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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07556	Londons miserie, the countryes crueltie with Gods mercie. Explained by remarkeable obseruations of each of them, during this last visitation. VVritten by Richard Milton.	Milton, Richard.	1625 (1625)	STC 17939; ESTC S112778	18,491	41

eighteenth of the month that was the weeke Now not so much for humaine helpes we seeke But ready for Deaths stroake we do prepare And for to gaine heauens Crowne is all our care Daily we see our Friends and neighbours dye And who can say is next ore he or I The shunning now of sicke is not respected For who doth know whose house is not infected They are not now pent vp doores are open No coy there is with any to be spoken But one with other do consort together And as for danger few of vs care whether The partie we are with be sicke or no Onely we aske him whether it be so And where the paine proceedes rising or spot And to their beds we go for we are not So timerous but do approach them neere And with our best aduise we do them cheere And being dead now we such kindnesse haue None will refuse to bring them to the graue But after Beeres we throng without disdaine And in our iudgement hold it very vaine If we should not our last performance lend To such a neighbour or to such a Friend Discourteous vnfit and eke faint-hearted Thus did we meete and thus we kindly parted VVEll may I say to many a Country lout Of this our Kingdome where 's the valour stout Possest your fearefull hearts what is the matter That so for feare your very teeth do chatter VVithin your heads why do your bones so shiuer As if you neyther had nor heart nor liuer To see a London man oh y' are vndone Venture not neere but as farre from him runne As Furlongs two containe at least oh flye His very breath will smell as farre as eye Can ere behold him are you not a sham'd And in all good mens iudgements to be blam'd I am not ignorant of your churlish dealing The wound that open is will need long healing Of your vnkindnesse shew'd to our poore City Hard hearted men you should haue had more pitty You thinke vs Cowards you the worthies are And who but you for sturdie men of warre How is it now doe you not plainly see London doth yeeld as stout as any he Liues on your clotted grounds as doe appeare We stand not in such dread nor do we feare The losse of our poore lifes for in a word Although we in a manner see the sword Of the Almighties Iustice euer wauing Ouer our heads killing many crauing Yet from the venger do we neuer shrinke No we perswaded be and surely thinke That he is euery where and that he can And if please him send to the Country man As great a sicknesse as he hath to vs Thus I perswade my selfe and euen thus Should you perswaded be and vnderstand That the best meanes for to auoyd God hand Is not to flye but to approach him neere With heartie sorrow take heed how we we beare Our selues hereafter that we not offend Else worser iudgements God to vs can send VVhere ere we be with you I haue now done Lord with what longing do the people runne To know what number this next weeke haue dyde And now blest be his name we haue espide A happy ceasing of his anger past For in this weeke they dyed not so fast Foure thousand eight hundred one and forty fell Though a great number it reioyst vs well To see a ceasing and with thankfull minde VVe gaue Gods thankes for that he was so kinde And by the way now this is to be noted And will be markt by those that are deuoted When we were now euen hurl'd into despaire And scarse car'd whether day was foule or faire Such a perplexity were wee driuen in That how the world went we weigh'd not a pin VVhen we were almost weare now with crying And almost past all hope for ought relying At the Almighties hands loe euen then He gan to shew vnto vs sinfull men Some tokens that his anger will not long Continue if so be wee sing the song Of true repentance I remember well The Prohibition of our fast daies fell This very weeke the ceasing was before VVe cannot then directly say therefore That they were cause so many were infected I hope there 's few that are so ill affected As so to thinke did we not meete together And as I sayd before we car'd not whether Daily and hourely 'bout our worldly ends Some one for one thing others see their Friends Lye visited sicke with well we mingle Those that are well from sicke we cannot single Yet many of vs were both well and sound And I amongst the rest this fauour found Blest be his holy name no more of this Now in my minde a home-bred story is Of one I knew a Country-man of mine Hardly deseruing here to haue a line Who did refraine the Church so wise was he So did his sonne lest they infect might be VVhat I insert I heard it to be true And I thinke God their iudgment gaue them due Neyther in Church or Church yard did they dye But in the open Fields there did they lye ANd one thing more I thought good to obserue Whether it obseruation do deserue Or no I pray you iudge this did I find When we vnto each other were most kind And feared not the visited to see Yet euen at that time I noted we Did find a ceasing which did plainly shew That we vnto the Almighty much did owe For his great loue beyond imagination And farre beyond all humaine expectation For fore that time most were of iudgement still The reason why so many there were ill VVas cause they tooke not heed nor much respected To keepe themselues from those that were infected The last great sicknesse it did fall out so As I haue heard well let vs forwards goe Not that I thinke the sicknesse not infect For many then my iudgement will reiect For to the contrary it doth appeare Therfore I 'de wish no mortall wight come neere Infected persons to presume too much Vnlesse occasions so great be such As eyther them to helpe or helpe themselues Else should I count them for presuming Elues VVEarie with toyle and with sad cares opprest Let now my muse from this sad straine take reft Neuerthelesse but for a little while And giue me leaue but onely for to smile At worldlings folly how with care they striue To keepe their earthly Carcasses aliue Whilst others pining do desire to dye Respectlesse of their liues such misery They do sustaine y wrapt in cruell loue Or else some higher crosses from aboue For recreation I thinke best befits In time of sadnesse to reuiue our wits With honest mirth a story for to tell The best I haue marke then how it befell In Gloster shiere a parcell of this Land There Cheltenham my natiue Towne doth stand Many a braue lad hath there beene bred and bore As well in these our times as long before VVho hand to hand in battle would men thrill Ere they from them would suffer any ill

