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<HEAD>A Plea&s;ant Ballad of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;econd, and the Miller of <HI>Man&s;field,</HI> and how he was Entertained and Lodged at the Miller's Hou&s;e, and of their plea&s;ant Com|munication.</HEAD>
<P><HI>To the tune of the</HI> French Levalto, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<L><HI>HEnry,</HI> our Royal King, would ride a Hunting.</L>
<L>to the green Forre&s;t, to plea&s;ant and fair,</L>
<L>To have the Hart cha&s;ed, and dainty Does tripping,</L>
<L>unto merry <HI>Sherwood</HI> his Nobles repair;</L>
<L>Hawk and Hound was unbound, all things prepar'd</L>
<L>For the &s;ame: To the Game, with good regard,</L>
<L>All a long Summers Day, rode the King plea&s;antly,</L>
<L>with all his Princes, and Nobles; each one</L>
<L>Cha&s;ing the Hart, and Hind, &amp; the Buck gallantly,</L>
<L>till the dark Evening forc'd Him to turn home.</L>
<L>Then, at la&s;t, riding fa&s;t, he had lo&s;t quite</L>
<L>All his Lords in the Wood; late, in dark Night,</L>
<L>Wand'ring thus, warily, all alone, up and down,</L>
<L>with a rude Miller he met, at the la&s;t:</L>
<L>Asking the ready way unto fair <HI>Nottingham.</HI></L>
<L>Sir, (quoth the Miller) your way you have lo&s;t;</L>
<L>Yet I think what I think, truth for to &s;ay,</L>
<L>You do not likely ride out of your way.</L>
<L>Why? what do&s;t thou think of me? <ABBR>qd.</ABBR>. our K. merily,</L>
<L>pa&s;&s;ing thy judgment upon me &s;o brief.</L>
<L>Good faith, (&s;aid the Miller) I mean not to flatter thee,</L>
<L>I gue&s;s thee to be but &s;ome Gentleman-Thief:</L>
<L>Stand thee back in the dark, light thee not down,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t that I pre&s;ently crack thy Kaves crown.</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t abus'd me much, (<ABBR>qd.</ABBR> the King, &s;aying thus)</L>
<L>I am a Gentleman, and Lodging I lack.</L>
<L>Then ha&s;t not (<ABBR>qd.</ABBR> the miller) one groat in thy pur&s;e,</L>
<L>all thy Inheritance hangs on thy back.</L>
<L>I have gold to di&s;charge all that I call,</L>
<L>If it be Forty Pence I will pay all.</L>
<L>If thou bee&s;t a True-man, (then quoth the Miller)</L>
<L>I &s;wear by my tole-di&s;h, I'll lodge thee all night.</L>
<L>Here's my hand, (quoth the King) that was I ever.</L>
<L>Nay, &s;oft, (<ABBR>qd.</ABBR> the Miller) thou may'&s;t be a Spright,</L>
<L>Better I'll know thee e'er hands I will take,</L>
<L>With none but hone&s;t men hands will I &s;hake.</L>
<L>Thus they went all along unto the Miller's hou&s;e,</L>
<L>where they were &s;eething of Puddings and Sou&s;e;</L>
<L>The Miller fir&s;t entred in, then after him the King,</L>
<L>never came he in &s;o &s;moaky a hou&s;e:</L>
<L>Now (quoth he) let me &s;ee here what you are.</L>
<L>Quoth our King&punc; Look your fill, and do not &s;pare.</L>
<L>I like thy countenance, thou ha&s;t an hone&s;t face,</L>
<L>with my Son <HI>Richard</HI> this night thou &s;halt lye,</L>
<L>Quoth his wife, By my troth it is a hand&s;om Youth,</L>
<L>yet it is be&s;t (husband) for to deal warily:</L>
<L>Art thou not a Run-away, prethee Youth tell?</L>
<L>Shew me thy Pa&s;port and all &s;hall he well.</L>
<L>Then our King pre&s;ently making <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> courte&s;ie,</L>
<L>with his Hat in his hand, thus he did &s;ay,</L>
<L>I have no pa&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">, nor never was Servitor,</L>
<L>but a poor Courtier rode but of my way:</L>
<L>And for your kindne&s;s here offered me,</L>
<L>I will requite it in every degree.</L>
<L>Then to the Miller his wife whi&s;pered &s;ecretly,</L>
<L>&s;aying it &s;eems this Youth's of good <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">in.</L>
