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More knaues yet? The knaues of spades and diamonds. With new additions.
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Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?
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More Knaues yet The Knaues of Spades and Diamonds With new Additions LONDON THE EPISTLE TO any Man but especially to Fooles and Mad-men FOR custome sake and for no other cause Seeing ensample Imitation drawes I am content to vse a Dedication Which shall be framed of a new-found fashion Not vnto this or that great mighty Lord To flatter what his bounty will affoord Nor vnto such a rare and worthy Knight To praise him farre beyond his worships right Nor to this Maddam and the tother Lady My freeborne Muse is â—o such seruile baby I will not fawne with Matchlesse valorous Rarely renown'd diuine Ingenious Admired wonder Map of clemency Applauded lauded magnanimity The Mercurie of perfect eloquence True spheare of bountie and Magnificence The feirce and cruell warre God at the sharpe Appollo's better on the Lute and Harpe Olde Hector's ouer-match at Pike and Launce Disgrace to Inno for a stately daunce The very Nonesuch of true courtesie A Treasurer to liberallity No I will call men by their owne names thus To the prophane and gracelesse impious To carelesse creatures brutishly inclynd To humane shape possest with deuils mind To wretched worldling either he or shee To fooles and mad-men such as most men bee To them that ne're will thanke me for my paine And such of whome I doe expect no gaine Samuel Rowlands The Knaues of Spades and Diamonds OVR fellow Harts did late Petition frame To Cardmakers some better sutes to claime And for vs all did speake of all our wrongs Yet they to whome redresse her ein belongs Amend it not and little hope appeares I thinke before the Conquest many yeares We wore the fashion which we still retaine But seeing that our sute is spent in vaine Wee le mend our selues as meanes in time doth grow Accepting what some other friends bestow As now the honest Printer hath beene kinde Bootes and Stockings to our Legs doth finde Garters Polonia Heeles and Rose Shooe strings Which somewhat vs two Knaues in fashion brings From the Knee downeward Legs are well amended And we acknowledge that we are befreinded And will requite him for it as we can A knaue sometime may serue an honest man To doe him pleasure such a chance may fall Although indeed no trust in knaues at all He that must vse them take this rule from mee Still trust a knaue no further then you see Well other friends I hope we shall beseech For the great large abhominable breech Like Brewers Hopsacks yet since new they be Each knaue will haue them and why should not we Some Laundresse we also will entreat For Bands and Ruffes which kindnes to be great We will confesse yea and requite it too In any seruice that poore knaues can doe Scarffes we do want to hang our weapons by If any puncke will deale so courteously As in the way of fauour to bestow-them Rare cheating trickes we will protest to owe them Or any pander with aring in seare That is a gentleman as he doth sweare And will affoord vs hats of newest blocke A paire of Cards shall be his trade and stocke To get his liuing by for lacke of Lands Because he scornes to ouerworke his hands And thus ere long we trust we shall be fitted Those knaues that cannot shift are shallow witted The Knaue of Diamonds promised before That he would be for Sea and Spade for Shore Neptunes owne Knauery THe Ocean Monarch Neptune in whose Pallace Thetis with all her Mermaids made abode Mounted the crooked Dolphin for his solace And from his Court vnto the Shore he rode Where he encounterd with his lustfull eyes A richer beauty then was Paris prize Caneus sweetest faire Thessalian mayd Her did his lust with rauishment defile As Tarquin delt with Lucrese so he play'd The Dolphin was his pander all the while To Iupiter shee did lament the rape And he transform'd her into manly shape The Picture of a Pirat MY dwelling is vpon the raging waues My house by stormes is tost and carried still My seruants are a crew of theeuish Knaues To Neptunes rage I Tennant am at will My Neighbours are the Monsters of the Seas The great Leuiathan and worse then these My life is spent in all outragious euils Vertue abhors the place of my abode My Ship is man'd euen with Incarnate deuils My heart with Dauid's foole denies a God And those