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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>POEM On the mo&s;t Ancient, Ho<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">ourable, and Nece&s;&s;ary THE HAMMERMEN&mdash;TRADE</HEAD>
<L>THIS TRADE all other Trades doth far Outvey;</L>
<L>For it &s;urpa&s;lech in Antiquity,</L>
<L>All we can name, The <HI>Sacred Page</HI> is clear</L>
<L>That <HI>lubal Cain</HI> was an Artifiicer.</L>
<L>In Bra&s;s, and Iron, and that his Skill was &s;uch</L>
<L>That way, that Others he the &s;ame did Teach;</L>
<L>And it Tradition we may but believe,</L>
<L>Which Authors to the &s;everal Trades doth give,</L>
<L>And them for their Invention highly Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>And in due Order doth them Canonize;</L>
<L>We find that the fir&s;t Author of this Trade</L>
<L>Was before <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>For <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Doth <HI>&V;ulcan</HI> aptly &s;ound, who&s;e Trade it was</L>
<L>To be a <HI>SMITH</HI> to <HI>Jupiter,</HI> and Hee</L>
<L>Was the fir&s;t wor&s;hip'd for a <HI>Deitie.</HI></L>
<L>'Mong&s;t all the Authors of the Trades, which &s;how's</L>
<L>That as he was Anteriour to tho&s;e</L>
<L>In time, likewi&s;e his Trade in Dignitie</L>
<L>Was &s;o in Judgement of Antiquitie,</L>
<L>And ju&s;tlie: for no Trade's more nece&s;&s;ar;</L>
<L>Whether it be in Time of Peace of War;</L>
<L>The <HI>Scripture</HI> doth Remark when <HI>I&s;rael</HI></L>
<L>VVas mo&s;t di&s;tre&s;&s;ed in the Reign of <HI>Saul,</HI></L>
<L>That there was no SMITH found throughout the Land,</L>
<L>That neither <HI>Sword</HI> nor Spear was in the Hand</L>
<L>Of any of the People, to mantain</L>
<L>Their Liberty again&s;t the <HI>Phili&s;tine.</HI></L>
<L>No wonder then that they were in a &s;trait</L>
<L>For want of SMITHS, they wanted Armes to Fight;</L>
<L>And if we view the Numerous Arts that are</L>
<L>For Ornament, or Highly nece&s;&s;ar.</L>
<L>We find that Tools for The&s;e cannot be had,</L>
<L>Without th' A&s;&s;i&s;tance of this <HI>Noble Trade.</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Gardiner</HI> can ne're u&s;e for his Life,</L>
<L>His Trade without a Spade, and Prunning Knife</L>
<L>The <HI>Husband Man</HI> to whom &s;o much we Owe,</L>
<L>Needeth a Coulter and Share to his Plow.</L>
<L>The <HI>Taylors</HI> need a Knife, a Goo&s;e, and Sheers,</L>
<L>The <HI>Ma&s;on</HI> Irons and a Mattock bears</L>
<L>The <HI>Wright</HI> his Cousin, needs an Ax and Saw,</L>
<L>The <HI>Fle&s;her</HI> needs a Knife, to cut the Maw,</L>
<L>The <HI>Weaver</HI> needs for Stenting Temple Heads,</L>
<L>For cutting Thrumbs, and Ends, a Knife he needs,</L>
<L><HI>Baxters</HI> the Scraper and the Rake, <HI>Furryers,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Wakers,</HI> and <HI>Glovers</HI> cannot <UNCLEAR>want &s;uch &s;heers</UNCLEAR>,</L>
<L><HI>Skinners</HI> a Woodie, and Round Scraper have</L>
<L>For Leather, <HI><UNCLEAR>Tanners</UNCLEAR></HI> have a Knife to &s;have,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 words"> <UNCLEAR>and a Morter, and doth</UNCLEAR> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ay</L>
<L>The <HI>Gardener</HI> with a Knife Pates away</L>
<L>The Leather&punc; And the <HI>Lit&s;ter</HI> cannot Dre&s;s</L>
<L>The Cloath, without a Cauldron and a Pre&s;s</L>
<L>His Brother needeth VVires (its under&s;tood)</L>
<L>To make the Ancient Covering for the Head.</L>
<L>Thus every One of all the Trades <HI>I</HI> mind,</L>
<L>Beholding to the <HI>Hammer-Men</HI> I find.</L>
<L>It addeth to the Honour of this Trade,</L>
<L>That the mo&s;t Precious Things that Nature made,</L>
<L>It hath for Objects, Silver, Gemms, and Gold,</L>
<L>Than which what weighs more, and le&s;s bulk doth hold?</L>
<L>What's of more General U&s;e? with them we buy</L>
<L>The Things that are of greate&s;t Dignity,</L>
<L>And U&s;efulne&s;s, for Meat and Drink; and All</L>
<L>That nece&s;&s;ar for <HI>Humane kind</HI> we call.</L>
<L>We buy for Gold and Silver; which is more,</L>
<L>Some &s;ell Them&s;elves for The&s;e, and them Adore;</L>
<L>I like the Object of the <HI>Art</HI> &s;o well,</L>
<L>That I account them Happy who it Feel,</L>
<L>And Handle oft, and have the Liberty</L>
<L>It to Engrave upon, or Liquify:</L>
<L>In Fine, it addeth to the <HI>Trades</HI> Renown,</L>
<L>They wear for En&s;igns <HI>Hammer</HI> and the CROVVN,</L>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>EDINBURGH, Printed by JOHN REID, in the Year 1698.</P>
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