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<HEAD>The Woful LAMENTATION of <HI>JANE SHORE,</HI> A Gold&s;mith's Wife, in <HI>London,</HI> &s;ometime King <HI>EDWARD</HI> the Fourth's CONCUBINE, who for her Wanton Life came to a Mi&s;erable End: Set forth for the EXAMPLE of all Wicked LIVERS.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Live with me,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
<P>Licens'd and Enter'd according to Order.</P>
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<L>IF Ro&s;amond that was &s;o fair,</L>
<L>Had cau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">e her Sorows to declare,</L>
<L>Then let <HI>Jane Shore</HI> with &s;orrow &s;ing,</L>
<L>That was <UNCLEAR>beloved</UNCLEAR> of a king:</L>
<L><HI>Then wanton Wives in time amend,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For Love and Beauty will have end.</HI></L>
<L>In Maiden yea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">s my Beauty bright,</L>
<L>Was loved dear of Lord and Knight,</L>
<L>But yet the love that they requir'd,</L>
<L>It was not as my Fr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">nds de&s;ire'd:</L>
<L>My parents they for thir&s;t of Gain,</L>
<L>A Husband for me did obtain,</L>
<L>And I their plea&s;ure to fulfil,</L>
<L>Was forc'd to wed again&s;t my will:</L>
<L>To <HI>Matthew Short</HI> I was a Wife,</L>
<L>Till Lu&s;t brought ruine to my life,</L>
<L>And then my life &s;o lewdly &s;pent,</L>
<L>Which makes my &s;oul for to lament:</L>
<L>In <HI>Lumbard-&s;treet</HI> I once did dwell,</L>
<L>As <HI>London</HI> yet can witne&s;s well,</L>
<L>Where many Gallants did behold</L>
<L>My Beauty in a Shop of Gold:</L>
<L>I &s;pread my plumes as Wantons do,</L>
<L>Some &s;we<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">t and &s;ecret friend to Wooe,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Love I did not find,</L>
<L>Agreeing to my wanton mind.</L>
<L>At la&s;t my name in Court did ring,</L>
<L>Into the ears of <HI>England</HI>'s king,</L>
<L>Who came and lik'd, and love requir'd;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">de coy what he de&s;ir'd:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 words"> <HI>Blague,</HI> a Neighbour neer,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 words"> I e&s;teemed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="5 words"> gallant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="5 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ing</L>
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<L>And wrong my wedded husband <HI>Shore,</HI></L>
<L>Whom I had lov'd ten years before,</L>
<L>In heart and mind I did rejoyce,</L>
<L>That I had made &s;o &s;weet a Choice,</L>
<L>And therefore did my State re&s;ign,</L>
<L>To be King Edward's Concubine.</L>
<L>From City then to Court I went,</L>
<L>To reap the plea&s;ures of Content,</L>
<L>And had the joye that Love could bring,</L>
<L>And knew the Secrets of a King:</L>
<L>When I was thus advanc'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> on high,</L>
<L>Commanding Edward with mine Eye,</L>
<L>For Mi&s;tre&s;s <HI>Blague</HI> I in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pace</L>
<L>Obt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">in'd a Living of his Grace.</L>
<L>Not frend I had but in &s;hort time</L>
<L>I made unto Promotion climb:</L>
<L>But yet for all this co&s;tly pride,</L>
<L>My Husband could not me abide:</L>
