 Old Beldames,ano ^ong Tiffany Babies, 
 
 Scotchbunis,reD Waft-coat s,fine Pawne- wenches, 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 Jn tftc fame rames > on fclfe fame bcntb** 
 
 tben fyoulo an^ 
 
 U comes tiere are b ? Ecuerfton got, 
 SDfFiees, fo men torn fyt pot. 
 lidotfrpjai? ani19aE,anb toait^n 
 Etjat ^foute mas bo^> to$at goeg fo^ttod 
 Pet tis refufoe. Dtcfi>ertonfco^netf 
 Xo buoge to a fcnigfct 3U da? t^etr Bourns 
 ^s at iljeConDuito^ tlie^iU, 
 3nD notfttng'0 fcearo , bat FilljFilI.FiH, 
 3i5efpeahing one anotber* Cop$ 
 00 men Do Cba pje in il5arbojs (bopd 
 ^Dn CbnUmaflTc CEcueg. ai)unD)eOiap0 
 l^eltJ bp faa rakes , 0s mang caps 
 put off fo; ale, to boi iotce embalmed 
 JBDbeif joue0)f is beg'a as rioere an almes, 
 ^ct all boio Siloer Dp, ano cr^ 
 Take minc,(flB at tbe Lottery.) 
 
 Drawers tt&D tlot baule Anon, Anon, 
 (Cacb 45 neft fo; bis o tone 2D;tncfc Does ran, 
 13:ae men turne SCapftera, Women Caters, 
 if o; 2Ten tbat fit , tbere s jf o;ts Matters, 
 French-Hoods 5 anDVc!uct Caps being p;oUJD 
 Sometimes, ftb Henrooft clofe to crctoo* 
 
 $) ffranget tobat makes tbe Cripple beer** 
 Qfflben ftrongea legs can bairtte beare 
 Cbofe tbat ftanD on tbem, if tfee^ ffiano 
 15ut fttfflp tO)'t tn Pimlyco Land: 
 
 $>tt euen tbat M;etcb,(tbat baits on toot) 
 aitboe fine farlongs off it Hob, 
 (btoeares beels l^mpe to't, and tort b goes, 
 Anb being tftere, btafal&legs Does lofe* 
 0fter*bim) gropes tbe Blind, an* cries, 
 Pimlyco D;inctts not ont mine (B^es 
 Pimlyco does fopleafe tfte 9poutbi 
 
 JD Thou,(thcPimIyconianHoft,) 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 ^at tin? Head bin but lifee t&at Port, 
 
 greater Reckoning ba&ft tfjon bin, 
 
 a baa Braines, but lihe to fome, 
 ffio knoto toljat l etfecr teas to tome 
 3iB? s tl) Almanacke -, t&ou bafcttcfcangce tfcs tock 
 SSfty Hynde ere f^w bao pjou'oe a Bucke. 
 ^iacfee ! tj>p iuits are lofl m brewings; 
 Cbart fltoUwetfarbemat) tDt'tlj tco gcou Doings 
 
 SD&OU, one!? rr^Ctt, Who paycs the Shot? 
 (lben f became patters are forgot ) 
 
 Ci)OU Barmy Foolc, at laft gtOto ltfe, 
 
 H3u<lo f t)p ^oufe rouno tbttb (Saltertr^i 
 Hike to a ^la?boufe 5 fo; tbv ^le 
 (XBee'tba^bce't gooo, beet tietu, bee't &fale) 
 M5; ings tljee go)D Audience : from eacf) f^o;?> 
 ^hips of Foolc's lancb, to f& be t^ Dorej 
 <re p^obtgall Gulls fade bache agen, 
 bet'ie pa^tbeemonef to cometn: 
 fcffpe tbm, tljp iBife antj tljou, t(e uo^es, 
 HettbofeU^itbtntutpeout ttie&cojed* 
 |et (2) bile counfelli) tob^ no 31 labour 
 
 Cacb afternmne tbp Houfe being full, 
 afee0 Fortune bltnO, o^Geids ThcBuH. 
 ^0, no i (t&OU Pimlyconian Brewer) 
 
 ffib^ Caftlc of Comfort ttanw fo fare, 
 (^oatcu toitb 0le, atiO toarc tottb fakes) 
 
 SDberefojeit mbs no reparations, 
 JpoRampyres, no Fortifications, 
 ffiut onel^ Shot : C&arge tbem PcllMell, 
 JlCt Pimlyco Ordinance go off toelU 
 
 Slnu Hogfdon feemes a Towne of toarre, 
 CTbere Conttableg tfje Captained are 
 
 Mbole f tapes of ojumfeen Whores anu Knaues 
 Jo(t Jo tbe^ cannot ffanu) set go, 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 j, Zounds hey bnuc Pimlyco. 
 pou tberefo;e tfjat &o traue in Cans, 
 (Virginians, oj Cracouians,) 
 j*ou tbac in toholepo ts nnuke pour b one, 
 
 men,tt)atUiHelpijtf 
 
 Bp pour barfc labour ant) pour ftueat, 
 *ilti0r{earn't> oeare,but fconelilp) 
 nougJ) tofinopour ifamtlp* 
 j^oiD leauc tbofc places (nam'o btfoic) 
 
 Ii5ut let pour Wages ( in otic &umrne) 
 i5e luifclp fau'o till S>un?)ae come, 
 H5ut fioiti if) bup, noi b^cao 
 jao; l)Bufe , no; bofe, noa 
 jfo; fo)0 let luifc anb clutiuen 0>fe 
 
 Dance ano fpetio tt)e Dap in laughter, 
 SD'i'0 meat ano u;inhe a U)t>oU Ipeeke after- 
 
 ^ou Ballad-Singer^ ti)at Ooe Hoe 
 flDn balfc pennp almes ti)At ifisots aiae, 
 5n euctp Street (to o;uncfecn jptotes) 
 ^et out pour b tlUnous pclptng tljjoatcs, 
 SLftat t ^j;o u a i) all ear es pour Cunes map fla to, 
 3litbp2aife0of Browne Pimlyco. 
 
 ^ou Poets t bat of Helicon boatt, 
 OT^ofemo;nmg5 Ojougfet tottfjoot a toad 
 ^ou altoapea tabe } but ne're oo fo, 
 Comnnnfi to tipple Pimlyco,) 
 
 B>;irtcftetbt0,UJlulj matter pour ufes qutcfecr, 
 fl)f This, t^ee full pot* (3! affurepee) 
 Lcauejj pon ffarbe D;unfee Wtb b^auer furte. 
 
