The countrie ague. Or, London her vvelcome home to her retired children Together, with a true relation of the warlike funerall of Captaine Richard Robyns, one of the twentie captaines of the trayned bands of the citie of London, which was performed the 24. day of September last, 1625. in armes, in the time of this visitation which the rumour in the countrey went currant, that London had not people enough left aliue to bury her dead. By Henry Petovve, Marshall of the Artillerie Garden, London.
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             The countrie ague. Or, London her vvelcome home to her retired children Together, with a true relation of the warlike funerall of Captaine Richard Robyns, one of the twentie captaines of the trayned bands of the citie of London, which was performed the 24. day of September last, 1625. in armes, in the time of this visitation which the rumour in the countrey went currant, that London had not people enough left aliue to bury her dead. By Henry Petovve, Marshall of the Artillerie Garden, London.
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           THE
           COVNTRIE
           AGVE
           OR
           ,
           LONDON
           her
           Welcome
           home
           to
           her
           retired
           Children
           .
           TOGETHER
           ,
           With
           a
           true
           Relation
           of
           the
           Warlike
           Funerall
           of
           Captaine
           RICHARD
           ROBYNS
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Twentie
           Captaines
           of
           the
           trayned
           Bands
           of
           the
           Citie
           of
           London
           ,
           which
           was
           performed
           the
           24.
           day
           of
           September
           last
           ,
           1625.
           in
           Armes
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           this
           Visitation
           ,
           when
           the
           Rumour
           in
           the
           Countrey
           went
           currant
           ,
           〈…〉
           not
           people
           enough
           left
           aliue
           to
           bury
           her
           Dead
           .
        
         
           
             Planxerunt
             D●ades
             resonat
             plangentibus
             Eccho
          
           .
        
         
           By
           HENRY
           PETOVVE
           ,
           Marshall
           of
           the
           Artillerie
           Garden
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Allot
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Greyhound
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           16●●
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           WORTHY
           FAVORITE
           OF
           ARMES
           AND
           Arts
           ,
           Colonell
           HVGH
           HAMERSLEY
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           Citie
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           and
           the
           Noble
           President
           to
           that
           remarkeable
           Societie
           of
           Citizens
           ,
           exercising
           Armes
           in
           the
           Artillerie
           Garden
           LONDON
           .
           TO
           ALL
           THE
           GENEROVS
           Captaines
           ,
           and
           their
           Lieutenants
           of
           the
           same
           Citie
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           same
           Garden
           ,
           
             HENRY
             PETOVVE
          
           ,
           Marshall
           to
           the
           same
           renowned
           Societie
           ;
           wisheth
           continuall
           Health
           ,
           increase
           of
           Honor
           ,
           Earths
           happinesse
           ,
           and
           Heauens
           felicitie
           .
        
         
           
             
               RIGHT
               WORTHY
            
             ;
             and
             most
             worthy
             to
             bee
             so
             stiled
             ,
             Right
             Worthy
             :
          
        
         
           
             COlonell
             ,
             Captaines
          
           ,
           and
           Souldiers
           ;
           Your
           generous
           dispositions
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           louing
           and
           kinde
           acceptation
           of
           these
           few
           Lines
           ,
           which
           
           some
           ten
           Weekes
           since
           ,
           I
           Dedicated
           to
           your
           noble
           Patronage
           concerning
           our
           Foster
           Mother
           LONDON
           ,
           entituled
           
             London
             Sicke
             at
             Heart
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             A
             Caueat
             for
             Run-awayes
          
           ,
           hath
           much
           encouraged
           me
           to
           spend
           some
           of
           my
           best
           bestowed
           houres
           ,
           in
           another
           kinde
           and
           Garbe
           of
           writing
           ,
           yet
           to
           purpose
           and
           according
           as
           these
           dayes
           and
           times
           require
           :
           And
           my
           desires
           are
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           shrowde
           these
           my
           Labours
           vnder
           the
           Banner
           of
           your
           protection
           ,
           against
           all
           opposition
           .
           Be
           you
           therefore
           pleased
           (
           my
           Noble
           Martiall
           Patrons
           )
           to
           vayle
           me
           vnder
           the
           covert
           of
           your
           neuer
           vanquisht
           Ensigne
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           other
           Colours
           shall
           daunt
           me
           .
           I
           write
           no
           Fables
           ,
           nor
           Imaginary
           Toyes
           ,
           but
           lamentable
           Experience
           shall
           justifie
           my
           writ
           .
        
         
           London
           was
           neuer
           more
           Sicke
           at
           
           Hart
           ,
           then
           she
           hath
           beene
           lately
           many
           Moneths
           together
           ,
           her
           Lamentations
           will
           be
           remarkable
           to
           the
           end
           of
           Posteritie
           .
           I
           treat
           now
           in
           part
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Country
             Ague
          
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           Ague
           in
           the
           Countrey
           :
           They
           which
           haue
           gusted
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           escaped
           ,
           may
           thanke
           God
           for
           their
           deliuerance
           ;
           But
           many
           that
           fled
           from
           their
           Mother
           London
           ,
           from
           the
           Visitation
           which
           the
           Almightie
           imposed
           vpon
           her
           ,
           haue
           felt
           the
           anger
           of
           the
           highest
           omnipotent
           Power
           ,
           &
           were
           returned
           Coacht
           ,
           not
           with
           Life
           ,
           but
           struck
           with
           the
           arrow
           of
           Death
           by
           that
           Pestilent
           Ague
           .
           I
           dare
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Aguish
           visitation
           ,
           was
           or
           is
           the
           Plague
           or
           Pestilence
           :
           The
           Countrey
           timorous
           Gallants
           will
           then
           be
           frighted
           ,
           &
           leaue
           their
           Mother
           Rus
           (
           like
           Rusticals
           )
           and
           Winter
           themselues
           vnder
           the
           Roofe
           
           of
           our
           euer
           tender
           and
           louing
           Foster
           Mother
           London
           .
           Which
           if
           they
           should
           ?
           I
           beseech
           you
           noble
           fellow
           Souldiers
           ,
           to
           deigne
           them
           Courtesie
           ,
           and
           kinde
           entertaynment
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           know
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           contemned
           and
           despised
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           one
           of
           vs
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           vouchsafe
           so
           much
           as
           to
           looke
           vpon
           a
           Londoner
           :
           yet
           for
           Charities
           sake
           ,
           doe
           you
           bid
           them
           Welcome
           .
           Wee
           will
           not
           lodge
           them
           in
           Barnes
           and
           Hovels
           at
           the
           Townes
           end
           ,
           though
           they
           bring
           the
           Ague
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           ,
           on
           the
           best
           Beds
           our
           chiefest
           Innes
           can
           affoord
           .
           Pardon
           me
           (
           braue
           Souldiers
           )
           if
           I
           answer
           for
           you
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           true
           Souldier
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           pitifull
           and
           to
           shew
           mercy
           ,
           where
           imbesilitie
           and
           weaknesse
           resteth
           .
           Therefore
           (
           noble
           Souldiers
           )
           you
           that
           
           are
           the
           trusty
           Guardians
           of
           our
           famous
           Citie
           ,
           (
           vnder
           our
           Soueraigne
           ,
           his
           Lieutenant
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           graue
           Senators
           )
           be
           pleased
           to
           lay
           downe
           your
           Armes
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           opposition
           ag●inst
           any
           whatsoever
           he
           be
           ;
           But
           let
           all
           our
           Foster
           Mother
           London
           her
           Gates
           stand
           wide
           open
           ,
           to
           entertayne
           all
           of
           what
           degree
           soeuer
           ,
           Gentile
           ,
           or
           Hindes
           ,
           Clownes
           or
           Peasants
           ,
           any
           ,
           and
           all
           whosoeuer
           they
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           finding
           (
           as
           euer
           heretofore
           they
           haue
           done
           )
           Londoners
           ,
           their
           goodnesse
           ,
           loue
           ,
           court●sie
           ,
           and
           great
           respect
           :
           may
           blush
           for
           their
           ingratitude
           towards
           th●
           m●n
           the
           Countrie
           .
           To
           which
           I
           presume
           ,
           your
           noble
           and
           charitable
           Spirits
           will
           condiscend
           ,
           And
           so
           I
           rest
           :
        
         
           
             
               Yours
               ,
               euer
               to
               doe
               you
               seruice
               ,
               vntill
               I
               rest
               for
               euer
               :
            
             Marshall
             PETOVVE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           COVNTREY
           AGVE
           .
           OR
           ,
           LONDON
           her
           Welcome
           home
           ,
           to
           her
           tyer'd
           retired
           Children
           .
        
