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             Londoners their entertainment in the countrie. Or the whipping of runnawayes Wherein is described, Londons miserie. The countries crueltie. And mans inhumanitie.
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           Londoners
           THEIR
           ENTERtainment
           in
           the
           Countrie
           .
        
         
           Or
           the
           whipping
           of
           Runnawayes
           .
        
         
           
             Wherein
             is
             described
          
           ,
           LONDONS
           MISERIE
           .
        
         
           THE
           COVNTRIES
           CRVELTIE
           .
        
         
           AND
           MANS
           INHVMANITIE
           .
        
         
           
             
               OS
               HOMINI
               SVBLIME
               DEDIT
            
          
        
         
           AT
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           H.
           L.
           for
           C.
           B.
           1604.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           London
           to
           thy
           Citizens
           ,
           especially
           to
           such
           right
           Honourable
           ,
           right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           were
           thy
           true-borne
           
             ministring
             comfort
             to
             thee
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             visitation
             .
             Health
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
          
           plentie
           .
        
         
           THat
           London
           hath
           beene
           honorable
           for
           her
           state
           ,
           admired
           for
           her
           wealth
           ,
           and
           famous
           for
           her
           nurcerie
           ,
           what
           liuing
           soule
           hath
           not
           heard
           or
           seene
           .
           That
           she
           is
           now
           most
           miserable
           ,
           and
           ouer-whelmed
           with
           sorrowes
           deluge
           ;
           witnesse
           these
           lines
           of
           lamentation
           :
           oh
           time
           of
           heauines
           !
           that
           such
           royaltie
           should
           be
           prest
           with
           miserie
           .
           But
           of
           her
           miserie
           I
           haue
           writ
           at
           large
           ;
           the
           iudgement
           whereof
           (
           right
           Honorable
           ,
           right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           and
           wise
           )
           relieth
           on
           your
           fauourable
           censures
           ,
           who
           haue
           both
           aucthoritie
           to
           conuict
           ,
           and
           knowledge
           to
           commend
           .
           If
           therfore
           out
           of
           this
           poesie
           of
           greene
           hearbs
           ,
           gathered
           out
           of
           a
           spacious
           Country
           garden
           ,
           you
           make
           your
           seuerall
           choices
           of
           some
           (
           though
           but
           of
           few
           )
           to
           your
           contents
           ,
           I
           shall
           thinke
           my
           trauailes
           richly
           guerdoned
           :
           suruay
           them
           curiouslie
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           much
           varietie
           ,
           but
           especially
           of
           Rue
           ,
           Wormwood
           ,
           
           and
           Tyme
           :
           But
           indeede
           wee
           may
           rue
           the
           time
           that
           euer
           that
           bitter
           weede
           Wormewood
           became
           so
           sweete
           a
           Nosegay
           .
           My
           labour
           is
           past
           ,
           my
           booke
           newly
           come
           from
           the
           presse
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           in
           your
           hands
           to
           be
           censured
           ;
           if
           therefore
           it
           passe
           with
           your
           good
           likings
           ,
           my
           desires
           are
           accomplished
           ,
           and
           my
           expectation
           satisfied
           .
           In
           hope
           wherof
           I
           rest
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           vvhipping
           of
           Runnawayes
           .
        
         
           EUen
           then
           when
           Peace
           &
           Plenty
           ,
           like
           a
           paire
           of
           true
           borne
           Twins
           kissed
           ,
           &
           most
           louingly
           embraced
           one
           another
           ,
           not
           onlie
           in
           the
           middle
           center
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           euery
           priuate
           angle
           and
           skirt
           of
           this
           stourishing
           Iland-Euen
           then
           at
           that
           swéetest
           instant
           of
           loue
           and
           amitie
           ,
           when
           the
           thought
           of
           man
           could
           not
           haue
           comprehended
           a
           more
           blessed
           time
           ,
           then
           ,
           then
           I
           say
           (
           note
           but
           the
           suddaine
           alteration
           of
           Fortune
           )
           was
           transformed
           our
           so
           happy
           and
           prosperous
           estate
           .
           But
           alas
           why
           should
           I
           exclaime
           against
           Fortune
           ,
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           idle
           fantasie
           of
           ignorant
           men
           ,
           when
           indéede
           the
           repentant
           returning
           from
           our
           intollerable
           sinnes
           ,
           might
           haue
           continued
           our
           blisse
           and
           happines
           .
           What
           should
           I
           say
           ?
           what
           should
           I
           write
           ?
           but
           that
           our
           
             Summum
             bonum
          
           became
           our
           
             omnimoda
             miseria
          
           ,
           our
           good
           ,
           our
           worse
           ,
           by
           that
           vnexpected
           change
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           reward
           of
           sinne
           .
        
