wares c. by meanes whereof much of the Bâ—…ukrupts estate is concealed and deteined from the Creditors For cleering the said doubt Bee it Declared and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that after such time as any person shall by the said Commissioners executing the said Commission or the greater part of them bee lawfully adjudged or declared to be a Bankrupt the said Commissioners executing such Commission shall have power and authority to examine upon Oâ—…th the wife and wives of all and every such Bankrupt for the finding out and discovery of the estate and estates goodâ—… and chattels of such Bankrupt or Bankrupts concealed secretly kept or disposed of by such wife or wives in their own persons or by their owne act or meanes or by any other person or persons And that shee and they the said wife and wives shall incur such danger and penalty for not coming before the said Commissioners or for refusing to bee sworne and examined or for not disclosing the truth upon her or their examination or 〈◊〉 as in and by the said former Lawes or â—…yther of them is already made and provided against any other Person or Peâ—…sons in like Casâ—…s And if any Bâ—…nkrupt shâ—…ll upon his or her exâ—…ination taken before the said Commâ—…ssioners be found frauduâ—…ently or deceitfâ—…lly to have conveyâ—…d awâ—…y his or her goods chattels c. to the vâ—…lue of twenty pounds or above purposely to hindâ—…r the execution of this Statute shall not upon his or her examination discover unto the said Commissioâ—…ers and if it lie in their power deliver to the said Commissioners all that estate goods and chatâ—…els so fâ—…audulently and deceitfully conveyed away shâ—…ll or may bee indicted for such fâ—…aud or abuâ—…e at the Assizeâ—… or generall Sessions c. and if upon such Indictment or Indictments the Bâ—…nkrupt bee thereof convicted hee or shee so convicted shall bee seâ—… upon the Pillory in some publick place for the space of two houres have one of his or her ears nailed to the Pillory and cut off And for that some doubt is conceived whether the CoÌ„ nâ—…ssioners in case of resistance have power by the former Lâ—…wes to breake opâ—…n or cause to bee broken open the House or Houses of suâ—…h Bankrupts c. Bee it therefore Enacted That in execution of the sâ—…id Commission it shâ—…ll bee lawfull to and for the said Commissioners or any other Person or Persons by them or the greater part of them deputed by their warrant or warrants under their hands and seales to breake open the House or Houses chambers shops warehouses c. where thâ—… said Bankrupt or any of his or her goods or estate shall be or reputed to be and to seize them and order the Body Goods and Chattels ready money and other estate of such Bankrupt as by the said formerâ—… Lawes are limited and appointed And for the better division and distribution of the Lands Tenements Hereditaments c. amongst his or her Creditors Bee it Enacted that the Commissioners or the greatest part of them shall and may examin upon Oath or by any other waies or meanes as to them shall seeme meete any Person or Persons for the finding out and discovery of the truth and certaintie of the severall debts due and owing to all such Creditor and Creditors as shall seeke reliefe by such course of Commission to bee used forth as aforesaid And that all and every Creditor and Creditors having security for his or their severall Debts by Judgement Statute Recognizance c. or having made Attachment in London or any other place by virtue of any custome there used of the goods and chattels of any such Bankrupt whereof there is no Execution or Extent served and executed upon any the Lands Tenements Hereditaments Goods Chattels and other estate of such Bankrupt before such time as hee or shee shall or doe become Bankrupt shall not bee relieved upon any such Judgement Statute Recognizance Specialty Attachment or other security for more then a reteable part of their just and due debts And bee it further Enacted That if any the Lands Tenements Goods Chattels Debts or other estate of any Bankrupt bee extended after such time as hee or shee is become a Bankrupt by any person or persons under colour or pretence of his or their being an accountant or any way indebted unto our Soveraigne his Heirs or Successors that then it shall bee lawfull to and for the said Commissioners to examine upon Oath whether the said Debt were due to such Debtor or Accomptant And if such contract was originally made it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Commissioners to order determine and dispose of all such Lands Tenements Hereditaments Goods Chattels and Debts so extended as aforesaid to and for the use of the Creditors which shall seeke reliefe by the said Commission And for that it often falls out that many persons before they become Bankrupt doe convey their goods to other men upon good consideration yet still doe keepe the same and are reputed the owners thereof and dispose the same as their owne Bee it Enacted That if at any time hereafter any person or persons shall become Bankrupt and at such time as they shall become Bankrupt shall by the consent and permission of the true owner and proprietarie have in their possession order and disposition any goods or chattels whereof they shall bee reputed owners