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<HEAD>A mo&s;t Notaple Example of an ungracious Son, who in the pride of his heart denyed his own Father, and how God for his offence turned his meat into loath&s;ome Toads.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>Lord Darby.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>In &s;earching famous Chronicles,</L>
<L>it was my chance to read</L>
<L>A worthy &s;tory &s;trange and true,</L>
<L>whereto I took god h&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>Betwixt a Father and a Son</L>
<L>this rare example &s;tands,</L>
<L>which well may move y^e harde&s;t hearts</L>
<L>to w&eacute;ep and wring their hands.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Farmer in the Country liv'd,</L>
<L>who&s;e &s;ub&s;tance did excell</L>
<L>He &s;ent therefore his elde&s;t Son</L>
<L>in <HI>Paris</HI> for to dwell,</L>
<L>Where he became a Merchant man,</L>
<L>and traffick great he u&s;ed,</L>
<L>So that he was exceeding rich</L>
<L>till he him&s;elf abu&s;ed.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For having now the world at will</L>
<L>his mind was wholy bent,</L>
<L>To Gaming wine and wantonne&s;s,</L>
<L>till all his goods was &s;pent,</L>
<L>Yea &s;uch evec&s;&s;ive Ryotou&s;ne&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>by him was &s;hewed forth,</L>
<L>That he was thr&eacute;e times more in debt</L>
<L>then all his health was worth.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At length his credit clean was crakt</L>
<L>and be in pri&s;on ca&s;t,</L>
<L>And every man again&s;t him then,</L>
<L>did &s;et his act on fa&s;t,</L>
<L>There be lay lockt in Irons &s;trong,</L>
<L>for ever and for aye,</L>
<L>Vnable while his life did la&s;t,</L>
<L>his grievous debt to pay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And living in this woful ca&s;e,</L>
<L>his Eyes with tears he &s;pent;</L>
<L>The lewdne&s;s of his former life</L>
<L>too late he did repent,</L>
<L>And being hold of all relief,</L>
<L>of helpe and comfort quite,</L>
<L>Vnto his Father at the la&s;t</L>
<L>he thus began to write.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Bow down a while your b&oacute;edful ears</L>
<L>my loving Father dear,</L>
<L>And grant I pray in gracious &s;ort</L>
<L>my pittious plaint to hear,</L>
<L>Forgive the foul offences all,</L>
<L>of your unworthy &s;on,</L>
<L>VVhich through the lewdne&s;s of his life</L>
<L>hath now him&s;elf undone.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O my good Father take remor&s;e</L>
<L>on this my extream n&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>And &s;uccour his di&s;tee&s;&s;ed &s;tate</L>
<L>who&s;e heart for woe doth bl&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>In direful Dungeon here I lye</L>
<L>my f&eacute;et in &s;etters fa&s;t.</L>
<L>VVhome my mo&s;t cruel creditors</L>
<L>in Pri&s;on have me ca&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let pitty therefore pierce your bre&s;t,</L>
<L>and mercy move your mind</L>
<L>And to relea&s;e my me&s;ery.</L>
<L>&s;ome &s;hift dear Father find,</L>
<L>My chiefe&s;t Chear is bread full brown</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the boards my fa&s;te&s;t bed</L>
<L>And flin<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ly &s;tones my pillows &s;erve,</L>
<L>to re&s;t my troubled head.</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>My garments all are worn to rags</L>
<L>my body &s;tar<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">es with cold.</L>
<L>And crawling Vermin eat my fle&s;h</L>
<L>mu&s;t grievous to behold,</L>
<L>Dear Father come therefore with &s;peed</L>
<L>and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">id me out of thrall.</L>
<L>And let me not in pri&s;on dye,</L>
<L>&s;ith by your help I call.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good did man no &s;ooner had</L>
<L>parus'd this written Scrowl,</L>
<L>But trickling tears along his cheeks,</L>
<L>mo&s;t plenteou&s;ly did rowl,</L>
<L>Alas my &s;on, my &s;on quoth he,</L>
<L>in whom I joyed mo&s;t,</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt not long in pri&s;on be</L>
<L>what ever it me co&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Two hundred heads of well fed bea&s;ts</L>
<L>he changed into gold,</L>
<L>Four hundred quarters of good corn,</L>
<L>for &s;ilver eke he &s;old,</L>
<L>But all the &s;ame could not &s;uffice</L>