         
           No
           sooner
           was
           the
           Lady
           of
           felicity
           (
           the
           diuine
           Eliza
           )
           departed
           from
           this
           Chaos
           of
           iniquitie
           ,
           as
           one
           too
           worthy
           the
           gouernment
           of
           so
           wicked
           a
           people
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           gentle
           chasticements
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           selfe
           same
           houre
           of
           her
           departure
           ,
           did
           our
           almightie
           Father
           not
           
           leaue
           vs
           destitute
           ,
           but
           gaue
           in
           place
           of
           our
           deceased
           Soueraigne
           ,
           a
           royall
           King
           of
           an
           excellent
           and
           princelike
           substance
           ,
           moulded
           with
           a
           diuine
           spirit
           ,
           ordained
           before
           for
           the
           full
           felicitie
           of
           this
           languishing
           Realme
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           our
           disobedience
           may
           blush
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           so
           gratious
           respecting
           vs
           ;
           such
           a
           Prince
           I
           say
           that
           one
           wrincle
           seated
           in
           his
           browe
           ,
           should
           dart
           such
           terror
           to
           the
           heart
           of
           sinne
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           of
           vs
           should
           dare
           to
           offende
           the
           sacred
           Deitie
           of
           the
           Almightie
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           such
           and
           so
           great
           was
           the
           root
           of
           wickednes
           grafted
           in
           our
           hardened
           hearts
           ,
           that
           as
           before
           so
           still
           do
           the
           forward
           branches
           of
           horrible
           sinne
           spring
           vp
           in
           vs
           ,
           wherwith
           we
           make
           vs
           arborss
           to
           shadowe
           our
           lasciuious
           desires
           ,
           vayling
           one
           sinne
           vnder
           another
           ,
           without
           either
           respect
           or
           feare
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           Almightie
           glorious
           Essence
           ,
           noting
           the
           stubbornes
           of
           so
           stiffnecked
           a
           people
           ,
           and
           séeing
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           threatnings
           ,
           thundred
           into
           our
           eares
           ,
           by
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ministers
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           we
           would
           not
           repent
           ,
           but
           still
           perseuer
           in
           our
           abhominable
           wickednesse
           ;
           euen
           then
           when
           wee
           thought
           our selues
           most
           secure
           ,
           and
           shadowed
           euen
           vnder
           the
           wings
           of
           happines
           :
           Did
           the
           God
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           the
           high
           Almighty
           one
           ,
           commaund
           his
           Angell
           to
           vnsheath
           his
           sword
           ,
           which
           séemed
           euen
           to
           haue
           rusted
           in
           the
           scabberd
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           his
           long
           suffering
           ,
           and
           much
           patience
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           rod
           of
           his
           seuere
           correction
           ,
           to
           lay
           on
           heauy
           load
           vpon
           the
           burthened
           backs
           of
           sinners
           :
           Oh
           how
           vnwillingly
           did
           hee
           procéede
           to
           this
           deadly
           medicine
           ,
           like
           a
           carefull
           Phisitian
           ,
           trying
           all
           salues
           for
           cure
           ,
           before
           he
           put
           his
           patient
           to
           extreamest
           paine
           :
           Yea
           he
           hath
           often
           tolde
           vs
           so
           ,
           by
           the
           tongs
           of
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           louing
           Father
           sull
           many
           times
           intreated
           vs
           wicked
           and
           sinfull
           people
           ,
           euen
           at
           our
           owne
           dores
           ,
           to
           abstaine
           from
           the
           
           filthy
           desires
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           but
           we
           regarded
           them
           not
           ,
           neither
           was
           there
           any
           ,
           no
           not
           one
           that
           feared
           the
           iudgments
           of
           the
           highest
           .
           Wherefore
           béeing
           ouercome
           w●th
           the
           intollerablenes
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           at
           last
           as
           it
           were
           breaking
           forth
           into
           such
           like
           words
           ,
           Since
           they
           so
           slightly
           regard
           those
           whom
           I
           haue
           sent
           with
           the
           tongs
           of
           fathers
           ,
           kindely
           intreating
           them
           to
           refraine
           from
           sinne
           ,
           and
           they
           like
           disobedient
           children
           respect
           them
           not
           ,
           neither
           him
           that
           sent
           them
           ,
           he
           gaue
           this
           charge
           to
           the
           Angell
           of
           his
           iudgment
           .
           Let
           them
           féele
           in
           full
           measure
           the
           Iudgments
           of
           the
           highest
           :
           Therefore
           sinite
           them
           with
           the
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           the
           true
           and
           liuing
           God
           can
           bridle
           the
           lofty
           heads
           of
           the
           wicked
           .
           And
           forthwith
           was
           his
           power
           by
           his
           iust
           iudgment
           of
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           showen
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           when
           after
           we
           had
           felt
           his
           scourge
           heauy
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           we
           could
           then
           cry
           out
           and
           say
           ,
           we
           haue
           sinned
           Lord
           ,
           wee
           haue
           sinned
           ,
           Oh
           forbeare
           thy
           rod
           &c.
           