 J^ou t^af plouflt) up tfcefeit&ea flood, 
 Co feteb from farre, tbe grapes br are blom, 
 0no iDttfj )uManbtu> oiinbs confound 
 3ti& mao the 3i5aapne tijat is moa founc: 
 ^our berp ^)i)tps gotna neuer To tteDDg, 
 
 (mitt 
 
Pimlyco, 
 
 (OTtb tftaf moid jf m^ t; but eoer giODp 
 0n& rating (as an ominous >igne, 
 SLfcat Efjofc uiu ft ra le, tofco rafie in Mine, 
 jfrom &>fcc;e tc $i)0;e tofoat neco son fatlc, 
 
 ^oo tbat of men care recbntnas mabe, 
 |*ct at t tje H5arre(fo2 iDtjat t|>q> Take) 
 
 ,Cbardtngti)eni to fe>tano, 
 ail f}CiD\3pSD&cli?anfi; 
 SDoUine Uiitt? poor isull^^s, ano i?our Crates, 
 
 Eo Sacke tfce MIall0 Of Pimlyco, 
 ^0 tiicjj Oflp b^ Oat moje firong to groto , 
 3tiO toil! in rime fto tjeir otetieSDrtnct) 
 2Mne batfet botft Spanifli Wines and fench: 
 
 23); if no fe^o! can batter fcotone 
 
 atjic Pimlyco Fort 5 tfjen, in tfee^Cotone, 
 
 flno in tbc fielos ano Common ttm?> 
 
 pitcb Cent0 t ano openly oifpia? 
 
 pour Banners ( iuatone toitb Red ano White) 
 
 SCtll t T ocp can ttaM>< elf c 011 are loft 
 
 Ipere tberefo;e foionD, Anon, Anon, 
 Joj tbe tna^ne Army ber c corns on* 
 
 d) roa t!)st (eoet^ ^pcne; (olo Fcafts, 
 (3nU in tfte Truc.lcue-knoi are <7uefts) 
 ano Doe tottb Wreathes f our Temples crownc, 
 (3t Lothbury, an& at Hotfey-downc,) 
 ietfbofeDcarc ^ledily- Meetings go, 
 
 ?ou tbat b^ nginoiiB tiffltttle* tan fb^ce 
 ffrt c0 to run bacfee ana fame ttyeir C ocrfe, 
 OT befe totte in tester fi ill DO EDine 
 
 Mitb lotDO tor cc to tbe Citie fpeabe, 
 Cbat Oje bet Conouit-f eao0 tcoolc b^eahe, 
 3nO Ottelf boilO One Condmte-Hcad. 
 
 so j at 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 at Pimlyco, tfcaf f&jougl? piped of 
 JC&epKttoHS&freamemav&ecomiavD, 
 flna Crafts-men fo at (jome be tta^U. 
 ^ou awd s, ^on ISanoars ^ancfes ano to$oje*, 
 2Cf)at arecbal^Q bp on aiMjoufe fcojes, 
 
 SCo paunte fo; Duncfes Co cure 
 
 9t Pimlyco fome tDtll tabs tftem from 
 
 SCo D^inbc t&ere t&eti, Qall bett become pti * 
 
 2>f Afcy-llands tberearemo^e, 
 (&ome rtefo Difeouereo, fome before) 
 S3ut neither t^io no; ^eU) of name, 
 Can equal! Pimlyco in fame. 
 
 Df tfjefe ftrangc Hands, Malta is one, 
 Malta &oeg Border clofe t)pon 
 SC5e Continent of Pimlyco, 
 
 3nfc be f)cr Streames mo;e ricfj uoe^ grotn, 
 
 SC& af no fttp can get in-, t^en fttt&er, 
 (2Co Malta) Oietfteg toit^ ftuolne^alle, 
 
 2^0 fall^ tfte lew of Malta's Ale* 
 
 ffi(M? Knights ( jD Malta) noU) DO flOUtifl^i 
 
 Pimlyco t jjeir renotone Does nouri^ 
 jaiifealfp t(jctcfo;c t^e? poctce 
 Sine feeruice f o guarD Pimlyco . 
 
 Tripoiy from t&e Turke feas f afeen, 
 IBuCTripoly (0 agaf ne fojf aben; 
 TO^atNewes from Tripoiy? OToulo ^ou bnoto^ 
 
 Chriftians fiye thence fo Pimlyco. 
 
 Eye-bright, (fo'fam'O Of late fOJ Bccre) 
 flltftoagb tds Name be nnmbjeo ^arc, 
 Kbineancfent Honors notp runne IoU)^ 
 SDJou art ftrucfc blino bs Pimlyco. 
 SC^e New- found Land, te no to groloen ff ale, 
 5f eto f Terccras Hands fagle; 
 ffiSe once toel!-msnti, baaue Ship of Hull, 
 SC&af fp;eo a fa^le, paoim, ftiffe, ann fall, 
 SLeafecj Qft> ana Doe* at Anchor ige : 
 
Pimlyco. 
 
 , CDCtt f Chriftcphe 
 $ot fcalfe To mans ChriftJans (note) 
 SE&eir bnee0 before b^ Whitc.crofTc 
 
 Run,(Red.cap)Run, aracngft t&e Kcft, 
 SEboa art nam'a laft, t^at once tuerf bed, 
 
 Il5p Pimlyco is Red-ca 
 
 ffl)ur U)0ar^ Mufc (here)lcapcs to Shore, 
 
 2Dtt tfcefe rongb^^B ftc Stapled nomoat> 
 This Voyage mat* ft a (foj pour fafeec;} 
 Spending thus much in Ale and Cakes. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
ANTIENT DROLLERIES. 
 
 (No. i.) 
 
 (politics 
 
 1614. 
 
 REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE BY 
 
 CHARLES PRAETORIUS, 
 
 WITH A PREFACE BY 
 
 A. H. BULLEN. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. 
 1890. 
 
ANTIENT DROLLERIES. 
 
 (No. I.) 
 
The number of copies is strictly limited to Three Hundred. 
 
ANTIENT DROLLERIES. 
 
 (No. I.) 
 
 HIS SIGNES AND TOKENS, HIS MADRIGALLS, 
 
 QUESTIONS, AND ANSWERES, WITH HIS 
 
 SPIRITUAL!, LESSON, IN VERSE, RIME, 
 
 AND PROSE. 
 
 i6i4. 
 
 REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE 
 
 BY 
 
 CHARLES PRAETORIUS, 
 
 WITH A PREFACE 
 
 BY 
 
 A. H. BULLEN. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. 
 1890. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 JOHN DUNTON warned the readers of the Rare 
 Adventures of Don Kainophilus that they would find 
 the narrative "such a hodgpotch of stuff as would 
 make a hermit tear his beard to hear of it." The 
 description is not inapplicable to the drolling prophecies 
 of Master Cobbe. 
 
 The preface is signed " Richard Rablet," who is 
 evidently a fictitious personage. Mr. Bertram Dobell 
 plausibly suggests that the author styled himself 
 " Rablet " after Franqois Rabelais, whose P antagrueline 
 Prognostication is familiar to everybody. It was not 
 uncommon to issue these mock prognostications 
 under assumed names. For instance, Friar Bakons 
 Prophesie, published ten years before Cobbes Prophecies, 
 purports to be by "William Terilo." The Owles 
 Almanacke, 1618 (attributed without evidence to 
 Dekker), bears on the title-page the name of "Mr. 
 Jocundary Merrie-braines." 
 
 A mild Shakespearean interest attaches to Cobbes 
 Prophecies from the resemblance that some of the 
 
vi Preface. 
 
 pieces bear to the Fool's prophecy in Lear (III. 2) ; 
 but the whimsical madrigals that follow the prophecies 
 are the salt of our curious tract. The verses on the 
 morrice-dance give a lively description of that old 
 English merriment; they should be compared with 
 the madrigal, in Thomas Morley's collection of 1594, 
 beginning " Ho ! who comes there with bagpiping 
 and drumming ? " Richard Rablet was no puritan ; 
 
 he loved 
 
 " a pot of good Ale 
 And a merry old tale." 
 
 By the fire-side among his cronies in winter, 
 
 " When a Cup of good Sacke, 
 That hurts not the backe, 
 
 will make the cheeks red as a Cherry," 
 
 he would be ready with his jests and quips ; and we 
 may be sure that in summer-time he was a welcome 
 guest at shearing-feasts and harvest-homes. His talk 
 is occasionally somewhat free, but doubtless he was 
 regarded as a privileged person. Besides, he has 
 stores of admirable counsel. How delicately he warns 
 impulsive maids to be chary of their favours at the 
 feast of St. Valentine ! 
 