         
           I
           Haue
           beene
           (
           most
           deere
           and
           more
           intirely
           beloued
           Children
           )
           so
           much
           burthen'd
           ,
           pressed
           down
           and
           ouerladen
           with
           Lamentations
           ,
           complaints
           ,
           Miseries
           and
           Calamities
           for
           your
           long
           absence
           ,
           in
           your
           vnhappie
           and
           vnfortunate
           (
           yet
           no
           otherwise
           to
           bee
           lookt
           for
           )
           Iourney
           or
           wandring
           Pilgrimage
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           almost
           dead
           with
           languishing
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           I
           speake
           it
           in
           the
           Autumne
           of
           my
           woes
           and
           heart-breaking
           sorrowes
           ;
           (
           I
           pray
           to
           my
           Sauiour
           I
           doe
           .
           )
           It
           is
           the
           Autumne
           time
           of
           the
           yeare
           ;
           yea
           ,
           of
           
           such
           a
           yeare
           :
           such
           a
           lamentable
           yeare
           ,
           such
           a
           wonderfull
           yeare
           of
           Mortalitie
           by
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           as
           in
           my
           time
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           (
           to
           my
           remembrance
           )
           is
           without
           and
           beyond
           any
           President
           .
           Oh
           woe
           is
           mee
           therefore
           :
           But
           my
           hopes
           are
           ,
           and
           my
           assiduate
           and
           daily
           prayers
           ,
           still
           shall
           be
           to
           the
           Father
           of
           vs
           all
           ,
           who
           onely
           can
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           hath
           power
           ,
           to
           disburthen
           me
           of
           that
           heauy
           dead-striking-mace
           of
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           that
           hath
           euen
           bruised
           mee
           and
           mine
           in
           peeces
           .
           And
           therefore
           for
           your
           sakes
           (
           my
           endeared
           retired
           Children
           )
           notwithstanding
           my
           Almightie
           Fathers
           exceeding
           and
           great
           displeasure
           I
           will
           vndertake
           to
           plead
           to
           him
           for
           Mercy
           in
           your
           behalfe
           :
           But
           indeed
           I
           may
           rather
           say
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           my selfe
           :
           For
           had
           not
           the
           Lord
           beene
           angry
           with
           me
           for
           my
           intollerable
           sinnes
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           haue
           suffered
           my
           poore
           Children
           to
           runne
           away
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           leaue
           me
           as
           they
           did
           :
           For
           which
           cause
           I
           haue
           indeed
           a
           long
           time
           taken
           it
           to
           heart
           ,
           considering
           with
           my selfe
           which
           was
           my
           best
           and
           surest
           course
           to
           take
           ,
           to
           worke
           my
           peace
           with
           my
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           take
           pitie
           and
           compassion
           both
           vpon
           me
           and
           all
           mine
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           ,
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           of
           that
           eternall
           Essence
           Omnipotent
           Iehoua
           ,
           possessing
           my
           distracted
           memory
           with
           my
           Sauiours
           vnfallible
           promise
           ,
           
             Come
             vnto
             mee
             all
             you
             that
             are
             heauy
             laden
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             ease
             yee
             .
          
           Immediatly
           with
           teares
           of
           Ioy
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           I
           besought
           him
           on
           my
           knees
           and
           obtained
           his
           exceeding
           Mercy
           :
           For
           immediatly
           after
           my
           Dread
           Soueraigne
           CHARLES
           (
           whom
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           euer
           protect
           both
           from
           his
           Forreine
           and
           Domestick
           enemies
           )
           
           Commanded
           a
           solemne
           Fast
           and
           Prayer
           to
           be
           made
           and
           kept
           throughout
           my
           whole
           Citie
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           of
           my
           Diuines
           continually
           Preaching
           and
           Praying
           in
           my
           behalfe
           for
           the
           appeasing
           and
           mittigating
           of
           the
           great
           displeasure
           of
           my
           Almightie
           Father
           :
           which
           my
           said
           Father
           doth
           begin
           to
           take
           (
           and
           praised
           be
           his
           name
           )
           doth
           daily
           take
           more
           and
           more
           to
           hart
           ,
           thinking
           that
           it
           is
           now
           time
           to
           hold
           his
           Angels
           Rod
           from
           further
           striking
           :
           Now
           the
           God
           of
           all
           mercy
           grant
           it
           may
           be
           so
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           my
           prayer
           is
           to
           purpose
           ;
           For
           me
           thinkes
           (
           vnlesse
           I
           dreame
           )
           I
           perceiue
           my
           Children
           begin
           to
           retire
           ,
           and
           to
           returne
           home
           againe
           to
           their
           Foster-mother
           London
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           not
           doe
           ;
           did
           not
           my
           blessed
           Sauiour
           lessen
           his
           weekly
           Number
           :
           Is
           it
           so
           ?
           nay
           then
           I
           perceiue
           the
           old
           Prouerb
           holds
           (
           
             Home
             is
             Home
             ,
             bee
             it
             neuer
             so
             homely
          
           )
           and
           the
           Prodigalls
           Storie
           is
           likewise
           fulfilled
           ;
           For
           they
           poore
           Soules
           ,
           hauing
           almost
           spent
           all
           ,
           and
           finding
           no
           better
           entertainment
           in
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           are
           forced
           to
           returne
           of
           meere
           necessitie
           .
        
         
           And
           are
           some
           of
           you
           returned
           ,
           (
           my
           endeered
           Children
           :
           )
           and
           will
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           Brethren
           follow
           you
           do
           you
           thinke
           ?
           I
           am
           very
           fearefull
           ,
           I
           shall
           want
           some
           of
           my
           number
           .
           But
           howeuer
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           contented
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           interim
           I
           speake
           to
           you
           with
           a
           louing
           Mothers
           tongue
           .
           Oh
           welcome
           ,
           thrice
           welcome
           in
           very
           deed
           ,
           you
           are
           louingly
           welcome
           ,
           my
           thoughts
           perswaded
           me
           ,
           that
           in
           regard
           the
           Almightie
           God
           did
           visit
           me
           with
           the
           heauy
           Rod
           of
           his
           Pestilent
           affliction
           ;
           you
           had
           beene
           only
           fearefull
           of
           me
           ,
           
           and
           not
           of
           him
           ;
           but
           surely
           it
           now
           appeareth
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           very
           glad
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           you
           haue
           made
           your
           peace
           with
           God
           my
           Father
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           you
           repented
           of
           your
           Sinnes
           ,
           in
           that
           you
           haue
           found
           such
           fauour
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           hath
           giuen
           you
           life
           this
           dangerous
           time
           of
           Infection
           ,
           which
           (
           to
           say
           truth
           )
           if
           you
           had
           staid
           with
           me
           though
           in
           the
           chiefest
           of
           my
           Territories
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           haue
           warranted
           ;
           No
           maruell
           then
           you
           fled
           from
           mee
           .
           Nay
           ,
           I
           am
           further
           surely
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           you
           whom
           God
           hath
           blest
           with
           longer
           dayes
           then
           many
           thousands
           of
           your
           deceased
           brethren
           ;
           are
           such
           as
           left
           your
           beneuolence
           behinde
           you
           ,
           to
           and
           for
           the
           maintenance
           and
           keeping
           from
           staruing
           those
           poore
           Creatures
           that
           did
           suffer
           and
           beare
           the
           publike
           miserie
           of
           such
           a
           Contagious
           time
           as
           this
           hath
           beene
           without
           president
           :
           Or
           else
           with
           life
           you
           could
           neuer
           haue
           entred
           my
           Gates
           :
           for
           which
           I
           truly
           thanke
           you
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           my
           gratitude
           shall
           double
           that
           with
           treble
           loane
           .
           But
           I
           pray
           giue
           mee
           leaue
           to
           question
           you
           a
           little
           farther
           ?
           Doe
           you
           all
           cast
           your
           dayes
           Iourneys
           so
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           not
           enter
           London
           streetes
           ,
           nay
           scarce
           her
           Suburbes
           ,
           before
           the
           blacke
           clowdes
           of
           the
           duskie
           Night
           eclips
           the
           light
           of
           Luna
           from
           my
           Mother
           Earth
           ;
           for
           feare
           the
           small
           remainder
           of
           your
           poore
           afflicted
           Brethren
           should
           call
           you
           in
           question
           for
           your
           flight
           ,
           and
           vpbrayd
           yee
           with
           the
           tytle
           of
           Run-awayes
           ?
           No
           surely
           ,
           not
           all
           ;
           for
           some
           of
           you
           it
           seemes
           ,
           made
           your
           appearance
           daily
           at
           Noone-Exchange
           without
           Dread
           or
           Feare
           .
           God
           be
           thanked
           the
           East-India
           Ships
           are
           come
           ;
           and
           some
           
