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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B071111.tech.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<HEAD>Englands VVarning-Piece;
OR,
A Caviet for Wicked Sinners to remember their latter end.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of the <HI>Rich Merchant Man.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>ROu&s;e up dull &s;inners all</L>
<L>amend your lives with &s;p&eacute;ed</L>
<L>Unto the Lord for mercy call</L>
<L>you never had more n&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>Ca&s;t off your wicked &s;ins</L>
<L>and throw them quite away</L>
<L>S&eacute;ek out for grace while you have &s;pace</L>
<L>and go no more a&s;tray,</L>
<L><HI>Then lets with &s;peed repent</HI></L>
<L><HI>before our time be pa&s;t</HI></L>
<L><HI>For every man, woman &amp; child</HI></L>
<L><HI>mu&s;t yield to death at la&s;t.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What cruel hainous &s;ins</L>
<L>are rai<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ing in this land</L>
<L>Men take delight to di&s;obey</L>
<L>the Lord's holy command,</L>
<L>For &s;ome &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ud are grown</L>
<L>they love their &s;ins &s;o well</L>
<L>Before they will their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">es amend</L>
<L>th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y'l run headlong to Hell&punc;</L>
<GAP DESC="missing" EXTENT="1+ lines">
<L>The covetous mi&s;er he</L>
<L>do <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> his bags of Gold,</L>
<L>'Tis his delight both day and night</L>
<L>his trea&s;ure to behold,</L>
<L>His riches and his wealth</L>
<L>his only god he makes</L>
<L>Before he will relieve the Poor</L>
<L>hee'l rather from them take.</L>
<L><HI>then let us, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Al&s;o the Bla&s;phemer</L>
<L>that takes God's name in vain</L>
<L>If he do'nt repent he &s;hall take part</L>
<L>Of Hells eternal pain,</L>
<L>Then C<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ri&s;tian people all</L>
<L>fly from that deadly &s;in</L>
<L>With &s;peed I &s;ay-without delay</L>
<L>a go<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ly life begin,</L>
<L><HI>then lets with &s;peed repent</HI></L>
<L><HI>before our time be pa&s;t</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Drunkard minds his drink</L>
<L>and runs in &s;in each day</L>
<L>Upon the Lord he doth not think</L>
<L>but only goes a &s;tray.</L>
<L>His wealth he doth confound</L>
<L>his body he de&s;troyes</L>
<L>Be&s;ides he doth con&s;ume his Soul,</L>
<L>by l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;in<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> he heavenly ioyes,</L>
<L><HI>then lets with &s;peed repent</HI></L>
<L><HI>before our time be pa&s;t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For every man woman &amp; child</HI></L>
<L><HI>mu&s;t yield to death at la&s;t.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And in the&s;e dayes each one</L>
<L>are &s;piteful at each other</L>
<L>The Father envies his own Son</L>
<L>and the Si&s;ter hates the Brother,</L>
<L>For now both old and young</L>
<L>their hears to malice give</L>
<L>The rich doth enoy at the Poor</L>
<L>and hates to &s;&eacute;e them live.</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Whor<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">dome that crying &s;in,</L>
<L>is us'd both day and night,</L>
<L>In chambering end wantonne&s;s</L>
<L>too many takes delight,</L>
<L>But l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t all &s;uch beware</L>
<L>though here they be &s;ecure,</L>
<L>Yet certainly at la&s;t they'l find</L>
<L>a God mo&s;t fa&s;t and &s;ure.</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The hateful &s;in of Pride</L>
<L>is u&s;ed frequently,</L>
<L>In City Countrey and in town,</L>
<L>as you may plainly &s;&eacute;e</L>
<L>For lo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">y per&s;on mends</L>
<L>their Robes and rich attire</L>
<L>Which wi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ words"> at the la&s;t</L>
<L>&s;o Hells eternal fire</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The&s;e are the crying &s;ins</L>
<L>which are u&s;ed in the&s;e days</L>
<L>But I wi&s;h all men would &s;trive for to</L>
<L>re&s;rain their evil wayes</L>
<L>Le&s;t that &s;ome judgments great</L>
<L>God doth upon them poure,</L>
<L>By &s;ending Famine, Plague &amp; Sword</L>
<L>our bonies to devour,</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What &s;ad Calamities</L>
<L>hath hap<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ed to this land</L>
<L>For <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o make men their &s;ins refrain</L>
<L>yet they'l not under&s;tand.</L>
<L>But dayly will pre&s;ume</L>
<L>to follow wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L>For day &amp; night &s;ome do delight</L>
<L>God's laws for to tran&s;gre&s;s,</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But I wi&s;h all &s;uch as the&s;e</L>
<L>to have a &s;pecial care,</L>
<L>Le&s;t that God's vengeance on them fall</L>
<L>before they are aware.</L>
<L>For if that his fierce wrath</L>
<L>be kindle<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> on a flame,</L>
<L>He will confound all &s;uch as doth</L>
<L>de&s;pi&s;e his holy name.</L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then let us &s;&eacute;ek for grace</L>
<L>to him that &s;its on high,</L>
<L>That wein Heaven may have a place</L>
<L>to re&s;t Eternally</L>
<L>For who knows how &s;oon</L>
<L>but Death may on us &s;eize.</L>
<L>Then let's fear the Lord with one accord</L>
<L>and not his Will <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> ple<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e.</L>
<L><HI>Then let us with &s;peed repent</HI></L>
<L><HI>before our time be pa&s;t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For every man, woman and child</HI></L>
<L><HI>mu&s;t yield to Death at la&s;t</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">. Burton at the Hor&s;hoe in We&s;t. Smithfield&punc;</P>
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