 " When the Grasse doth spring, 
 And the Birds gin to sing, 
 
 take heed of St. Valentines day ; 
 Least while yc reioyce, 
 In lighting on your choyce, 
 
 ye make not ill worke before May." 
 
Preface. vii 
 
 Honest mirth is what he advocated. Time, that 
 blunts the lion's paws, will too soon dull the briskness 
 of our lustiest springals. So let the younkers frisk it 
 while they may. " Nunc levis est tractanda Venus," 
 as gentle Tibullus urges. Does not Ovid remind us 
 (though, sooth to say, the reminder is hardly needed) 
 that crookt age comes with noiseless step, " Jam veniet 
 tacito curva senecta pede " ? Our cheerful moralist 
 prescribes for old and young 
 
 " When a man is old, 
 And the wether blowes cold, 
 
 well fare a lire and a fur'd Gowne : 
 But when he is young, 
 And his blood new sprung, 
 
 his sweete hart is worth half the Towne. 
 
 When a Maid is faire, 
 In her smocke and haire, 
 
 who would not be glad to woe her ? " 
 
 A graver note is struck in the poem, " When 
 Youth and Beauty meet togither " ; and " Cobs talke 
 with Wisedome " affords matter for serious reflection. 
 But, take it all in all, the book is mere drollery; a 
 tale of a roasted horse, a riot of mad rhymes, a 
 pleasant piece of tomfoolery. 
 
 i, Yeluerton Pillas, Twickenham, 
 2 5^ June t 1890. 
 
COBBES 
 PROPHECIES,HIS 
 
 SIGNES AMD TOKENS, 
 
 his Madrigalls, Queftions, and An- 
 res> with bis jjiriiuatt LcJJon- } in 
 V erfe, Rime, and Prole. 
 
 Pleaiant,and not vnprofitable. 
 
 Reade that frill, Judge that can, Like 
 that lift. 
 
 Printed at London for Robert wilfon, and arc to be fold 
 at his Shop at Grayes-Innc Gate. 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 Here w<*f ypon a time an odd? 
 Country Riming Fellow, wboje 
 name was Cobbe : where bee 
 dwelt, Ifindenot j and what hee 
 Wat, itskils not: Onely this I 
 " note of him , that itfeemes by the 
 
 Memorial I haut of him, that he WM in his timers 
 (no doubt are many now adaies) giuen to lookfffo 
 fane aboue the Moone, that <** falling through the 
 Clouds, when he wak t,be knew not where he w<*s: 
 butflrangethmges he had in his had) which he Jet 
 downe as oddely in writing : where-if you looke for 
 ruer/e,you are out j if for Riwe y you are in : now, 
 if you take delight in old idle Prophecies, ftrangc 
 Signes and Tokens, though they neuer come topafie> 
 and to veade now and than of many a ftrangcMfc 
 drigall,heere,you may hatie change to fit your choife*, 
 bow they mil fall fa with your humour 1 know not > 
 and therefore this is alll willjtty to you. I know 
 
 A) the 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 the Book Seller Twfl^y.What lack you, and 1 fay ', 
 IwJballmayHkeyou*, /0, tilllfeeyou^ thought 
 Iwowyou not *v>\)en lmeetey<M> to the Lordofbea 
 ttenllcaueyou. 
 
 four well wilier as to all 
 honed Men* 
 
COBBES* PROPHECIES, 
 
 HIS MADRIGAIS,S1GNES, 
 
 AND TOKENS. 
 
 Hen fafhions makemens Bodies, 
 And wirs arc rul'd by Noddies : 
 When Fooles grow rich by fortune, 
 And wife muft tooles importune. 
 When Greyhounds muft cry crauen, 
 And Maftiue Doggcs muft raucn : 
 
 WhcnFaulcons ftoope to carren, 
 
 And Poulcats fpoilc the warren* 
 
 The Sunne doth Icaue his fnining, 
 
 The Moone is in declining : 
 
 The Starrcs arc ouer-fliroudedj 
 
 The Sky is ouer clouded. 
 
 The Ayre is allinfe&ed. 
 
 The Plague yet not refpe&ed : 
 
 No Charity nor pitty. 
 
 In Country, nor in Citty. 
 
 The vertuous all difgraccd. 
 
 The famous all defaced : 
 
 And rafcall kinde of people. 
 
 Shall looke aboue Paules fteeple: 
 
 When Nightingales are fcorned, 
 
 And Cuckoes are adorned. 
 
 And Black-birds leaue their whiffle* 
 
 And pcarchvponaThiftle : 
 
 And Gates arefowne and gathered, 
 
 And Children arc ftrangc fathered. 
 
 m^Mm\M 
 
Trophectes. 
 
 And Swannes doloofe their feathers, 
 While Gcofc fortcll foulc weathers: 
 When Horfes tug at Cables, 
 While AHeskeepc the Stables. 
 When Virgins waite on whoores, 
 And Knights kcepe Beggars doores : 
 And lackes like Knights {hall let it, 
 Becaufc their purfes get it. 
 When Noble-minded Spirits, 
 Can hauc no hope of Merits j 
 But either quite aifcarded, 
 Orflenderly rewarded : 
 When Owles, and Apes, and Afles, 
 Shall pranke themfelues inGlafles. 
 While better kind of Creatures, 
 Of farre more dainty Natures, 
 Shall clad in cloath oflethcr, 
 To hold out winde and wether. 
 When Schollars mocke their Teacher^ 
 And Lay men laugh at Preachers : 
 And woodcockesleame of wizards, 
 To play the doting dizards. 
 When foule flaps fhall be painted, 
 And faire paps ftiall bee tainted, 
 And patience muft con tent her, 
 That no man will lament her : 
 But all things topfie-turuy, 
 Doprouc the world fo fcuruy, 
 That honeft men abhprrc it, 
 Why ? then, who will care for it? 
 But, that no fuch ill feafon, 
 W here truth may dye by trcafout 
 
 The 
 
The wicked foolc may flourifli, 
 While none the goodwill nourish : 
 Or Earth be fcene or heard. 
 To make the world afeard : 
 Pray all good hearts with me, 
 Thathmayneuerbc. 
 
 \T7Hen lackc of grace turnes good to euiil, 
 V V And men leaue God to fcrue the Deuill : 
 And young men follow imperfe&ions, 
 And old men dote in ill affedionso 
 When Beauty is a baite of finning. 
 While wanton threds, make wicked fpinning, 
 A nd wealth doth oncly breede ambition, 
 When Nature fhewes an ill condition. 
 And bafenefle buyes the Badge of Honor, 
 While VVifedoine weepes to looke vpon her * 
 When learning teacheth but illufion, 
 Where fancies ftudy but confufion. 
 When power is feene but in oppreflion, 
 While confcience makes no nnnes confeflion : 
 When Lechery is Natures follacc, 
 And Robbery is Rcafons purchace. 
 When peace doth breede an ill ftcurity, 
 Where pleafure lines but in impurity : 
 When fimplc vertue is difclained, 
 And fubtill vice is entertained : 
 if fuch a time fhould eucr be, 
 That, I hope, neuer man (hall fee* 
 Thatfo the wicked fiendcfhould rage, 
 In euery courfe of eaery age ; 
 
 B That 
 
Thatlackof Grace fhouldthinkeitgood, 
 To liuc vpon the fruit of blood; 
 While Spirits carclcflc of faluation, 
 Will headlong runnc vnto damnation : 
 Pray to the Lord of hcaucn to mend it. 
 Or in his mercy, quickly end it. 
 