           from
           the
           Straights
           safely
           ariued
           ?
           If
           it
           please
           my
           heauenly
           Father
           to
           continue
           as
           he
           hath
           begun
           ,
           to
           cease
           the
           Rod
           of
           his
           affliction
           and
           to
           sheathe
           his
           Sword
           :
           the
           Residue
           of
           my
           poore
           Children
           to
           whom
           he
           hath
           giuen
           life
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           shall
           see
           happy
           dayes
           ,
           to
           my
           comfort
           ,
           their
           profit
           and
           benefit
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           the
           praise
           and
           glory
           of
           my
           eternall
           Father
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           of
           all
           Eternitie
           grant
           for
           our
           blessed
           Sauiours
           sake
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           whether
           I
           with
           modestie
           may
           further
           question
           you
           or
           no
           :
           But
           I
           hope
           you
           that
           haue
           spent
           so
           long
           time
           in
           the
           Countrie
           may
           affoord
           a
           little
           time
           of
           Conference
           with
           your
           weeping
           Mother
           .
        
         
           I
           pray
           giue
           my
           desire
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           tell
           mee
           whether
           any
           of
           my
           great
           ones
           ,
           or
           men
           of
           note
           ,
           as
           Iustices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Aldermen
           or
           their
           Deputies
           ,
           Common
           Counsell
           men
           ,
           Churchwardens
           ,
           Side-men
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           of
           my
           Officers
           which
           should
           haue
           imployed
           their
           paines
           and
           care
           in
           the
           time
           of
           my
           Visitation
           ;
           did
           they
           ,
           or
           had
           they
           any
           desire
           of
           repayring
           home
           ,
           when
           they
           heard
           that
           my
           Poore
           cryed
           out
           for
           reliefe
           ,
           and
           they
           absent
           which
           should
           relieue
           them
           (
           a
           Letter
           was
           all
           could
           giue
           them
           this
           notice
           ,
           which
           
             Tom
             Long
          
           the
           Carrier
           brought
           ,
           and
           neuer
           deliuered
           it
           ,
           for
           he
           durst
           not
           .
           )
           But
           I
           dare
           answer
           for
           them
           ;
           that
           had
           they
           doubted
           of
           their
           entertainment
           in
           the
           Countrie
           ;
           they
           would
           rather
           haue
           continued
           at
           their
           owne
           Mantions
           vnder
           my
           gouernment
           ;
           then
           to
           be
           so
           slighted
           by
           base
           ignoble
           Drones
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           .
           Which
           I
           leaue
           further
           to
           treate
           of
           :
           But
           they
           
           left
           their
           Charitie
           behinde
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           gaue
           content
           to
           that
           clamour
           ,
           and
           ceast
           the
           Rumour
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           good
           Children
           I
           will
           yet
           further
           examine
           you
           ,
           did
           not
           your
           illiterated
           Peasants
           your
           Hobnayld
           Clownes
           ,
           
             Raphe
             ,
             Benedicke
             ,
             Nick
             ,
             Tom
             ,
             Iack
             ,
             Hodge
             ,
          
           and
           such
           like
           vnder
           the
           Iustices
           tolleration
           euen
           almost
           at
           mine
           owne
           Gates
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           was
           within
           the
           sound
           of
           my
           night
           Ninth
           houre
           warner
           ?
           Did
           they
           not
           keepe
           you
           out
           ,
           with
           Pitchforkes
           ,
           Staues
           ,
           Hookes
           ,
           browne
           Bills
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           rustick
           Weapons
           ,
           and
           you
           demanded
           passage
           ;
           answer
           was
           giuen
           :
           No
           ,
           for
           you
           are
           Londoners
           ,
           true
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           ,
           wee
           will
           not
           deny
           it
           ,
           what
           then
           ?
           You
           come
           not
           here
           ;
           why
           saith
           one
           ,
           you
           suffer
           Rogues
           to
           passe
           :
           so
           we
           may
           one
           replyes
           ,
           before
           any
           Londoner
           .
           Can
           this
           be
           true
           that
           my
           poore
           Children
           should
           be
           thus
           misused
           ,
           amongst
           my
           Neighbours
           ,
           such
           as
           haue
           daily
           Commerce
           with
           me
           ;
           If
           they
           bring
           me
           Food
           ,
           I
           giue
           them
           Money
           ,
           the
           Land-lord
           must
           be
           paid
           .
           But
           thou
           foolish
           simple
           Countriman
           ;
           hee
           will
           not
           bee
           paid
           with
           Corne
           ,
           Oxen
           ,
           Hay
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           good
           blessings
           which
           my
           eternall
           louing
           and
           mercifull
           Father
           bestowes
           vpon
           thee
           :
           For
           (
           saith
           the
           Land-Lord
           )
           I
           haue
           of
           goods
           great
           store
           ,
           I
           need
           them
           not
           ;
           but
           as
           the
           greedy
           Vsurer
           he
           comes
           ,
           giue
           me
           my
           money
           ;
           I
           cannot
           cloath
           my
           Wife
           and
           Children
           with
           Hey
           ,
           &c.
           
           Well
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           so
           then
           ,
           that
           thou
           must
           of
           necessitie
           haue
           money
           ,
           or
           be
           vndone
           ,
           and
           thy
           Lease
           forfeited
           ,
           and
           thou
           ,
           thy
           Wife
           and
           Children
           cast
           foorth
           of
           dores
           ;
           what
           resteth
           then
           to
           be
           done
           ?
           Must
           thou
           not
           
           of
           force
           come
           vnto
           mee
           thy
           charitable
           Neighbour
           London
           ;
           and
           doe
           not
           I
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           nay
           ,
           at
           all
           times
           helpe
           you
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           your
           extremitie
           ;
           Is
           not
           my
           Exchequer
           continually
           open
           vnto
           you
           :
           I
           haue
           no
           Barrocadoes
           to
           keepe
           you
           forth
           ;
           but
           my
           Gates
           all
           houres
           of
           the
           night
           are
           open
           for
           the
           meanest
           Hynde
           or
           Swaine
           that
           comes
           .
           I
           ,
           nor
           none
           of
           mine
           examine
           what
           Countriman
           thou
           art
           :
           from
           whence
           thou
           camest
           ?
           or
           whither
           thou
           wilt
           ?
           but
           come
           and
           welcome
           .
           This
           is
           and
           euer
           hath
           beene
           my
           carriage
           to
           my
           Countrie
           people
           :
           And
           now
           in
           the
           time
           of
           my
           Visitation
           ,
           did
           my
           poore
           fearefull
           Children
           ,
           come
           amongst
           you
           into
           the
           Countrie
           for
           a
           little
           refuge
           or
           recreation
           ,
           presuming
           vpon
           the
           like
           welcome
           there
           ,
           as
           you
           found
           here
           ,
           and
           did
           you
           giue
           them
           
