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         T. J.
      
       
         
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             The Nature, nobility, character, and complement of money
             T. J.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             Printed for William Thackeray ...,
             London :
             MDCLXXXIV [1684]
          
           
             In verse.
             Signed at end: T.J.
             Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Money -- Poetry.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           NATURE
           ,
           NOBILITY
           ,
           
             Character
             ,
             and
             Complement
          
           OF
           MONEY
           .
        
         
           
             Nam
             Genus
             &
             Formam
             Regina
             Pecunia
             donat
             .
          
        
         
           
             IN
             this
             word
             [
             MONEY
             ]
             more
             is
             comprehended
          
           
             Than
             ever
             Tongue
             declar'd
             ,
             or
             Pea
             commended
             :
          
           
             It
             governs
             all
             the
             Land
             ,
             circles
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           
             And
             is
             the
             Worldling's
             
               Primum
               Mobile
            
             .
          
           
             Money
             hath
             such
             an
             influence
             on
             Men
             ,
          
           
             It
             sets
             up
             Kings
             ,
             and
             plucks'em
             down
             again
             .
          
           
             Money
             !
             it
             is
             the
             Crown
             of
             all
             Events
             ;
          
           
             It
             doth
             compound
             for
             all
             Impediments
             ;
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Spell
             that
             doth
             all
             Spirits
             raise
             ;
          
           
             Honour
             ,
             Health
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Pleasure
             ,
             Profit
             ,
             Praise
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Quaery
               .
            
             But
             will
             it
             buy
             Content
             ?
             or
             can
             it
             cure
          
           
             A
             cancerous
             Conscience
             ?
             
               (
               Answ
               .
            
             )
             Nothing
             hits
             more
             sure
             .
          
           
             For
             you
             shall
             read
             in
             many
             a
             Roman
             Story
             ,
          
           
             Money
             can
             free
             the
             Soul
             from
             Purgatory
             :
          
           
             It
             makes
             the
             Pope
             Infallible
             to
             be
             ;
          
           
             Because'tis
             more
             infallible
             than
             he
             .
          
           
             For
             Money
             ,
             Men
             are
             in
             t
             '
             all
             hazzards
             hurld
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             the
             adored
             Idol
             of
             the
             World.
          
           
             Though
             one
             Sect
             damn
             another
             ,
             yet
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
          
           
             They
             'r
             all
             Devota's
             at
             
             Pecunia's
             Shrine
             :
          
           
             Albeit
             in
             Arguments
             they
             rant
             and
             tear
             ,
          
           
             Plot
             and
             Confound
             ,
             They
             'r
             all
             of
             one
             Mind
             there
             .
          
           
             The
             simple-seeming
             Quaker
             that
             will
             shun-ye
          
           
             In
             points
             of
             holiness
             ,
             will
             take
             thy
             Money
             .
          
           
             The
             Scripture
             Pedlers
             that
             do
             prate
             and
             cant
             ,
          
           
             And
             cry
             the
             Laurd
             ,
             Money
             's
             the
             meaning
             on
             't
             :
          
           
             Amongst
             some
             Sects
             which
             different
             Tenents
             hold
             ,
          
           
             The
             Gospel
             is
             but
             a
             new
             name
             for
             Gold
             ;
          
           
             And
             sacred
             Offices
             are
             often
             sold
          
           
             For
             Secular
             Silver
             .
             As
             ,
             in
             dayes
             of
             old
             ,
          
           
             All
             plenty
             was
             compriz'd
             in
             Milk
             and
             Honey
             ;
          
           
             So
             in
             these
             dayes
             all
             merit
             lies
             in
             Money
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             and
             doth
             all
             things
             in
             every
             Cause
             ;
          
           
             It
             gives
             new
             meanings
             unto
             old
             made
             Laws
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             but
             Money
             can
             do
             and
             undo
             :
          
           
             'T
             is
             Pro
             and
             Con
             ,
             and
             Moderator
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             this
             thing
             Money
             were
             not
             all
             in
             all
             ,
          
           
             How
             could
             the
             Sciences
             be
             Liberal
             ?
          
           
             It
             doth
             maintain
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             Camp
             ,
             the
             School
             ;
          
           
             The
             greatest
             Politician's
             but
             a
             Fool
             ,
          
           
             If
             he
             want
             Money
             :
             't
             is
             so
             bright
             ,
             so
             sunny
             ,
          
           
             That
             Men
             sell
             Houses
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Towns
             ,
             for
             Money
             .
          
