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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<VID>181898</VID>
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<HEAD>The lamentation of a bad Market,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, The Drownding of three Children on the <HI>Thames.</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L><HI>With this fanta&s;tick Tragy Comedy,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tis like that one or other pleas'd will be;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Becau&s;e the Method carrie, Mirth there<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Or el&s;e the Subject were not worth a pin:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Howe're you'l &s;ay it is no laughing matter,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To &s;ee poor Children Drowned in the Water.</HI></L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>Tune of, The Ladies Fall.</OPENER>
<HEADNOTE><P><HI>With Allowance.</HI></P></HEADNOTE>
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<LG>
<L><HI>SOme</HI> Chri&s;tian people all give ear,</L>
<L>unto the grief of us,</L>
<L>Caus'd by the death of three children dear,</L>
<L>the which it happned thus.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And eke there befell an accident;</L>
<L>by fault of a Carpenters Son,</L>
<L>Who to &s;aw chips, his &s;harp Axe lent,</L>
<L>woe worth the time may <HI>Lon.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>May <HI>London</HI> &s;ay woe worth the Carpenter,</L>
<L>and all &s;uch <HI>Block-head</HI> fools,</L>
<L>Would he were hang'd like Serpent here,</L>
<L>for je&s;ting with edg'd Tools.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For into the chips there fell a Spark,</L>
<L>which <HI>put out</HI> in &s;uch flames.</L>
<L>That it was known into <HI>Southwark,</HI></L>
<L>which lies beyond the <HI>Thames.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For <HI>loe</HI> the Bridge was wondrous <HI>high,</HI></L>
<L>with water underneath;</L>
<L>O're which as many <HI>Fi&s;hes</HI> flye,</L>
<L>as <HI>Birds</HI> therein do breath.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And yet the fire con&s;um'd the bridge,</L>
<L>not far from place of landing,</L>
<L>And though the building was full big,</L>
<L><HI>it fell down</HI> not with <HI>&s;tanding.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And eke into the water fell,</L>
<L>&s;o many Pewter Di&s;hes,</L>
<L>That a man might take up very well,</L>
<L>both <HI>boil'd</HI> and <HI>roa&s;ted</HI> Fi&s;hes.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus the Bridge of <HI>London</HI> Town,</L>
<L>for building that was &s;umptuous,</L>
<L>Was <HI>all</HI> by fire <HI>half</HI> burnt down,</L>
<L>for being too contumptious.</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>Thus you have <HI>all, but half</HI> my Song,</L>
<L>pray li&s;t to what comes after,</L>
<L>For now I have <HI>cool'd</HI> you with the <HI>fire,</HI></L>
<L>i'le <HI>warm</HI> you with the <HI>water.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile tell you what the Rivers name is,</L>
<L>where the&s;e children did &s;lide-a:</L>
<L>It was fair <HI>Londons</HI> &s;ilver <HI>Thames,</HI></L>
<L>that keeps both tune and <HI>Tide-a.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All on the tenth of <HI>J<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">nuary,</HI></L>
<L>to the wonder of much people,</L>
<L>Twas frozen o're that <HI>well</HI> 'twould bear,</L>
<L><HI>almo&s;t</HI> a Country Steeple.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Three children &s;liding thereabouts,</L>
<L>upon a place <HI>too thin,</HI></L>
<L>That &s;o at la&s;t it did fall <HI>out,</HI></L>
<L>that they did all fall <HI>in.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<L>A gallant that was &s;tanding near,</L>
<L>a willing wager makes,</L>
<L>But when he &s;aw it would not bear,</L>
<L>he would have drawn his &s;takes.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He &s;aid 'twould bear a man to &s;lide,</L>
<L>and laid a hundred pound:</L>
<L>The other &s;aid 'twould break, &s;o it did,</L>
<L>for three children there were drown'd.</L>
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<L>Of which ones head from his <HI>Should&mdash;</HI></L>
<L>ers &s;tricken, who&s;e name was <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L>Who then cry'd out as loud as he could,</L>
<L><HI>O Lon, O Lon, a London.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Oh, Tut, Tut, Turn</HI> from thy &s;inful race,</L>
<L>thus did his &s;peech decay,</L>
<L>I wonder that in &s;uch a ca&s;e,</L>
<L>he had no more to &s;ay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus being drown'd, <HI>alack, alack,</HI></L>
<L>the water run down their throats,</L>
<L>And &s;topt their breaths 3 hours by the clock,</L>
<L>before they could get any Boats.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ye Parents all that <HI>chidren</HI> have,</L>
<L>and ye that have none yet,</L>
<L>Pre&s;erve your children from the grave,</L>
<L>and teach them at home to &s;it.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For had the&s;e at a Sermon been,</L>
<L>or el&s;e upon dry ground,</L>
<L>Why then I would have never been &s;een,</L>
<L>if that they had been <HI>drown'd.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Even as a Hunt&s;man tyes his dogs,</L>
<L>for fear they &s;hould go fro him,</L>
<L>So tye your children with &s;trict clogs,</L>
<L><HI>unty um</HI> and you'l <HI>undo um.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let Maids and Nur&s;es lye in wait,</L>
<L>and watch them to a tittle,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e your grief will be full great,</L>
<L>to have them dye &s;o <HI>little.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Story you have heard is call'd,</L>
<L><HI>The Children in the Wood.</HI></L>
<L>Although the Subjects both are <HI>bad,</HI></L>
<L>yet this may be as <HI>good.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And now for to conclude at la&s;t,</L>
<L>I wi&s;h all others may,</L>
<L>Be careful of their children dear,</L>
<L>for fear they go a&s;tray.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.</HI></P>
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