             Iack
             Drumes
          
           entertainment
           .
           Oh
           vncharitable
           ,
           inhumaine
           and
           ingratefull
           people
           :
           Indeed
           it
           argued
           no
           Christianitie
           in
           you
           .
           Put
           case
           my
           dearely
           beloued
           Children
           ,
           should
           (
           as
           I
           cannot
           blame
           them
           if
           they
           doe
           )
           take
           this
           to
           hart
           ;
           and
           should
           shut
           my
           Gates
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           debarre
           entrance
           to
           such
           inhumaine
           Creatures
           :
           where
           would
           your
           Landlords
           haue
           their
           Rent
           then
           ?
           Michaelmas
           you
           know
           is
           come
           :
           the
           halfe
           yeares
           Rent
           must
           be
           paid
           :
           the
           last
           day
           of
           payment
           is
           at
           hand
           ;
           Therefore
           because
           I
           will
           make
           you
           blush
           at
           your
           owne
           folly
           (
           if
           my
           Almighty
           Father
           will
           illuminate
           your
           darkened
           eyes
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           soe
           the
           same
           )
           and
           that
           my
           Children
           (
           which
           will
           be
           ruld
           by
           me
           )
           may
           shew
           loue
           for
           hatred
           :
           See
           our
           Charitie
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           all
           my
           Gates
           are
           open
           to
           giue
           you
           all
           entertainment
           ▪
           
           I
           will
           not
           examine
           you
           ,
           or
           shut
           my
           Gates
           against
           you
           for
           feare
           of
           your
           pestilent
           Feuer
           :
           No
           ,
           I
           craue
           your
           pardon
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           an
           Ague
           ;
           But
           as
           the
           plaine
           Country-woman
           said
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           whether
           it
           bee
           but
           an
           Ague
           ,
           wee
           and
           the
           Londoners
           both
           are
           visited
           within
           the
           Countrie
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           after
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           they
           haue
           the
           Spots
           vpon
           them
           :
           But
           howeuer
           my
           honest
           Country-men
           ,
           let
           vs
           in
           the
           name
           of
           our
           blessed
           Sauiour
           ,
           ioyntly
           :
           entirely
           and
           hartily
           pray
           to
           the
           Lord
           for
           mercy
           ,
           that
           our
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrie
           Ague
           (
           if
           you
           call
           it
           so
           )
           may
           at
           once
           and
           together
           cease
           with
           a
           full
           period
           .
           Our
           Visitation
           here
           ,
           and
           their
           affliction
           there
           in
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           that
           my
           poore
           Remainder
           ,
           which
           at
           home
           haue
           endured
           the
           Front
           and
           heate
           of
           my
           Fathers
           pestilent
           Battell
           ,
           may
           not
           bee
           shaken
           in
           the
           Reare
           with
           their
           pestiferous
           Ague
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           he
           will
           grant
           ,
           vpon
           our
           harty
           prayers
           and
           sincere
           repentance
           .
        
         
           
           
             LONDON
             her
             Chabitable
             reprehension
             of
             her
             ignorant
             Suburbians
             for
             clamoring
             against
             her
             retired
             Children
             .
          
           
             HOw
             comes
             it
             to
             passe
             my
             litle
             tender
             Iuvenals
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             ignorance
             ,
             imbesilitie
             and
             weaknesse
             ,
             that
             a
             Coach
             no
             sooner
             presents
             it selfe
             with
             it
             full
             lading
             ,
             or
             Horsemen
             mounted
             :
             their
             backes
             towards
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             they
             facing
             the
             Citie
             :
             but
             you
             openly
             mouth
             it
             ,
             with
             Exclamations
             and
             horrible
             Showtings
             !
             
               Welcome
               home
               Run-awayes
            
             ,
             many
             times
             ouer
             ;
             not
             respecting
             on
             whom
             you
             cast
             this
             aspersion
             ,
             taxing
             aswell
             those
             ,
             that
             from
             my
             bosome
             in
             the
             Morning
             tooke
             their
             leaue
             to
             solace
             themselues
             few
             miles
             forth
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             and
             returning
             at
             night
             :
             yet
             your
             Clamours
             were
             all
             one
             ,
             one
             and
             the
             selfe
             same
             still
             ;
             
               Run-awayes
               ,
               Run-awayes
               ,
               Welcome
               home
               Run-awayes
               !
            
          
           
             Oh
             let
             it
             bee
             so
             no
             more
             .
             If
             you
             see
             a
             Caroch
             with
             foure
             Horses
             ,
             come
             lagging
             home
             full
             fraighted
             (
             as
             if
             they
             were
             tyred
             with
             trauell
             )
             your
             Imaginations
             may
             strengthen
             your
             opinions
             so
             farre
             :
             that
             they
             haue
             come
             a
             long
             journey
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             fraight
             or
             heauy
             load
             thereof
             ,
             are
             some
             of
             my
             retyred
             Children
             ,
             you
             may
             kindly
             and
             courteously
             bid
             them
             and
             giue
             them
             a
             faire
             Welcome
             home
             :
             And
             why
             ?
             Because
             of
             the
             miserie
             they
             haue
             endured
             
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             pittie
             it
             were
             but
             they
             should
             haue
             better
             entertainment
             heere
             .
             I
             know
             they
             haue
             vndergone
             so
             many
             Affronts
             ,
             endured
             so
             much
             Dis
             〈…〉
             ,
             and
             suffered
             miserie
             vpon
             miserie
             without
             president
             .
             
               Tom
               Tell-troth
            
             ,
             hath
             Ballatized
             many
             of
             their
             miseries
             and
             bad
             vsage
             in
             the
             Countrey
             :
             you
             vnderstanding
             his
             plaine
             language
             ,
             may
             rest
             your selues
             satisfied
             :
             and
             leaue
             the
             Censure
             of
             my
             great
             offenders
             ,
             to
             those
             of
             more
             riper
             and
             mature
             Iudgements
             .
             And
             so
             I
             leaue
             you
             ,
             praying
             you
             to
             leaue
             that
             Clamour
             and
             Exclamation
             .
          
           
             
               London
               .
            
             
               I
               haue
               almost
               tyred
               my selfe
               with
               demaunding
               of
               many
               of
               my
               Come-agen
               Children
               ,
               whether
               Report
               table
               or
               no
               ?
               but
               can
               receiue
               no
               satisfaction
               .
               Therefore
               my
               longing
               desire
               shall
               accommodate
               my
               will
               ,
               to
               sollicite
               that
               neuer
               failing
               Eccho
               to
               reuerberate
               truely
               ,
               answers
               to
               my
               Intergotories
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               thus
               I
               begin
            
             .
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 OH
                 my
                 endeered
              
               Eccho
               
                 tell
                 mee
                 :
                 My
                 poore
                 distressed
                 Children
                 blush
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Eares
                 glow
                 to
                 heare
                 how
                 bigge
                 I
                 am
                 with
                 desire
                 ;
                 till
                 Resolution
                 deliuer
                 mee
                 .
                 I
                 haue
                 beene
                 wronged
              
               Eccho
               ,
               
                 haue
                 I
                 not
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 whom
                 I
                 most
                 respected
                 ?
                 Is
                 it
                 not
                 so
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               So.
               
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
             
               
                 And
                 why
                 ?
                 because
                 in
                 my
                 distresse
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 Violl
                 of
                 my
                 Fathers
                 anger
                 burst
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 blew
                 blacke
                 drops
                 thereof
                 sprinkled
                 on
                 the
                 bodies
                 of
                 my
                 selected
                 Children
                 ,
                 whom
                 God
                 hath
                 singled
                 forth
                 to
                 beare
                 the
                 publike
                 miserie
                 the
                 great
                 ones
                 fled
                 from
                 me
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               From
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Why
                 should
                 they
                 flye
                 from
                 her
                 ,
                 who
                 euer
                 loued
                 them
                 ,
                 bred
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 them
                 vp
                 to
                 maturitie
                 ;
                 was
                 it
                 because
                 I
                 was
                 toucht
                 with
                 Calamitie
                 ,
                 with
                 Plague
                 and
                 Pestilence
                 ?
                 was
                 it
                 therefore
                 :
                 or
                 how
                 sweet
              
               Eccho
               
                 tell
                 me
                 wherefore
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Thought
                 they
                 distrustfull
                 Children
                 to
                 flie
                 from
                 the
                 Iudgements
                 of
                 the
                 All-seeing
                 ,
                 and
                 euery
                 where
                 being
                 God
                 by
                 running
                 from
                 me
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               From
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Why
                 then
                 I
                 am
                 sorry
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 they
                 had
                 but
                 little
                 faith
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Litle
               Faith.
               
