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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="164" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 7 -->
<HEAD>Impo&s;sibilities, <HI>OR,</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L><HI>A matter of nothing, yet &s;ome thing youle finde</HI></L>
<L><HI>I know in the reading, will plea&s;ure your minde,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then heare it I pray, and when you have done,</HI></L>
<L><HI>You'le &s;ay that the thread is hand&s;omely &s;punne.</HI></L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER><HI>To the tune of, <HI>I &s;igh, I &s;ob, &amp;c.</HI></HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L><HI>IMprimis,</HI> When men doe beginne,</L>
<L>To follow vertue, leaue off &s;inne:</L>
<L>When women thinke it no di&s;daine,</L>
<L>To doe ind&eacute;ede the very &s;ame,</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and ju&s;tly too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The old world now is turned a-new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Newgate is a place for Nuns,</L>
<L>And through Cheap&s;ide a riuer runs,</L>
<L>When Charing-Cro&s;&s;e has &s;uch a face,</L>
<L>To iu&s;tle Pauls out of her place:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay; and not till then,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The world is full of hone&s;t men.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When wood doth hew into the &s;ea,</L>
<L>And coaches doe the hor&s;es draw:</L>
<L>When darkne&s;&s;e doth out-&s;hine the light,</L>
<L>And Snailes &s;urpa&s;&s;e the arrowes flight:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Lucipher an Angell turnes,</L>
<L>And when in hell no fire burnes:</L>
<L>When &s;tars as thicke as haile doe fall,</L>
<L>And new Bride well no ho&s;pitall:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When men are proned to &s;uch good will,</L>
<L>That they to no one doe no ill:</L>
<L>When &s;hips doe &s;aile on rocks of &s;tone,</L>
<L>And when the Whale has nere a bone:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When what is wor&s;t doth turne to be&s;t,</L>
<L>When Crabs with Swallows build their ne&s;t:</L>
<L>And when Mu&s;icians &s;cornes to v&s;e,</L>
<L>Such crotchets as they &s;hould refu&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When morning dew doth fall at night,</L>
<L>And men lift crutches with a &s;light:</L>
<L>When little children yet vnborne,</L>
<L>Doe &s;ay that many weares the horne:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and not till then,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The world is full of hone&s;t men.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When We&s;tmin&s;ter doth ea&s;tward &s;tand,</L>
<L>And touches neither &s;ea nor land:</L>
<L>And when therein you cannot &s;ee,</L>
<L>A Lawyer that will take his f&eacute;e,</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and ju&s;tly too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The old world now is turned a-new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When V&s;urers will gratis lend,</L>
<L>And euery one their liues doe mend:</L>
<L>When the Moore has wa&s;ht him cleane,</L>
<L>and Turnbull &s;tr&eacute;et has nere a queane:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Hens tread Cocks, &amp; Cocks tread G&eacute;e&s;e,</L>
<L>And ganders kitten like cats and mi&s;e:</L>
<L>When as the earth doth beare no Moles,</L>
<L>And little Foxes haue no holes:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, ctc.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When oyle and water doe agr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And deadly foes attoned will bee:</L>
<L>When Smithfield is a field of gra&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>And when the Oxe doth ride the A&s;&s;e.</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Sorcerers doe leaue their charme,</L>
<L>When &s;piders doe the fly no harme:</L>
<L>And when the Black-bird leaues to &s;ing,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e Serpents for to &s;ting:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>WWhen men their chiefe&s;t care doe make,</L>
<L>To f&eacute;ed the poore for pitties &s;ake:</L>
<L>And when trade&s;men doe apply,</L>
<L>To doe as they would be done by:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and not till then,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The world is full of hone&s;t men.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Letchers they doe leaue their lu&s;t,</L>
<L>And doe tho&s;e things are good and iu&s;t:</L>
<L>When Harlots doe Su&s;anna's proue,</L>
<L>And none but hu&s;bands dearely loue,</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When the bla&s;phemer leaues to &s;weare,</L>
<L>And vnto goodne&s;&s;e doth repaire:</L>
<L>When old men doe incounter youth,</L>
<L>And lyers &s;peake the very truth,</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When louers they doe con&s;tant proue,</L>
<L>And neuer daine for to remoue:</L>
<L>When little vailies top tall hills,</L>
<L>And bad men leaue their wonted ills:</L>
<L><HI>Then may you &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When rich men doe e&s;t&eacute;eme the poore,</L>
<L>And fea&s;t 'em till they cry no more:</L>
<L>And when the &s;tr&eacute;ets you may pa&s;&s;e fr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And yet not &s;carce a begger &s;&eacute;e:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When &s;eruants doe their Ma&s;ters &s;way,</L>
<L>And blinde men lead the ready way:</L>
<L>When dumb men talke with eloquence,</L>
<L>And lame men run with eminence:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Gunpowder doth leaue his force,</L>
<L>And euery Pharoah f&eacute;eles remor&s;e:</L>
<L>And when no &s;e&s;&s;ions n&eacute;eds to be,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e all men loues hone&s;tie:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When all the pri&s;ons here about,</L>
<L>Haue iu&s;tled all their pri&s;oners out:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e ind&eacute;ede they haue no cau&s;e,</L>
<L>To k&eacute;epe 'em in by common lawes:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When birds in waters d&eacute;epe doe lie,</L>
<L>And fi&s;hes in the aire doe flie:</L>
<L>When water burnes and fire doth fr&eacute;eze,</L>
<L>And oy&s;ters grow as fruits on trees:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and ju&s;tly too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The old world now is turned a-new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When as the &s;pruce and courtiour too,</L>
<L>Shall bid to complements a dew:</L>
<L>When little B&eacute;es &s;hall ca&s;tles beare,</L>
<L>And flie &s;o with 'em through the ayre:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When as <HI>Zacheus</HI> &s;hall re&s;tore,</L>
<L>His ill got goods vnto the poore:</L>
<L>And when the Camell &s;hall e&s;py,</L>
<L>A way to pa&s;&s;e the nedles eye:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When &s;now falls blacke, and crowes be white,</L>
<L>And all things that are wrong turne right:</L>
<L>When &s;illy lambs doe cau&s;es plead,</L>
<L>And weare long gownes of melted lead:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Turkes doe leaue their Mahomet,</L>
<L>And all day long in churches &s;et:</L>
<L>When Pagans doe bel&eacute;eue in God,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e feare his direfull rod:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When men with pearle do fatten hogs,</L>
<L>And coward d&eacute;ere doe menace dogs:</L>
<L>When men on &s;ands their &s;&eacute;eds doe &s;ow,</L>
<L>And peare tr&eacute;es they doe downward grow:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When <HI>Phoebus</HI> &s;preads his beames by night,</L>
<L>And <HI>Cynthia</HI> doth by day giue light:</L>
<L>When God in mercy is re&s;olued,</L>
<L>That this &s;ame world &s;hall be di&s;&s;olued:</L>
<L><HI>Then you may &s;ay, and ju&s;tly too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The old world now is turned a-new.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>E. F.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>Edward Wright,</HI> dwel|ling at Chri&s;ts-Church gate.</P>
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