and take upon them the sale alteration or disposition as owners that in every such case the said Commissioners or the greater part of them shall have power to sell and dispose the same tâ—… and for the benefit of the Creditors which shall seeke reliefe by the said Commission as fully as any other part of the estate of the Bankrupt And for the better payment of debts and discouraging meâ—… to become Bankrupts Bee it further Enacted that the said Commissioners on whom this Authority is expresly conferred or the greateâ—… number of them shall have power by virtue of this Act by Deede indented and inrolled within six monethâ—… after the making thereof in some of his Majestieâ—… Courts of Record at Westminster to grant bargain sell and convey any Manors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments whereof any Bankrupt iâ—… oâ—… shall be in any waies seized of any estate in tayle in possession reversion or remainder and whereoâ—… no reversion or remainder is c. to any person oâ—… persons for the reliefe and benefit of the Creditoâ—… of all such Bankrupts c. And bee it further Enacted That if any persoâ—… 〈◊〉 now is or hereafter shall become Bankrupt have hereâ—…fore granted conveyed or assured oâ—… shall at any time hereafter grant convey or assurâ—… anâ—… Lands Tenements Hereditaments Goods Châ—…ttels or other Estate unto any person or persons upon condition or power of redemption atâ—… day to come by payment of money or otherwise That it shall and may bee lawfull to and for thâ—… said Commissioners or
hee who thus from Justice did decline Us'd such corruption in Severus time Were he the greatest man within his Court Selling his people smoke had smoked for 't Or borne the highest sway in Xerxes dayes And fed his Client-Subjects with delayes Hee had been sure as in his life appeares To have his hatefull skin pul'd ore his eares Yet has this got a Pardon and much more By an imposed fine beg'd long before For this same worldly wise oppressing Hammon Hath made him friends by his unrighteous MaÌ„men Fore-seeing well he stood on such salse ground His naughty cause would force him to compound Whence there appears great wrong for it is sed Such have his Fine as nere were injured The poore-ones suffer and their wrongs express But all their cries can get them no redress Which if our Prince so gracious is he knew Hee 'd cause him make what restitution's due And feed none such in their unbounded riot Who with their surfeits doe the State disquiet But see by talking of these corrupt Benches I 'de like to have forgot three of my Senses Nor were 't a wonder Some by being crost In course of Justice all their Senses lost Well might I then forget my Senses too Having with unjust men so much to doe But I have heard more than I meane to tell My Eare is clos'd now must I to my Smell THis Sense in mee doth such delight begit As Mines of Treasures shall not purchase it In every secret corner of my Grate I can Smell some abuses in the State Here one both great and of as strong a savor By going brisk and neate creepes into favor Another holds concurrence with the time And hee will fall before he will not clime Here a brave spritely Youth who as they say Waâ—… but a Ladies pagâ—… the other day And such was femal bounty liv'd upon her Refines my Smell with his perfumed honor There one who hath more worship farr then wit And more estate than pate to mannage it Here one a lovely Lady in her time Paints to repaire those Lillies that decline Who old in yeeres but youthfull in desire Cold in the pulse but hot in fancies fire And her I Smell for though her face be dyed With purest colours she is Mortified No Saint yet earthly sented for her breath Proves she is mortall and must cope with death But who coms here Ismel one neer approaching What Madam would doe all the day long Coaching I know her well shee doth a Husband want And 's held the only choice Court-visitant For feminine discourse though now and then She talks so broad she 'd shame a thousand men How far this Dame is out of knowledge growne Some ten yeeres since shee came but to the town With a french fidler and sung northern jigs And after sold false Tyres and Periwigs The very first inventresse of Goats haire Ceruse from Venice and adultrate ware Besides shee purchas'd of a Jew of late A fucus for the face at such a rate As had Some Ladies nere desir'd to try it And paid well for 't shee had been loser by it Yet howsoere this Maquerella trade She 's tane in Court and City for a maid Though I suspect for I have heard it said Shee stood in neede once of Lucina's ayd Buâ—… shee is now grown great what matter then If Lais-like shee cope with twenty men For there is none held now in all our Nation So fiâ—… to give young Ladies education So gracefull in her carriage and discourse Though vertue say shee never heard a worse For shee whom vertue guides will never seeke With shop-bought beauty to adorn the cheeke But ' zlid who 's this smels in my nose so rank Pandora that same Lady Mountebank Who keeps a Catalogue of all diseases And choice receits to cure them as shee pleases Besides Provocatives shee has such plenty Her well-frequented Shop is never empty If an affection to a wench should move you Shee has a powder too will cause her love you Are you by night time troubled with