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<HEAD>A plea&s;ant new Ballad of <HI>Tobias,</HI> wherein is &s;hewed the wonderful things that chanced unto him in his youth, and how he wedded a yong Dam&s;el that had had &s;even husbands, and, never enjoyed their company, who were all &s;lain by a wicked Spirit.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To <HI>a new tune</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L><HI>IN Ninivy</HI> old <HI>Toby</HI> dwelt,</L>
<L>an Aged man and blind was he,</L>
<L>And much afflictions he had felt,</L>
<L>which brougth him unto poverty:</L>
<L>He had by <HI>Anna</HI> his true Wife,</L>
<L>one onely Son and eke no more,</L>
<L>Which was the comfo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t of his life,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">nd he by him did &s;et great &s;tore.</L>
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<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">ought him up mo&s;t vertuou&s;ly,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">rue obedience and in aw,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">very day he did apply</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> fear the Lord and k&eacute;ep his Law.</L>
<L>Upon a time it came to pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>he call'd his Son to him with &s;p&eacute;ed.</L>
<L>And thus to him the&s;e words did frame,</L>
<L>my &s;on quoth he thou know&s;t my n&eacute;ed</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thou mu&s;t unto <HI>Gabael</HI> go,</L>
<L>to <HI>Raguels hou&s;e</HI> in <HI>Media</HI> Land,</L>
<L>For I did lend him long agoe,</L>
<L>ten Talents on his onely Band.</L>
<L>My father dear <HI>Tobias</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>at your command &s;treight will I go.</L>
<L>How &s;hall I get the mony paid,</L>
<L>&s;&eacute;eing the man I nere did know.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Take here the Writings then quoth he,</L>
<L>which is &s;ufficie<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">t being &s;&eacute;en,</L>
<L>And get a guide to go with th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>&s;ince thou the way ha&s;t never b&eacute;en.</L>
<L>A guide <HI>Tobias</HI> &s;oon had got,</L>
<L>An Angell in the &s;hape of man.</L>
<L>Which thing he did not know God Wot,</L>
<L>the Lord did &s;o appoint it than.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Tobias</HI> with his ble&s;&s;ed guide,</L>
<L>went on his journy then with &s;p&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>Untill they came to <HI>Tygris</HI> &s;ide,</L>
<L>At the fair flood they did abide:</L>
<L><HI>Tobias</HI> would go with him <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">er<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>by rea&s;on of the Summers heat,</L>
<L>A mighty fi&s;h put him in fear,</L>
<L>which leapt out of the waters great,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Cut up the fi&s;h the Angell &s;aid,</L>
<L>and k&eacute;ep the Liver heart and gall,</L>
<L>To do the &s;ame be not afraid,</L>
<L>great cures there &s;hall be done withall:</L>
<L>When this was done away they went,</L>
<L>and coming n&eacute;er their journy's end,</L>
<L>W&eacute;e'l lodge to night the Angel &s;aid,</L>
<L>with <HI>Raguel</HI> thy fathers friend.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He hath a Daughter fair of face,</L>
<L>and al&s;o of a vertuous life,</L>
<L>And when we come unto that place,</L>
<L>Ile &s;peak that &s;he may be thy wife,</L>
<L>Why <HI>Azarius</HI> then quoth he,</L>
<L>for &s;o they did the Angel call,</L>
<L>I wis &s;he is no Wife for me,</L>
<L>&s;wift death doth all her Lovers fall.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Seven men to her have married b&eacute;en,</L>
<L>which in her love did take delight:</L>
<L>When her bed chamber they had &s;&eacute;en,</L>
<L>they have not lived half the night,</L>
<L>A Wicked Spirit loves her &s;o,</L>
<L>he will not &s;uffer any man,</L>
<L>With her into the bed to go,</L>
<L>but works his death do what he can!</L>
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<L>The Angel &s;aid good courage take,</L>