<L>His bed, though wronged by a King,</L>
<L>His heart with grief did deadly &s;ting:</L>
<L>From <HI>England</HI> then be goes away,</L>
<L>To end h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">slife upon the Sea;</L>
<L>He <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ould not live to &s;ee his Name</L>
<L>Impared by my wanton Shame,</L>
<L>Although a Prince of Peerle&s;s Might,</L>
<L>Did reap the plea&s;ures of his Right,</L>
<L>Long time I lived in the Court,</L>
<L>With Lords and Ladies of great &s;ort,</L>
<L>For when I &s;mil'd all Men were glad,</L>
<L>But when I mourn'd my Prince grew &s;ad</L>
<L>But yet an hone&s;t mind I bore,</L>
<L>To helple&s;s People that were poor,</L>
<L>I &s;till redre&s;t the Orphan's Cry,</L>
<L>And &s;av'd their lives condemn'd to die.</L>
<L>I &s;till had ruth on Widows Tears,</L>
<L>I &s;uccour'd Babes of tender years,</L>
<L>And never lookt for other gain,</L>
<L>But Love and Thanks for all my pain.</L>
<L>At la&s;t my Royal King did dye,</L>
<L>And then my days of Woe grew nigh,</L>
<L>When <HI>Crook-back R.</HI> got the Crown,</L>
<L>K. <HI>Edward</HI>'s Friends were &s;oon put down.</L>
<L>I then was puni&s;ht for my Sin,</L>
<L>That I &s;o long had lived in:</L>
<L>Yea, every one that was his Friend,</L>
<L>This Tyrant brought to &s;hameful End.</L>
<L>Then for my rude and wanton Life,</L>
<L>That made a Strumpet of a Wife,</L>
<L>I Pennance did in <HI>Lumbard-&s;treet,</HI></L>
<L>In &s;hameful manner in a Sheet:</L>
<L>Where many thou&s;ands did me view,</L>
<L>Who late in Court my Credit knew;</L>
<L>Which made the tears run down my face</L>
<L>To think apon my foul Di&s;grace:</L>
<L>Not thus content, they took from me</L>
<L>My Goods, my Livings, and my Fee,</L>
<L>And charg'd that none &s;hould me Relieve,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> any Succour to me give:</L>
<L>Then unto Mi&s;tres <HI>Blague</HI> I went,</L>
<L>To whom my Iewels I had &s;ent,</L>
<L>In hope thereby to ea&s;e my Want,</L>
<L>When Riches fail'd and Love grew &s;cant:</L>
<L>But &s;he deny'd to me the &s;ame,</L>
<L>When in my Need for them I came:</L>
<L>To recompence my former Love,</L>
<L>Out of her Doors &s;he did me &s;hove:</L>
<L>So Love did vani&s;h with my State,</L>
<L>Which now my &s;oul repents too late;</L>
<L>Therefore Example take by me,</L>
<L>For Friendship parts in Poverty.</L>
<L>But yet one Friend among the re&s;t,</L>
<L>Whom I before had &s;een di&s;tre&s;t,</L>
<L>And &s;av'd his Life condemn'd to dye,</L>
<L>Did give me Food to &s;uccour me;</L>
<L>For which, by Law, it was decreed,</L>
<L>That he was hanged for that Deed:</L>
<L>His Death did grieve me &s;o much more,</L>
<L>Then had I dyed my&s;elf therefore:</L>
<L>Then tho&s;e to whom I had done good,</L>
<L>Dur&s;t not re&s;tore me any food;</L>
<L>Whereby in vain I beg'd all day,</L>
<L>And &s;till in Streets by night I lay.</L>
<L>My Gowns be&s;et with pearl and Gold,</L>
<L>Are turn'd to &s;imple Garments old;</L>
<L>My Chains and Jems and golden Rings,</L>
<L>To filthy Rags and loath&s;ome Things,</L>
<L>Thus was I &s;con'd of Maid and Wife,</L>
<L>For leading &s;uch a wicked Life:</L>
<L>Both &s;ucking Babes and Children &s;mall,</L>
<L>Did make a Pa&s;time at my Fall;</L>
<L>I could not get one bit of Bread,</L>
<L>Whereby my hunger might be fed:</L>
<L>Nor Drink but &s;uch as Channels yield,</L>
<L>Or &s;tinking Ditches in the Field;</L>
<L>Thus weary of my Life at length,</L>