           
             Down
             Kirk
             ,
             down
             State
             ,
             down
             every
             thing
             must
             fall
             ,
          
           
             Rather
             than
             want
             Interest
             and
             Principal
             .
          
           
             Money
             doth
             comprehend
             Lawyers
             and
             Laws
             ;
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Chancellor
             in
             every
             Cause
             .
          
        
         
           
             Meum
             and
             Tuum
             are
             the
             Bounds
             of
             Right
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             Meum
             and
             Tuum
             fight
             :
          
           
             Though
             Meum
             have
             the
             Milk
             ,
             Tuum
             the
             Honey
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             Tuum
             will
             fall
             out
             for
             
             Meum's
             Money
             .
          
           
             It
             rules
             both
             Right
             and
             Wrong
             .
             What
             makes
             this
             stir
          
           
             Betwixt
             the
             
               French
               ,
               Dutch
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Emperor
             ,
          
           
             But
             Money
             ,
             or
             what
             Money
             doth
             bring
             forth
             ,
          
           
             Navyes
             and
             Nations
             ?
             'T
             is
             all
             Money
             's
             worth
             :
          
           
             Money
             is
             Sovereign
             of
             Sea
             and
             Shore
             ;
          
           
             It
             doth
             at
             once
             ,
             both
             make
             and
             heal
             the
             Sore
             ;
          
           
             It
             bids
             defiance
             to
             all
             shapes
             of
             Slaughter
          
           
             At
             Sea
             ,
             it
             makes
             Men
             run
             through
             Fire
             and
             Water
             ,
          
           
             Soar
             to
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             sink
             to
             the
             Sea's
             center
             ,
          
           
             Dare
             Death
             in
             all
             his
             glories
             ,
             so
             the
             venter
          
           
             Doth
             produce
             Money
             ,
             though
             but
             one
             small
             ray
             ;
          
           
             A
             Souldier
             will
             do
             this
             for
             a
             Month's
             pay
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             Money
             her
             allicient
             look
             extends
             ,
          
           
             Some
             Men
             will
             truck
             for
             Fathers
             ,
             Brothers
             ,
             Friends
             ,
          
           
             Which
             makes
             me
             pray
             ,
             the
             King
             may
             keep
             his
             hold
             :
          
           
             His
             Father
             was
             the
             price
             of
             Gadly
             Gold
             ;
          
           
             And
             His
             King
             too
             ,
             though
             of
             celestial
             birth
             :
          
           
             'T
             was
             Money
             bought
             the
             King
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             same
             fatal
             Money
             made
             the
             Elf
             ,
          
           
             That
             treacherous
             Treasurer
             ,
             to
             sell
             himself
          
           
             Eternally
             ,
             where
             Money
             's
             influence
          
           
             Is
             of
             no
             power
             to
             buy
             him
             back
             from
             thence
             .
          
           
             Money
             doth
             all
             things
             else
             ;
             't
             were
             ,
             of
             the
             two
             ,
          
           
             Shorter
             to
             say
             what
             Money
             cannot
             do
             ,
          
           
             Than
             what
             it
             can
             ;
             our
             Priviledges
             ,
             Laws
             ,
          
           
             Religion
             ,
             Reformation
             ,
             Good
             old
             Cause
             ,
          
           
             Are
             all
             but
             words
             for
             Money
             ;
             It
             doth
             teach
          
           
             The
             Courtier
             how
             to
             Flatter
             ,
             Priests
             to
             Preach
             ,
          
           
             Souldier
             to
             Swear
             ,
             and
             Citizen
             to
             Lye
             ,
          
           
             And
             is
             the
             vital
             Blood
             of
             Soveraignty
             .
          
           
             It
             makes
             the
             Aged
             Young
             ,
             the
             Crooked
             Streight
             ,
          
           
             The
             Dwarf
             a
             Giant
             ,
             The
             Fool
             Fortunate
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             close
             up
             all
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             but
             briesly
             shew
             'em
             )
          
           
             It
             is
             fitter
             for
             a
             Volume
             than
             a
             Poem
             .
          
           
             I
             'le
             leave
             this
             Theme
             to
             those
             that
             better
             know
             it
             ,
          
           
             Money
             's
             too
             great
             a
             stranger
             to
             a
             Poet.
             
          
        
         
           
             T.
             J.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Thackeray
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           Duck-Lane
           
             MDCLXXXIV
          
           .
        
      
    
  