the Mare About your great toe shee will ty a haire Or subject unto dreaming shee 'll assure you She has a soveraign oyle will throughly cure you Or pain'd with aches shee has in her pack A Balm that cur'd one tortuâ—…'d on the Rack Or hyde-bound she has by her such a Stone As it hath pow'r to raise the skin from bone Shee has a water that in little space Will take away all wrinkles from the face Renue the blood refresh a wasted brain And like Medaeas charme bring youth again And if you would beleeve what she 'll relate Shee 'll tell you of a cure shee wrought of late Upon a greatâ—…nd â—…nd noble person too Who struâ—…k in age yet had a mind to woo A fresh young girle but he thought the sight Of his white-haires would dash his motion quite Which to preveâ—…t hee to this Artist came Who by receits as quickly cur'd the same Within four daies all his white-haires were reft him Whiâ—…h I beleeve for not a hayre was left him Briefly for all cures shee so far surpasses Galen and Paracâ—…lsus were but Asses Compaâ—…'d to her sith there be greater store Of Maladies then hâ—…ve been heretofore When nationall diseases that diâ—… show Their dire effects to some one place or two Aâ—…e â—…ow grown universalâ—… for 〈◊〉 than French Dutch Italian Neopolitan Have sought unto oâ—… Coast their Sores to carry Where they aâ—…e grown iâ—… time 〈◊〉 But who is thiâ—… I sâ—…nt A 〈◊〉 of dust And mouldred ashes yeâ—… as full of luâ—…t As iâ—… her strâ—…ing blood bâ—…gun to melt With 〈◊〉 â—…f youth 〈◊〉 â—…ere â—…d winter felt Has she no 〈◊〉 mâ—… 〈◊〉 shâ—… should stir him Shâ—…e hâ—…s a Husband but she cares not for him Those â—…hat are chaste affect no choice but shee Would surfeiâ—… had shee not varietie So strong 's her appetite that in her plenty She glories more then if shee were but twenty Such sweetness brings sins custom as once in Delight in Sin removes all sense of Sin More do I smell for I am not invited But with my Smelling only am delighted A solemn bride-pie which upon my life Is for that fox-furd Burgomasters wife Now gone to marry and has hope to breed Yet has not one sound tooth in all her head So as this youth struts by his old Trots side For all the world like Battus with his Bride But stand for see his Crest displaid in paste One who nere lov'd the church to church doth hastâ—… To spouse his youthfull Bride whom as 't is said Hee in heâ—… Husbands life time formalled Whose corpse scarce cold no nor the poorest worm Entred his coffin nor his shroud-sheet torn His Obits done or funeral-torch burn't out But shee 's so hot shee needs must go unto 't Where arm in arm and cheeke to cheeke they meetâ—… Leaving her dead Lord to his winding-sheete Whence I conclude as Sexton once did cry With a
their care our neighbours House a fire bids us beware I follow'd warlike Tillie at the tayle When with streight siege he closed Frankindale To Berg'apsome I did my progresse make Where I much muz'd how Spynola could scape When in his Campe hee was so gyrt about As feare got in but nothing could get out Though plots seeme deepe one may their bottom sink But I were mad if I ' de speake all I think Nor is my observation so restrain'd As if it earthly objects only aim'd More high Mysterious speculation's given To view those Signes and Wonders are in heaven Prodigious formes and figures in the ayre All which impressions lately frequent were Neere sieged Prague and other Cities too Who have sustain'd what foe or fate could doe At Turein two miles from Egeria Within the kingdome of Bohemia Next to a Stew where I with others stood I saw a Table and a Form sweat blood Which I observ'd and forthwith did divine There would succeed a blood effusing time From whence dislodg'd no sooner did I come Unto the famous City Lintium Then there appeared a fear-increasing vision Which ore the City shewd this apparition Two Swords stood pointing one against another With furious Armies skirmishing together All which I made th' inhabitants beleeve Would some impressions in their City leave Assuring them to make mine Art more knowne These ayrie Armies would surprize the Towne This caus'd a strict watch to be duely kept And I did laugh at this while others wept For it was far above my element To know what these strange Apparitions meant Though my conjectures were esteem'd more true Then th' unknown Palmistry of any Jew But lest the Statute bring me into question This is the least I use in my profession Unlesse in forrain Countries where there be So few that practise this same Mysterie As they will lodg a Wizard in their brest But ever prize North-Britain Wizards best Thus I 've inrich'd my selfe with Observation And gaind me such renoune within this Nation That be my weekly Corrants nere so strange They passe for current-novells on th' Exchange So as upon my knowledge their esteeme Hath staid the vent of better labors cleane Yea there be divers Stationers in the Citie Who had been broke the more had beene the pitie Had not my high priz'd travels been brought hether Which kept them up from going down the wether And now these are which seems to mee most rare Held by our Stage-gulls for oracular Not any story or occurrent passes But is authentick truth with these sage-Asses Who neighbourly confer upon a bench Of such a Rampire Palisado Trench Of such a Conquest such