<L>Both by his apparel and eke by his manners,</L>
<L>to turn him out certainly 'twere a great &s;in.</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> (quoth he) you may &s;ee he hath &s;ome grace,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">en he doth &s;peak to his betters in place.</L>
<L>Well, <ABBR>qd</ABBR> the Miller's wife, young man welcom here,</L>
<L>and tho' I &s;ay it well lodg'd thou &s;halt be,</L>
<L>Fre&s;h &s;traw I will have laid on thy bed &s;o made,</L>
<L>good brown hempen-&s;heets likewi&s;e, quoth &s;he.</L>
<L>Ay, quoth the good man, and when that is done</L>
<L>You &s;hall lye with no wor&s;e than my own Son.</L>
<L>Nay fir&s;t (quoth <HI>Richard</HI>) Good fellow tell me true,</L>
<L>ha&s;t thou no Creepers within thy gay Ho&s;e?</L>
<L>Or art thou not troubled with the Scabbado?</L>
<L>I pray quoth our King what things are tho&s;e?</L>
<L>art thou not low&s;&s;e nor &s;cabby? quoth he,</L>
<L>If thou bee&s;t, &s;urely thou ly'&s;t not with me.</L>
<L>This caus'd the King &s;uddenly to laugh mo&s;t heartily</L>
<L>till the tears trickled down from his eyes;</L>
<L>Then to their &s;upper were they &s;et orderly,</L>
<L>with a hot bag-pudding and good apple-pies;</L>
<L>Nappy ale good and &s;tal&eacute; in a brown bowl,</L>
<L>Which did about the board merrily trowl.</L>
<L>Here <ABBR>qd</ABBR> the miller good fellow I'll drink to thee,</L>
<L>and to all Courtnals where-ever they be.</L>
<L>I'll pledge you quoth our King, and thank you heartly</L>
<L>for your good welcome in every degree;</L>
<L>And here in like manner I'll drink to your Son.</L>
<L>Do &s;o, quoth <HI>Richard,</HI> but quick let it come.</L>
<L>Wife, quoth the miller, fetch me forth Light-foot</L>
<L>that we of his &s;weetne&s;s a little may ta&s;te;</L>
<L>A fair veni&s;ion-pa&s;ty then brought &s;he forth pre&s;ently&punc;</L>
<L>Eat, quoth the miller, but Sir make no wa&s;te:</L>
<L>Here's dainty Light-foot, in faith, &s;aid our King,</L>
<L>I never before did Eat &s;o dainty a thing.</L>
<L>I wis, faid <HI>Richard,</HI> no dainty at all it is,</L>
<L>for we do eat of it every day;</L>
<L>In what place, &s;aid the K. may he bought like to this</L>
<L>We never pay penny for it by fay.</L>
<L>From merry <HI>Sherwood</HI> we fetch it home here,</L>
<L>Now and then we make bold with our King's deer:</L>
<L>Then I think, &s;aid our King, thus it is venision.</L>
<L>Each fool quoth Richard, full well may &s;ee that;</L>
<L>Never are we without two or three under the roof,</L>
<L>very well fle&s;hed and excellent fat:</L>
<L>But prethee &s;ay nothing where ever thou go,</L>
<L>We would not for two-pence the King &s;hould it know</L>
<L>Doubt not, then &s;aid the King, my promis'd &s;ecre&s;ie,</L>
<L>the King &s;hall never know more on't for me.</L>
<L>A cu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> of lambs-wool they drank unto him then,</L>
<L>and to their beds they pa&s;t pre&s;ently:</L>
<L>The Nobles next morning went all up and down</L>
<L>For to &s;eek out the King in every town.</L>
<L>At la&s;t at the millers hou&s;e &s;oon they e&s;py'd him plain </L>
<L>as he was mounting upon his fair Steed,</L>
<L>To whom they came pre&s;ently falling upon their knee,</L>
<L>which made the miller's heart wofully bleed;</L>
<L>Shaking and quaking before them he &s;tood.</L>
<L>Thinking he &s;hould have been hang'd by the rood:</L>
<L>The King perceiving him fearful and trembling.</L>
<L>drew forth his &s;word and nothing he &s;aid.</L>
<L>The miller down did fall, crying before them all,</L>
<L>doubting the King would have cut off his head;</L>
<L><HI>But</HI> his kind Courte&s;ie for to requite,</L>
<L>Gave him a living, and made him a knight.</L>
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<HEAD>The Second Part of the King and Miller, &s;hewing how he came to Court with his wife and &s;on, and what merry Conceits pa&s;&s;ed between the King and them.</HEAD>