<L>I yield up my vital &s;trength,</L>
<L>Within a Ditch of loath&s;ome &s;cent,</L>
<L>Where Carrion-dogs do much frequent,</L>
<L>The which now &s;ince my Dying-day,</L>
<L>Is <HI>Shoreditch</HI> call'd as Writers &s;ay:</L>
<L>Which is a Witne&s;s of my Sin,</L>
<L>For being Concubine to a King;</L>
<L>You wanton Wives that fall to Lu&s;t,</L>
<L>Be you a&s;&s;ur'd that God is Ju&s;t;</L>
<L>Whoredom &s;hall not e&s;cape his hand,</L>
<L>Nor Pride unpuni&s;ht in this Land;</L>
<L>If God to me &s;uch Shame &s;hould bring,</L>
<L>That yielded only to a King;</L>
<L>How &s;hall they '&s;cape that daily run,</L>
<L>To practice Sin with every Man?</L>
<L>You husbands match not but for Love,</L>
<L>Le&s;t &s;ome Di&s;liking after prove;</L>
<L>Women be warn'd when you are Wives,</L>
<L>What Plagues are due to &s;inful Lives:</L>
<L><HI>Then Maids &amp; Wives in time amend,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For Love and Beauty will have end.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>The Second Part: of <HI>J. SHORE,</HI> wherein her Husband Bewailed the E&s;tate, her Wantonne&s;s, the Wrong of Marriage, and the Fall of Pride.</HEAD>
<L>If &s;he that was fair <HI>London</HI>'s Pride,</L>
<L>For Beauty fam'd both far and wide,</L>
<L>With Swanlike-&s;ong in Sadne&s;s told,</L>
<L>Her deep Di&s;tre&s;&s;es manifold:</L>
<L>Then in the &s;ame let me al&s;o,</L>
<L>Now bear a part of &s;uch like Woe:</L>
<L>Kind <HI>Matthew Shore,</HI> Men called me,</L>
<L>A Gold&s;mith once of good Degree,</L>
<L>And might have lived long therein,</L>
<L>Had not my Wife been wed to Sin:</L>
<L>Ah gentle <HI>Jane,</HI> thy wanton Race,</L>
<L>Hath brought me to this foul Di&s;grace.</L>
<L>Thou had&s;t all things at wi&s;h and will,</L>
<L>Thy wanton Fancy to fulfil,</L>
<L>No <HI>London</HI> Dame nor Merchant's Wife,</L>
<L>Did lead &s;o &s;weet and plea&s;ant Life:</L>
<L>Then gentle <HI>Jane</HI> the Truth report,</L>
<L>Why left'&s;t thou me to live in Court?</L>
<L>Thou had&s;t both Gold and Silver &s;tore,</L>
<L>No Wife in <HI>London</HI> then had more;</L>
<L>And once a Week in walk in field,</L>
<L>To &s;ee what ples&s;ure it would yield.</L>
<L>But woe to me  that Liberty,</L>
<L>Hath brought me to this Mi&s;'ery:</L>
<L>I married thee whil&s;t thou wert young,</L>
<L>Before thou knew'&s;t what did belong,</L>
<L>To Husband's Love, or Marriage &s;tate,</L>
<L>Which now my Soul repents too late:</L>
<L>Thus wanton Pride made thee Unju&s;t,</L>
<L>And &s;o deceived was my Tru&s;t.</L>
<L>But when the King po&s;&s;e&s;t my room,</L>
<L>And cropt my ro&s;ie gallant Bloom,</L>
<L>Fair <HI>London</HI>'s Blo&s;&s;om, and my joy</L>
<L>My heart was drown'd in deep annoy,</L>
<L>To think how unto publique Shame,</L>
<L>The wicked Life brought my good Name.</L>
<L>And then I thought each Man and Wife,</L>
<L>In je&s;ting &s;ore accus'd my Life;</L>
<L>And every one to the other &s;aid,</L>
<L>That <HI>Shore</HI>'s fair Wife the Wanton plaid;</L>
<L>Thereby in mind I grew to change</L>
<L>My Dwelling in &s;ome Country &s;trange,</L>
<L>My Lands and Goods I &s;old away,</L>
<L>And &s;o from <HI>England</HI> went to Sea;</L>
<L>Oppre&s;t with Grief and woful Mind,</L>
<L>But left my Cau&s;e of Grief behind:</L>
<L>My loving Wife whom I once thought,</L>
<L>Would never be to Lewdne&s;s brought,</L>
<L>But Women now I well e&s;py,</L>
<L>Are &s;ubject to Vncon&s;tancy;</L>
<L>And few there be &s;o true of Love,</L>
<L>But by long &s;uit will wanton prove;</L>