 WHcn Tradefmen take no Mony, 
 Nor Varmin hunt a Cony : 
 Old Munipfie is no Meacocke, 
 Nor his proud Minckes a Peacockc, 
 The Souldiour is not bloody, 
 His Oftefle is not muddy; 
 The Vfurcr not greedy, 
 The rich relceue the needy : 
 The Courtier is not haughty, 
 His Courtizan not naughty. 
 The wantons leaue their winking, 
 The damned crew their drinking: 
 The Geefe do leaue their grazing, 
 And idle eies their gazing : 
 DameParnellisno pratler, 
 Her parafite no flatterer : 
 The Chapmen leaue their buying 
 And Sellers leaue their lying. 
 The Skipper leaues his fayling, 
 The Oy fter-wiues their rayling 5 
 The Farmer leaues bistillage. 
 The Begger leaues the village. 
 When Snudges leaue their fpariug. 
 And Cofencrs leaue their (baring 2 " 
 
 When 
 
^Prophecies. 
 
 VVhen Thccucs doc Icaue their robbing, 
 And heauy harts their throbbing : 
 When proud men leauc their Ipighting, 
 And Poets leaue their byting: 
 When Children leaue their crying, 
 And old menleaue their dying 5 
 Strange will be the alteration, 
 Or elfe, a confummation. 
 
 Ships doe faile againft the windc, 
 And Nature goes againfl her kindc : 
 And tongues muft fay that blackc is white, 
 While mad men make a day of night ; 
 WhenReafon muft fubfcribe to will, 
 To Icaue the good and take the ill. 
 When Confcicncc fits and blowes the cole, 
 While Patience Hues on pitties dole: 
 And Wifedome iliall be poore and bare, 
 While folly lights on Fortunes (hare; 
 And learning doth but breake the braine, 
 While bare Experience gets the gaine: 
 And loue is plaid on follies Stage, 
 Twixt Youth, and Ages marriage. 
 And Auarice with iclous eies, 
 Doth Hue in greefe, while plcafurc dies : 
 And man becomes but Monies Slauc, 
 While Vertue Hues in Honors Graue ; 
 When Nature thus doth change her courft, 
 From good to bad, from ill to worfe, 
 And,hopc of mcndment will be iinall, 
 When thus the Deuill workes in all ; 
 
 B* If 
 
'Prophecies* 
 
 If eucr man fhould liuc to know 
 The wailcfull time of fo much woe : 
 As God forbid fhould euer be, 
 ThatEare (hould hearc, or Eye fhoaldfee : 
 Then h arty prayers would do well, 
 Forfauingof the Soule from Hell* 
 
 en the Fifherman drownes the Eele 3 
 And the Hare bites the Huntfman by the heel: 
 When the Geefc do driuc the Foxe into his hole, 
 And the Thiflle oucrtops the May-pole. 
 The Hering is at warre with the Whale, 
 And the Drunkard forfweares a potof Ale r 
 W hen the Lawyers plead all for pitty, 
 And confcience is the Ruler of a Cittyj 
 When the parfon will his Tithes forgoe^ 
 And the Parifh will pay him, wilI 5 or no. 
 When the Vfureris weary of his gaine, 
 And the Farmer feedes the poore with his graine : 
 The Oyfter leaues gaping for the tide 3 
 And Lob Jolly will not daunce with his Bride. 
 When Premizes had rather worke then play, 
 And Schollars cannot away with aholy-day : 
 When brabbles and quarrels all ccafe-, 
 And Armies yeclde their Armies to peace 5 
 And peace fuch a power hath won, 
 That Souldicrs ferue all with a Potgun. 
 When the Fletcher fak out with the Bolt, 
 And the wife muft make curfie to a Dolt, 
 When the Night is brighter then the Day, 
 And the Cloudes driticthc windc away. 
 
 When 
 
^Prophecies. 
 
 When the Snow and the Froft arc fire hot. 
 And the Coftennongcrs Apples will not rot : 
 When the' Afle ftiall make Mufiquc to the Owle, 
 A nd the Slut will not weare her cloaths foule. 
 When the Ship fhall throw away her faile, 
 And the Doggc (hall leauc wagging of his taile 5 
 And the Rabbets fhall runne through the Hey, 
 And the Varmin makes the Warriner runnc away: 
 When the Cat is afraid of the Moufe, 
 And the Beggar will walkc without a Loufc. 
 When Connies doeCaftles vndermine. 
 And Lords muft waite while Lobcockes dine: 
 And rich men weepc, and Beggars ting, 
 And cuery Knaue will be a King, 
 Vntill the Gallowes, or the Whip, 
 Doe take a^Villainc in a Trip : 
 When all things thus doc come to paflc, 
 That by an Oxe, and by an Afle 5 
 The qucftion fhall decided be, 
 Why Dogges and Cats cannot agree. 
 When Mowles and Wormes do lookcabroad t 
 And Snakes doc combat with thcToade : 
 ThcFleycs will not abide the flieetes, 
 Nor idle people walkc the ftreetes, 
 When thus the world doth come about 
 Within thccourfc of 'Colin Clouti 
 Which neaer man I hope fliall fee, 
 God knowes what then the world will be* 
 
 'Y'y Hen the Winter to Summer turneth, 
 The Fire cooles, and the water burneth 5 
 
 B 3 When 
 
^Prophecies. 
 
 When the Fly puts the Eagle tohcr flight, 
 And the day holds a Candle to the night : 
 When the trees bend downe to thebufhcs, 
 And the Owlc driues the Nightingale to huflies : 
 VVhcn the Hare fals to play with the Hound, 
 And the Wormc fcornes to crcepe into the ground , 
 When the Afpc with the Wolfemakes a fray, 
 And the Moufe makes the Catrunnc away. 
 When the Owlc teacheth the Parrat to fjpcakc, 
 And the Goofe makes the Gander to keake : 
 When the Market Crofle is without Corne, 
 And not a houfe will yeeld a man a home. 
 When the Clouds commaund the winde to be ftill, 
 And the Valley will ouertop the hill : 
 When the Storke is afraid of the Frog > 
 And the Cur runs away from the Hog. 
 When the Beggars will leauc the high way > 
 And wantonsVill giuc ouerplay ; 
 When a Moris-dance is without a foole, 
 And a foole be without a Ladle and a toole : 
 When rich wares will be at low rate, 
 And a Citty will runne out at the Gate : 
 The Sailer cannot away with a merry gale, 
 And the Conftable is afraid of a pot of Ale. 
 When the Goofe is miftaken for die Swan, 
 And the Goodwifeknowes not her good Man; 
 If the world were come to fuch a change, 
 The alteration would be very firange : 
 But rather then all (hould go fo amiife, 
 Better be content with it, as it is* 
 
 When 
 
Propfiectes. 
 
 en the day and the night do meete, 
 And the houfes are euen with the ftrecte : 
 And the fire and the water agree, 
 And blinde men haue power to fee : 
 When the Wolfe and the Lambc Hue togither, 
 And the blaftcd trees will not wither. 
 When the flood and the ebbe runne one way, 
 And the Sunne and the Moone are at a ftay j 
 When Age and Youth are all one, 
 And the Miller crccpes through the Mill-ftonc: 
 When the Ram butts the Butcher on the head, 
 And the Huhig are buried with the dead* 
 When the Cobler doth workc without his ccncfs, 
 And the Cutpurfe, and the Hangman arc friends : 
 Strange things will then be to fee, 
 But I thinkc it will neuer be. 
 
 en the wind is alwaics in one place, 
 All Horfes are of one Race : 
 And all Men are in one cafe* 
 
 When all words hauc but oncfcnce, 
 
 All Cafes are in one tence 5 
 
 And all Purfes hauc but one cxpence. 
 