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 my
                 Omnipotent
                 Father
                 found
                 them
                 out
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Out
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 did
                 he
                 not
                 scourge
                 them
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               scourgd
               thē
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prethee
              
               (
               good
               Eccho
               )
               
                 tell
                 mee
                 in
                 what
                 nature
                 ?
                 was
                 it
                 with
                 the
              
               Pestilence
               
                 or
                 no
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 They
                 say
                 so
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Say
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 with
                 as
                 bad
                 or
                 worse
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Worse
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 As
                 how
                 :
                 was
                 it
                 not
                 the
                 terrible
              
               Ague
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Ague
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 would
                 shake
                 them
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Shakt
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Very
                 fearefully
                 euen
                 to
                 the
                 death
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               to'th'
               death
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
             
               
                 What
                 are
                 those
                 brought
                 home
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 day
                 ;
                 one
                 horse
                 in
                 the
                 Front
                 ,
                 an
                 other
                 in
                 the
                 Reare
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 body
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 .
                 Nor
                 Carted
                 nor
                 Coacht
                 ,
                 but
                 Lytterd
                 :
                 was
                 it
                 to
                 keepe
                 the
                 body
                 from
                 shaking
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Aking
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 It
                 could
                 not
                 from
                 shaking
                 then
                 ?
                 for
                 the
              
               Ague
               
                 fits
                 them
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Fits
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Is
                 it
                 an
              
               Ague
               
                 Quarterne
                 ?
                 Tertian
                 ?
                 or
                 Quotidian
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Quotidian
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 Quotidian
              
               Ague
               
                 forced
                 them
                 to
                 continuall
                 Prayer
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Prayer
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 that
                 made
                 them
                 ready
                 for
                 God
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               For
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 Then
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 dyed
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Dyed
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prethee
                 tell
                 me
                 ,
                 would
                 the
                 Countrie
                 afford
                 them
                 buriall
                 or
                 no
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 was
                 the
                 reason
                 so
                 many
                 dead
                 bodies
                 were
                 Coacht
                 to
              
               London
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               To
               London
               .
            
          
           
             
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 their
                 Foster-Mother
                 might
                 giue
                 them
                 Christian
                 Buriall
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               ECCHO
               .
            
             
               Buriall
               .
            
          
           
             Eccho
             I
             heare
             too
             much
             ,
             I
             will
             trouble
             thee
             no
             farther
             ,
             my
             hart
             is
             almost
             burst
             with
             sorrow
             .
             See
             my
             poore
             Children
             ;
             you
             were
             ashamed
             to
             tell
             the
             truth
             .
             But
             had
             those
             rustique
             irrationall
             Beasts
             :
             (
             as
             I
             may
             rightly
             tearme
             them
             )
             either
             reason
             ,
             humanitie
             ,
             or
             faith
             in
             my
             Sauiour
             Iesus
             Christ
             ?
             they
             would
             shame
             ,
             and
             feare
             euer
             to
             enter
             my
             Gates
             ,
             to
             looke
             me
             in
             the
             face
             ;
             their
             base
             abuse
             to
             my
             distressed
             Children
             ,
             was
             so
             insufferable
             and
             intollerable
             .
             
             But
             what
             entertainment
             should
             they
             expect
             from
             those
             ,
             that
             neuer
             had
             or
             knew
             good
             breeding
             or
             education
             .
          
           
             Many
             of
             you
             in
             the
             Countrie
             style
             your selues
             Countrie
             Gentlemen
             ;
             Few
             or
             none
             of
             you
             ,
             haue
             showne
             any
             gentle
             cariage
             or
             respect
             ,
             to
             many
             of
             my
             Children
             ,
             that
             might
             euery
             way
             equall
             the
             best
             of
             you
             ,
             that
             haue
             offered
             them
             such
             base
             affronts
             ,
             and
             begger-like
             barbarous
             vsage
             .
             Nay
             I
             can
             averre
             it
             for
             truth
             ,
             and
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             your
             Gubernators
             ,
             I
             style
             him
             so
             ,
             because
             the
             vulgar
             should
             take
             no
             notice
             ,
             whom
             or
             what
             hee
             was
             :
             (
             did
             not
             shame
             )
             conuersing
             at
             a
             Meeting
             himselfe
             with
             others
             his
             like
             Associats
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             my
             Children
             ,
             (
             which
             were
             faine
             to
             dissemble
             their
             dwellings
             ,
             and
             change
             their
             habits
             ,
             before
             they
             could
             gaine
             entertainement
             ,
             concerning
             Gods
             visitation
             vpon
             my
             people
             in
             London
             )
             did
             not
             shame
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             to
             say
             for
             truth
             ,
             that
             the
             dryed
             Salt-fish
             which
             hee
             bought
             of
             a
             Fish-monger
             of
             London
             at
             Sturbridge
             Fayre
             was
             Twelue-moneth
             ;
             this
             time
             of
             affliction
             ,
             had
             the
             Tokens
             on
             it
             ,
             his
             reason
             why
             ?
             was
             for
             that
             he
             heard
             ,
             that
             his
             Fishmonger
             of
             whom
             he
             bought
             it
             ,
             was
             now
             dead
             of
             the
             Plague
             :
             Whereupon
             one
             of
             my
             Cittizens
             which
             was
             then
             present
             ,
             made
             him
             this
             answer
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             when
             I
             am
             at
             home
             in
             the
             Towne
             where
             I
             liue
             ,
             I
             vse
             to
             goe
             to
             Market
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             going
             to
             the
             Fish-Market
             to
             buy
             a
             fresh
             Cod
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             ;
             I
             make
             a
             speciall
             choice
             of
             those
             haue
             spots
             vpon
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             accompted
             the
             best
             and
             deerest
             Fish
             ;
             and
             no
             doubt
             but
             yours
             were
             such
             
             (
             said
             he
             )
             before
             they
             were
             salted
             ;
             so
             that
             discourse
             ended
             ;
             But
             would
             any
             Creature
             that
             euer
             feared
             God
             ,
             dare
             speake
             such
             an
             incredible
             tale
             ;
             my
             prayers
             shall
             be
             to
             God
             to
             forgiue
             them
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             say
             .
          
           
             You
             Loobies
             or
             Lobbes
             in
             the
             Countrie
             ,
             I
             would
             with
             you
             hereafter
             ,
             when
             your
             seed
             is
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             increase
             thereof
             ,
             that
             therewith
             you
             may
             fill
             your
             Barnes
             ,
             Stables
             ,
             and
             Hogstyes
             ;
             and
             not
             with
             my
             deere
             Children
             ,
             who
             brought
             more
             Gold
             about
             them
             ,
             then
             thy selfe
             and
             all
             thy
             Hogs
             flesh
             could
             be
             valued
             at
             .
             Woe
             worth
             thee
             for
             doing
             so
             ,
             A
             Pudding
             of
             a
             yard
             long
             ,
             was
             as
             deere
             as
             a
             Chaine
             of
             gold
             comparatiuely
             ,
             with
             such
             vnchristianlike
             Turkes
             ;
             But
             let
             my
             sister
             Rus
             and
             her
             rusticall
             illiterated
             Hounds
             and
             Hyndes
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             (
             were
             not
             my
             Charitie
             such
             )
             as
             to
             giue
             way
             to
             their
             imbecillitie
             ,
             and
             to
             lament
             for
             it
             ,
             the
             many
             Soules
             that
             groned
             vnder
             their
             Intollerable
             sufferance
             and
             burthens
             in
             the
             Countrie
             ,
             would
             call
             for
             vengeance
             :
             But
             I
             haue
             perswaded
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             doe
             finde
             that
             
               (
               Quisquis
               sorte
               con●entus
            
             )
             euery
             one
             is
             contented
             with
             his
             suffering
             .
          
