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A09194
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Coach and sedan, pleasantly disputing for place and precedence the brewers-cart being moderator.
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Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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STC 19501; ESTC S110325
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his horses want not water Sixtly Againe Coach if your Lord or Master bee disposed in an evening or any other time to goe to an house of good-fellowship the rude and unmannerly multitude call such Baudie-houses and your Lady or Mistris when you come home aske where you have beene you shall say your Lord or Master hath beene turning and looking over some Bookes in a French liberarie 6. You shall leave altogether your old woâ—nt that is when your Knight or Ladie or both are gone to the Church suffer your man to goe to the Ale-house and there to stay till prayer or Sermon bee done but see him a Gods name goe to Church to learne to serve God better and to mend his manners 7. Your man also shall leave that old knavish tricke of tying a horse haire very straight about the pastornes of your horse feete which presently will make him halt then to tell your Master hee is lame and will not serve his turne procuring after some horse-courser to buy him at an under price then sell him againe and after you two share the money betwixt you 8. Speake well of Water-men and offer them no wrong besides know they are a Corporation and boats were before Coaches I will undertake for them not to hurt you they are my friends and acquaintance and I deale much in their Element 9. If your Lord or Knight be invited to my Lord Majors the Sheriffes or any other great or eminent mans house to dinner because wee know not in these times who wee may trust let your man be sure to search and examine the celler well for feare of Treason 10. If Coach you happen to goe to a Christening or any publique banquet see that you turne your man loose like an Hogge under an Apple-tree among the comfitts and sweete-meates and let him shift 11. Leave in any case that ill custome yee have of running over people in a darke night and then bid them stand up 12. In Terme times you shall drive in the streetes faire and softly for throwing dirt upon Gentlemens clokes and Lawyers gownes going too and comming from Westminster 13. You shall have an especiall â—are of little children playing in Summer time in the streets greens high-waies and such places you shall endeavour to keepe your selves sober from over much drinking for by Coach-men overtaken with drinke many have lost their limmes yea some their lives 14. You shall carrie none without leave of your Lord Lady or Master 15. You shall not Coach as you are accustomed take up into you every groome and lacquay to lie tumbling with his dirtie feete upon your Lords Velvet or cloth Seats and Cushions but let their leggs carry them in the open streete with a mischiefe 16. You have a trick and custome which I wish were amended and reformed that if your Knight or Lady be out of the way froÌ„ home out of the Citie for some spending money to carrie tradesmens wives waiting-maides and young-wenches somtime to Brainford to Barnet Tottenham Rumford and such places to meete and to be merry with their sweet-hearts while all the way they goe they sit smiling and laughing to see how the poore inferior sort foote it in dirt and mire and hereby they grow so prowd that ever after they accounâ— themselues companions for the best Ladies 17. Coach if you are to goe a journey twenty thirty or more miles into the Countrey see that you are provided of all necessariesâ— that your Lady and her women may stand in heâ—d of by the way you know what I meane and never be unprovided of a bottle or two of the best Strong-waters 18. You shall be no hindrance to poore people who shall demaund and aske the charitable almes of your Lord or Ladie much lesse revile them or lash them over the faâ—es with your whip 19. And honest Coach at my request be very careful in going over 〈◊〉 places quick-sands unknowne waters and narrow bridges 20. If a man of manlike behaviour and fashion casually fall lame by the way or by some accident be wounded whereby he is unable to travell you shâ—ll out of Christian Charitie imitating the good Samaritane take him up helpe him wherein you can â—arâ—y him â—o hiâ— Inne 21. You shall offer your brother Sedan no manner of wrong but intreat him with all love and friendship giving him the wall you keeping your naturall and proper walke the middle of the streete 22. Lastly you shall be affable and curteous to all endevouring to get the good will and good word of every one especially your fellows in the hovse that having the love of your Master and Lady they may settle you in a Farme of theirs in your old age and marrying the Chamber maid ever after give them leave to lash that will So much brother Coach for you now honest Sedan something I have to say to you though not much First as you tender the love and friendship of your Brother Beere-Carâ— observe these rules and admonitions You shall from this time forward live with Coach in perfect Love and Amitie to defend and helpe him in all casualties and ever-more to speake well of him behind his backe You shall never carrie any infected person You shall never take into your charge any one that is beaâ—tly drunke at any Taverne or Ale-house but rather give a Porter leave to carrie him to his lodging in his Basket You shall not meddle with any Exchang-Wenches Semsters or hand-some Laundrâ—sses to carrie them to any Gentle-mans private Chamber or Lodging therâ— to shew their wares and commodities You shall never endanger your selves with carrying matters of great charge as Money Plate Iewells Boxes of evidences writings and the like You shall never carrie Coach-man againe for the first you ever carried was a Coach-man for which you had like to have sufferd had not your Master beene the more mercifull You shall see your bottomes be sound that grosse and unweldie men slip not thorow You shall carrie no manner of Beast for any mans pleasure Bears-Whelp Surbated-Hound Baboone Musk-cat or the like You shall have an espâ—â—iall care to keepe your Chaires cleane and sweet both within and without suffer no Tobacco which many love not to be taken in them and wish the Painter to adde to his Verd ' greace and Linseed-oyle in his painting a small quantitie of the Oyle of spike for the better smell And â—ince the wâ—akest goes to the wall take you the wall I charge you of all Porters Bakers Costard-mongers Carmâ—n Coaches and in a word of all in generall saving Beere-Carâ— who after you are wearrie and tired will bee at hand to doe you any manner of serviâ—â— especially to revive your decayed spirits And last of all with which I will conclude because at the Court you are friendly used and often times admitted within the gates which your brother Coach never is you shall take nothing at any time for carriage of the Kings great Porter