<L>When as our Royal k. came home from <HI>Nottingham</HI></L>
<L>and with his Nobles <HI>at VVe&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> lay,</L>
<L>Recounting the &s;ports and pa&s;times they had tane,</L>
<L>in this late Progre&s;s along by the way:</L>
<L>Of them all great and &s;mall he did prote&s;t,</L>
<L>The miller of <HI>Mansfield</HI>'s &s;port liked him be&s;t:</L>
<L>And now my Lords, <ABBR>qd</ABBR> the king I am determined,</L>
<L>again&s;t St. <HI>George</HI>'s next a &s;umptuous fea&s;t,</L>
<L>That this old miller our la&s;t confirmed knight</L>
<L>with his &s;on <HI>Richard</HI> &s;hall both be my Gue&s;s,</L>
<L>For in this merriment 'tis my de&s;ire,</L>
<L>To talk with the jolly knight and the young Squire.</L>
<L>When as the Lords &s;aw the kings plea&s;antne&s;s,</L>
<L>they were right joyful and glad in their hearts.</L>
<L>A Pur&s;evant there was &s;ent &s;treight on the bu&s;ine&s;s,</L>
<L>the which had oftentimes been in tho&s;e parts:</L>
<L>When he came to the place where he did dwell,</L>
<L>His me&s;&s;age orderly then he did tell:</L>
<L>God &s;ave your wor&s;hip then &s;aid the me&s;&s;enger,</L>
<L>and grant your Lady her hearts de&s;ire;</L>
<L>And to your Son <HI>Richard</HI> good fortune &amp; happine&s;s</L>
<L>that &s;weet young Gentleman &amp; gallant young&s; &s;quire,</L>
<L>Our king greets you all, and thus doth &s;ay,</L>
<L>You mu&s;t come to the Court on St. <HI>Georges</HI> day.</L>
<L>Therefore in any ca&s;e, fail not to be in place.</L>
<L>I wis quoth the miller this is an odd je&s;t,</L>
<L>what &s;hould we do there he &s;aid faith I am half afraid</L>
<L>I doubt quoth <HI>Richard</HI> be hang'd at the lea&s;t,</L>
<L>Nay quoth the me&s;&s;enger you do mi&s;take,</L>
<L>Our king he provides a great fea&s;t for your &s;ake.</L>
<L>Then &s;aid the miller now by my troth me&s;&s;enger,</L>
<L>thou ha&s;t contented my wor&s;hip full well;</L>
<L>Hold here's &amp; farthings to quit thy great gentlene&s;s,</L>
<L>for the&s;e happy tydings which thou do&s;t me tell;</L>
<L>Let me &s;ee heres to thee, tell to our king</L>
<L>we'll wait on his ma&s;ter&s;hip in every thing.</L>
<L>The Pur&s;evant &s;miled at their &s;implicity,</L>
<L>and making many legs took their Reward:</L>
<L>And taking then his leave with great humility</L>
<L>to the kings Court again he repair'd:</L>
<L>&s;hewing unto his Grace in each degree</L>
<L>The knights mo&s;t liberal gift and bounty.</L>
<L>VVhen he was gone away thus did the miller &s;ay,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e comes expences and charges indeed</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">om we mu&s;t needs be brave though we &s;pend all wehave;</L>
<L>for of new Garments we have great need:</L>
<L>Of hor&s;es and &s;erving men we mu&s;t have &s;tore,</L>
<L>VVith bridles and &s;addles, and twenty things more.</L>
<L>Tu&s;h Sir <HI>John</HI> <ABBR>qd</ABBR> his wife never fret nor frown,</L>
<L>you &s;hall be at no more charges for me.</L>
<L>For I will turn and trim up my old Ru&s;&s;et Gown,</L>
<L>with every thing as fine as may be:</L>
<L>and on our mill hor&s;es full &s;wift we will ride.</L>
<L>VVith pillows and pannels as we &s;hall provide.</L>
<L>In this mo&s;t &s;tately &s;ort Rode they unto the Court,</L>
<L>their jolly Son <HI>Richard</HI> foremo&s;t of all,</L>
<L>VVho &s;et up by good hap a Cocks Feather in his cap,</L>
<L>and &s;o they jetted down towards the King's hall.</L>
<L>the merry old miller with his hands on his &s;ide,</L>
<L>His VVife like maid B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> to mince at that tide.</L>
<L>The king and his nobles that heard of his coming,</L>
