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A13495
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A shilling or, The trauailes of twelue-pence
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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1621
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STC 23793; ESTC S118272
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beardlesse smooth and plaine Because my Soueraigne was a child 't is knowne When as he did put on the English Crowne But had my stamp beene bearded as with haire Long before this is had beene worne out bare For why with me the vnthrifts euery day With my face downewards do at shoue-boord play That had I had a beard you my suppose Th 'had worne it off as they haue done my nose Yet doth my bare face sometimes now and than Make a young beardlesse Boy outface a man For any Boy and I doe both agree To outface any man that doth want me A crosse I beare vpon my other side A glorious figure of true Christian pride And with that crosse I any man can crosse From wrong to iniury from harme to losse And in me is such working powerfulnesse That those that haue me and both crosse and blesse The English and French Armes the Lyons flowres Shewes Fraunce a subiect once to Englands powres And when my Master did respire his breath His sisters Mary and Elizabeth Ordain'd new Twelue-pences with me to ioyne But altred not my badge vpon my Coyne Except a little which King Philip did Which Queene Elizabeth did soone forbid But since the comming of my Soueraigne Iames The Badge vpon my back more worth proclaimes And to mixe state with truth truth with delight Vpon the armes I carie thus I write Vpon the Kings Armes THree Lyons Passant borne by former Kings Subdues the Harp quarters the flowers of France Fourth Lyon Rampant equall honour brings Though hauing power to warre doth peace aduance Vnited in great Iames this Royall stile King of great Britaine Fraunce and Irelands Ile Thus Readers hauing printed for your reading My birth my rising my estate and breeding My Badge my face my Crosse my Annagram How mighty in my great command I am Now will I tell some trauels I haue had And humors of my Masters good and bad Some as I can remember I 'le recite Should I name all 't were almost infinite ONE ask'd the Cinnick wise Athenian The cause why siluer look'd so pale and wan He in reply was quick and answer'd straite Because so many for it lay in waite And did men thinke in what diuersity Of fashions men for me in waite doe lye They would agree together in a tale That I had reason to looke wan and pale I haue of Treason bin made Instrument To betray Kingdomes and to circumuent To vndermine and to subuert the states Of Empires and of mighty Potentates I haue caus'd murder cruell Homicide Foule Fratricide vnnaturall Paricide For which a curse doth vnto me remaine A Runnagate and Vagabond like Caine. And though that God in thund'ring Maiestie For bad man to haue any Gods but he Yet many thousands that commaund forget Not minding God their mindes on me they set To purchase me men haue forsworne and sworne And from the Booke of life their names haue torne For me the Sabaoth is prophan'd with workes Of Christians labours worse then Iewes or Turkes For me those Parents that haue nurst and bred Their Children by them are dishonoured For to haue me to endlesse ioy or woe Some children care not where their Fathers goe I with the deu'ls sole helpe my sole partaker Haue bin an vniuersall Cuckold-maker For where nor wit or beauty could come in In any shape I could admittance win I make the Husband sometimes keepe the dore The whil'st for me his wife doth play the whore And many times to moue all hell to laughter I made a Mother Bawde vnto her daughter I forc'd a Virgine cast off continence And Chastity and put on Impudence I made a reuerend Iudge to take a Bribe I made a Scribe a forged Name subscribe I caus'd a Miser sell his soule to hell Because I here on Earth with him should dwell And eighteene yeares he kept me day and night Lock'd in a Chest not seeing any light And though my lot was thus a Slaue to be Yet was he a farre worser Slaue to me For he had vow'd himselfe to death to pine Rather