<L>For Fle&s;h is frail, and Women weak,</L>
<L>When Kings for Love long &s;uit do make.</L>
<L>But yet from <HI>England</HI> my Depart,</L>
<L>Was with a &s;ad and heavy heart,</L>
<L>Whereat when as my Leave I took,</L>
<L>I &s;ent back many a heavy look,</L>
<L>De&s;iring God, if it might be,</L>
<L>To &s;end one &s;igh, &s;weet <HI>Jane,</HI> to thee!</L>
<L>For if thou had&s;t but con&s;tant been,</L>
<L>The&s;e days of Woe I ne'r had &s;een,</L>
<L>But yet I mourn and grieve full &s;ore,</L>
<L>To think to what Plagues are left in &s;tore,</L>
<L>For &s;uch as carele&s;s tread awry,</L>
<L>The mode&s;t Paths of Con&s;tancy:</L>
<L>Ah! gentle <HI>Jane,</HI> if thou did'&s;t know,</L>
<L>The uncouth Paths I daily go,</L>
<L>And woful Tears for thee I &s;hed,</L>
<L>For wronging thus my Marriage-bed,</L>
<L>Then &s;ure I am thou would'&s;t confe&s;s,</L>
<L>My Love was &s;ure though in Di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L>Both <HI>Flanders, France,</HI> and <HI>Spain</HI> I pa&s;t,</L>
<L>And came to <HI>Turky</HI> at the la&s;t;</L>
<L>And there within that mighty Court,</L>
<L>I lived long in hone&s;t &s;ort;</L>
<L>De&s;iring God, that &s;its in Heaven,</L>
<L>That Lovers Sins might be forgiven,</L>
<L>And there advanc'd thy loving Name,</L>
<L>Of living Wights the faire&s;t Dame:</L>
<L>The prai&s;e of <HI>England</HI>'s Beauty &s;tain,</L>
<L>All which thy Husband did maintain,</L>
<L>And &s;et thy picture there in Gold,</L>
<L>For kings and Princes to behold,</L>
<L>But when I thought upon thy Sin,</L>
<L>Thy wanton thoughts delighted in,</L>
<L>I griev'd that &s;uch a comely Face,</L>
<L>Should hold true Honour in Di&s;grace,</L>
<L>And counted it a Luckle&s;s day,</L>
<L>When as thou fir&s;t did'&s;t go A&s;tray,</L>
<L>De&s;iring then &s;ome News to hear,</L>
<L>Of her my Soul did love &s;o dear,</L>
<L>My Secrets then I did impart,</L>
<L>To one well skill'd in Magick Art,</L>
<L>Who in a Gla&s;s did truly &s;how,</L>
<L>Such things as I de&s;ir'd to know:</L>
<L>I there did &s;&eacute;e thy Courtly State,</L>
<L>Thy Pomp, thy Pride, thy Glory great;</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e there I did behold,</L>
<L>My <HI>Jane</HI> in <HI>Edward</HI>'s Arms infold:</L>
<L>Thy &s;ecret Love I there e&s;py'd,</L>
<L>Thy Rice, thy Fall, and how thou died;</L>
<L>Thy naked Body in the Street,</L>
<L>I &s;aw do Penance in a Sheet;</L>
<L>Barefo&oacute;t before the Beadle's Wand,</L>
<L>With burning Taper in thy hand,</L>
<L>And Babes, not having u&s;e of Tongue,</L>
<L>Stood pointing as thou went'&s;t along;</L>
<L>Thus ended was the Shame of thine,</L>
<L>Though God gave yet no end to mine:</L>
<L>When I &s;uppos'd my Name forgot,</L>
<L>And time had wa&s;ht away my Blot,</L>
<L>And in another Prince's Reign,</L>
<L>I came to <HI>England</HI> back again:</L>
<L>But &s;taying there, my Friends decay'd,</L>
<L>My Prince's Laws I di&s;obey'd,</L>
<L>And by true Ju&s;tice judg'd to dye,</L>
<L>For Clipping Gold in &s;ecre&s;ie:</L>
<L>By Gold was my be&s;t Living made,</L>
<L>And &s;o by Gold my Life decay'd:</L>
<L>Thus have you heard the woful Strife,</L>
<L>That came by my Uncon&s;tant Wife,</L>
<L>Her Fall, my Death, wherein is &s;hew'd,</L>
<L>The Story of a Strumpet lewd;</L>
<L><HI>In hope thereby &s;ome Women may</HI></L>
<L><HI>Take heed how they the Wanton <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"></HI></L>
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