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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96358	The charitable farmer of Somersetshire: or, God's great and vvonderful vvork. Being a true relation of an honest, godly man, that lived at Welling, within three mile of the city of Wells, which sold his wheat to poor people at six shillings a bushel, when the market price was ten and eleven shillings, for which he was much derided and scoft at, by his rich neighbours: but was recompenced by an extraordinary crap [sic] of wheat, like never before heard of, each stolk of straw, having divers full large ears, some seven, some eight, nine, and ten, so to thirteen, but generally ten ears on every straw throughout the field, which was ten acres and upwards, of which, divers ears are to be seen at divers coffee-houses in the city of London. Likewise a pattern of all covetous greedy-minded men, to be charitable unto their poor neighbours, from the consideration of so remarkable an example. / By Law. White.	White, Law.	1700 (1700)	Wing W1796; ESTC R186500	5,786	9

The Charitable Farmer of Somersetshire OR GOD'S Great and VVonderful VVork Being a True Relation of an Honest Godly Man that lived at Welling within three Miles of the City of Wells which sold his Wheat to poor people at Six Shillings a Bushel when the Market price was Ten and Eleven Shillings for which he was much derided and scoft at by his Rich Neighbours but was recompenced by an extraordinary Crap of Wheat the like never before heard of each Stolk of Straw having divers full large Ears some Seven some Eight Nine and Ten so to Thirteen but generally Ten Ears on every Straw throughout the Field which was Ten Acres and upwards of which divers Ears are to be seen at divers Coffee-houses in the City of London Likewise a pattern for all Covetous Greedy-minded men to be Charitable unto their poor Neighbours from the consideration of so Remarkable an Example By Law White He findeth Seed to the Sower and Bread for food and will multiply your Seed and increaseth fruits of your Benevolence 2 Cor. 9.10 He that with-holdeth Corn the people shall curse but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it Prov 11.26 GOOD People I would desire you to draw neer and spare so much time as the Reading of this little Book will take reading over to ye For 't is such a Subject that the Oldest Man or Woman living never heard the like nor Chronicles do not make mention of such another Wonder I think 't is very well known to any sober Christian that the wickedness of the times has draw'd Gods judgements on us sufficiently of late days that is I mean within these ten years when first the sickness the Lord poured on us which made thousands of rich people fall from all their pride and bravery into a shrowd and Coffin and their carcasses that in their life time was so pompar'd up with the best that this sinful world could afford yet at last in a short time became a pray for worms but no sooner the Lord had caused the destroying Angle to cease but we like disobedient children as soon as the rod of correction was over returned to our old sinful ways which rais'd the Lords indignation against us and even forst the Lord to kindle a fire amongst us as we found to the ruine of many thousands of them whom he preserved alive in the sickness time methinks the thoughts of those high dreadful flames should never be out of your minds methinks I hear still the great craking of the timber and the noise of people some crying I am undone others praying it might not come to their house others crying a hundred pound for a cart to carry but one load of goods away the shrieks and crys of women in child-bed in the fields poor infants crying with hunger to their Parents But alas what do I talk of these I shall be but laught at by some for rehearsing of this judgment for I believe 't is no more thought on by some as if it had never been and I fear by too many of them that suffered by this calamity But now behold the mercy of the Lord what a great blessing he bestowed on the builders of this City to raise so many great and stately fabricks out of a heap of rubbish to the wonderment of the whole world for which his holy name be praised for ever ever Amen But neither mercies nor Judgements of God will work upon some peoples consciences 't is but the other day since the Warrs killed so many of our brave Sea-men both Knights Squires and Gentlemen and many others whose lives were as sweet to them as the rest Which hath left a many poor Widdows and fatherless Children behind that now stands in great need of their Husbands and Children their fathers that is fain to pinch and go with many hungry belly over they did before the wars came But now for me to come to my intended matter which is a thing so strange that will cause a wonderment from all those that knows what belongs to the subject which I am ready to declare if you will have the patience to stay but a short time till I rehearse it over I hope you will not think much of your time nor your penny neither if you buy the book I believe 't is very well known to all by sad experience I fear too many of the poorer sort that most kinds of provision have of late been deer and more particularly bred which is the staff of life Wheat being sold in several places of England for ten and eleven shillings a bushel or strike in which scarcity many poor people suffered through the wretched covetousness of some rich Farmers who kept up their Corn on purpose to make a Dearth and would not bring it to market till they had got it to such a rate that the poor could not reach as if it had been their Delight to starve the poor it rising from ten to eleven and so to twelve and upwards all the last spring in many places in this Kingdom which caused many risings by the poorer sort of people in several Markets to cut the Bagars sacks in pieces that is those men that buys Corn in cheap Markets and carries it to other places there makes their prizes on it and so hoysts up the market in both places where they buy it and sell it I see one Wednesday in VVoolverhampton market this spring above an hundred of men old and young in arms and cut those Bagers sacks and took their corn and filled their pockets with it and said their wives and children was ready to starve And at Oster in VVostershire was another rising by the poor against the rich Farmers for hoarding up their Corn and at Wastle was the same at Sturbridge and Bromsgrove and many other Markets in and about England which are too many to set down here For shall I tell you the poor suffered so much Hunger that they were fain to make Bread for their poor Children with Pease and Beans and were exposed to much want and hardship yet poor souls after it was bakt it went down with poor little Babes as sweet as Honey when they were fain to take a Hatchet and Chop it to pieces and truely they might have eaten Stones if it had been possible before they could have found any love or charity from these greedy covetous men that sold their Corn at such a deer rate as one above all the rest that brought his Corn to sell in VVolverhampton Market in the County of Stafford having sold his Wheat three or four Market-days together for Nine or Ten Shillings a Strike when the fifth day he had brought a greatquantity of Corn to sell expecting it would have risen still but it did not fall out according to his desire but fell six pence in a strike to the great content of the poor which did so heart-burn this Greedy covetous Miser that he would