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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21208	A new merry newes as merry as can bee, from Italy, Barbary, Turkie, and Candee.	Elderton, William, d. 1592?	1606 (1606)	STC 7558; ESTC S117599	4,740	17

also inacted by the toritie aforesaid That good inquiry and héede shall be made By all manner of person or persons that for our honour doe occupie wine tunnes that they search among their guesse that sit at euery messe that they that haue the richest faces May be set in the highest places And haue contribution By the Coppersmiths Commission For we perceiue and sée For déedes of charitie Red noses be a very great reléefe For to giue they néede not to care they haue enough to spare Without any gréefe And if néede requier Such a nose may serue a Dier to die a liuely hew A crimsen in graine that will neuer staine A purple or a blew These gifts and many mo The very truth is so Are giuen to goodly faces Besides a merry heart And a truth that will not start From friends in friendly places The Armes BE it also enacted by the toritie aforenamed That there shall be an Armes framed That shall be warranted by this our Commission And let Heralds deuise that haue erudition Thrée copper funnells standing on a tunne Thrée vine branches riping in the sunne Thrée tall fellowes filling copper kettles And Towles the Coppersmith trying out of mettles And on the left side three brazen faces To set out the Armes according as the grace is Blazed in a gréene field among goodly vines Because red noses are nourished with wines Also it is enacted and made By the toritie aforesaid That the Coppersmiths of euery Nation May take prentizes to this occupation To carry wine-pots for yeares two or thrée And as they waxe able to make them all frée Prouided alwaies that none come in cleare But shew a red nose once in a yeare Prouided further if any doe chance To claime the fréedome of the Old Hance His nose must be as ragged as a rocke Full of blew veines of an antient stocke And euery such one must pay at his entry A quart of red wine at St. Martins in the Centry and at their admittance to continue their troth A brother of the company must giue them their oath Holding their fingers fast on the pot Taking good héede they forget it not Or at least waies lay hold on the cup and when they haue doue drinke the drinke vp And what euery such shal be charged to sweare The gods haue decréed the oath ready to heare Heere followeth the Oath YE shal sweare to be true to the kan the cup and if it be a full pot ye shall drinke it vp And if you do chance to drinke with your brother that hath a red nose and you haue another Part and part like you must equally pay And if any one step in by the way that hath any mettle flush in his face Make him to settle and say you a grace And in any wise looke to your daily drinke That your own colours be not suffered to shrink And sée ye performe M. Towles Commission And shew your selues ready in euery condition Ye shall to these things substancially looke So help ye god Bacchus now sweare by the book The end of the Oath ANd because this company shall not decay But to the gods and goddesses pray And doing their duty solemnly appeare Be it enacted that once in a yeare they haue a great dinner with great discretion And afore dinner a generall procession And afore the procession looke wel to your losse And sée that Nose autem doe carry the crosse And Nose Gloriare shall kéepe the whole quier And Libra Nose set Sencers afire And Ne Nose shall be the holy water Clarke Let Salua Nose light lamps in the darke Iustifica Nose shall say Deprofundis ●etifica Nose shall pray for Iocundis O Beata Nose shall begin to say grace While thy nose my nose set coūtenance in place and euery one that mis. to goe on procession this Shall forfet to the place all the mettell in his face And this Commission shall be at all times A warrant to the coppersmith and his assignes Any prouiso couenant clause Order matter or other cause To the contrary notwithstanding But to be executed with good handling Giuen at Candie Among the good Malmesey VNder the shadow and shape of the Vines And sealed w c the signet of our copper coines In the day of birth of the man in the Moone When Bacchus and Venus was set ouer shoone Here followeth a song GOd be with Alsinadon That made the Tankards long agone For sure he was a merry man And liued many a day And Ienkin was his iourney man A verie good companion For he would drinke with euery man And thus was woont to say To whom drinke you Sir knaue to you with hey ioly Ienkin I sée a knaue a drinking And trole the bole to me ●nd Ienkin would be married than ●o Good-ales daughter of the Swan ●is Nose was like a Copper pan and that very gay When Ienkin and his wife was wed ●ey had no light to go to bed But as God would Ienkins nose was red ●●d led them both the way To whom drinke you c. When Ienkin did awake at night ●e saw his Chamber very light ●e told his wife there was a Sp●ight 〈◊〉 Made all his chamber shine ●nd I was in a dreame quoth shée ●…e Sprite was in the Buttrie But I beléeue the light you sée ●ommeth from your nose and mine to whom drinke-you c. ●he good wife made no more delay ●ut coniured straight the sprite away ●…d Ienkin got a goodly boy 〈◊〉 Of Copper-nose his wife ●…d hauing money ynough wherewith ●e put him to the Copper-smith ●o bring him vp into the pith ●ho loued him as his life To whom drinke you c. ●he Copper-smith like an honest man Sent Ienkins sonne to Candy than To buy some malmsey if he can Where Ienkin was wel knowne He neuer came in any place But men did maruaile at his face So rested with the Copper mace And set with pearle and stone To whom drinke you c. And Ienkin went to sée his sonne Woe worth the time that he begunne He was drowned in a malmzey tunne alacke and well away Now Gentlemen with the copper Nole I pray you drinke to Ienkins soule and gentle Drawer fill the bowle And tell vs what to pay To whom drinke you c. W. Elderton Finis