        
         
           You
           know
           (
           most
           kinde
           respected
           Readers
           )
           that
           the
           first
           stroke
           of
           visitation
           lighted
           on
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           this
           Realme
           ,
           London
           the
           mother
           of
           Cities
           ,
           and
           the
           Nurce
           of
           Countries
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           prime
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           neck
           of
           Englands
           new
           borne
           happines
           ,
           when
           the
           swéets
           of
           Flora
           began
           to
           diaper
           the
           deasie
           spangled
           pauement
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           vpon
           the
           high
           pinacles
           of
           which
           admired
           City
           ,
           the
           messenger
           of
           God
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           sitting
           ready
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           commandement
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           those
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           places
           as
           his
           masters
           should
           giue
           him
           in
           chardge
           .
           At
           length
           (
           but
           yet
           alas
           too
           soone
           )
           fell
           the
           reward
           of
           sinne
           gently
           on
           the
           Skirts
           which
           we
           terme
           the
           Subburbs
           of
           the
           City
           .
           The
           reason
           why
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           strike
           the
           exteriour
           members
           ,
           before
           the
           interiour
           parts
           :
           I
           meane
           the
           Subburbs
           before
           the
           body
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           may
           demonstrate
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           
           the
           Lord
           would
           yet
           looke
           downe
           in
           mercy
           on
           the
           body
           ,
           if
           that
           the
           perishing
           of
           some
           loose
           members
           may
           cause
           repentance
           .
           For
           as
           in
           a
           faire
           and
           costly
           garment
           ,
           after
           it
           is
           framed
           by
           the
           labor
           of
           the
           workeman
           ,
           and
           through
           his
           negligence
           ,
           or
           mistaking
           ,
           it
           chance
           to
           bee
           made
           somewhat
           vnfit
           ,
           or
           with
           some
           other
           fault
           ,
           and
           therefore
           dooth
           displease
           the
           owner
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           may
           bee
           mended
           by
           altering
           the
           skirts
           ,
           or
           extremest
           parts
           ,
           without
           taking
           asunder
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           drawn
           to
           a
           better
           liking
           of
           it
           :
           So
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           euer
           taketh
           delight
           in
           sparing
           and
           shewing
           pitty
           ,
           and
           doth
           seeke
           to
           recall
           manie
           into
           the
           way
           ,
           by
           the
           punishment
           of
           sewe
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           breaking
           forth
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           began
           to
           punish
           the
           skirts
           and
           subburbs
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           that
           the
           City
           it selfe
           séeing
           the
           rod
           so
           neere
           ,
           should
           feare
           betimes
           .
           And
           indéed
           the
           action
           of
           God
           so
           distributing
           and
           dispiercing
           his
           iudgments
           ,
           may
           seeme
           besides
           this
           ,
           to
           haue
           had
           another
           cause
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           excessiue
           abhomination
           of
           filthines
           practised
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           City
           .
           That
           as
           in
           a
           body
           ,
           all
           the
           superfluity
           of
           extremities
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           power
           of
           a
           vegetatiue
           heate
           ,
           wronght
           to
           the
           extremetie
           of
           the
           body
           :
           So
           this
           filthy
           froth
           of
           sensuall
           beastlinesse
           ,
           beeing
           by
           the
           force
           of
           good
           gouerment
           ,
           (
           such
           is
           the
           benefit
           of
           good
           lawes
           put
           in
           vse
           )
           expelled
           from
           the
           inner
           part
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           the
           hart
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           did
           residence
           in
           the
           vtmost
           skirts
           and
           appendent
           members
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           became
           a
           fit
           matter
           for
           the
           first
           burning
           of
           Gods
           reuengefull
           wrath
           .
           Afterwards
           ,
           partly
           by
           the
           vicinitie
           of
           place
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           the
           vnrespectiuenes
           of
           the
           infected
           ,
           and
           the
           want
           of
           care
           of
           the
           sound
           ,
           but
           especially
           the
           conformity
           of
           vnrepented
           sinnes
           ,
           kindled
           the
           like
           flame
           in
           the
           inmost
           places
           of
           the
           City
           it selfe
           .
           And
           so
           ere
           long
           after
           it
           so
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           skirts
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           City
           was
           in
           such
           
