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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>A merry new Ballad, both plea&s;ant and &s;weete, In prai&s;e of the <HI>Black-&s;mith,</HI> which is very meete.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of <HI>Greene &s;leeves, &amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>OF all the Trades that euer I &s;ee,</L>
<L>There is none w^t the Black&s;mith compar'd may be,</L>
<L>For with &s;o many &s;euerall tooles Workes he,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fir&s;t that euer thunder-bolt made,</L>
<L>Was a <HI>Cyclops</HI> of the Black-&s;miths Trade,</L>
<L>As in an ancient <HI>Poet</HI> is &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When thunderingly we lay about,</L>
<L>The fire like lightning fla&s;heth out,</L>
<L>Which &s;uddenly with water we doute,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The faire&s;t godde&s;&s;e in the skies,</L>
<L>To marry with <HI>Vulcan</HI> did deui&s;e,</L>
<L>Who was a Black-&s;mith graue and wi&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Mulciber</HI> to doe her all the right,</L>
<L>Did build her a Tower by day and by night,</L>
<L>Which after he did <HI>Hammer&s;mith</HI> hight,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And that no enemie might wrong her,</L>
<L>He gaue her a Fort, &s;he needs no &s;tronger</L>
<L>Then is the lane of <HI>Ironmonger,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Vulcan</HI> farther did acquaint her,</L>
<L>A pretty e&s;tate he would appoint her,</L>
<L>And leaue her Seacole lane for a Ioynter,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Smith-field he did free from durt,</L>
<L>And &s;ure he had great rea&s;on for't:</L>
<L>For there he meant &s;he &s;hould keepe her Court</L>
<L><HI>Which no &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But after in good time and tide</L>
<L>It was to the Black-&s;mith ratified,</L>
<L>And giuen by <HI>Edmund Iron&s;ide,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Vulcan</HI> he did make a traine,</L>
<L>In which the god of Warre was &s;laine,</L>
<L>Which euer &s;ince was call'd <HI>Pauls chaine,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And <HI>Ninus</HI> bred him&s;elfe much &s;trife,</L>
<L>For which he &s;urely lo&s;t his life,</L>
<L>For doting on a Black-&s;miths wife,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There is a law in merry <HI>England,</HI></L>
<L>In which the Smith hath &s;ome command,</L>
<L>When any man is burnt in the hand,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Banbury</HI>-ale a two-yard pot,</L>
<L>The diuell a Tinker dare &s;tand to't,</L>
<L>If once the to&s;t be hi&s;&s;ing hot,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The common Prouerb as we read,</L>
<L>That we &s;hould hit the nayle on the head,</L>
<L>Without the Black-&s;mith cannot be &s;aid</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>ANother Prouerb mu&s;t not be forgot,</L>
<L>For it falls unto the Black-&s;miths lot,</L>
<L>That we &s;hould &s;trike while the Iron's hot,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A third lies in the Black-&s;miths way,</L>
<L>When things are as &s;afe as old wiues &s;ay,</L>
<L>We haue them under locke and key,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's yet another which makes me laugh,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the Smith can challenge but halfe,</L>
<L>When things are as plaine as a pike-&s;taffe,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Another halfe to him doth belong,</L>
<L>And therefore do the Smith no wrong,</L>
<L>When one is held too't buckle and thong.</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There is one more doth &s;eldome faile,</L>
<L>When we meet with naughty Beere or Ale,</L>
<L>We &s;ay it is as dead as a doore-naile,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A &s;ullen woman needs no leech,</L>
<L>Your Black-&s;miths bellowes re&s;tores her &s;peech,</L>
<L>And will fetch againe with winde in her breech,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's neuer a &s;lut if filth ouer-&s;much her,</L>
<L>But owes to the Black-&s;mith for her lether:</L>
<L>For without a paire of tongs no man wil touch her,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If you cleaue to your friend when fortunes wheele</L>
<L>Doth make him any mi&s;chances feele,</L>
<L>We &s;ay &s;uch a friend is as true as &s;teele,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's that's in the Black-&s;miths bookes,</L>
<L>Who &s;uddenly for remedy lookes,</L>
<L>When any man is off the hookes,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Among the Sectaries there are tho&s;e,</L>
<L>That without the Black-&s;miths helpe do &s;up|po&s;e,</L>
<L>St. <HI>Dun&s;ton</HI> had ne're tane y^e diuell by the no&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The roaring boy whom euery one quailes,</L>
<L>And nothing but fights, &amp; &s;weares, &amp; railes,</L>
<L>Could neuer yet make y^e Smith eate his nailes,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though Sergeants at Law grow richer farre,</L>
<L>And by their good coun&s;ell can end a farre:</L>
<L>Yet your Black-&s;mith taks more paines at the barre,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And though lawes puni&s;h &s;euerely &s;till</L>
<L>Such as counterfeit deeds, and thereby do ill,</L>
<L>Yet your &s;mith may forge what he will,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though bankrouts lye lurking in their holes,</L>
<L>And laugh at their creditors &amp; the catchpoles,</L>
<L>Yet the Smith can fetch them ouer the coales,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though playing y^e Iocky is thought a fine feat,</L>
<L>As to train up a hor&s;e &amp; pre&s;cribe him his meat,</L>
<L>Yet the Smith knows be&s;t how to giue him a heate,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Though &s;oldiers haue traueld a thou&s;and miles,</L>
<L>And thinke they haue all the crafts &amp; y^e wiles,</L>
<L>Yet your Smith can &s;ooner double his files,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And though he hath no Commanders looke,</L>
<L>Nor can brag of tho&s;e he hath &s;laine or tooke,</L>
<L>Yet is he as good as euer &s;trooke,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then if to know him men did de&s;ire,</L>
<L>They would not &s;corne but ranke him higher</L>
<L>For what he gets is out of the fire,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then here's a health to the Black-&s;miths all,</L>
<L>And let it goe round as round as a ball,</L>
<L>Let's take it though it co&s;t us a fall,</L>
<L><HI>Which no body can deny.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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