<L>meeting this gallant knight with his brave train,</L>
<L>Welcome Sir knight <ABBR>qd</ABBR> he with this your gay Lady.</L>
<L>good Sir <HI>John Cockle</HI> once welcome again;</L>
<L>And &s;o is this &s;quire of courage &s;o free.</L>
<L>Quoth <HI>Dick, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> on you do yo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> know me?</HI></L>
<L>Quoth our king gently, How &s;hould I forget thee:</L>
<L>thou wa&s;t my own Bedfellow well that I wot.</L>
<L>But I think of a trick, tell me that prethee <HI>Dick,</HI></L>
<L>how thou with farting did&s;t make the bed hot?</L>
<L>Thou whor&s;on happy knave then quoth the knight,</L>
<L>&s;peak cleanly to our king, or el&s;e go &s;hite.</L>
<L>The king and his Courtiers heartily laugh'd at this,</L>
<L>while the king took them both by the hand;</L>
<L>With Ladies and their Maids, like to the Queen of Spades,</L>
<L>the Millers wife did &s;o orderly &s;tand,</L>
<L>A Milk-maids courte&s;ie at every word,</L>
<L>And down the Folks were &s;et at the &s;ide board:</L>
<L>Where the king royally in Princely maje&s;ty,</L>
<L>&s;at at his dinner with joy and delight;</L>
<L>When they had eaten well to je&s;ting then they fell,</L>
<L>taking a bowl of wine drank to the knight:</L>
<L>Here's to you both he &s;aid in wine ale and beer,</L>
<L>Thanking you all for your Country Cheer.</L>
<L>Quoth Sir <HI>John Cockle</HI> I'll pledge you a bottle,</L>
<L>were it the be&s;t ale in Nottingham-&s;hire.</L>
<L>But then &s;aid the king I do think of a thing,</L>
<L>&s;ome of your Light foot I would we had here;</L>
<L>No <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o quoth Richard full well I may &s;ay it,</L>
<L>Tis knavery to eat it and then to betray it.</L>
<L>Why art thou angry? quoth our king merrily,</L>
<L>in faith I take it very unkind,</L>
<L>I thought thou would&s;t pledge me in ale and wine heartily</L>
<L>You'r like to &s;tay quoth <HI>Dick</HI> till I have din'd,</L>
<L>You feed us with twailing di&s;hes &s;o &s;mall,</L>
<L>Zounds a black Pudding is better than all.</L>
<L>ay marry quoth our king that were a dainty thing,</L>
<L>if a man could get one here for to eat.</L>
<L>with that <HI>Dick</HI> aro&s;e and pluckt one out of his ho&s;e,</L>
<L>which with heat of his breech began for to &s;weat:</L>
<L>The king made a proffer to &s;natch it away,</L>
<L>Tis meat for your Ma&s;ter good Sir you mu&s;t &s;tay.</L>
<L>thus in great merriment was the time wholly &s;pent,</L>
<L>and then the Ladies prepared to dance,</L>
<L>Did Sir <HI>John Cockle</HI> and <HI>Richard</HI> incont<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nent,</L>
<L>unto this practice the king did advance;</L>
<L>Here with the Ladies &s;uch &s;port they did make,</L>
<L>the Nobles with laughing did make their hearts ake,</L>
<L>Many thanks for their pains did the king give them,</L>
<L>asking young <HI>Richard</HI> if he would wed,</L>
<L>among the&s;e Ladies free tell me which liketh thee:</L>
<L>Duoth he <HI>Ju<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Grumbol</HI> with the Red head;</L>
<L>Shes my love &s;hes my life &s;he will I wed,</L>
<L>She hath &s;worn I &s;hall have her maiden head,</L>
<L>then Sir <HI>John Cockle</HI> the king called unto him,</L>
<L>and of merry <HI>Sherwood</HI> made him Over-&s;eer.</L>
<L>and gave him out of hand three hundred pound yearly.</L>
<L>and now take heed you &s;teel no more of my Deer:</L>
<L>and once a quarter lets here have your view</L>
<L>and thus Sir <HI>John Cockle</HI> I bid you adieu.</L>
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<P>Prin<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">for A Milbourn in <HI>Green-Arbor-Court in the</HI> Little Old-Baily.</P>
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