           sort
           infected
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           choice
           ,
           and
           speciall
           members
           of
           the
           body
           deuided
           themselues
           .
           I
           make
           no
           question
           (
           iudiciall
           readers
           )
           but
           you
           conceaue
           me
           rightly
           ;
           for
           this
           I
           endeuour
           to
           let
           you
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           goe
           not
           about
           to
           diminish
           the
           power
           and
           might
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           this
           only
           I
           infer
           ,
           that
           the
           visitation
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           came
           likewise
           by
           the
           poisure
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           rather
           then
           by
           the
           disorder
           of
           any
           one
           infected
           member
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           almightie
           ,
           al
           powerful
           ,
           and
           can
           sooner
           visit
           those
           that
           are
           free
           from
           affliction
           ,
           then
           the
           visited
           themselues
           are
           able
           to
           infect
           :
           therefore
           the
           only
           salue
           to
           cure
           affliction
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           vse
           of
           the
           Ancient
           saying
           of
           the
           wise
           Phisitian
           the
           
             Euangelist
             ,
             Luke
             in
             his
             13.
             
             Chapter
             and
             3.
             verse
             .
             Except
             you
             amend
             your
             liues
             you
             shall
             all
             likewise
             perish
             .
          
           So
           that
           if
           we
           arme
           our selues
           with
           heartie
           repentance
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           that
           no
           infection
           can
           haue
           power
           to
           harme
           vs.
           So
           likewise
           saith
           Dauid
           in
           his
           Lxxxi
           .
           Psalme
           .
           7.
           10.
           and
           11
           ,
           verses
           ,
           
             A
             thousand
             shall
             fall
             beside
             thee
             ,
             and
             tenne
             thousand
             at
             thy
             right
             hand
             ,
             but
             it
             shall
             not
             come
             nigh
             thee
             .
             There
             shal
             no
             euil
             happen
             vnto
             thee
             ,
             neither
             shal
             any
             plague
             come
             nigh
             thy
             dwelling
             ,
             for
             he
             shal
             giue
             his
             Angels
             charge
             ouer
             thee
             to
             keepe
             thee
             in
             all
             thy
             waies
             .
          
        
         
           But
           to
           procéede
           to
           the
           miserable
           estate
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           God
           for
           his
           mercy
           cease
           ,
           and
           inuest
           a
           new
           the
           royalll
           estate
           thereof
           .
           Long
           had
           not
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Almighty
           scourged
           the
           deserued
           sinners
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           terror
           of
           the
           residue
           not
           afflicted
           ,
           but
           London
           ,
           that
           deare
           fostering
           mother
           of
           many
           thousand
           soules
           ,
           grew
           into
           such
           a
           general
           contempt
           ,
           that
           shee
           waxed
           lothsome
           and
           vglie
           ,
           not
           onlie
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           her
           owne
           ,
           borne
           of
           her
           owne
           wombe
           ,
           but
           of
           Aliens
           and
           strangers
           well
           may
           you
           say
           ,
           no
           maruell
           if
           strangers
           hate
           her
           whom
           her
           owne
           flesh
           and
           blood
           loued
           not
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           thousand
           Citizens
           ,
           or
           rather
           euill
           
           sonnes
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           rightly
           tearme
           them
           ,
           fled
           from
           their
           mother
           London
           ,
           which
           might
           better
           both
           haue
           unployed
           their
           care
           in
           propulsing
           the
           infection
           from
           the
           vntainted
           parts
           ,
           by
           establishing
           a
           good
           order
           ,
           and
           also
           their
           money
           in
           reléeiuing
           y
           e
           distressed
           state
           of
           those
           whō
           God
           singled
           out
           ,
           to
           beare
           publique
           misery
           :
           then
           thus
           to
           haue
           renounced
           both
           these
           their
           duties
           :
           for
           though
           a
           worthy
           Phisitian
           prescribeth
           this
           as
           a
           soueraigne
           medecine
           against
           this
           contagion
           .
           
             Cito
             fugere
             ,
             longe
             abesse
             ,
             tarde
             redire
             .
          