 When all hands do fit one Clone, 
 All harts hauc but one Loue : 
 And ail Birds be but one Doue. 
 
 When all wit is in one head, 
 
 And all Cornc makes butone bread 5 
 
 And all eafe is in one bed* 
 
 When 
 
VVhcn ail Truth is in one hart, 
 And all Knowledge is in one art, 
 And all Diuifions are in one part. 
 
 When all fport is in one play, 
 When all fcafts are in one day: 
 And all States are at one ftay . 
 
 When all faces haue but one feature, 
 And all Spirits are of one Nature 5 
 And all worth is in one Creature. 
 
 Such wonders will be then to fee, 
 As out of doubt will neuer be. 
 
 \\f Hen there is nothing but forro w and care, 
 
 And the ficldes arc all barren and bare ; 
 And the Beggcrs hauc a miferablc (hare . 
 
 When the Markets are horrible decre, 
 There is nothing to drinke, but ftnall beere : 
 And the rich menkeepe bcggerly cheerc. 
 
 When the Children are bawling and crying. 
 And old folkes are fwearing and lying : 
 And ficke folkes are fighing and dying. 
 
 When Baiard is downe in the mire, 
 And the fat is all in the fire: 
 When loue hath loft his defirc. 
 
 When Maifters do fall into rages, 
 
 And 
 
And S<*ruants are vnpaid their wages ; 
 And all their beft clothes are in gages, 
 
 Ifeuer itfhould come about, 
 
 To put the Cockes eies cleane out . 
 
 And then hope to reuell and rout. 
 
 Which I hope neucr to fee. 
 But where all faire Gamfters be 5 
 Good fellowes will kindly agree. 
 
 God knowes,for I cannot tell, 
 Who then goes to Heauen or to Hell. 
 
 rs haue louing Auditors, 
 And Borrowers haue kind Creditors : 
 When Sutors petitions haue comfortable reading, 
 And Formtfjxpertihzth a fauour able pleading. 
 When loueis the whole rule of life, 
 And the Good man loues none but his owne wife, 
 VVhen there is no fplcene, nor any Ipight, 
 But euery one kecpes his owne right : * 
 VVhen all is as plaine as the high-way, 
 And all goes by yea, and by nay. 
 And one man fo well loues another. 
 That there is nofalfe Sifter nor Brother, 
 No facing, frowning, nor fighting, 
 But one in another delighting 5 
 Nooddcs twixttheGroomeandtheBride > 
 No cnuy, nor mallice, nor pride. 
 No puniftiment, but for offences, 
 
 C 
 
f rophectes. 
 
 No care, but all for cxpenccs. 
 No time Ipcnt^butall bufinefle, 
 Nor fleeping, but all in heauincflc: 
 No iarring, out all in letting, 
 No friendfliip, but all in fcafthig. 
 No lawingj brabling, nor bribing, 
 No kind of fcoffing, nor gibingj 
 No painting of ill fauored faces, 
 Nov feeking of true loues difgraces : 
 No tale, but well worth the telling, 
 Nor fauour, but well worth the fmelling. 
 No Ad, but well worth the doing, 
 No Wench, but well worth the woing ; 
 If fuch a time were happily come, 
 To prone this true in all, or fbmes 
 Who would not ioy in hart to fee, 
 And pray it might fo euer be. 
 
 en toies and trifles (land for treafure, 
 And pain miftaken ftandsforpleafurer 
 When lufl miftaken is for loue, 
 A lack-daw for a Turtle-doue. 
 When Craft is taine for Honefty, 
 Hypocrifie, for Piety $ 
 Andbabling held fo/eloquencc, 
 And bafenefle ftands for excellence : 
 When truth (hall be cfteem'd a ieft, 
 And he thats rich, is onely bleft. 
 While all the vertues of the mind, 
 Do all go whirling downe the wind. 
 And braine fpun thred (hall be efteemd, 
 And Wifedome little worth be dcemd: 
 
 And 
 
'Prophecies. 
 
 And flatterers fhail ftand for friends, 
 To bring but fooles to idle ends : 
 When nothing fhali be well begun. 
 But croft, or fpoild ere it be done. 
 And euery where the bad for good, 
 Shall be too much mifvnderftood 5 
 While wilfull folly fhould reioyce, 
 In making of a wicked choyce: 
 And true difcretion grieue to fee^ 
 In what a cafe the curfed be 
 If fuch a time was ncuer fucK 
 Should come to curlTe the world fo much: 
 As God forbid it fhould be fo. 
 That Man (hould fo much forrow know j 
 That Deuilsfo fhould play their parts, 
 Then vp to Heauen with honeii harts. 
 
 \y\7Hcn feuen Geefe follow one Swan, 
 
 v And feuen Cats licke in one pan: 
 When feuen lack-dawes follow one Crow, 
 And feuen Archers fhoot in one Bow. 
 Whenfeuen Citties make but one State 3 
 And feuen houfcshaue but one Gate: 
 When feuen Armies make but one Campe 5 
 And feuen States haue but one (lamp : 
 Whenfeuen Schollers haue but one gown, 
 And feuen Lordfhips 5 make but one towne. 
 When feuen Swagrers haue but one Punckj 
 And fcucn trauallers haue but one truncke. 
 Whenfeuen Horfes faddle one Mare 3 
 And feuen Pedlers haue but one packc of ware : 
 
 C ^ 
 
^Prophecies. 
 
 When fcucn Hackney Men hauc but one lade, 
 And fcuen Cutlers haue but one Blade ; 
 When feuen Butcl rs haue but one ftaule. 
 And feuen Coblers, hauebut one aule : 
 Whenfeucn riuers haue but one Fifh, 
 Andfeiv-n Tables haue but one Difti. 
 When feuen Lawyers plead but one cafe. 
 And feuen Painters workevpon one face : 
 When fenen Ditties hauebut one Note, 
 And feuen Fidlcrs haue but one Grote. 
 When feuen G uls hauebut one throat, 
 And feuen Truls, haue but one peticoat j 
 If by the number thus of fcuen, 
 The one doc make the odde full eucn : 
 That, in the fence of the conceit, 
 The feuen to one doe make vp eight* 
 Itfeemesnotftrange yetvntome 
 Tis ftrange, now eeuen andoddc agree: 
 Yet when it fals, tis no deceit, 
 Thar feuen and one doemake vp eig.it, 
 
 ^/ \7 Hen the Hen crowes, 
 
 Then the Cockc knowes 
 
 what worke mufl be done,, 
 And when the wind blowcs, 
 Then the Sailer knowes 
 
 what courfe inuft berunne< 
 
 When the Mill goes, 
 Then the Millci knowes 
 whatFiiliareaflote: 
 
 And 
 
And when &c tide flowcs, 
 Then the Water-man knowcs, 
 
 what to doe with his Boarc, 
 
 When theGrafle growes. 
 Then the Mower knowes, 
 
 what to do with his Sithc : 
 And when the Farmer fowes. 
 Then the Parfon knowcs 
 
 heftiailhaueaTithe. 
 
 When the Buckes take the Does ? 
 Then the VVarriner knowes, 
 
 there are Rabbets in breeding: 
 And when the Bag fliowes, 
 Then theMilke maidknowes 
 
 the Cow hath good feeding. 
 
 he day peepeth. 
 