<L>this hainous fa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t to pay,</L>
<L>Till at the la&s;t con&s;trained was</L>
<L>to &s;ell his land away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then was his &s;on relea&s;ed quite</L>
<L>his debts di&s;charged clean,</L>
<L>And he like as well to live,</L>
<L>as he before had b&eacute;en.</L>
<L>Then went his loving Father home</L>
<L>who for to help his &s;on,</L>
<L>had &s;old his living quite away</L>
<L>and eke him&s;elf undone.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So that he lived poor and bare</L>
<L>and in &s;uch extream need,</L>
<L>That many times he wanted food</L>
<L>his hungry corps to feed,</L>
<L>His &s;on mean time in wealth did &s;wim</L>
<L>who&s;e &s;ub&s;tance now was &s;uch</L>
<L>That &s;ure within the City then</L>
<L>few were founded &s;o rich.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But as his goods did &s;till increa&s;e</L>
<L>and riches in did &s;lide</L>
<L>So more and more his hardned heart</L>
<L>did &s;well in hatefull pride,</L>
<L>But it fell out upon a time</L>
<L>when ten years woe was pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Vnto his &s;on he did repair,</L>
<L>for &s;ome releif at la&s;t</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And being come unto his hou&s;e</L>
<L>in very poor array,</L>
<L>It chanced &s;o that with his &s;on</L>
<L>great &s;tate &s;hould dine that day</L>
<L>The poor old man with hat in hand,</L>
<L>did then the Porter pray,</L>
<L>To &s;hew his &s;on that at the gate</L>
<L>his Father there did &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Where at this proud di&s;dainful wretch</L>
<L>with taunting &s;p&eacute;eches &s;aid,</L>
<L>That long ago his Fathers bones</L>
<L>within the grave was laid,</L>
<L>What Ra&s;cal then is that quoth he,</L>
<L>that &s;taineth &s;o my &s;tate?</L>
<L>I charge the Porter pre&s;ently,</L>
<L>to drive him from my gate,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Which an&s;wer when the old man heard</L>
<L>he was in mind di&s;mai'd,</L>
<L>He wept he waild he wrong his hand,</L>
<L>and thus at length he &s;aid,</L>
<L>O cur&s;ed wretch, and mo&s;t unkind,</L>
<L>and worker of my woe</L>
<L>Thou mon&s;ter of humanity,</L>
<L>and eke thy fathers Fo.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Have I b&eacute;en careful of thy ca&s;e,</L>
<L>maintaining &s;till thy &s;tate,</L>
<L>And do&s;t thou now mo&s;t dogged</L>
<L>enforce me from thy gate.</L>
<L>And have I wrong'd thy brethren</L>
<L>from &s;hrall to &s;et th&eacute;e fr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And brought my &s;elf to beggers &s;ta<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>and all to &s;uccour th&eacute;e,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wo worth the time when fir&s;t of al<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>thy body I e&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">'d:</L>
<L>Which hath in hardne&s;s of thy he<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>thy fathers face deni'd,</L>
<L>But now behold bow God that ti<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>did &s;hew a wonder great,</L>
<L>Even when his &s;on and all his fri<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>were &s;etled down to meat.</L>
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<LG>
<L>For when the faire&s;t pye was cut</L>
<L>a &s;trange and dreadful ca&s;e,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t ugly Toads came crawling <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>and leaped in his face,</L>
<L>Then did this wretch his fault con<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>and for his Father &s;ent.</L>
<L>And for his great ingratitude</L>
<L>full fore be did repent.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All vertuous children learn by this</L>
<L>obedient hearts to &s;how,</L>
<L>And honour &s;till your Parents dea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>for God commanded &s;o</L>
<L>And think how he did turn his mea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>to poy&s;onous Loads ind&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>Which did his Fathers face deny</L>
<L>becau&s;e he &s;tood in need.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>Printed for <HI>F Coles,</HI> T. <HI>Vere</HI> and <HI>W.</HI> Gilbert&s;on.</HI></P>
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