           Yet
           feare
           to
           forsake
           their
           station
           ,
           and
           to
           fly
           from
           the
           performance
           of
           their
           charitable
           duties
           ,
           shewes
           a
           distrustfull
           flying
           from
           God
           ,
           flying
           from
           God
           do
           I
           say
           ?
           Oh
           whither
           could
           they
           flie
           ?
           into
           what
           countrey
           ?
           what
           towne
           ?
           what
           Citie
           ?
           to
           liue
           secure
           ,
           and
           to
           hide
           themselues
           from
           him
           that
           is
           all
           almighty
           .
           Flyest
           thou
           to
           the
           vtmost
           bownds
           of
           Europe
           ,
           nay
           to
           any
           priuate
           angle
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           why
           there
           Iehouah
           is
           :
           Dost
           thou
           delue
           into
           the
           center
           of
           the
           earth
           ?
           why
           there
           is
           God
           also
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           saith
           in
           his
           Cxxxix
           Psalme
           .
           
             Whither
             shall
             I
             fly
             from
             thy
             spirit
             ,
             or
             whether
             shall
             I
             go
             from
             thy
             presence
             ,
             If
             I
             clime
             vp
             into
             heauen
             ,
             thou
             art
             there
             ;
             If
             I
             goe
             down
             into
             hell
             ,
             thou
             art
             there
             also
             .
             If
             I
             take
             the
             winges
             of
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             remaine
             in
             the
             vttermost
             parts
             of
             the
             sea
             ,
             euen
             there
             also
             shall
             thy
             hand
             leade
             mee
             ,
             and
             thy
             right
             hand
             shall
             hold
             mee
             .
          
           Is
           the
           Lord
           of
           this
           might
           ?
           of
           such
           power
           ?
           and
           such
           wonderfull
           omnipotencie
           :
           and
           doest
           thou
           thinke
           thou
           art
           frée
           from
           his
           anger
           and
           punishment
           ,
           by
           flying
           twentie
           miles
           from
           the
           place
           of
           his
           visitation
           :
           no
           surely
           ,
           nay
           ,
           thou
           knowest
           it
           thy selfe
           for
           truth
           :
           Hath
           he
           not
           strucken
           thée
           ?
           or
           in
           sparing
           thy selfe
           ,
           hath
           hee
           not
           visited
           thy
           wife
           or
           children
           ?
           I
           knowe
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           thy
           griefe
           thou
           hast
           found
           it
           true
           .
           Héereupon
           runnes
           the
           terrible
           mouthie
           rumour
           through
           the
           Country
           ,
           that
           this
           vniuersall
           
           Plague
           comes
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           thée
           ,
           by
           thy
           meanes
           distressed
           Londoner
           ,
           for
           those
           of
           the
           Country
           not
           iudging
           a
           right
           of
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           contagious
           disease
           ,
           which
           is
           indéede
           the
           sinfulnes
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           degrées
           of
           this
           land
           :
           and
           onely
           looking
           on
           the
           outward
           meanes
           of
           encreasing
           ,
           and
           propagating
           the
           same
           ,
           can
           philosophize
           about
           this
           infection
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           meruaile
           that
           London
           (
           in
           which
           an
           infinite
           nomber
           of
           people
           are
           compact
           in
           so
           narrowe
           a
           roome
           )
           be
           tainted
           therewith
           .
           But
           the
           Country
           being
           spacious
           ,
           and
           the
           aire
           cleare
           ,
           and
           the
           houses
           seated
           in
           a
           well
           distant
           vicinitie
           ,
           might
           be
           kept
           vntouched
           ,
           without
           the
           carelesnes
           of
           some
           amongst
           them
           that
           trading
           with
           Londoners
           ;
           some
           rather
           to
           respect
           their
           priuate
           gaine
           ,
           then
           the
           safetie
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           vaine
           tymiditie
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           who
           dispersing
           themselues
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           with
           themselues
           ,
           that
           deadly
           and
           pestifferous
           poyson
           ,
           drew
           many
           into
           the
           lamentable
           participation
           of
           their
           miseries
           .
           Therefore
           woe
           worth
           thée
           Londoner
           ,
           saith
           the
           Country
           ,
           hadst
           not
           thou
           béene
           ,
           we
           had
           béene
           frée
           .
           I
           answere
           no
           :
           for
           assure
           thy selfe
           thou
           Country-man
           ,
           or
           Townes
           man
           ,
           whosoeuer
           thou
           be
           ,
           that
           if
           thou
           be
           visited
           ,
           it
           is
           thy
           sinne
           that
           causeth
           visitation
           ,
           for
           else
           thou
           shouldest
           accuse
           God
           of
           iniustice
           ,
           and
           improuidence
           .
           Of
           improuidence
           ,
           by
           thinking
           that
           this
           thy
           affliction
           commeth
           not
           to
           thée
           ,
           by
           the
           determinate
           purpose
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           such
           accidentalll
           and
           outward
           casualties
           .
           Of
           iniustice
           ,
           by
           not
           obseruing
           ,
           how
           thy
           sinnes
           haue
           deserued
           this
           scourge
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           the
           iust
           hand
           of
           God
           striking
           .
           But
           thou
           looking
           no
           further
           then
           the
           externall
           occasion
           ,
           frettest
           against
           thy
           afflicted
           brothers
           ,
           callest
           into
           question
           the
           iustice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           doest
           hazard
           loosing
           of
           that
           benefit
           ,
           might
           else
           redownd
           vnto
           thée
           ,
           by
           this
           thy
           visitation
           .
           But
           that
           the
           iustice
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           punishing
           thée
           also
           with
           this
           