           
             I
             doubt
             it
             not
             (
             Courteous
             Readers
             )
             but
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             know
             the
             Worshipfull
             Towne
             of
             Vtoxeter
             in
             Staffordshire
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             a
             tale
             ,
             done
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             :
             There
             was
             a
             Waggoner
             did
             dwell
             and
             belong
             to
             the
             same
             Towne
             (
             it
             matters
             not
             for
             his
             name
             )
             who
             indeed
             when
             he
             had
             sufferance
             to
             come
             into
             the
             Towne
             ,
             did
             dwell
             vpon
             his
             owne
             land
             And
             I
             am
             forced
             now
             vpon
             speciall
             occasion
             ,
             to
             
             describe
             the
             barbarous
             vsage
             of
             the
             ignorant
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             same
             Towne
             towards
             him
             ,
             (
             because
             it
             was
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Gods
             like
             Visitation
             as
             at
             this
             instant
             )
             His
             custome
             then
             was
             to
             furnish
             some
             Londoners
             (
             who
             remained
             in
             the
             Citie
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Infection
             )
             with
             Butter
             and
             Cheese
             ,
             which
             he
             continued
             all
             the
             time
             of
             the
             same
             Visitation
             ,
             (
             being
             a
             very
             honest
             and
             sufficient
             man
             )
             which
             the
             Townesmen
             of
             Vtoxeter
             ,
             taking
             to
             hart
             :
             debarred
             him
             entrance
             into
             the
             Towne
             ,
             at
             his
             returne
             from
             London
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             lye
             forth
             of
             the
             Towne
             in
             a
             Common
             where
             he
             did
             continue
             at
             euery
             returne
             from
             London
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             till
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             mittigate
             and
             appease
             his
             wrath
             as
             he
             doth
             now
             (
             his
             Name
             be
             glorified
             therefore
             .
             )
             Imediately
             then
             (
             as
             they
             might
             doe
             now
             )
             the
             discreet
             Gouernours
             of
             the
             same
             Towne
             taking
             it
             more
             to
             hart
             ,
             dissembled
             themselues
             together
             ,
             and
             being
             armed
             Capapee
             ,
             with
             extraordinary
             Weapon
             ,
             sallied
             forth
             of
             the
             Towne
             ,
             
               Vi
               &
               Armis
            
             to
             kill
             the
             Wagoners
             Horses
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Ch●rlingdish
             of
             Coales
             ,
             to
             fire
             and
             burne
             his
             Wagon
             :
             which
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             had
             not
             a
             friend
             of
             the
             Wagoners
             entered
             into
             fiue
             hundred
             pound
             bonds
             ,
             (
             stay
             there
             )
             into
             an
             Obligation
             of
             fiue
             Markes
             ,
             with
             condition
             ,
             either
             Endorsed
             or
             Subscribed
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Waggoner
             should
             not
             come
             within
             three
             miles
             of
             the
             Towne
             ,
             after
             his
             then
             next
             returne
             from
             London
             ;
             vntill
             he
             had
             be●●e
             ayred
             a
             full
             Moneth
             in
             the
             Countrie
             .
             I●
             this
             exceed
             not
             the
             Wise
             men
             of
             Goatham
             ;
             Iudge
             you
             .
          
           
           
             I
             must
             straine
             a
             little
             more
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             vnknowne
             to
             the
             Chiefe
             onely
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Inferiours
             of
             my
             afflicted
             Citie
             ,
             that
             the
             doting
             and
             fearefull
             Parents
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             (
             dreading
             Gods
             Iudgements
             should
             fall
             vpon
             their
             Children
             in
             my
             visited
             Citie
             ,
             and
             his
             punishment
             strike
             them
             with
             the
             same
             visitation
             of
             Plague
             and
             Pestilence
             ;
             )
             could
             not
             forbeare
             ,
             but
             instantly
             (
             I
             may
             say
             innocently
             )
             assoone
             as
             they
             had
             notice
             ,
             that
             the
             hand
             of
             mine
             Almightie
             Father
             ,
             began
             to
             touch
             my
             poore
             Inhabitants
             ,
             but
             euery
             or
             most
             of
             their
             Fathers
             or
             Mothers
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             whose
             Sonnes
             and
             Daughters
             were
             oblieged
             as
             Prentices
             to
             any
             of
             my
             Children
             in
             London
             ;
             but
             Letter
             vpon
             letter
             came
             with
             Contents
             ,
             beseeching
             and
             humbly
             intreating
             their
             Childrens
             Masters
             to
             giue
             them
             leaue
             to
             spend
             their
             time
             with
             them
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             vntill
             it
             should
             please
             God
             to
             cease
             his
             Visitation
             in
             London
             ;
             whereunto
             my
             Children
             condiscended
             ,
             but
             now
             what
             ensues
             thereupon
             ?
             This
             ;
             The
             Landlords
             or
             Creditors
             of
             some
             of
             those
             Parents
             cannot
             now
             (
             as
             I
             am
             enformed
             )
             demaund
             or
             require
             Rent
             or
             Debts
             ;
             but
             they
             shame
             not
             to
             offer
             this
             affront
             ?
             That
             they
             haue
             beene
             and
             still
             are
             so
             charged
             with
             their
             Children
             the
             Apprentices
             of
             London
             ,
             that
             the
             remainder
             of
             their
             estate
             is
             not
             able
             to
             make
             satisfaction
             .
             Woe
             is
             mee
             that
             this
             imputation
             should
             bee
             layd
             vpon
             my
             Childrens
             Children
             for
             being
             their
             Seruants
             ,
             they
             tooke
             them
             for
             their
             owne
             Children
             as
             they
             are
             bound
             by
             my
             Custome
             .
             Therefore
             sister
             Rus
             if
             thou
             chide
             not
             thy
             Children
             for
             their
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             returne
             home
             in
             safetie
             my
             
             Childrens
             children
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             only
             be
             very
             angry
             ,
             but
             my
             Sister-Cities
             throughout
             the
             Vniuerse
             will
             condemne
             thee
             .
             Salue
             it
             good
             Sister
             for
             your
             Reputation
             .
          
           
             One
             thing
             more
             I
             would
             entreate
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             summon
             your
             great
             Commanders
             ,
             for
             Charities
             sake
             ;
             there
             may
             be
             order
             taken
             ,
             to
             vnstake
             the
             remarkable
             places
             of
             my
             Children
             ,
             whom
             God
             took
             to
             his
             mercy
             in
             the
             High-wayes
             and
             other
             places
             .
             Oh
             shew
             your selues
             charitable
             :
             though
             you
             would
             not
             affoord
             them
             Christian
             buriall
             .
             Let
             there
             no
             base
             stakie
             wooden
             memoriall
             be
             left
             to
             view
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             Misdone
             ,
             Hanged
             or
             Drowned
             themselues
             ,
             For
             Christianitie
             grant
             it
             ;
             and
             withall
             cleere
             all
             the
             Hedges
             and
             Trees
             of
             those
             lamentable
             obiects
             which
             hang
             vpon
             them
             ,
             that
             are
             a
             thousand
             times
             more
             mouing
             Corasiues
             ,
             then
             the
             Executioners
             Wardrop
             at
             the
             basest
             Brokers
             stall
             .
             Now
             let
             you
             and
             I
             be
             friends
             ;
             For
             my
             Children
             which
             are
             left
             ,
             doe
             promise
             me
             faithfully
             ,
             neuer
             to
             trouble
             you
             againe
             in
             that
             nature
             :
             They
             will
             stay
             with
             mee
             in
             my
             extremitie
             ;
             and
             eate
             a
             Capon
             ,
             drinke
             a
             cup
             of
             Claret
             ,
             an
             other
             of
             Sacke
             ;
             and
             feed
             in
             that
             grosse
             fashion
             ;
             rather
             then
             on
             your
             daintie
             Puddings
             and
             Hogs
             flesh
             .
             I
             haue
             done
             ,
             and
             I
             beseech
             my
             Eternall
             Father
             ,
             the
             only
             Omnipotent
             God
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             end
             to
             ,
             of
             his
             greiuous
             Visitation
             ,
             by
             his
             dangerous
             and
             fearefull
             Ague
             with
             you
             and
             yours
             ;
             and
             his
             more
             fearefull
             scourge
             of
             Plague
             and
             Pestilence
             with
             mee
             and
             mine
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             his
             dearely
             beloued
             Sons
             sake
             Christ
             Iesus
             his
             only
             Sauiour
             and
             Redeemer
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
           
             
               A
               seeming
               Friend
               hearing
               some
               few
               of
               these
               Lynes
               read
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               before
               he
               committed
               them
               to
               the
               Presse
               ,
               would
               entreat
               so
               much
               loue
               from
               him
               ,
               as
               to
               Compose
               an
               Acrostique
               Verse
               (
               if
               he
               would
               thereunto
               condiscend
               )
               vpon
               these
               words
               in
               the
               Margent
               :
               the
               Partie
               hauing
               a
               Rope
               Tar'd
               Nosegay
               in
               his
               hand
               .
               whereupon
               the
               Author
               styles
               his
               Verse
               thus
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               all
               your
               Rope-tard
               Nosegay-Bearers
               .
            