 And the Husbandman flcepeth, 
 he looferh the gaine of the morning *, 
 But when the Diicke qtiakcth, 
 And Sim his Sit/an waketh^ 
 
 .take heed of working for horning, 
 
 When the Bell ringeth, 
 And Robin-redbreft fingeth, 
 
 vp maids and make clcaneyour Dairyj 
 Bnt if ye lye and ftretch yc, 
 Vntill the lazy catch ye, 
 
 take heed that ye meetc not the Fairy. 
 
 When 
 
When the Cow loweth, 
 And Cocke-a-doodle crowcth, 
 
 vp maids and put on your raiment: 
 For if ye keepc your beds 
 Till yc loofe your maiden heads, 
 
 take heed of a forty weeks paiment. 
 
 But when the Starre flhooteth. 
 And the Owle hooteth, 
 
 to bed then and take your eafe : 
 But when ye would reft,, 
 Take heed in your neft> 
 
 ye find not worfe varmin then fleas* 
 
 When the Dogge howleth. 
 And your Dame fcovvleth, 
 
 then wenches take heed of foulc weather: 
 But when the Moufe pecpeth. 
 And your Dame fleepeth, 
 
 then laugh and be merry togkher. 
 
 "When the Watch walketh, 
 And at the doorc talketh. 
 
 Lads and Giiirles,looke to your doores ; 
 Then to bed roundly. 
 And fleepe there as foundly, 
 
 as if ye were all knaues and whores. 
 
 V" VHena man is old, 
 
 And the wctbcr blowes cold, 
 well fare a fire and a fur'd Gownc : 
 
 But 
 
Butwhcn he is young 
 And his blood new fprung, 
 
 his fweete hart is worth halfe theTownc 
 
 When a Maid is fairc, 
 In her fmocke and haire, 
 
 who would not be glad to woe her 
 But when fhe goes to bed, 
 To loole her maiden-head, 
 
 how kindly her Good-man goes to her 
 
 When the Grade doth fpring. 
 And the Birds gin to fing, 
 
 take heed of St. Valentines day 5 
 Leaft while ye reioycc, 
 In lighting on your choyce> 
 
 ye make not ill worke before May* 
 
 When the Sunnes tliines bright, 
 And the Day is light, 
 
 then Shepheards abroad with you; flocks: 
 But if the Heyfer play, 
 And the Heard be a\v*y, 
 
 take heed the Bull pt ooue not an Oxe 
 
 When the Come is ripe, 
 And the Strav: makes a pipe, 
 
 then to it with tbc Sithe and the Sickle, 
 But when ye make the ftacke, 
 If ye lye on your backc, 
 
 take heed how yc laugh cill ye tickle. 
 
 Whf.a 
 
When the Apples fall, 
 AndthePatridgcs call., 
 
 Then Farmers haue home with your Cornc - 
 Bntvvhen ye make your Movies, 
 Take heed to your Cowes, 
 
 they beare not a fheafe on a home. 
 
 When the trees doe bud. 
 And the Kids chew the cud, 
 
 ihcnfall to your digging and fowing : 
 But if your feede be nought, 
 Oryour worke be illwroi^ht ; 
 
 then blame not the ground for ill growing. 
 
 When the Sunne isdowne, 
 And the Guefts come to towne, 
 
 long trauailers lightly are weary- 
 But if mine Oite be a good fellow, 
 And mine Ofteflc be nor yellow ; 
 
 who then would not laugh and be merry. 
 
 I N the month of May, 
 *I$ a pretty play, 
 
 A is called youths wooing ; 
 But long it will not laft, 
 For when that May is paft, 
 
 there will be no doing. 
 
 For loue is fo quicke, 
 He ftands on a pricke, 
 
 that likes no delaying: 
 
 Fo? 
 
For idle cxcufes, 
 Arcbutlouesabufes, 
 
 that marcc all the Maying. 
 
 Thcfquintofaneyc, 
 May oft lookc awry, 
 
 in fancies new fafhion : 
 But winke and fhake the head, 
 And the colour once dead, 
 
 there is the true pa/lion. 
 
 When the eye rcedcth, 
 How the hart blccdeth, 
 
 inillencemieteares: 
 Then cafily may the mind, 
 If that it be not blind, 
 
 fee what the fpirit beares , 
 
 For paflions ftaid looses, 
 Arc Truths only books, 
 
 where kindnefle beft recdeth 5 
 The time and the place, 
 In beauties beft grace, 
 
 howloue eucr fpeedeth. 
 
 en the time of the yeare^ 
 Doth cal for good cheere, 
 why (hould we not laugh and be merry 5 
 When a Cup of good Sacke^ 
 That hurts not the backe, 
 will make the checks red as a Chary* 
 
 D When 
 
When the thredis all (pun, 
 And the workeis all done, 
 
 why fhould not the work-folkes go play: 
 When a pot of good Ale^ 
 And a merry old talc, 
 
 would paflc the time fmoothly away. 
 
 When the Medowes are growne, 
 And the Grafle abroad throwne, 
 
 for (hame giuc the wench a green gowne$ 
 But when the Harueft is in. 
 And the Bread in the Bin, 
 
 then 3 Piper play laugh and lye downe. 
 
 When my Dame falsto Bake 
 A Pudding and a Cake, 
 
 will make cheare in Bowles 5 
 But when the Oylc of Malt, 
 Makes the heelcs for to halt, 
 
 take heed ofyourlopheauyNowles. 
 
 INtheoldetime, 
 When an odde-pumpc rime, 
 
 would haue made a Dog laugh : 
 And the Oftefle of the Swan, 
 Would fwinge her good Man, 
 with a good quarter ftaffc. 
 
 When more then a good many, 
 Had nin' ; Egges a penny, 
 
 Come was fixe pence a ftrike; 
 
 Then 
 
Then true blinde deuotion, 
 Brought fuch to promotion, 
 As neucr I hope will be like* 
 
 When the Cat kild the Moufc, 
 And the Dog kept the houfe, 
 
 and all was wholefomc and cleanely j 
 And John and his /owi. 
 Did liuc of their owne, 
 
 full merily^hough but all mcancly. 
 
 When Beefe, Bread and Beere, 
 Was honeft mens cheerc 3 
 
 and welcome and Jpare not : 
 And the Man kift the M*id s 
 And was not affr aid, 
 
 come who will I care not. 
 
 When right rtiould hauc reafon, 
 In time, place and feafon, 
 
 and Truth was belccued 5 
 When thcfe things did go thus, 
 Which Truth doth not fhow vs 3 
 
 then Charity flourifht : 
 Whenloue and good Nature 
 IneueryCrcature, 
 
 akind Spirit nouriilit. 
 
 But if that it were (b 5 
 As many do fcareno, 
 
 that fome were fore blinded $ 
 
 D a What 
 
Madngals. 
 
 What cucr the caufe was, 
 Tis now at another paflc, 
 
 men are othcrwife minded. 
 
 For fuch as haue prooued, 
 Whatistobeloucdj 
 
 will euer be heedfull : 
 That nothing be wanting. 
 Though fomewhat be fcanting, 
 
 to comfort the nee< " 
 
 And therefore no matter, 
 How ere fooles do flatter, 
 
 their wits with their will; 
 I wifib the time prefcnt. 
 In all true contentment, 
 
 to flay with vs ftill. 
 