           sore
           affliction
           ,
           may
           better
           appeare
           ,
           doe
           but
           thus
           reason
           with
           thy selfe
           :
           If
           I
           commit
           an
           offence
           ,
           or
           if
           another
           offend
           ,
           is
           an
           innocent
           and
           guiltlesse
           man
           called
           in
           question
           ?
           or
           doth
           the
           Iudge
           condemne
           thée
           for
           my
           offence
           ?
           no.
           And
           shall
           the
           righteous
           Iudge
           of
           the
           world
           shew
           lesse
           iustice
           ,
           be
           it
           farre
           from
           our
           thought
           .
           Certainly
           as
           the
           Husbandman
           doth
           not
           set
           his
           sickle
           to
           the
           corne
           ,
           but
           where
           it
           is
           ripe
           :
           so
           God
           doth
           not
           inflict
           so
           gréeuous
           a
           iudgement
           ,
           but
           when
           our
           mellow
           sinnes
           doe
           call
           downe
           the
           same
           .
           Wilt
           thou
           auoide
           this
           Pestilence
           ?
           scare
           thy
           sinne
           more
           then
           the
           Citie
           ;
           if
           thou
           remoue
           thy
           sinne
           from
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Cities
           contagion
           shal
           not
           hurt
           thée
           :
           but
           if
           thy
           sinnes
           remaine
           vnrepented
           ,
           the
           Countries
           wholesomnes
           cannot
           help
           thée
           .
           Although
           I
           say
           not
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           which
           escape
           are
           without
           sinne
           ,
           or
           all
           those
           which
           perish
           ,
           are
           most
           defiled
           there-with
           .
           Yet
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           thou
           which
           dwellest
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           shouldst
           not
           in
           this
           thy
           visitation
           ,
           blame
           onely
           the
           distressed
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           which
           being
           as
           willing
           to
           saue
           their
           liues
           as
           thou
           art
           ,
           desire
           to
           draw
           the
           vntainted
           aire
           of
           the
           Country
           :
           and
           so
           forget
           the
           true
           cause
           ,
           which
           is
           sinne
           :
           but
           thou
           saist
           this
           it
           is
           hath
           so
           tainted
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           Truly
           I
           cannot
           denie
           ,
           but
           that
           this
           meanes
           hath
           béene
           subordained
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           bringing
           to
           passe
           this
           iudgement
           ;
           but
           how
           many
           thousand
           others
           hath
           God
           preserued
           to
           the
           ioy
           and
           comfort
           of
           their
           friends
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           tell
           whether
           the
           inhumanitie
           of
           such
           as
           thou
           art
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           cause
           of
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           towards
           thée
           .
           But
           is
           this
           the
           onely
           cause
           ?
           nay
           ,
           is
           it
           the
           chiefe
           cause
           ?
           I
           know
           the
           contrary
           ,
           for
           of
           my
           knowledge
           many
           haue
           themselues
           fetched
           the
           fire
           ,
           by
           which
           their
           owne
           ,
           and
           others
           houses
           haue
           béene
           inflamed
           :
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           I
           cannot
           excuse
           many
           of
           the
           Londoners
           vnconscionable
           flight
           ;
           yet
           also
           I
           cannot
           but
           accuse
           