             
               
                 S
                 Stand
                 farther
                 off's
                 my
                 subiect
                 ,
                 thus
                 I
                 write
                 .
              
               
                 T
                 'T
                 is
                 propper
                 thereon
                 ,
                 these
                 dayes
                 to
                 endite
                 :
              
               
                 A
                 A
                 man
                 knowes
                 not
                 his
                 friend
                 from
                 any
                 other
                 ,
              
               
                 N
                 Nor
                 can
                 he
                 now
                 know
                 his
                 endeered
                 Brother
                 ,
              
               
                 D
                 Death
                 hants
                 them
                 so
                 ,
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 one
                 from
                 tother
              
            
             
               
                 F
                 Farre
                 must
                 thou
                 stand
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 conuerse
                 with
                 mee
                 ,
              
               
                 V
                 Vnlesse
                 thou
                 haue
                 like
                 Nosegay
                 ;
                 Dost
                 thou
                 see
                 ,
              
               
                 R
                 Rope
                 Tarr'd
                 I
                 haue
                 ,
                 it
                 keepes
                 out
                 Pestilence
                 ,
              
               
                 T
                 The
                 Diuell
                 as
                 soone
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 thou
                 hast
                 no
                 sence
                 ,
              
               
                 H
                 Hee
                 that
                 doth
                 thinke
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 to
                 be
                 Plague-free
                 ,
              
               
                 E
                 Euer
                 shall
                 be
                 accompted
                 like
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
              
               
                 R
                 Respected
                 not
                 ;
                 call'd
                 foole
                 for
                 's
                 Foppery
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 O
                 Omnipotent
                 Ioue
                 bids
                 thee
                 repent
                 and
                 mend
                 ,
              
               
                 F
                 For
                 thy
                 great
                 sinne
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 this
                 Plague
                 I
                 send
                 ,
              
               
                 F
                 Feare
                 thou
                 ,
                 repent
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 my
                 Plague
                 shall
                 end
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Amicus
               Mariscallus
               PETOVVE
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           true
           Relation
           of
           the
           Funerall
           of
           Captaine
           
             RICHARD
             ROBINS
          
           ,
           performed
           the
           24.
           of
           
             September
             1625.
          
           in
           Armes
           .
        
         
           EVEN
           then
           when
           fell
           meagre
           Death
           by
           the
           sacred
           Decree
           of
           Heauen
           began
           to
           shorten
           his
           Weekly
           slaughter
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           euen
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           vulgar
           Rabble
           of
           the
           Rustiques
           in
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           mouthed
           it
           with
           a
           most
           vnchristianlike
           ,
           and
           most
           vncharitable
           rumour
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           That
           there
           was
           not
           people
           enough
           in
           London
           left
           aliue
           to
           bury
           their
           Dead
           )
           Then
           ,
           euen
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           did
           the
           great
           Commander
           of
           all
           power
           ,
           call
           to
           his
           Mercy
           from
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           Captaine
           
             Richard
             Robins
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Twenty
           Commanders
           and
           Captaines
           (
           vnder
           the
           renowned
           Colonells
           )
           of
           the
           Sixe
           thousand
           trayned
           Citizens
           ,
           of
           the
           euer
           famous
           ,
           though
           now
           distressed
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           dyed
           of
           an
           Ague
           at
           Hackney
           in
           Middlesex
           ,
           and
           was
           brought
           from
           thence
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           Buried
           in
           his
           Parish-Church
           called
           
             St.
             Magaret
          
           vpon
           Fish
           street
           hill
           .
           Some
           few
           dayes
           after
           (
           as
           it
           is
           customarie
           amongst
           them
           )
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Artillery
           Garden
           ,
           that
           were
           then
           in
           Towne
           ,
           considering
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           their
           Number
           present
           ,
           and
           yet
           might
           doe
           no
           lesse
           ,
           then
           giue
           the
           deceased
           Captaine
           his
           right
           and
           Merit
           ;
           treated
           with
           the
           then
           right
           
           Honourable
           
             Iohn
             Gore
          
           Lord
           Maior
           of
           this
           said
           City
           ;
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           grant
           a
           publique
           Funerall
           in
           Armes
           .
           And
           for
           that
           most
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           were
           at
           that
           time
           in
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           the
           rest
           may
           strengthen
           themselues
           with
           their
           Friends
           that
           were
           also
           Citizens
           and
           Souldiers
           of
           the
           Trayned
           Bands
           in
           London
           ;
           to
           make
           a
           compleat
           Company
           to
           make
           the
           Countrie
           wonder
           ;
           whereunto
           it
           pleased
           his
           Honour
           to
           condiscend
           vpon
           Saturday
           ,
           being
           the
           24.
           day
           of
           September
           last
           1625.
           was
           the
           Funerall
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Gentlemen
           and
           Fellow
           Souldiers
           met
           at
           the
           Artillery
           Garden
           ,
           about
           two
           of
           the
           clocke
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           ranckt
           by
           the
           Officers
           there
           (
           Souldier-like
           )
           according
           to
           the
           number
           ,
           three
           and
           foure
           a
           brest
           ,
           all
           the
           Musketieres
           both
           of
           the
           Prime
           and
           Reere
           deuision
           of
           Musketieres
           ,
           three
           in
           Ranke
           ;
           and
           the
           Pikes
           Foure
           a
           brest
           in
           the
           body
           .
           Captaine
           Von
           was
           Leader
           that
           day
           ,
           Associated
           with
           Captaine
           
             Humphrey
             Smith
          
           .
           So
           Marcht
           they
           forth
           the
           Garden
           ,
           to
           
             Leaden
             Hall
          
           ,
           where
           the
           Herse
           attended
           ,
           with
           an
           Epitaphe
           thereon
           diuulging
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           worth
           of
           that
           worthy
           Captaine
           ,
           the
           Worshipfull
           Company
           of
           Ironmungers
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           was
           a
           member
           ;
           The
           Masters
           also
           of
           
             St.
             Thomas
          
           Hospitall
           ,
           of
           whom
           in
           his
           life
           time
           he
           was
           likewise
           one
           ,
           attended
           with
           many
           more
           of
           his
           Friends
           .
           The
           number
           of
           Souldiers
           that
           were
           compleatly
           Armed
           ,
           both
           Pikes
           and
           Muskettiers
           were
           Two
           hundred
           fortie
           foure
           ,
           besides
           two
           Captaines
           ,
           the
           Marsall
           ,
           the
           Lieutenant
           ,
           the
           Alferus
           or
           Ensigne
           ,
           Foure
           Serieants
           ,
           foure
           Drummes
           ,
           two
           Fifes
           ,
           the
           
           Armourer
           ,
           the
           Gun-maker
           and
           their
           Seruants
           ;
           and
           Sixe
           Gentlemen
           who
           carried
           the
           Trophies
           of
           his
           Armes
           before
           the
           Hearse
           .
           The
           beholders
           then
           present
           ,
           were
           at
           least
           Ten
           thousand
           people
           ,
           who
           were
           eye-witnesses
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           here
           related
           is
           true
           .
           The
           exact
           and
           Souldier-like
           performance
           and
           managing
           of
           the
           businesse
           ,
           I
           referre
           to
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           discreet
           and
           wise
           Spectators
           then
           present
           .
           Only
           I
           will
           intreate
           you
           (
           judicious
           Reader
           )
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           was
           Souldier-like
           Enterred
           ,
           hee
           had
           three
           seuerall
           Vollies
           of
           Shot
           giuen
           .
           Which
           being
           finished
           ,
           the
           Drums
           beate
           a
           Troop
           vntill
           the
           Souldiers
           came
           forth
           of
           the
           Church-yard
           (
           where
           the
           Vollies
           were
           giuen
           )
           into
           the
           street
           vpon
           Fishstreet-hill
           :
           where
           falling
           into
           Rankes
           as
           before
           ,
           the
           Captaine
           commandeth
           a
           March
           to
           be
           beaten
           ,
           and
           so
           Marched
           thorow
           
