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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140710.apex.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Shepherd's SON: OR, The Faithle&s;s Nur&s;e.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Containing a Royal Frolick between King <HI>Edward</HI> the Fourth, and his Nobles, at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> as you &s;hall find in this following Ditty, taken from ancient Writings, for the Satis|faction of the World. To the Tune of, <HI>Tho Royal Foxre&s;ter.</HI></OPENER>
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<P><HI>Licens'd according to Order.</HI></P>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of portrait of king</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>woodcut of a man with boy and woman with girl</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L><HI>I</HI> Come not to &s;ing you a &s;onnet of lies,</L>
<L>Which every fanciful Man can divi&s;e,</L>
<L>Nor any &s;trange rodemantadoes in tune,</L>
<L>Concerning the wonderful world in the moon.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No, no, I will tell you a &s;tory of truth,</L>
<L>King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth in his flouri&s;hing youth,</L>
<L>He many a fancy was plea&s;ed to try;</L>
<L>Here's one you &s;hall hear, if you plea&s;e to draw nigh:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Behold, he was one of the frolick&s;ome Kings,</L>
<L>Who often di&s;cours'd of the cau&s;es of things;</L>
<L>Among&s;t his true Nobles of honour and worth,</L>
<L>Said he, &s;hould we take a young Boy from the birth,</L>
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<LG>
<L>And keep him in &s;ilence for twice &s;even years,</L>
<L>Where never no language may &s;ound in his ears,</L>
<L>To teach him to &s;peak any words more or le&s;s;</L>
<L>I wonder how then he him&s;elf wou'd expre&s;s?</L>
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<LG>
<L>Said one of the Nobles, He'll blate like a &s;heep;</L>
<L>Another reply'd, that true &s;ilence he'd keep:</L>
<L>With that, &s;aid K. <HI>Edward</HI> we'll bring up one mute,</L>
<L>And &s;o by that means we &s;hall end the di&s;pute.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And if I &s;hall live while the time's at an end;</L>
<L>To him I will prove an infallable Friend;</L>
<L>For then to a Tutor or &s;chool he &s;hall go,</L>
<L>Good learning upon him I'll freely be&s;tow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Son of a Shepherd they &s;oon did procure,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e a Nur&s;e, who was free to endure</L>
<L>The &s;ilence of living, to plea&s;ure the King;</L>
<L>And vow'd to be faithful in every thing.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>King <HI>Edward</HI> near <HI>Wind&s;or</HI> a place did provide,</L>
<L>Acradle, and all things convenient be&s;ide,</L>
<L>To cheri&s;h the Infant out of his own pur&s;e,</L>
<L>And none was to enter but Madam the Nur&s;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>She was not confin'd, but had freedom to go</L>
<L>Abroad in the Town, for an hour or &s;o;</L>
<L>But ever when back to the Child &s;he did come,</L>
<L>She mu&s;t be more &s;ilent, the none that was dumb.</L>
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<LG>
<L>No manner of words in the lea&s;t mu&s;t &s;he &s;pake,</L>
<L>When out of the crable the Child &s;he did take;</L>
<L>Or when at the brea&s;t it was &s;ucking it's fill,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e of the ab&s;olute tryal of skill.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King he enjoyn'd her the &s;ame to ob&s;erve,</L>
<L>Said he, If the lea&s;t from your duty you &s;werve,</L>
<L>Then during my reign, I will keep you confin'd,</L>
<L>And therefore your bu&s;ine&s;s con&s;ider and mind.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if you are faithful, and true to your tru&s;t,</L>
<L>Here's forty broad pieces I'll give you at fir&s;t;</L>
<L>Be&s;ides I will &s;ettle one hundred a year</L>
<L>Vpon you, and therefore go on without fear.</L>
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<LG>
<L>She vow'd to the King &s;he wou'd never neglect,</L>
<L>Performing her duty in ev'ry re&s;pect;</L>
<L>Therefore with the Infant &s;he &s;trait did repair,</L>
<L>To keep it according to promi&s;e with care.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This &s;ilence the Nur&s;e did ob&s;erve for a while,</L>
<L>But as the Childgrew, it was &s;ubject to &s;mile,</L>
<L>And tooe in her lap, as the &s;ame &s;he undre&s;t;</L>
<L>O then with &s;ad &s;orrow &s;he'd beat on her brea&s;t.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The trickling tears from her eyes they wou'd fall,</L>
<L>To think that &s;he mu&s;t not &s;ay nothing at all</L>
<L>To plea&s;e the young Infant, yet neverthele&s;s,</L>
<L>Sometimes in &s;ad &s;orrow, the&s;e words &s;he expre&s;s:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>King</HI> Edward <HI>has many a fooli&s;h thing done,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And this, I declare, among&s;t others is one:</HI></L>
<L>This did &s;he repeat as it &s;at on her knee,</L>
<L>At length the Child got is as perfect as &s;he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now, now when the time was expir'd, we find</L>
<L>The Child it came into his Maje&s;ty's mind;</L>
<L>Who &s;ent for him then on a Fe&s;tival-day,</L>
<L>Among&s;t all his Nobles, both gallant and gay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When into their pre&s;ence the Youth he was brought,</L>
<L>All knowing right well he was not to be taught;</L>
<L>With longing de&s;ires they waited awhile,</L>
<L>At length he did make the whole company &s;mile.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He nev'r &s;ee &s;o many before in his days,</L>
<L>Quoth he, when his voice he began for to rai&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>King</HI> Edward <HI>has many a fooli&s;h thing done,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And this, I declare, among&s;t others is one.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Nobles they laught, and the King with the re&s;t,</L>
<L>He cou'd not forbear, but mu&s;t &s;mile at the je&s;t;</L>
<L>But oh, the poor Nur&s;e, with a trembling fear,</L>
<L>She cry'd out, <HI>My ruine, my ruine is near.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King he look'd then with a terrible frown,</L>
<L>And &s;aid, <HI>By my honoured Scepter and Crown,</HI></L>
<L><HI>You ought to be puni&s;ht according to law,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Becau&s;e that my word did not keep you in awe.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Nobles then pre&s;ent her pardon obtain'd,</L>
<L>And &s;o for the time that his Maje&s;ty reign'd,</L>
<L>She lived in plenty near <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-</HI>hall,</L>
<L>Not far from the &s;ign of the Lion and Ball.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King of the Youth took particular care,</L>
<L>To ble&s;s him with learning, no co&s;t he did &s;pare;</L>
<L>And when all was done, as in writings we hear,</L>
<L>He &s;ettled upon him three hundred a year.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>C. Bates,</HI> at the Sun and Bible, in <HI>Pye-corner.</HI></P>
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