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A copy of verses presented to all his loving masters and mistrisses, in the town of Lambeth, by Thomas Ouldman, bel-man.
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Ouldman, Thomas.
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1686
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Wing O590C; ESTC R214543
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A COPY OF VERSES PRESENTED To all his Loving Masters and Mistrisses In the town of Lambeth By THOMAS OULDMAN Bel-man The PROLOGUE Good people all both Old and Young Attend the Merry Bel-mans come To wake you with his merry theams And rouze you up out of your Dreams I hope to please some with my Rhimes who pleases all must rise betimes Howe'r my Masters you all know I trudge about in Frost and Snow And many a bitter blast indure To keep your Houses safe and sure Then Think upon the Bel-mans care And so I wish you well to fare On a Frosty Mornings ALL you that hear my morning sound When I abroad do walk my Round To see your Houses safe and well That you at quiet in them dwell Wherein you may both hug and kiss I think there is no harm in this The mornings cold creep close together For this is much like Winter Weather On a blustering Rainy Night HArk how it blows and Rains 't is dirty weather Therefore be rul'd by me lye close together Were I as you are now between the Sheets I would not rise to walk about the streets On Long Nights I Walk abroad a nights and ring my Bell To give you notice Masters all is well Though with the noisesome people I offend Yet others still my care they will commend I hope you will excuse me for the wrong You may have sleepe enough the nights are long Or the Bel-man THe danger of the night doth much require Your Bel-man's care for to prevent the fire In walking round to seek and search about To see if that your Fire and Lights be out Your safeties all I do desire to see Your faithful Servant I shall ever be On St. ANDREW SAint Andrew an Apostle of our Lord Went o're to Nations to Preach his Sacred word For Christs dear sake no Torments he deny'd Still for the Cross and on the Cross he dy'd God make us Christians as St. Andrew was Faithful to Christ a lover of the Cross For CHRISTMAS Day THis is the Glorious joyful day we keep Arise all drowsie souls now from your sleep This is that happy and most blessed Morn Our Saviour Jesus Christ himself was born Let all good Angels in their Quires sing O welcome welcome to their Heavenly King On St. Stephens Day ST Stephen the first of Martyrs who did see The Heavens to op'e and Jesus Christ to be Set on his Fathers Right Hand there to make Prayer and Intercession for Man's sake Awake O Man awake arise and Pray Call on the Lord while it is call'd to day For if the Bridegroom entring shut the Gate Then may you call but it will be too late On St. JOHNS day ST Iohn was chief Apostle of the rest Christ gave him leave to lean upon his breast He in a Revelation saw all that should come Upon the World untill the Day of Doom Which how nigh 't is no mortal man can tell Then whilst thou liv'st endeavour to live well That when Christ comes these words be said to thee Come now ye blessed come and live with me On INNOCENTS Day HEROD surprised with grief was discontent The Eastern Star he knew not what it meant But was so much astonisht at the news Of one new born who shall be King o' th' Jews He then contriv'd this way to use his Skill All new-born Babes he charg'd his men to kill Thinking thereby this matter to prevent But by an Angel was the Virgin sent to Aegypt were this blessed Babe was sav'd With our Redemption on his breast engrav'd On NEW-YEARS Day Now let us all Repent and all begin This Year like Christians turning from our sin For ought we know before the Year be done We may be dead and rotten every one Then is it not high time for to repent Since all our dayes in Vanity are spent Let us from Heaven beg help while we have time For Death takes many in the very prime Ye Young and Old may both together go For none shall scape the Grave we all do know On the World THe World shall pass away and all therein Shall be no more as if they had not been As if they never were they all shall fade They all are moving since they first were made Each word of God is good and there 's no clause Of thretning Ruine to those Righteous Laws To him that keeps those blest Commands for he Reward shall have unto Eternity Remembrance The time O man that thou hast spent in sin It is to much therefore at length begin To call to mind that one day thou must dye But the time when thou canst it not descry Thou knowst not but Death may come to day And from thy body take thy soule away Therefore repent before thou breathe thy last Lest thou wilt wish thou hadst when time is past To his Masters MY loving Masters you all shall plainly see My love my care and my fidelyty Since providence did me your Servant chuse There 's nothing for your safety I 'le refuse Giving you thanks and so I shall do ever As long as life doth last do my endeavour To keep you safe that you may sleep with joy And no disturbance may your state annoy On Love O Man be carefull of your Wife And love her as thou lov'st thy Life And then I dare with boldness say There will be quietness every way For women are such necessary things Fit Companions for Emperours or Kings Though with my Bell this discourse I raise Yet want a tongue to speak a Womans praise On Death NOthing more certain is to mortal Men Then Death and yet it t is uncertain when For like a Thief Death on all men doth steal And with the Rich and Poor alike doth deale No Kings nor Princes from his Darts are free For his Arrest let us prepared be Or elce 't will be for us a dreadful day When he doth come to post us hence away Conclusion ANd now my Worthy Masters if you please To accept my Love in such poor Lines as these I humbly thank you and will strive to be Your faithful servant most continually And that your Health and happyness still may Continued be do I your Bell-Man pray LONDON Printed Anno Dom. 1686.