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<HEAD>A COPY of VERSES PRESENTED BY I&s;aac Ragg, Bell-man, To his MASTERS and MISTRESSES of <HI>Holbourn</HI> Divi&s;ion, In the Pari&s;h of St. <HI>Giles</HI>'s in the Field.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="prologue">
<HEAD>PROLOGUE</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Time (Ma&s;ter) calls your Bell man to his Task,</L>
<L>To &s;ee your Doors and Windows are all Fa&s;t,</L>
<L>And that no Villany or Foul Crime are done</L>
<L>To you nor yours in ab&s;ence of the Sun:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If any ba&s;e Lurker I do meet,</L>
<L>In private Alley, or in open Street,</L>
<L>You &s;hall have warning by my timely Call,</L>
<L>And &s;o God Ble&s;s you, and give Re&s;t to all.</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>St.</HI> Andrew.</HEAD>
<L>ST. <HI>ANDREW</HI> Suffered on the Cro&s;s,</L>
<L>And did not think his Life a lo&s;s</L>
<L>To gain Eternal Life thereby,</L>
<L>Knowing that Chri&s;t upon the Cro&s;s did Dye,</L>
<L>To &s;ave both him, and you, and me,</L>
<L>For which good Cau&s;e let's Thankful be.</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>King</HI> CHARLES <HI>the Fir&s;t</HI>'s Brith-Day.</HEAD>
<L>This Day was Born a Prince of High Renown,</L>
<L>No le&s;s then Heir unto Great <HI>Britains</HI> Crown,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Pious Actions through <HI>Europe</HI> Rings,</L>
<L>And was a Pattern to all Chri&s;tian Kings:</L>
<L>His Youth and Age were prone to things Divine,</L>
<L>Of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">ods great Grace a mo&s;t apparent Sign,</L>
<L>But God was plea&s;ed for to Eclip&s;e his Rays,</L>
<L>and Crown his Head with an Immortal Bays.</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>St. <HI>Thomas</HI>'s day.</HEAD>
<L>To Unbelieving <HI>Thomas</HI> Chri&s;t did &s;ay,</L>
<L>O! Be not Faithle&s;s, but believe this day</L>
<L>That I am he that late was Crucifi'd,</L>
<L>And Ro&s;e again that thou might'&s;t be Ju&s;tifi'd,</L>
<L>And not only thou, but all that do believe</L>
<L>That I am he, doubtle&s;s &s;hall now receive</L>
<L>A full Remi&s;&s;ion for the Sins, which they</L>
<L>Have ever done, <HI>Amen,</HI> Lord, I obey.</L>
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<HEAD>Chri&s;tmas-day.</HEAD>
<L>This Morning I&s;&s;ued forth of <HI>Maries</HI> Womb,</L>
<L>The Infant Je&s;us, Gods Eternal Son,</L>
<L>That Prie&s;t, that Prophet, and that King anointed,</L>
<L>Whom God for our Redemption had appointed;</L>
<L>So Infinite was <HI>Adams</HI> Debt before,</L>
<L>That only God him&s;elf mu&s;t pay the Score.</L>
<L>For his &s;ake then, ob&s;erve this Day, who&s;e Brith</L>
<L>Has prov'd our only Soveraign cau&s;e of Mirth.</L>
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<HEAD><HI>St.</HI> John.</HEAD>
<L>St. <HI>John</HI> that Holy <HI>Evangeli&s;t</HI> Divine,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Go&s;pel over all the World doth &s;hine,</L>
<L>Converted Heathens, was Chri&s;t Bo&s;ome Friend,</L>
<L>And Preached Pardon to all that did offend,</L>
<L>Gi&s;ts of the Spirit God to him had given,</L>
<L>And now remains a Ble&s;&s;ed Saint in Heaven.</L>
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<HEAD>Childermas-day.</HEAD>
<L>By this days Memory is under&s;tood,</L>
<L>The Vintage that was made of Infants Blood,</L>
<L><HI>Hered</HI> was up in Arms through all the Coa&s;t</L>
<L>Of <HI>Bethlehem,</HI> again&s;t the Lord of Ho&s;t.</L>
<L>And Infants in Pur&s;uit of the Virgins Son,</L>
<L>Did &s;uffer the Glorious Acts of Martyrdome.</L>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of a bellman</FIGDESC>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>New-Years day.</HEAD>
