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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081112.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="406" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->
<HEAD>Times Alteration:</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>OR,</L>
<L>The Old Mans rehear&s;all, what braue dayes he knew</L>
<L>A great while agone, when his Old Cap was new.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Ile nere be drunke againe.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>VVHen this Old Cap was new,</L>
<L>tis &s;ince two hundred yeere,</L>
<L>No malice then we knew,</L>
<L>but all things plentie were:</L>
<L>All friend&s;hip now decayes,</L>
<L>(beleeue me, this is true)</L>
<L>Which was not in tho&s;e dayes,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Nobles of our Land</L>
<L>were much delighted then,</L>
<L>To haue at their command</L>
<L>a Crue of lu&s;tie Men,</L>
<L>Which by their Coats were knowne,</L>
<L>of Tawnie, Red, or Blue,</L>
<L>With Cre&s;ts on their &s;leeues &s;howne,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now Pride hath bani&s;ht all,</L>
<L>vnto our Lands reproach,</L>
<L>When he who&s;e meanes is &s;mall,</L>
<L>maintaines both Hor&s;e and Coach:</L>
<L>In &s;tead of an hundred Men,</L>
<L>the Coach allowes but two;</L>
<L>This was not thought on then,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Good Ho&s;pitalitie</L>
<L>was cheri&s;ht then of many;</L>
<L>Now poore men &s;tarue and die,</L>
<L>and are not helpt by any:</L>
<L>For Charitie waxeth cold,</L>
<L>and Loue is found in few:</L>
<L>This was not in time of old,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Where euer you trauel'd then,</L>
<L>you might meet on the way</L>
<L>Braue Knights and Gentlemen,</L>
<L>clad in their Countrey Gray,</L>
<L>That courteous would appeare,</L>
<L>and kindly welcome you:</L>
<L>No Puritans then were,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Our Ladies in tho&s;e dayes</L>
<L>in ciuill Habit went,</L>
<L>Broad-Cloth was then worth pray&s;e,</L>
<L>and gaue the be&s;t content:</L>
<L>French Fa&s;hions then were &s;corn'd,</L>
<L>fond Fangles then none knew,</L>
<L>Then Mode&s;tie Women adorn'd,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="407" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->
<HEAD>The Second Part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L><HI>A</HI> Man might then behold,</L>
<L>at Chri&s;tmas, in each Hall,</L>
<L>Good Fires, to curbe the Cold,</L>
<L>and Meat for great and &s;mall:</L>
<L>The Neighbors were friendly bidden,</L>
<L>and all had welcome true,</L>
<L>The poore from the Gates were not chidden,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Blacke Iackes to euery man</L>
<L>were fill'd with Wine and Beere,</L>
<L>No Pewter Pot nor Kanne</L>
<L>in tho&s;e dayes did appeare:</L>
<L>Good cheare in a Noble-mans hou&s;e</L>
<L>was counted a &s;eemely &s;hew,</L>
<L>We wanted no Brawne nor Sow&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>We tooke not &s;uch delight</L>
<L>in Cups of Siluer fine,</L>
<L>None vnder the degree of a Knight,</L>
<L>in Plate drunke Beere or Wine:</L>
<L>Now each Mechanicall man</L>
<L>hath a Cup-boord of Plate, for a &s;hew,</L>
<L>Which was a rare thing then,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then Briberie was vnborne,</L>
<L>no Simonie men did v&s;e,</L>
<L>Chri&s;tians did V&s;urie &s;corne,</L>
<L>deui&s;'d among the Iewes,</L>
<L>Then Lawyers to be Feed,</L>
<L>at that time hardly knew,</L>
<L>For man with man agreed,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Captaine then carow&s;t,</L>
<L>nor &s;pent poore Souldiers Pay,</L>
<L>They were nor &s;o abu&s;'d,</L>
<L>as they are at this day:</L>
<L>Of &s;euen dayes they make eight,</L>
<L>to keepe from them their due;</L>
<L>Poore Souldiers had their right,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Which made them forward &s;till</L>
<L>to goe, although not pre&s;t:</L>
<L>And going with good will,</L>
<L>their fortunes were the be&s;t,</L>
<L>Our <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> then in fight</L>
<L>did forraine Foes &s;ubdue,</L>
<L>And for&s;t them all to flight,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God &s;aue our gracious King,</L>
<L>and &s;end him long to liue,</L>
<L>Lord, mi&s;chiefe on them bring,</L>
<L>that will not their Almes giue&punc;</L>
<L>But &s;eeke to rob the Poore</L>
<L>of that which is their due:</L>
<L>This was not in time of yore,</L>
<L><HI>when this old Cap was new.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>M. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed by the A&s;&s;ignes of Thomas Symcocke.</P>
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