same lawes they say he gaue to men My lawlesse nature keepes not one of ten When for a time I haue run on my race As former Pirates my vngratious Fellowes I must expect a fatall dying place And make account to Anker at the Gallowes There like a Swan to sing my dying hower That liu'd a Rauen onely to deuoure To a Reprobate Pirat that hath renounced Christ and is turn'd Turke THou wicked lumpe of onely sin and shame Renouncing Christian faith Christian name A villaine worse then he that Christ betray'd His Maister for Gods Son he ne're denay'd But did confesse him Iust and Innocent When with his bribe backe to the Priests he went Thou that art worse then deuils they confest Christ was the Son of God thou Hellish Beast That hast liu'd cursed Theife vpon the Seas And now a Turke on shore dost take thine ease Like a deuouring monster in a den All that thou hast being spoyles of other men Thou that doest serue both Turke and deuill so well Thou seek'st to draw as they doe soules to Hell Hauing a garment ready in thy hall For him that next from Christian Faith doth fall Receiue this warning from thy natiue Land Gods fearefull Iudgements villaine are at hand Deuils attend Hell fier is prepar'd Perpetuall flames is reprobates Re-ward The Fox taken comming to take STrange is the strife where Sathan is deuided Two theeues would haue a true mans cause decided Betweene them twaine for taking him at Seas Or else they swore each other to displease One would haue all the ready Coyne was found For boarding first were it ten thousand pound And then the other goods equall diuide Quoth tother first I le sincke euen by thy side So too 't they goe with fierce and cruell fight Vntill the one of them was sonke downe right And tother had his men euen almost slaine And those sore wounded did aliue remaine With that the prisoners being in the prize For their recouery with themselues deuise And of a manly resolution fall Vpon the Pirats and subdue them all Recouering that sea-losse they had before So brought them kindly to be hang'd a shore And the old ancient Prouerbe true did make Some Fox is taken when he comes to take Like will to Like SEa Theife and Land Theife met by accident Vpon the way and so consorted went Vnto a Towne where they together Inne There talke in what great dangers they haue bin And in their cups comparisons did make Which of them did most danger vndertake I quoth purse-taker that doe liue a Land Prepare my foes to fight in
marching all with bowes To offer peace if he their sute allowes If not to fight it out with manly blowes Before their Priuiledges they would lose Like wandring wood as did that time appeare May now be met withall in euery Sheire Women are vp in armes on euery side About a priuiledge they claime in pride Brauing it out with woods vpon their backes Except the Husband his poore Tenant rackes And deales extreamely in the hardest manner There is no peace but with the bloudy banner They sound defiance and domesticke warre Such Peacocke-tailes proud foolish women are Or thus WHen men amazed at their busines stood A speech was vsed Faith I am in a wood To make an end of that same wooden phrase There 's order taken for it now a daies To cut downe wood with all the speed they can Transforming trees to maintaine Maske and Fan So that the former speech being errour tryed A new way turn'd it must be verified My Ladies worship euen from head to foot Is in a wood nay scarse two woods will doo 't To such a height Lucifers sinne is growne The deuill pride and Maddam are all one Rents raisd woods sold house-keeping laid aside In all things sparing for to spend on pride The poore complaining Country thus doth say Our Fathers lopt the boughs of trees away We that more skill of greedy gaine haue found Cut downe the bodies leuill with the ground The age that after our date shall succeed Will dig vp roots and all to serue their need A hote Contention A Controuersie there did happen late Where strangers met about a hot debate Which I hope Reader ne're shall trouble vs A sweating thing cald Morbus Gallicus The Frenchman swore they did his Nation wrong That said the pox did vnto them belong Giuing it nick names by the tearme of French As though no other had the fault to wench For he would proue to the Italians face That it was borrow'd from their stocke and race Th'Italian look'd vpon him sterne and grim And said the Spaniard had it before him Threatning the Frenchman for his lying sin The pox or he would pull his Beard from 's Chin. The Spaniard vow'd he manifest could show He fetch'd it from the Indies long ago When first they went for Gold and Siluer â—hether They brought home mettall and the pox together At length came certaine English Scots and Dutch Who hearing their contention grow so much Would take vpon them an arbitterment To make all friends so vnto cups they went Powring in wine taking Tobacco so Vpon them all the Frenchman did bestow His pockey kindnes which doth so appeare That none can boasting say his Nations cleare Of Ghoasts and Goblins IN old wines daies that in old time did liue To whose odde tales much credit men did giue Great store of Goblins Fairies Bugs Night-mares Vrchins and Elues to many a house repaires Yea far more Sprites did haunt in diuers places Then there be women now weare deuils faces Amongst the rest was a good fellow deuill So cal'd in kindnes cause he did no euill Knowne by the name of Robin as we heare And that his eyes as broad as sawcers were Who cameâ— nights and would make Kitchins cleane And in the bed bepinch a lazie queane Was much in Mils about the grinding Meale And sure I take it taught the Miller steale Amongst the Creame-bowles Milke-pans would be And with the Country wenches who but he To wash their dishes for some Fresh-cheese hire Or set their Pots and Kettles 'bout the fire T was a mad Robin that did diuers pranckes For which with some good cheare they gaue him thaÌ„ks And that was all the kindnes he expected With gaine it seemes he was not much infected But as that time is past that Robin's gone He and his night-mates are to vs vnknowne And in the steed of such good-fellow Sprites VVe meet with Robin-bad-fellow a nights That enters houses secret in the darke And onely comes to pilfer steale and sharke And as the one made Dishes cleane they say The other takes them quite and cleane away What ere it be that is within his reach The filching tricke he doth his fingers teach But as good fellow-Robin had reward With Milke and Creame that friends for him prepar'd For being busie all the night in vaine Though in the morning all things safe remaine Robin-bad-fellow wanting such a supper Shall haue his breakfast with a Rope and Butter To whcih let all his fellowes be invited That with such deeds of darknesse are delighted The Seauen deadly Sins all Horst and riding to Hell 1 THus rides to Hell the seauen deadly sins The deuill leads and Pride the way begins Mounted vpon a Lyon sterne of face Of surley carriage and as proud a pace Ambitious hauty of vaine-glorious mind To vaunting and presumptuous thoughts inclin'd Boasting of beauty riches kindred friends Which like a bubble in a moment ends 2 Lust on a Goat afrer her sister Pride The selfe same iourney doth consorted ride Rich in attire all outward lures to sin Full of diseases and the pox within Seducing fooles by her bewitching charmes To buy destruction with soules endlesse harmes Which sorrow out of season oft bewailes When vnrepentant sin of mercie failes 3 Wrath on a Bore incens'd by furious mood With case of Rapiers drawne and dyed in blood All cholericke not caring what he speakes Nor whome he hurts nor how the peace he breakes Vpbraiding all men of a diuelish hate Still quarrelling and wilfull obstinate And euer of a damned resolution To put his cruell rage in execution 4 Couetousnes doth backe an Elephant He of his wealth and mony still doth vaunt And counts his poore though honest neighbour base Although farre richer then himselfe in grace God he neglecteth for the loue of gold His soule for money euery day is sold To scrape and get his care is night and day And in a moment Death takes all away 5 Gluttonie mounted on a greedy Beare To belly-cheere and banquets lends his eare Though by excesse he finds diseases breeding Yet his insatiate gut is euer feeding With abstinence he neuer can agree And shunnes the dinner where no gluttons bee An Epicure inhumane brutish beast That pampers flesh and of his soule thinkes least 6 Enuie vpon a Woolfe his inside gall And neuer smiles except at some mans fall Hates equals scornes superiours loueth none Ne're wisheth good but to himselfe alone 7 Sloath on an Asse with heauie pace behind Of lumpish body and as drowsie mind Inclin'd to onely ease and idlenesse Makes vp the seauenth for the Deuils messe The Knaues are delt the Game is plaid And with this wish concludeth Spade I would all Knaues who ere they bee Were knowne by sight as well as wee FINIS