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B08415 A copy of verses humbly presented to all my honoured masters & mistresses in Holborn-End-Division in the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields by Thomas Bamber, Bellman. Bamber, T. (Thomas) 1691 (1691) Wing B617A; ESTC R224464 2,084 1

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A Copy of Verses Humbly Presented to All my Honoured MASTERS MISTRESSES in Holborn-End-Division in the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields By Thomas Bamber Bellman The PROLOGUE Since 't is the Bell-mans Custom every where To bring his Masters Verses each New year I keep it on to let you know the due Respect and Service that I owe to you For 't is my daily happiness to see My Masters pleas'd and satisfied in me Which makes me hope their Guifts will so abound That I may for them pray the whole year round On St. Thomas's Day WHat thô St. Thomas was possess'd at first With unbelief then into Tears he burst And cri'd Lord pardon this my dreadful sin For now your Wounds I have both felt and seen Then happy they that by the holy Word In Faith blieves our Saviour and our Lord. On Christmas Day AVVake awake behold the happy Morn A Blessed Saviour for poor Sinners Born Oh what a mercy 't was the Son of God Should eome to save us from the angry Rod That Adam had prepared by his fall Whose bitter Stings we must have tasted all Had not our Saviour in his mercy shewn His Grace to us poor Wretches every one On St. Stephen's Day ST Stephen by the Jews was ston'd to death Any for Christ's sake gave up this Earthly Breath Oh! great 's the gain when Man his Life lays down And in Exchange recieves a Heav'nly-Crown Who then would not with Stephen chuse to die And after that to live Eternally On St. John's Day THE Scripture tells us how that Christ did love St. John who was as harmless as a Dove Who lean'd his Head upon our Saviours Breast Oh! then was John at full and perfect rest What Happiness 't would be could we but find Such Peace such Comfort to our troubled Mind And that we all may with this Saint appear God grant we love our Saviour full as dear On Innocents Day THE Holy Innocents come next to hand For none could Herod's Cruelty withstand He spared not his Son such was his Will Thinking thereby the Son of God to kill God's Angel came his Will for to prevent He Joseph Mary and the Child to Egypt sent The Prophets Words were all fulfill'd and done For out of Aegypt have I call'd my Son Who from Aegyptian Bondage set us free This is the Son of God this is he On New-Years Day THrice happy is that Man that now begins The Year with true Repentance for his Sins He may expect before the Year goes round By penitence much comfort may be found The mournful Soul shall surely pity find To those who grieve for sin the Lord is kind On King William 's Birth day Nov. 4th AS on this Day Europe for to adorn Was in this World a Princely Orange Born A scourge to France a Plague to Popery And from Rome's Bondage he hath set us free Great WILLIAM our King and Faiths Defender God grant him many days to live in splendor Great Britain's Scepter Uprightly to sway This is our King's Birth and his Wedding day Therefore make Bone-fires set the Bells to ring Whilst we rejoice and say God save the King On Queen Mary s Birth-day April 30th HAppy the Day a Day of wondrous worth Which brought to us so glorious a Birth Who in the worst of Times did stoutly stand In the Defence of this most Warlike Land Our Churches Darling and the Papists hate For now their Plots are all worn out of date Rejoyce ye Heavens and let the Earth be glad Quake now proud Rome for you never had More need to vail your Face and blush for shame And tremble if you hear great Mary's Name On Princess Ann of Denmarks Birth-day Feb. 6. AS on this Day a Princess mild Into the World was Born Who with her Pious Actions doth This Sinful Land adorn She in the worst of Times did stand When we thought She had fell By the Contrivance and the Rage Of Cruel Jezabel To my Masters I willing am my Masters for to serve And in so doing hope I may deserve Your Love and Bounty too which makes me pray That God will still preserve you Night and Day And ever Blessings on you still bestow To make you happy while you 're here below And when from Earth you happen to remove May you enjoy the Blessings that 's above To my Mistresses MY Virtuous Mistresses who always strives To please their Husbands and be loving Wives What praises do belong to each of you Can 't be exprest by all that I can do But this I wish that Blessings may attend ye And what ye want God would be pleas'd to send ye And after all the Comforts of a Wife You may in Heav'n receive Eternal Life On Man's Frailty O what is Man but living lump of Earth A feast of Worms a Buble stuft with Breath A Vessel full of Grief but even a Minuit A painted Tomb with putrifaction in it His Life 's an hour of Joy a World of Sorrow His Death a winters Night that finds no Morrow An Exhortation to seek after Christ A Rouse from Sleep and suffer not your Eyes To take their Rest till you have put up cries That your Beloved may be of you found Then happy shall you be thereby and Crown'd When you have gain'd this happy Rest indeed You need not hunger but daily on it feed The EPILOGUE Now to conclude my prayers are for you all My Masters Mestresses the Great and small That first a merry Christmass you may see And after that a happy Year may be And that the whole Course of your lives may prove Increase of Wealth and happy in your love I wish all these may certainly fall out So ends my Verses and my Prayers to boot LONDON Printed by Tho. Moore in Dogwell-Court 1691.