<L>for &s;o it &s;hall not be with th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>For &s;uch perfumes I will th&eacute;e make,</L>
<L>the Wicked Spirit away &s;hall fl&eacute;e,</L>
<L>To <HI>Raguels</HI> home away they run,</L>
<L>where <HI>Sara</HI> met them fair and bright,</L>
<L>And after Salutations done</L>
<L>&s;he brought them to her parents &s;ight.</L>
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<L>GReat ch&eacute;er they made &amp; down they &s;ate)</L>
<L>&amp; al for yong <HI>Tobias</HI> &s;ake</L>
<L>And after long and plea&s;ant chat,</L>
<L>betwixt the&s;e two a match they make.</L>
<L>By <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> Law they married were,</L>
<L>the bride bed chamber prepar'd likewi&s;e</L>
<L>When young <HI>Tobias</HI> came in there.</L>
<L>the tears fell down from <HI>Sara's</HI> eyes.</L>
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<LG>
<L>A pan of coles he brought with him,</L>
<L>the fi&s;hes heart and liver there,</L>
<L>Within the fire he did ca&s;t in,</L>
<L>which ca&s;t a &s;avor every where,</L>
<L>And by that &s;w&eacute;et and pretious &s;mell,</L>
<L>the Wicked Spirit was di&s;plac't,</L>
<L>Within that room he could not dwell,</L>
<L>Where out away he went in ha&s;t,</L>
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<LG>
<L>In bed they laid this beautions bride,</L>
<L>the chamber door they &s;hut therefore,</L>
<L>Young <HI>Toby</HI> lay down by her &s;ide,</L>
<L>whom he did think to &s;&eacute;e no more,</L>
<L>And therefore <HI>Raguel</HI> in the night,</L>
<L>for him before had made a grave,</L>
<L>And to his Wife he wept and &s;aid,</L>
<L>there is no means his life to &s;ave,</L>
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<L>One of the Maidens &s;end quoth be.</L>
<L>to &s;&eacute;e how all the matter &s;tands</L>
<L>And if it be &s;o that dead he be,</L>
<L>he &s;hall be buried by my hands.</L>
<L>This maiden joyfull news did bring,</L>
<L><HI>Tobias</HI> is alive quoth &s;he.</L>
<L>When <HI>Raguel</HI> heard then of this thing,</L>
<L>he did rejoyce exc&eacute;edingly,</L>
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<LG>
<L>For joy he made a &s;olemn fea&s;t</L>
<L>the bridal fourt&eacute;en dayes he kept,</L>
<L>There to came many a friendly gue&s;t,</L>
<L>in &s;orrow now no more they &s;lept.</L>
<L><HI>Azarias</HI> went &s;treightway,</L>
<L>unto the fea&s;t Gabriel brought,</L>
<L>Rejoycing at his marriage day,</L>
<L>did pay the mony that he ought,</L>
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<LG>
<L>But yet old <HI>Toby</HI> and his Wife</L>
<L>did all the time in &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ow dwell,</L>
<L>They thought their Son had lo&s;t his life,</L>
<L>and nothing could their grief expell.</L>
<L>His Aged mother every day.</L>
<L>did watch the high-Way &s;ide,</L>
<L>And for his Welfare oft did pray,</L>
<L>no meat nor drink &s;he could abide,</L>
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<LG>
<L>But when the Wedding ended was,</L>
<L>young Toby with his lovely Bride.</L>
<L>To <HI>Ninivie</HI> did homewards pa&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>with goods and Cattel on each &s;ide,</L>
<L>But Toby and the Angell bright</L>
<L>before his Wife made ha&s;t to go,</L>
<L>For to prepare all things arright,</L>
<L>his lovely bride to welcome ho,</L>
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<LG>
<L>His mother watching in the Way,</L>
<L>full &s;oon e&s;py'd her tender &s;on,</L>
<L>Rejoycing at that happy day.</L>
<L>&s;he told her hu&s;band he was come,</L>
<L>Whereat old Toby &s;tumbled out,</L>
<L>for he was blind and could not &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Young Toby with the fi&s;hes gall,</L>
<L>rub'd both his eyes immediately.</L>
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<L>Whereat the Whitene&s;&s;e of his eye,</L>
<L>incontinent did fall out quite,</L>
<L>So that before he did ari&s;e,</L>
<L>he had again his perfect &s;ight.</L>
<L>Great joy there was on every &s;ide,</L>
<L>young Toby told his father all,</L>
<L>Who went to m&eacute;et his lovely bride,</L>
<L>With joy and mirth that was not &s;mall</L>
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<P>Printed for F. Coles J. Wright T. Vere, W. Gilbert&s;on.</P>
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