 TF the day were as long as the yeare, 
 
 * And the Goflips were making good checre, 
 
 they would thinke the time were but (hort : 
 But if they fall to brawling 1 and fcolding, 
 And the Beggars be at the vpholding > 
 
 oh there would be delicate {port. 
 
 If the Apples were once in the fire, 
 Each Goffip had her pot by her, 
 
 and euery one to her tale : 
 And the Wife that went once for a maid, 
 Would tell what trickes (he had plaid, 
 
 oh there would be worke for whole fale. 
 
 If 
 
If the Wine once did worke in the brainc, 
 And the Wenches were right in the vainc, 
 
 then talkc of the reckoning to morrow; 
 Let Husbands take care for their vviues. 
 And Goffips make much of their Hues, 
 
 uiey are fooies that will dye for forrow. 
 
 IT was my hap of late by chance, 
 oh pretty chance; 
 To meet a Country Moris-dance, 
 oh pretty dance. 
 When cheefcftofthem allthefoole, 
 
 oh pretty foolc : 
 Plaied with a Ladle and a toole, 
 
 oh pretty toole : 
 When euery Younker fhak'r his Bek 3 
 
 oh pretty Bels ; 
 Till fweating feete, gauefohing fmel$ 3 
 
 onfohingfmcls. 
 And fine Maide-Marian with her fmoile> 
 
 oh pretty finoile : 
 Shew'd how aRafcall plaid cheRoile, 
 
 oh pretty Roile. 
 But when the Hobby-horfe did wihy, 
 
 oh pretty wihy , 
 Then all the Wenches gaue a tihy, 
 
 oh pretty tihy. 
 But when they gan to (Tiake their BoxCj 
 
 oh pretty Boxe : 
 
 And not a Goofe could catch a Fcxe, 
 oh pretty Foxe. 
 
 D 3 The 
 
Simes 
 
 licPipcrtficn put vp his pipes, 
 
 oh pretty pipes; 
 Andailthe Woodcoks look like Snipes, 
 
 oh pretty Snipes. 
 And therewith fell a (howry ftrcame, 
 
 oh pretty ftrcame: 
 That I awaktoutofmy dreame, 
 
 oh fcuruy dreame. 
 
 Signes and Tokens. 
 
 \/\7 Hen Charing- Crofle and Pauls Church meet, 
 
 And brcake their fad in Friday ftreet : 
 When Ware and Waltham gee to Kent 
 Togither, there to purchafc Rent. 
 When Iflington and Lambeth ioyne, 
 To make a voyage to the Groine : 
 And Southwarkc with St.Katherines gree, 
 To ride in poft to Coucntry: 
 When Tnrmelc-ftrect and 'darken- wcll> 
 Haue fcnt all Bawdes and Whores to Hell : 
 And Long-ditch > and Long-lane do try, 
 Antiquities for honefty ; 
 And Newgate wcepes 3 and Bridewell grceues^ 
 For want of Beggars, W horcs^ and Theeues. 
 And Tyburne doth to Wapping fweare, 
 Shall ncucr more come Hang-man there ! 
 When blinde men fee, and dumbe men read. 
 Which feemes impoflible indce<J% 
 And by ^li rules that 1 can fee, 
 I thinke in triuh will ncuer be* 
 
 Tkt; 
 
Then, then yc may fay then , 
 Knaues now will be honcft men. 
 
 'fy'yHcn Youth and Beauty meet togicher, 
 theres worke for Breath ; 
 
 Buc when they both begin to wither, 
 thcrcs workc for Death. 
 
 When Loue and Honor worke togither, 
 theres worke for Fame 5 
 
 But when they both begin to wither, 
 theres workc for fhame. 
 
 When Hope and Labour go togither, 
 theres worke for gaine, 
 
 But when they both begin to wither, 
 theres workc for paine. 
 
 When Wit and Vertue worke togirhcr^ 
 
 their work goes well 5 
 
 But when they both begin to wither, 
 
 theres workc for HclL 
 
 Let then pcrfedions liuc togithcr, 
 and worke for praife. 
 
 For when their wotke begins to wither, 
 their worth decaies. 
 
 TF all Rules of Phificke, 
 J.Had onety help for the Tificke$ 
 And all Chinirgeries ground, 
 Were for the healing of one wound. 
 
Signer and Tokens. 
 
 And all kind of preaching, 
 
 Were but for one Parifli teaching, 
 
 And all kind of diet. 
 
 To keepc one tongue in quiet. 
 
 And allkindof pleafures, 
 
 Were but for one mans treasures 
 
 And all kind of learning, 
 
 Were for one points diicerning ; 
 
 And all kind of diluting. 
 
 Were for one points confuting. 
 
 And all kind of writing, 
 
 Were for one mans delighting : 
 
 If there (hould be fuch a feafon, 
 
 All fo to go againft reafon 5 
 
 Which I thinke neuer to fee. 
 
 Let them that know thinke what will be, 
 
 l^yHcn the Rich are all agreed, 
 
 On the purfcs of the poorc to fcede; 
 And the wife men finde out fooles Lands, 
 To get them all into their hands. 
 And Wenches haue tricks with their cics. 
 To catch men, as Candles do Flics : 
 And Swagrers make the high-way, 
 The cheefeft part of their ftay 
 When Bawds and Whores ftudy the Art, 
 To {cape the Whip and the Cart ; 
 And Cut purffes all take their oathes. 
 To keepe the Hang-man in cloathes. 
 When thus the Deuill doth lurke, 
 To fall with the world to his workc : 
 Which would be a great forrow to fee. 
 Pray, that it may neucrbe. 
 
 Quefti- 
 
Questions anff <*,TJfi>ers. 
 
 Q*. ^j^Hy jhw/Ja rich man become A Thee ft ? 
 
 An. Becaufe the fweete of gaineouercornes his 
 
 QueJPhy fywldAny mm WAX* Mony ? (fence. 
 
 An. Becaufe fome fpcnd itfafter then they can get it. 
 
 Que. Why Are oldfolkes in loue ? 
 
 An. Becaufe eafe breeds idlencfle. 
 
 2ue. why is Tobacco in J Itch efteeme ? 
 
 An, Becaufe it dries vpRheume, and fiends drinkc. 
 
 Que. why do fa m wny 'people "vfi gaming ? 
 
 An. Becaufe they want wit foi better exercilc 
 
 Qgf. why is A CuckoUfAticnt ? 
 
 An Becaufe of profit or feare. 
 
 Que. why Are mem ieabtts of their wiues ? 
 
 An.Becaufc they arcFoolcs. 
 
 Que. why Are offenders p/w/fht ? 
 
 An.Tokeepethc Subieds in peace. 
 Que. why are Gallants flattered ? 
 An, For a Fooles pride, and a Knaucs profit. 
 Sue. Why do Children cry ? 
 
 An , Becaufe they know not what they would hauc* 
 Qgf . Why doe Beggars skoldl 
 An. Becaufe they are commonly drunke* 
 Qae . why doe Jfes counterfeit men ? 
 An. Becaufe men counterfeit Apes* 
 Que. why are Laves ordained* 
 An. To giue euerymanhis right. 
 Q*. why Are their fuch deities in their execution ? 
 An. Becaufe there are fo many caufcs to <Ufpatch. 
 Que. whAt makes wtesdeere in the wr$ ? 
 An. The multitude ofpecf Ie 3 
 
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Questions and zjTnfo 
 
 t wakes cheafneffe ? 
 An* Aboundancc. 
 
 Qu Where is the befl duelling in the world) 
 An.ln a mans ownc houfc. 
 Qiu An& where is the bsfl being for til men ? 
 An. InHeauen. 
 