then spend one penny pot of wine Although he late had swallow'd downe his throat Stinking fresh Herrings threescore for a Groat And he did bide this slauish misery On purpose to debarre my liberty At last this poore rich base penurious Knaue Was borne the way of all flesh to his Graue And his braue heire vpon his backe had got A mourning merry sute long look'd I wote He the next day let flie the ill got treasure And I began to see some worldly pleasure From my old Masters Chest I was assum'd To my young Masters Pockets sweet perfum'd ' Ta bawdy house of the last new translation He bare me with him for his recreation There for a maydenhead he plaid a game Where eightscore more before had done the same There did my Master Knaue discharge the score And went and left me with my Mistris Whore I stay'd not in her seruice long for shee Was not two dayes before she set me free For hauing got a Frenchified heate She was prescrib'd a Dyet and a sweat She gaue me to the Surgeon for some Lotion For Vnguents and a gentle working Potion For Plaisters and for Oyntments in a Box And so I left my Mistris with a Pox. The Surgeon me to the Physitian sent From him I to th' Apothecaery went But there I thought that Hell I had beene in And all the Fiends had in his Boxes bin For it appear'd to me that all his drugs Had got the names of the infernall Bugs Zarzaparilla Colloquintida Auxungia Porci Cassia Fistula Egiptiacum Album Camphiratum Blacke Oxicrotium and white Sublimatum But soone my Master freed me from my feare He to the Tauerne went and left me there And whilst I in the Vintners house remain'd Some knowledge of my Masters state I gain'd Let no man say that drunke my selfe I showe For what I speake I vnderstand and knowe I 'le shew some discommodities that waite For the most part on euery Vintners state First if a rowe of houses stand together All of one bignesse form'd no oddes in either If one of them be to a Vintner let Amongst the rest at double rent 't is set Next if French Wine be twenty pounds the Tonne But a poore penny in a quart is wonne Besides he sometimes in the Caske doth finde Of Lees sixe Gallons for a Lagge behinde And more when in the Celler it is laid The Carmen and Wine-Porters must be paid And by misfortune if the Caske be weake Three or foure Gallons in the ground may leake Or taking vent it may grow dead and flat And then the Vintner little gets by that And if he be a fellow of free hart He now and then must giue a pint or quart His Candles night and day are burning still Within his Seller lest his Wines should spill And if two Kennell-rakers chance to come
Iosephus doth of Dauids Tombe thus write How th'hidden Treasure there was infinite The Basons Candlestickes and Censors all Lampes Organs Instruments most Musicall Ports Altar Tables Hindges the Gates to holde They were all made of pure Refined Golde Besides 600. Shields and Targets more The King causde all with Golde bee plated o're Besides the Richnes of his Royall Throne The like whereof elsewhere was neuer none When the Great Macedonian did subdue Darius and his haples Persian Crew 'T is said his Treasure did so much abound Twenty nine thousand Tallents there was found And more he faith if we may Credit this How that in Susa and Persepolis They found of Siluer to Encrease their store One hundred seauenty thousand Talents more When Cirus Conquer'd Cressus Cressus lost Three hundred Millions of good Golde almost 'T is writ that Midas Treasure so amounted Innumerable not to be Accounted Sardanapalus an Assirian King Neere eight score Millions to the Fire did bring VVhere Fifteene dayes did burne his house and pelfe His whores and 'mongst the rest his wretched selfe And Plutarch faith Marke Anthony spent cleare Of Golde full Sixe score Millions in one yeare VVhat should I speake of Cleopatraes Treasures Or wealth or Triumphs of the Roman Caesars Or what they were whose riches haue bin such Or who they are that now possesse too much But here 's the question seeing times of old Did yeeld such store of siluer and of gold And seeing daily more and more is found Digg'd in abundance from the solide ground I muse which way the deuill all is gone That I and thousand thousands can haue none