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<DATE>2009-05-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081114.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="352" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 2 -->
<HEAD>Ragged, and Torne, and True.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Or&punc; the poore mans Re&s;oltion,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of <HI>Old Simon the King.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
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<LG>
<L>I Am a poore man, God knowes,</L>
<L>and all my neighbours can tell.</L>
<L>I want both money and clothes,</L>
<L>and yet I liue wondrous well:</L>
<L>I haue a contented mind,</L>
<L>and a heart to beare out all,</L>
<L>Though Fortune (being vnkind)</L>
<L>hath giuen me &s;ub&s;tance &s;mall.</L>
<L>Then hang up &s;orrow and care,</L>
<L>it neuer &s;hall make me rue:</L>
<L>What though my backe goes bare?</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>I'me ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I &s;corne to liue by the &s;hift,</L>
<L>or by any &s;ini&s;ter dealing.</L>
<L>Ile flatter no man for a gift,</L>
<L>nor will I get money by &s;tealing.</L>
<L>Ile be no Knight of the Po&s;t;</L>
<L>to &s;ell my &s;oule for a bribe,</L>
<L>Though all my fortunes be cro&s;t,</L>
<L>yet I &s;corne the Cheaters tribe.</L>
<L>Then hang vp &s;orrow and care,</L>
<L>it neuer &s;hall make me rue,</L>
<L>What though my cloake be thred-bare,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Boote of Spani&s;h leather.</L>
<L>I haue &s;eene &s;et fa&s;t in the &s;tockes,</L>
<L>Expo&s;ed to wind and weather,</L>
<L>and foule reproach and mocke<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.</L>
<L>While I in my poore ragges,</L>
<L>can pa&s;&s;e at liberty &s;till:</L>
<L>O fie on the&s;e brawling bragges,</L>
<L>when the money is gotten &s;o ill.</L>
<L>O fie on the&s;e pelfering knaues,</L>
<L>I &s;corne to be of that crue.</L>
<L>They &s;teale to make them&s;elues braue,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I haue &s;eene a Gallant goe by,</L>
<L>woth all his wealth on his backe,</L>
<L>He lookt as loftily,</L>
<L>as one that did nothing lacke,</L>
<L>And yet he hath no meanes,</L>
<L>but what he gets by the &s;word,</L>
<L>Which he con&s;ume on Queanes,</L>
<L>for it thriues not take my word:</L>
<L>Oh fie on the&s;e high-way theeues,</L>
<L>the Gallowes will be then due:</L>
<L>Though my doublet be rent ith &s;leeues</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="353" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 2 -->
<HEAD>The Second Part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Same Tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>SOme do them&s;elues maintaine,</L>
<L>with playing at cardes and Dice,</L>
<L>O fie on that lawle&s;&s;e gaine,</L>
<L>got by &s;uch wicked vice:</L>
<L>They coozen poore Countrey-men,</L>
<L>with their delu&s;ions vilde,</L>
<L>Yet it happens now and then,</L>
<L>that they are them&s;elues beguilde:</L>
<L>For if they be caught in a &s;nare,</L>
<L>then the Pillery clames its due,</L>
<L>Though my Ierkin be worne and bare</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I haue &s;eene &s;ome gallants braue,</L>
<L>vp <HI>Holborne</HI> ride in a Cart,</L>
<L>Which &s;ight much &s;orrow gaue</L>
<L>to euery tender heart:</L>
<L>Then haue I &s;aid to my &s;elfe,</L>
<L>what pity is it for this,</L>
<L>That any man for pelfe,</L>
<L>&s;hould do &s;uch a foule ami&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>O fie on deceit and theft,</L>
<L>it makes men at the la&s;t rue,</L>
<L>Though I haue but little left,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Pick-pockets in a throng,</L>
<L>at a Market or a Faire.</L>
<L>Will try who&s;e pur&s;e is &s;trong</L>
<L>that they may the money &s;hare:</L>
<L>But if they are caught ith action,</L>
<L>they are carried away in di&s;grace.</L>
<L>Either to the hou&s;e of Correction,</L>
<L>or el&s;e to a wor&s;er place:</L>
<L>O fie on the&s;e pelfering Theeues,</L>
<L>the Gallowes will be their due,</L>
<L>What need I &s;uee for a repreeue<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Ho&s;tler, to maintaine</L>
<L>him&s;elfe with money ins pur&s;e,</L>
<L>Approues the Prouerbe true,</L>
<L>and &s;ayes Gramercy Hor&s;e:</L>
<L>He robs the trauelling bea&s;t,</L>
<L>that cannot divulge his ill,</L>
<L>He &s;teales a whole handfull at lea&s;t,</L>
<L>from euery halfe peck he &s;hould fill,</L>
<L>O fie on tho&s;e coozening &s;cabs,</L>
<L>that rob the poore Iades of their due</L>
<L>I &s;corne all theeues and Drabs:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tis good to be hone&s;t and iu&s;t,</L>
<L>though a man be neuer &s;o poore,</L>
<L>Fal&s;e dealers are &s;till in mi&s;tru&s;t,</L>
<L>thare afraid of the officers doore:</L>
<L>Their con&s;cience doth them accu&s;e</L>
<L>and the quake at the noi&s;e of a bu&s;h:</L>
<L>While he chat doth no man abu&s;e,</L>
<L>For the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">aw needs nat care a ru&s;h,</L>
<L>Then welfare the man that can &s;ay,</L>
<L>I pay euery man his due,</L>
<L>Although I go poore in aray,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Ime ragged, and torne, and true.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed by the A&s;&s;ignes of Thomas Symcocke.</P>
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