           thine
           vncharitable
           discurtesie
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           long
           since
           one
           of
           the
           simple
           held
           argu
           ment
           against
           me
           touching
           that
           point
           .
           That
           had
           not
           London
           béene
           infected
           ,
           the
           Country
           had
           béene
           frée
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           will
           all
           hold
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           instéede
           of
           prouing
           this
           assertion
           ,
           he
           proues
           him selfe
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           amongst
           you
           thinks
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           pronounce
           him
           one
           of
           the
           same
           sect
           and
           fraternitie
           .
           For
           approbation
           whereof
           ,
           note
           this
           reason
           gathered
           from
           your selues
           ,
           doe
           any
           of
           you
           that
           are
           carefull
           Farmers
           ,
           or
           tyllers
           of
           ground
           (
           after
           you
           haue
           sowen
           your
           graine
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           appeareth
           faire
           aboue
           the
           ground
           )
           suffer
           anie
           cockle
           or
           wéede
           to
           ouer-peare
           it
           ,
           for
           hindering
           the
           growth
           of
           your
           séede
           ?
           No
           more
           wil
           the
           eternall
           carefull
           and
           louing
           Husband-man
           ,
           suffer
           any
           vnsauorie
           wéede
           ,
           I
           meane
           any
           sinne
           to
           ouer-pere
           ,
           or
           ouer-sway
           his
           good
           séede
           ,
           which
           are
           his
           graces
           ,
           offered
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           saluation
           he
           hath
           vouchsafed
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           when
           he
           beholds
           sinne
           in
           his
           pride
           ,
           and
           growne
           euen
           to
           his
           head
           of
           ripenes
           ,
           he
           will
           suffer
           him
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           suddainly
           cut
           him
           off
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           respect
           .
           And
           thinkest
           thou
           ,
           that
           by
           dwelling
           in
           the
           healthfull
           aire
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           thou
           art
           shrouded
           from
           the
           punishments
           of
           God.
           Doth
           hee
           onely
           hate
           sinne
           in
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           Country
           ?
           or
           will
           he
           punish
           it
           in
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           Country
           ?
           No.
           Where
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           God
           will
           punish
           it
           ,
           &
           all
           meanes
           are
           his
           :
           Thou
           maist
           (
           as
           thou
           hast
           practised
           )
           kéepe
           out
           Londoners
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           iudgment
           of
           God.
           Séeing
           therefore
           thine
           iniquities
           be
           ripe
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           Gods
           for
           bearing
           is
           likewise
           out
           ,
           that
           whether
           London
           had
           béene
           visited
           or
           no
           ,
           thy
           sinne
           surely
           had
           caused
           thy
           destruction
           .
           Therefore
           let
           not
           the
           Country
           thinke
           ,
           that
           Londons
           sinnes
           are
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Countries
           punishment
           ,
           but
           that
           their
           owne
           wickednes
           is
           their
           owne
           affliction
           .
        
         
         
           But
           London
           ,
           now
           do
           I
           speake
           to
           thine
           ,
           I
           meane
           thy
           Inhabitants
           ,
           thy
           children
           ,
           how
           disobedient
           and
           vnnaturall
           they
           haue
           béen
           towards
           thee
           :
           Shall
           a
           mother
           bring
           vp
           her
           children
           with
           much
           care
           ,
           great
           respect
           ,
           and
           greater
           loue
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           of
           sufficient
           ability
           to
           helpe
           and
           maintaine
           themselues
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           distresse
           shall
           they
           flie
           from
           her
           ,
           oh
           vnnaturall
           children
           .
           Why
           did
           you
           so
           disobedient
           and
           vnkinde
           Londoners
           ;
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           saw
           your
           mother
           in
           miserie
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           her
           little
           ones
           ,
           your
           younger
           brethren
           in
           distresse
           ,
           you
           tooke
           you
           to
           your
           héeles
           ,
           and
           plaide
           the
           runnawayes
           ,
           when
           you
           should
           haue
           succoured
           them
           ,
           and
           lent
           them
           comfort
           in
           their
           necessitie
           .
           Hast
           thou
           any
           thing
           thou
           hadst
           not
           from
           her
           ,
           or
           by
           her
           meanes
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           not
           suckt
           life
           from
           her
           teate
           ,
           and
           wealth
           from
           her
           stocke
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           extremitie
           didst
           thou
           leaue
           her
           ?
           if
           thou
           hadst
           lent
           her
           but
           a
           little
           reliefe
           now
           in
           her
           want
           ,
           thou
           hadst
           then
           shewed
           thy
           gratitude
           in
           that
           extremitie
           ,
           and
           she
           would
           haue
           repaid
           thée
           trebble
           for
           it
           héereafter
           .
           Nay
           (
           which
           is
           more
           )
           thy
           prouident
           care
           might
           haue
           contained
           the
           rage
           of
           the
           infection
           ,
           and
           the
           God
           of
           loue
           séeing
           thy
           mercifulnes
           to
           the
           afflicted
           ,
           might
           haue
           béene
           moued
           to
           mercy
           :
           but
           before
           thou
           wouldst
           lend
           her
           or
           hers
           any
           comfort
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           spend
           prodigally
           on
           the
           Country
           .
           But
           I
           prethie
           examine
           thy selfe
           ,
           and
           tell
           mee
           truly
           ,
           what
           kindnes
           didst
           thou
           finde
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           hadst
           thou
           entertainment
           ?
           Hardly
           :
           Hadst
           thou
           lodging
           ?
           if
           any
           ,
           thou
           payedst
           well
           for
           a
           bad
           one
           ,
           and
           yet
           wert
           forced
           to
           dissemble
           thy
           dwelling
           ,
           before
           thou
           couldest
           obtaine
           it
           :
           for
           indéede
           wert
           thou
           known
           to
           be
           a
           Londoner
           ,
           thy
           patrimonie
           could
           not
           procure
           thée
           a
           bed
           ,
           and
           yet
           thou
           wouldest
           flie
           from
           her
           that
           gaue
           thée
           both
           lodging
           ,
           and
           meate
           for
           nothing
           .
        