iustly might be stild Vngratefull subiects likewise know 't was he Gaue speciall order that a booke should be Read in our Fasts of Prayers and Psalmes selected Fit for the times so greatly he respected The safetie of our soules another Booke By him was fet forth wherein if you looke Medcines for bodies health did there insert With wary visements how we should diuert Or keepe our selues from causes of Infection VVhat else to do he gaue to vs direction BVt well-away before the moneth is gone How many thousands left vs here alone And gaue vs leaue to fast and eke to pray For neither wealth nor Counsell could them stay Both rich and poore away now doe they hye Both old and young they care not where they lye In barnes or hay-cockes fields or vnder tree Nor how they fare so London they not see LOndon that heretofore had such Renowne Is not respected as a common Towne Her glories darkned and her strength decayde And those that trusted in her are afraide For to come neere her London that heretofore VVhich for the bignesse sure was people more Then any City in the world againe Doth say when God is angrie 't is but vaine To trust in multitude but I call to minde VVhen 't did abound with men then most vnkinde Full many of vs grudge to haue it so Thinking the cause thereof procur'd vs woe So many of a trade thus did we grieue That one man by another could not liue Sure God was angrie with vs now you see The Citie of large multitudes are free Where is the doings that should now abound Sure nothing else but wayling is there found For want of those that in the same did dwell And when woe will be done we cannot tell BVt shall I leaue our fellow brethren so And not vouchsafe a little for to go To bring them out of towne at least-wise know The fauour iolly Country men did shew To strangers and to kin but fitst alas You know t is fitting they should haue a passe Whither he be a wiseman or an Asse Vnlesse he meane to lye vpon the grasse The which vnto the Country men they shew Contents whereof doth let all people know That where Almighty God more is the pitty With sicknesse now had visited the Citty Yet notwithstanding blest be his high hand Their dwelling house amongst the rest doth stand Free from infection nay some thought it meete To set downe in their writing all the streete Wherein they dwelled prays'd be God was cleare And therefore as for that you neede not feare To giue them entertainment this safe kept Made many that at first full sweetly slept In wholesome beds and likewise to fare well But afterwards it otherwise befell London they thought all ouer was infected And therefore they no passes now respected VVAndring in Fields some here some there do lye And by the way there 's many of them die A grieuous spectacle for to behold And causing teares may for to heare it told To see that Christians should be so estrang'd And from their marke Christianitie so rang'd That from another they no loue can haue So farre as to vouchsafe them to their graue But leaue them merciles eu'n where they die And so expose them to the rauenous eie Of Foules and other vermine verie vnfit And surely shewes small loue or little wit In these our Countrie-men but I alas Am gone too farre with you how shall I passe From whence I came you know I am expected And let not London be by me neglected FAsts are continued Wensday is the daie And many of vs I dare boldly say Did carefully obserue them many moe I do perswade me did not keep them so As fit they should 't is goodly for to see How yet our Churcher fild with people be And with attention do the Preacher heare Although so many durst not venture there For feare of further harme I neuer heard Such zealous Preaching that was still conferd Vnto the hearers braue renowned men That so encourag'd vs I would my pen Had all the arte that might be to giue praise Vnto your worthy actions many waies You did declare your selues like Champions stout And were the only men that held vs out From fainting Physitions they were fled Onely a few amongst the rest some dead And griefe to speake but true it is God wot Of your owne Coate too many tarried not To those that staid then you gaine double praise For taking paines when Halcion were our daies And sticke not now your liues for vs to spend Euen your owne bloods so that you might but end Twixt God and vs the strife this was your care Thus Moses humbly sought the Lord to spare Hard hearted Iewes full often was he heard And I perswade my selfe God hath not bard Sweet mercies gate so fast but one time he Or other with our prayers will pleased be Go on therefore surely of God y'blest And let not the Almighty yet take rest Vntill that by his mercies we do finde Gods wrath appea●de and he of other minde And next on earth then you shall haue the praise Men wiues and children shall with pleasing laies Haue cause to sing your Victories about And say you were their Champions fell and stout That Iacob like did wrastle with the Lord And held him fast vntill he did affoord To hold his hand and this great sicknesse stay This may be said of you another day ALthough the Sunne shinde bright the Heauens faire Yet still we thought corrupted was the ayre Great cause it was of sicknesse so we thought And so by learned writers were we tought It to auoide the best aduice we take To cleere the Ayre great Bonesiers we make Before our doores as likewise pans of fire Ymixt with pitch so greatly we desire Cause of Infections cease then thought it meete That euery one at home or else in streete As they did passe should to a Nose-gay smell Held in their hands which would do very well Some made of Hempe Pitch others thought fit To vse some other Sents which I omit And Franckensence in houses do we burne And vse all other meanes we can to turne That into sweete we thought corrupted was Le ts leaue off this and tell what came to passe ANd now imagine Iuly we haue past August the Moneth is wherein we so fast Do leaue this world to seeke another rest Where in one weeke there died at the least Fiue thousand soules two hundreth and fiue They 'd make a faire shew to be seene aliue So many thousands in the Country gone And we so few in number left alone And yet so many in one weeke should dye So many courses that I thinke nere eye Did ere behold dayly and howerly passe Within this Citty infinite griefe alas Must needes possesse those that are left aliue And for our safeguard how do we now striue These lines ensuing will directly tell Please you peruse them and to marke them well THe