I know my selfe as able to abuse it As any man that knowes well how to vse it But sure I neuer should my Master make it But as my seruant take it and forsake it I haue described in particular What Twelue-pence is how it hath trauell'd far How to all ages Sexes Trades and Arts It comes and goes it tarries and departs I could tell further how it doth command In pressing men to serue by sea or land How Bakers thirteene penny loaues doe giue All for a shilling and thriue well and liue How it a pottle of good Clarret buyes How 't is a quart of rich Canaries prise How for a thousand things 't is daily ranging And is so round a summe it needes no changing How vp and downe the world he still doth firrit And takes no more rest then an ayery spirit Then at the last my Muse to minde doth call The mighty power of money in generall And how all ages still haue had good store Musing the cause my selfe can haue no more And Money hauing writ all this for thee Shew not thy selfe ingratefull vnto mee But as I know thou canst so preethee grant That when I want thou wilt supply my want Reward thy Poet that doth set thee forth I 'le loue thee still according to thy worth FINIS No maÌ„ daâ—â— confesse hâ—â— whole lifeâ— actions as twelue-penâ—â— doth * Where the best mettaâ—â— doe grow Earth is nâ—â— barren whâ—â— is an Embâ—â— that they tâ—â— hoord or hâ—â— money barren of fruits of goâ—â—ness * Purchase * Polidore Virgil. Meâ—â—es might â—e the first â—â—uenter of â—oyne in Eâ—â—pt yet not â—f a Twelue-pence but I â—â—inke money â—as in â—â—ains time I am sure â—â—at Abraâ—am bought â— field for buâ—â—all with â—oney * A small piece of Spâ—â—nish Coyneâ—â— sixe of them to an Engliâ—â— penny * Souldiers â—â—â—â—ng tâ—eir 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will to 〈◊〉 * A brasse piece of Bohemians coynâ— twelue of them to a penny The Anatomy of twelue-pence or a shilling Fiue Shillings weighâ—â— an ounce * In Engliâ—â— I haue put â—â— placed Gâ—â— my helpeâ—â— * Annagraâ—â— of the Latâ—â— Motto of Posui plaâ—â—â—into Englisâ— words Wâ—â—dom admâ—â— me Power * The Annagram turn'd â—â—ckward â—isedome â—â—â—es behind â—â—â—ey * King Edw. aâ—s crowned 〈◊〉 nine yeares 〈◊〉 aâ—â— and â—â—ed before 〈◊〉 was 6. * Edw. shâ—â—lings for tâ—â— most part are used aâ— shooue-borâ—â— * Vpon tâ—â— Crosse of a Twelue-pence * Heere I meane geâ—â—ally of mâ—ney and simply of twelue pâ—â— * K. Edâ—â— Q. Marâ— Qu. Eâ—â— K 〈◊〉 all their â—â—â—lings of weight 〈◊〉 and before my 〈◊〉 pence * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 â—iogenes Twelueâ—â—â— is at â—â—â—â— * On monâ—◠〈◊〉 or the 〈◊〉 of this 〈◊〉 true on 〈◊〉 owne â—â—â—wledge 〈◊〉 if a â—â—â—wer be 〈◊〉 so good â—â—â—an yet â—â—ry paltry 〈◊〉 will 〈◊〉 fill 〈◊〉 Wine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 Masters 〈◊〉 Twelue 〈◊〉 not in 〈◊〉 as they 〈◊〉 degree 〈◊〉 calling 〈◊〉 as hee â—â—â—â—iled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 good 〈◊〉 bad poore 〈◊〉 rich â—â—â—â—out any 〈◊〉 Heare are a strange galâ—â—mawfrey of Twelue-pences Masteâ—â— honest men and Knaâ—â—â— like hearbâ—â— and weedeâ— in a Hotchâ—potch * Poets and money are iâ— emulation * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * 〈◊〉 first and aâ—ongst Paâ—ans and â—â—eathen All men â—â—bour for â—â—ney buâ—â— with alâ—â— deuotion * Ready â—â—ney is as 〈◊〉 as any mâ—â—â—â— Bond. â—â—â—â—â—â—ng is â—â—nstant â—â—â—â—â—nce â—â—â— I speake â—â—ally of â—â—â—ey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * And twâ—â— games more * False ' Di◠〈◊〉 shilling â—â—â—o Puritan 〈◊〉 all this â—peake not â—â—ainst hoâ—â—â—t mirth â—â—ndly Gaâ—â—ng nor good cheere but against the unlawfull use of these Recreâ—â—tions and abuse of Goâ—â— Ioshua 7. 2. Kings 5. Acts 5. Kings 10. 7. Purcas Chron. 22. A Tallent of Golde is in â—alue 600 â—rownes â—oseph in the â—â—â— Booke of â—is Antiquiâ—ies a And 〈◊〉 the Captanâ—â— 5000. Talents and 10000. peâ—â—ces of Gold and 1000 â— talents of Siâ—â—uer besidâ—â— Brasse and Iron b Quintâ—â— Curtius c 2 Citties in Persia. d About 60. Millions of Crownes e A King of Phrigia f A most Licentious Prince g Of Crownâ—â— which was pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Moneâ—â—