a Battaile lost And what a world of Christian lives it cost This they peruse which they perusing send Into the Country to some speciall friend Who may p◅take these news without delay And these become as credulous fools as they For though to give my thriving-works their due Scarce among twenty one relation's true Yet on their truth not one of them will stand But spread their fame abroad from hand to hand Nor bee my Corants only Ale house talke Nor for Duke Humfries Knights who Pauls doe walke For I have seene the very Pulpits smooke With some extractions rifled from my booke Which howsoere they could not well beare water Yet would they serve for want of better matter But there 's no place so highly prizeth mee As where out Ordinary Gallants bee For there am I admir'd and to my grace Preferred ever to the highest place Where my loose glibbrie tongue is prating still Travels more strange then those of Mandevill Yea you shall see some score of Gallants stand Each with a Table booke within their hand To take observance of such speciall heads As from the forge of my discourse proceeds Which they relating duely now and then Makes them esteem'd for most accomplish'd men Now what may you imagine I deserve When these extract but that which I observe And gaine such praise as those Land-gulls who hear them Account them highly blest who neighbour neer thē But now because I 'm to my Country come I le shew you what I have observ'd at home And in each sev'rall place where I have beene Briefly unfold what I have heard or seene In Court I liv'd and living felt no scant But bravely surfeited on others want It was my ayme and I did ayme aright To winde me in with some Great-favorite Whose gracefull count'nance might support me still In all my courses were they good or ill Where I observ'd more good might be effected By meanes of One who was in Court respected Were his Cause ne're so faultie nor so weake Then a good Cause if he no friends could make The reason was though Justice bore ev'n hand From some of these there came a countermand Which cause he was a great Antagonist They durst not his authority resist Or else his meanes advanc'd them to that place Which mov'd them veile to him in any Case For this I held a grounded observation Justice to Greatnesse ever had relation For some of these oft get a place worth chusing By being married to a great-mans Cousin So firm's the linke of mutuall allyance Against all opposits it pleads defiance For other silken-Apes who spend their time In making their seer-bodies brisk and fine I hold it needlesse here to make report Because ther 's such an Ape just now in Court Who will describe himselfe in every lim Which makes me leave that labor unto him For our Court-Ladies very few I know Who racket it with their Comradoes now Our spritely Lords doe either Treasure lack Or else they want agility of back So as amongst a number ther 's scarce one But shee is eyther mortifide or gone One did I heare of but the other day Who now has throwne her lighter Roabs away And by a firm-friend whom she well approv'd Sent to the wife of that same Lord she lov'd How she resolv'd her good esteeme to win By wearing of a mourning-gowne for him But what 's the answer shee return'd to her I wish quoth she your Lady may not weare But what becomes her best in publique sight Her Suite must sute her selfe her selfe is light But if with mee shee 'll keepe a mourning part Shee must not mourn in Habit but in Heart And so no question doth shee for long since Shee lost the eye of her concupiscence Which makes me hope the eye-light of her mind Is cleerer far since th' outward eye was blind Thus be our Ladies matchlesse Converts held To whom no Suiters make but are repeld Though One I know nor was old Lais liker Unto her selfe then shee is to a striker In City likewise I remain'd a while Where I observ'd how Trades-men did beguile And in some darke part of their shop tooke care How they might vent their most deceitfull ware Here did I stay farre longer then I need That I with laughter might my humor feed For here
by doing others right For right and wrong though they contraries be Yet wrong does right if it bring in a fee Or a Physitian whose Empyrick Hand Must kill downe right before he understand Should apprehend remorse when as by doses He weighs his Physick out but not the losses Of his abused Patients who with grones Must loose their lives and substance both at once These haning novght to give must be forsaken And if they die the care is quickly taken Or a Civilian though Conscience be Thâ—… Oâ—…ject of his Law will loose his fee Or not protract a Cause and make a sturre By plodding some impertinent demurre For he such store of Presidents can show That their examples tell him what to doe And will secure him onely let pretences Guilded with sanctity disguise offences Or that a Rorâ—…r will his Oathes forbeare Or shudder when he does Gods judgements heare Oâ—… leave his Brothells or his midnight revells Oâ—… leave consorting with his femal Devels For so he should abandon all his joy And loose the Title of a roâ—…ing Boy No Sir these taskes surpasse a Critick straine And make him wash the Blackamoore in vaine Yet I persâ—…ade me you â—…xprest your zeale In your dimensions to the Commonweale And that your meaning was to waine