             Gracious-street
             ,
             Cornehill
          
           ,
           the
           Poultry
           ,
           and
           Cheapside
           ,
           that
           the
           Market
           people
           might
           report
           through
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           that
           their
           rumour
           was
           false
           .
           And
           so
           to
           the
           Lord
           Major
           his
           house
           ,
           who
           presented
           himselfe
           at
           the
           gate
           ,
           and
           very
           Honourably
           and
           freely
           caused
           both
           Flaggons
           of
           Sacke
           and
           Claret
           to
           bee
           brought
           forth
           ,
           for
           all
           such
           as
           pleased
           to
           drinke
           thereof
           ;
           and
           there
           likewise
           were
           two
           Vollies
           giuen
           ;
           for
           which
           his
           Lordship
           gaue
           the
           Gentlemen
           many
           thankes
           ,
           assuring
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           done
           great
           honour
           to
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           greater
           comfort
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           Then
           tooke
           they
           a
           faire
           Farwell
           ,
           and
           Trooped
           through
           Cheapside
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           Artillery
           Garden
           ;
           whereupon
           lodging
           of
           the
           Cullours
           ,
           they
           concluded
           with
           their
           last
           volly
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           leaue
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           you
           ,
           for
           I
           entreate
           you
           to
           reade
           that
           which
           you
           haue
           not
           yet
           read
           .
        
         
           
           
             Epitaphium
             dignissimi
             Ducis
             RICHARDI
             ROBYNS
             .
          
           
             ONe
             of
             the
             Twenty
             Captaines
             here
             doth
             lye
          
           
             The
             rest
             must
             follow
             ,
             for
             the
             rest
             must
             die
             ,
          
           
             Nineteene
             behinde
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             gone
             before
             ,
          
           
             To
             leade
             the
             way
             to
             the
             Elizian
             shore
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             he
             did
             liue
             ,
             like
             to
             the
             God
             of
             Warre
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             many
             Souldiers
             bred
             ,
             no'ne
             e're
             did
             marre
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             had
             as
             many
             Sonnes
             ,
             as
             any
             man
          
           
             (
             Compleat
             for
             Souldiers
             )
             since
             the
             World
             began
          
           
             Lieutenants
             some
             ;
             others
             whom
             Ensignes
             beare
             ,
          
           
             The
             Rest
             can
             doe
             as
             much
             ,
             as
             any
             dare
             ,
          
           
             Against
             the
             Foe
             of
             Englands
             Soueraigne
             ;
          
           
             Wee
             that
             h●●
             follow
             will
             the
             same
             maintaine
             .
          
           
             Hee
             was
             a
             Louer
             both
             of
             Arts
             and
             Armes
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             taught
             a
             present
             Guard
             for
             em'nent
             harmes
             :
          
           
             That
             now
             wee
             lose
             him
             ,
             wee
             his
             Death
             deplore
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             's
             dead
             ,
             yet
             liues
             ,
             wee
             hope
             for
             euermore
             .
          
           
             Dead
             though
             he
             be
             ,
             and
             from
             vs
             quite
             bereauen
             ,
          
           
             Though
             dead
             to
             vs
             ,
             yet
             doth
             he
             liue
             in
             Heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Viuit
             post
             Funera
             Vertus
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           LONDON
           making
           her
           full
           period
           .
        
         
           NOble
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           my
           valiant
           Children
           ,
           you
           haue
           lodg'd
           your
           Colours
           ,
           and
           finished
           your
           last
           Volly
           .
           Giue
           me
           leaue
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           to
           adde
           one
           Volly
           more
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           nature
           and
           condition
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           le
           conclude
           .
           My
           shot
           shall
           not
           be
           Bullets
           of
           Amunition
           ,
           but
           words
           of
           Admonition
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           mildely
           &
           modestly
           dart
           amongst
           you
           .
           You
           my
           deere
           Children
           ,
           which
           haue
           beene
           so
           barbarously
           vsed
           in
           the
           Countrie
           amongst
           those
           inhumane
           People
           ,
           such
           of
           you
           especially
           I
           speake
           to
           ,
           who
           are
           Land-lords
           and
           Creditours
           to
           your
           inferiour
           Brethren
           .
           Let
           me
           beg
           and
           intreat
           you
           (
           although
           you
           haue
           endured
           much
           discontent
           and
           sorrow
           in
           the
           Countrie
           )
           not
           to
           reuenge
           it
           vpon
           your
           poore
           Brethren
           in
           London
           ,
           who
           haue
           vndergone
           with
           me
           ,
           more
           griefe
           ,
           more
           want
           ,
           more
           sighes
           ,
           more
           teares
           ,
           more
           Grones
           ,
           and
           more
           Miserie
           then
           my
           Tongue
           or
           Pen
           can
           expresse
           .
           Oh
           be
           mercifull
           my
           good
           Children
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           haue
           my
           Sauior
           to
           take
           mercy
           vpon
           you
           .
           You
           that
           are
           Land-lords
           be
           not
           ouer-hasty
           with
           your
           poore
           Tenants
           ,
           for
           your
           Rents
           :
           Nor
           you
           that
           are
           Creditors
           ,
           oh
           be
           not
           harsh
           nor
           seuere
           to
           your
           weake
           and
           impouerished
           Debtors
           :
           But
           consider
           the
           lamentable
           misery
           they
           haue
           a
           long
           time
           endured
           :
           and
           the
           extraordinary
           expences
           they
           haue
           beene
           at
           ,
           and
           no
           meanes
           to
           get
           a
           penny
           ,
           which
           you
           in
           your
           discretions
           cannot
           choose
           but
           conceaue
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           take
           so
           much
           to
           ●art
           ,
           
           that
           for
           Charitie
           you
           will
           spare
           them
           ,
           vntill
           such
           time
           as
           my
           disioynted
           Estate
           be
           settled
           againe
           ;
           and
           my
           Citizens
           haue
           Commerse
           one
           with
           another
           as
           they
           haue
           had
           ,
           and
           Trading
           as
           frequent
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           may
           striue
           and
           endeuour
           to
           get
           ,
           what
           they
           of
           necessitie
           haue
           spent
           :
           and
           by
           their
           honest
           Industry
           &
           labour
           in
           their
           Vocations
           ,
           attaine
           to
           their
           former
           Maturity
           in
           their
           seuerall
           estates
           .
           Which
           they
           may
           doe
           ,
           so
           your
           patience
           please
           to
           giue
           them
           time
           and
           libertie
           ;
           which
           I
           beseech
           you
           grant
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           you
           may
           haue
           full
           satisfaction
           and
           content
           .
           The
           Tenant
           content
           from
           the
           Land-lord
           by
           his
           great
           patience
           ,
           the
           Debtor
           content
           from
           the
           Creditor
           by
           his
           much
           forbearance
           .
           And
           the
           Land-lords
           and
           Creditors
           from
           the
           Tenants
           and
           Debtors
           haue
           full
           satisfaction
           .
           Such
           a
           blessed
           time
           ,
           and
           those
           happy
           dayes
           doth
           your
           poore
           Mother
           desire
           to
           see
           ;
           which
           that
           both
           she
           and
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           vs
           may
           see
           ,
           let
           vs
           all
           pray
           joyntly
           to
           his
           Diuine
           Maiestie
           ,
           that
           only
           can
           grant
           our
           request
           .
        
         
           
             Grant
             then
             good
             God
             ,
             what
             we
             require
             of
             thee
             ,
          
           
             And
             wee
             shall
             praise
             thy
             Name
             eternally
             .
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .