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[A] new ballad of Tobias: wherein is shewed the wonderfull things which [...] to him in his youth; and how he wedded a yong damsell that had had seven husbands, and never enjoyed their company: who were all slaine by a wicked spirit.
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Wing N569AB; Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[42]
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ãâã âew Ballad of Tobias Wherein is shewed the wonderfull things which ãâã to him in his youth and how he wedded a yong Damsell that had had seven Husbands and never enjoyed their company Who were all slaine by a wicked Spirit âN Ninive old Toby dwelt an aged bran and blind was he âo much affliction he had felt âhich brought him unto poverty ãâ¦ã had by Anna his true wife ãâ¦ã onely son and eke no more âhich was the comfort of his life ând he by him did set great store ãâã brought him up most vertuously ãâã true obedience and awe ând every day he did apply ãâã feare the Lord and keep his Law ân a time it come to passe âe call'd him his son wih spéed thus to him his words did frame âân quoth he thou knowst my need ãâã must unto Gabael goe ãâã âaguels house in Media Land ãâã âid lend him long agoe ââ¦ents on his onely band ãâã deare Tobias said ãâã âommand straight will I goe ãâã I get the mony paid âââ¦e man I did nere know ââââ¦e the writings then quoth he ãâã is sufficient being séene ãâ¦ã a guide to goe with thee ãâã that way hast never brene ãâã âââias son had got ãâ¦ã in the shape of man ãâ¦ã he did not know God wot ââd did so appoint it than ââââas with his blessed guide âânt on his iourney then with speed ãâ¦ã they came to Tygris side ãâã ââat faire floud they did abide Tobias would goe wash him there by reason of the Summers heat A mighty fish put him feare which lept out of the waters great Cut up the fish the Angell said but keep the Liver Heart and Gall To doe the same be not affraid great cures there shall be don withall When this was don away they went and comming neere their iourneies end Wée l lodge to night the Angell said with Raguel thy fathers friend He hath a daughter faire of face and also of a vertuous life And when we come into that place I le speake that she may be thy wife Why Azarias then quoth he so Tobie did the Angell call I wis she is no wife for me swift death doth to her Lovers fall Seven men have to her married béene which in her love did take delight When her bed-chamber they have séene they have not livâd out halfe the night A wicked spirit loves her so he will not suffer any man With her into the bed to goe but works his death doe what he can The Angell said good courage take for so it shall not be with thee For such perfumes I will thee make the wicked Spirit away shall flee To Raguels house away they went where Sara met them faire and bright And after salutations done she brought him to her Parents sight GReat chéer they made downe they sat and all for young Tobias sake And after long and pleasant chat belwixt these two a match they make By Moses law they married were the Brides bed chamber prepar'd likewise When young Tobias came in there the teares fell downe from Sara's eyes A Pan of Coales he brought with him the Fishes Heart and Liver there VVhich in that fire he did cast in which cast a sabour every where And by that swéet and precious smell the wicked spirit ws displac'd Within that roome he could not dwell whereout away he went in hast In bed they lay'd the beauteous Bride the chamber doore they shut therefore Young Toby lay downe by her side whom he did thinke to sée no more And therefore Raguel in the night for him before had made a grave And to his wife he wept and saâd there is no meanes his life to save One of the Maidens send quoth he to sée how all the matter stands If it be so that dead he be he shall be buried by my hands The Maiden ioyfull newes did bring Tobias is alive quoth she When Raguel then heard of this thing he did reioyce exceedingly For ioy he made a solemne feast the Bridall fourteene dayes he kepâ Thereto came many a friendly gueââ in sorrow now no more they sleââ Then Azaris went straight way and to the feast Gabael brought Reioycing at this marriage day did pay the money which he ought But yet old Toby and his wife did all the time in sorrow dwell They thought their son had lost his life and nothing could their griefe expell His aged mother every day did watch long the high-way side And for his welfare oft did pray no meate nor drink she could abide But when the wedding ended was young Toby with his lovely Bride To Ninive did homeward passe with goods and cattell on each side But Toby and the Angell bright before his wife made haste to goe For to prepare all things aright his lovely Bride to welcome tho His mother watching in the way full soone espide her tender son Reioycing at the happy day she tould her husband he was come Whereat old Toby stumbled out for he was blind and could ãâã ãâã Young Toby with the fishââ ãâã rubb'd both his eyes ãâã Whereat the whitâââââ ãâã ãâã ãâã incontinent ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã So that befoââ ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã London Printed by F. ãâ¦ã