the State From some of that which all good people hate But where sinne 's grow to ripenesse you must know Good meanings and intentions will not doe So delicate aâ—…e these corrupted times As none must taxe or taint â—…heir swâ—…lling crimes But tell me in good sadnesse what 's the cause To think your Lives more powerful then our Lawes If an Oppressor hatefull Contracts make Our Laws can bring him like a Beare to th' stake The Cunningst Church thiefâ—… be he neere so great When once detected for a Counterfeate Must not uncensur'd passe nor any one Who in a civill State shall throw a Bone So as in my Opinion from the State Such Stigmaticks doe highly derogate Who judge their Muse mongst men t' have more command Then all the Lawes and Statutes of our Land But to remove this Error I thinke fit If any one have mind to shew his wit That in obscurer manner he disclose it Least too much plainenesse make the Satyrâ—… lose it This moved some as in their workâ—…s we find In Hieroglyphicks to expresse their mind Or like choyce Heralds to finde out a Crest Fitting the forme and nature of the Beast As some of our spruce-silken Curtaine Lords Who shew their worth in their imperious words Have beene displaid and shadow'd to their shame Yet know not who nor where they wounded them But most of these their Dingity have lost And can of nought but painted 〈◊〉 boast This Course was held at first and ever since The freest from distaste and from offence For when we darkely write thanks be to Heav'n So small a portion of conceit is given To our Magnifico's as when they read us They understand us not or never heed us Which happy ignorance secures our pen And makes them laugh at us that nettle them In these darke colours have I drawnâ—… the shapes Of vicious Silke wormes in this Age of Apeâ—… Which shadow'd with a Vision may doe good To purge if not to purifie the blood Nor would I have this to be held in me Weaknesse of courage or timiditie For in a Cause where I intend to doâ—… Service to God I ne're did terror know Nor doe I see ought in this vale of tearâ—… Which should beget in me such fruitlesse feareâ—… The Substance I enjoy I nâ—…re did gather But as a Birth-right left me by my Father For had my fortunes hung upon my care My part had com'd unto an easie share But what I now possesse be it more or lesse I never wâ—…sh God may it longer blesse Then I shâ—…ll-willingly forgoe the same To honour God and magnisie his name Nor is my health so good that I should feare When s'ere 't please God my dissolution here Besides gray-hayres have caus'd me change my song Assuring me my dayes cannot be long Should I then in my Glorious Makers sight Play servile Sycophant or Parasite Should I now when my one foot is in grave Learne the obsequious posture of a knave Should I contemne my Soule when death is nie Or complement when I should learne to die Should I who ne're could fawne in all my dayes An unjust Man against my conscience praise No heav'ns forbid that I should taxe that thing In Subjects which I would not in a King Or praise that in a King which I 'le not doe Even in his Groome or meanest Subject too For howsoâ—…'re our Statists Some times frowne Seeing those darling vices of their owne Touch't to the quicke yet why should good men feare Such Impes who Sattin in and out side weare No in that cause where I desire to please My gratious God I scorne the threates of these But I returne unto my Critick now And will informe him too what he shall doe I know the Sate Sir desperately sick Where some Sores should be Lanced to the quick For they must not bee smooth'd or smeer'd with Oyle Least they attract a more impressive soile But how should this be done or how applde Before the member grow quite mortifide An art-full and experienc'd hand were fit And to that active hand a pregnant wit A grave and serious outside too would prove That they were types of what their selves did move For him unfit I hold to chastize sin Whose youth admits no downe upon his chin He should be of authority and power If he would be a powerfull monitour For such mens words like nayles enforce our passion Struck by the Rulers of a Congregation Yea this our owne experience doth teach We eye as much the person as the speech For if he be a man of worth or prize Speake what he will his person makes it wise Besides that life of his should be approv'd That his example may be better lov'd For it redounds unto the Teachers shame To taxe when he is guilty of the same Who aymes to shoote his shaft at many men Mâ—…y chance to hit himselfe too now and then Unlesse he blamelesse be which is so rare As to seeke such our labours we may spare Lest then this frumpe should in our dish be laid Phisitian cure thy selfe as hath been said Our Lifes should forme our Lines that after times May say our Life 's did paralel our Lines But why should we pursue this fruitlesse taske By striving Great-mens errors to unmaske Their discontent may by some censure move us But them we cannot hurt so far above us I hold it best then Critick we begin To let these Peers take their Careere in sin While we restraine our liberty of pen Untill we see Gods judgement waken them Have we not known of late some raised high That they with more disgrace and shame might die Who would have thought in such a civill State I