<L>Now Winters Aged Face is Withering,</L>
<L>The <HI>New-Year</HI>'s come to u&s;her in the Spring;</L>
<L>The Earth prepares to put on fre&s;h attires,</L>
<L>To moove affections and Inflame de&s;ires:</L>
<L>And to &s;et forth the Beauty of this <HI>New-Year,</HI></L>
<L>A new change will in every thing appear;</L>
<L>Twere good too, in bad Lives, a change to &s;ee,</L>
<L>He that is good, let him no Changling be.</L>
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<HEAD>King <HI>Charles</HI> the Second.</HEAD>
<L>What more to Loyalty may Subjects win,</L>
<L>Then the attribute of goodne&s;s in a King;</L>
<L>The which in ours, what Heart but may di&s;cern,</L>
<L>What King &s;o good, that from him might not Learn,</L>
<L>His Mercy, Love, and Clemency to all,</L>
<L>Exceedeth, and is more then Natural;</L>
<L>And as in Vertues great he doth excell,</L>
<L>May he convince all Hearts to wi&s;h him well.</L>
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<HEAD>For a <HI>Fro&s;t.</HI></HEAD>
<L>But fir&s;t when Winters keene&s;t breath began</L>
<L>To Chri&s;talize the Baltick Ocean;</L>
<L>To &s;top the Lakes, and Bridle up the Floods,</L>
<L>And perriwigg the Bark of the Ball-pate Woods;</L>
<L>Our Grand&s;ier then began to Shiver,</L>
<L>His Teech did Chatter, and his Beard did Quiver,</L>
<L>Saying, I could wi&s;h there were Hand&s;ome Women too,</L>
<L>But I am Old, and Cold, and cannor do.</L>
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<HEAD>Any Day.</HEAD>
<L>Give me Tran&s;cending all the Pious Heart,</L>
<L>That firmly &s;tandeth for Religious Art,</L>
<L>Gods Honour, Holy Conver&s;ation,</L>
<L>For Faith and Vertues Propagation,</L>
<L>For Ju&s;tice, Charity, and Cha&s;t de&s;ire,</L>
<L>And all &s;uch like, that unto Heaven a&s;pire,</L>
<L>And Loyalty not the lea&s;t among them Crown'd,</L>
<L>Who &s;erves God right, is to his Soveraign &s;ound.</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>On the Thirtieth of <HI>January.</HI></HEAD>
<LG>
<L>What Fatal Comet did this day portend</L>
<L>The Death of <HI>Charles</HI> our Royal King and Friend;</L>
<L>What Actors Vile contriv'd for to betray</L>
<L>His Crown and Scepter, which they &s;hould Obey;</L>
<L>And mu&s;t he be brought to his Pallace Gate,</L>
<L>There for to Suffer a Prodigious Fate;</L>
<L>Mu&s;t nothing but his Sacred Blood Suffice,</L>
<L>To quench the Fury of their Villanies;</L>
<L>Then let us go on to Exerci&s;e;</L>
<L>The Laws on them that Government de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Toth' Holy Temple of your Hearts repair,</L>
<L>There never was more need to joyn in Prayer;</L>
<L>The Bore and Woolf, are Whispering with the Fox,</L>
<L>Again&s;t the Royal and the Orthodox;</L>
<L>Pa&s;t Whi&s;pering in their Hearts, they call a loud</L>
<L>Rebellion, her old Way, through her Blew Cloud,</L>
<L>To bring the old mi&s;chief on us, and Renew</L>
<L>That which the Child Unborn may already Rue.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Mo&s;t Gracious Lord, may &s;o thy Mercy be,</L>
<L>That all may in thy real Truth agree,</L>
<L>That there may be no difference, nor divi&s;ion,</L>
<L>Neither in State, nor matters of Religion;</L>
<L>And as there's but one God, one Faith, one Bapti&s;m,</L>
<L>What ever be the Dreams of Sects, and Schi&s;m,</L>
<L>So Frame us, as our Ance&s;tors have been,</L>
<L>To one Church Government,</L>
<L><HI>And God Save the</HI> KING.</L>
</LG>
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<P>LONDON, <HI>Printed by</HI> William Downing <HI>in</HI> Bartholomew-Clo&s;e, 1683/4</P>
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