 Qu What is of mo ft efleeme in the worlA > 
 An* Mony. 
 |j. wbaf h the lea/t cared for of a great manyt 
 
 / : hone ft y vith many held a lefa 
 A* Bccaufc there are fo few honeft in earncft* 
 Qu.tf'b/ch is the be(t ground topUnt ** ? 
 
 That which is a mans owne, 
 Qu, why tyould Beggars Itue without hhouYt 
 o<&.Becaiife their Mony comes in eafily* 
 C 4jj. wiry do Gamftersfall ot f* oft? 
 ,?#. Dccaufe lofie breeds impatience. 
 Qu . it hy &re rich men moftjickly ? 
 An* Becaufc they take to much cafe, 
 Qu . what is the befi Phifickefor all Nat 
 
 efl uking Phi/tcke ? 
 An. When one is ficke. 
 Qu. wkat fickneffe is mofl dangerous ? 
 
 Qu. whit* mo ft vnftghtly ? 
 
 Qu. wfat moft continuing ? 
 
 An. The Ague. 
 
 Qu. what mo jl incurable ? 
 
 A* 
 
Questions and ^A-n 
 
 An. The Gout, 
 
 Qu. wfat moftpAinefttlll 
 
 .^/i.TheTooth-ach. 
 
 Qu. what Moft common ? 
 
 Qu . wh*t is til for the eye-fight ? 
 
 -^//. An Enemy* 
 
 Qu. what is good for it ? 
 
 -<4#. Gold. 
 
 Qu. whtfis the fruit of Learning ? 
 
 -^r. Pride, pleafure, or profit. 
 
 Qu . wb&t is the honor of the LAW ? 
 
 cxfc?. luftice. 
 
 Qu- w^^r // the Glory of the Law ? 
 
 y^//. Mercy. 
 
 Qu. -^^^ wh^t is the force of the LAV) > 
 
 ^/?. Obedience. 
 
 Qu. r/^4^ 74i<fj Lawyers rich ? 
 
 ^tf- Contentions of Clients. 
 
 Qu, what makes Magi/lrates honorable > 
 
 An. Execution of luftice. 
 
 Qu. wh&t is the foore mans hat>p 
 
 An, Patience. 
 
 Qu. And vthtt is the wife mans 
 
 An. Content. 
 
 Qu. Vt r hjt are fare women moft lotiefo 
 
 An. Becaufe mens eies marre their wits* 
 
 Qu, Why do wife men keepe Fooles ? 
 
 An. To exercife their Charity. 
 
 Qu.T#7 dre Diuims mof worthy Reference ? 
 
 An. Becaufe they arc the mouths of God vntoms 
 
 Qu. Why are Jo mun^ Sefts in Religion f (people* 
 
 E 2 
 
Questions and vinfoers. 
 
 An.Becaufe the Deuil fowes fedition in the Church. 
 
 many befoole thentfelues with Idolatry ? 
 
 A. Becaufe blindnes in deuotio breeds indifcretion. 
 
 Que.whyfyould wife menbe undone by furetifbift 
 
 An. Becaufe their loue exceeds their wits, 
 
 Off. why are men undone by women? 
 
 An.Becaufe they had rather be flaues then free-men. 
 
 Que. why do many Louers grow frantic ke > 
 
 An.Becaufe they feek that which is hard to be found. 
 
 Qot. why do wad wen talkefo much ? 
 
 A, Becaufe their tongues wag with the wind of their 
 
 Que. why Are honefl bans mo ft crofted > (brainc. 
 
 An. To try their patience. 
 
 QUC. when are the patient mo ft happy ? 
 
 An. At thehoure of Death: 
 
 Que . what is the gr eat ejlf care in the world ? 
 
 An. To dye. 
 
 Quf. what i$ thegreauftgreefe ? 
 
 An. Want. 
 
 Que. Why do Phifitions die ? 
 
 An. Becaufe Death is to cunning for them. 
 
 jOve. why doe men cry out vpon Fortune ? 
 
 An. To excufe their follies. 
 
 Out. why do Labourers fwg ? 
 
 An* For the hope of their wages. 
 
 Que. why do wife men take thought ? 
 
 An. Becaufe their wits are opprcffed. 
 
 Que. ivhy arefooles fullofMony ? 
 
 An.Becaufe tis their baby to play withal!. 
 
 Que. why do Mifers build faire houfes ? 
 
 An. To mocke Beggars. 
 
 Que. why doe Beggars loue their drinking ? 
 
 An. 
 
Qo6s talkg mth Wtfedorne. 
 
 An.Becaufe it is an cxcrcifc of Idlenefle. 
 Qac. Why do Scolds loue fielding ? 
 An.Becaufe it is their natural! Mufique. 
 Que. Why do not Thseucsfeare hanging ? 
 An. Becaufe it is fo eafie a punifliment. 
 Que . why doc not the wickedfeare God> 
 An.Becaufe they are to great with theDcuill. 
 Que. why Are the vertuous mo ft happy. 
 An. Becaufe their ioyes are in heauen. 
 
 Q)bs talfy with Wifedome. 
 
 Ome Wifed ome 3 let me fpeake with thee 
 
 a word or two, 
 Some bleflcd Leflbn reade to me 
 whatlilialldo; 
 What faiftthou?Firft, that Chrift his Croffc 
 
 muftbemyfpeede: 
 My labour elfe would be but lofle, 
 what ere I reade. 
 With Alpha then I muft begin 
 
 tofindeafriend: 
 To lead me from the way of finne 
 
 to comforts end 5 
 And in Omega reade the laft 
 
 ofallmylouc, 
 Wherein my foule all forrovv part, 
 
 herioymayprouc: 
 I muft not finne, I cannot chufe, 
 
 ah wo is me, 
 To take the ill and good rcfufe, 
 
 throughwanc ofthe?. 
 
 E 3 In 
 
Co6s talty nu 
 
 In Youth I fcorned thine aduicc, 
 
 now I am old, 
 1 hold thy counfaile in morcpiicc 
 
 then purcft Gold: 
 Thou rcadft me patience,! confeffe 
 
 iteafcthpainc, 
 But little hope yet of redrefle, 
 
 thereby I gainc : 
 
 Thou rcadft me penitence for finnc, 
 with forrowes fmart, 
 Oh there the forrow doth begin 
 
 that wounds my hart. 
 Thou readft mehopetoheale my wound. 
 
 with forrowes tearcs ; 
 But confciencc makes my hart to fwound, 
 
 with forrowes fearcs : 
 Thou rcadft me Faith, to hold my Hope 
 
 on Mercies Grace, 
 But when that Faith the gate wouW ope a 
 
 feare hides my face. 
 Thou readftme loue, the line of life 
 
 that leades to bli flTe$ 
 But hatcfull finnc hath wrought the ftrifc^ 
 
 where no louc is. 
 Thou readft me Truth yet in the word, 
 
 thatfailesnotruft: 
 But it doth onely Grace affoord 
 
 , vnto the iuft. 
 Thou readft me Mercy, yet will heale 
 
 the wounded hart ; 
 To Mercy then let me appca^ 
 
 to cure my frmrt. 
 
Cobs tatfymlb Wifedom. 
 
 And with true faithfull penitence, 
 
 toforrowfoj 
 That Hope with happy patience, 
 
 to Heauen may go : 
 And there with loy at Mercies gate 
 
 recciue that Grace, 
 Where ncuer Soule that thou doft hate, 
 
 mayhaucaplace. 
 
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