         
           Nay
           further
           ,
           let
           vs
           come
           more
           néerer
           to
           the
           vncharitable
           country
           ,
           hadst
           thou
           a
           brother
           dwelling
           in
           the
           
           Countrie
           ,
           whose
           habilitie
           by
           his
           large
           reuenewes
           ,
           might
           aide
           thée
           in
           that
           thy
           extremitie
           ,
           and
           didst
           thou
           find
           a
           brotherlike
           intertainment
           at
           his
           hands
           ?
           It
           may
           be
           hee
           had
           more
           kind
           nature
           in
           him
           ,
           then
           thy
           mother
           had
           at
           thy
           hands
           ,
           but
           my
           opinion
           will
           not
           beare
           it
           .
           For
           experience
           in
           mine
           owne
           trauell
           hath
           shown
           the
           contrary
           .
           I
           know
           where
           a
           man
           of
           thy
           stature
           ,
           proportion
           ,
           &
           comelie
           personage
           ,
           whose
           exteriour
           demeanour
           hath
           béene
           admired
           for
           courtlike
           complement
           ,
           whose
           tongue
           hath
           pleaded
           more
           like
           a
           learned
           lawyer
           ,
           then
           an
           vnskilfull
           Citizen
           ,
           to
           a
           man
           more
           simple
           then
           himselfe
           ,
           yea
           to
           his
           owne
           brother
           ,
           and
           yet
           hath
           found
           no
           remorce
           ,
           no
           comfort
           ,
           hardly
           any
           meate
           vpon
           extreame
           request
           ,
           and
           for
           lodging
           a
           wad
           of
           straw
           ,
           or
           a
           réeke
           of
           haie
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           béene
           as
           iocand
           with
           ,
           as
           a
           bed
           of
           downe
           ,
           when
           hee
           hath
           had
           all
           mortall
           felicitie
           to
           attend
           him
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           I
           came
           to
           another
           place
           of
           the
           Countrie
           ,
           to
           a
           towne
           of
           an
           excellent
           scituation
           ,
           vppon
           whose
           battlemēts
           the
           wholsome
           winds
           whistles
           melodious
           notes
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           aire
           warbling
           did
           not
           at
           al
           feare
           anie
           infection
           ,
           at
           whose
           northerne
           gate
           my
           horse
           and
           I
           made
           entrance
           ,
           no
           sooner
           had
           I
           gotten
           part
           of
           the
           gate
           ouer
           my
           head
           ,
           but
           a
           winter-weather-beaten
           clowne
           repaires
           vnto
           me
           ,
           with
           an
           old
           rustie
           bill
           on
           his
           necke
           ,
           stand
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           from
           whence
           came
           you
           ?
           The
           absurd
           fellowes
           rusticke
           behauiour
           ,
           forced
           me
           to
           spend
           a
           little
           time
           idelie
           ,
           by
           answering
           rudelie
           as
           his
           demandes
           were
           simple
           :
           Stand
           ,
           saide
           I
           ?
           Why
           art
           thou
           a
           good
           fellow
           ,
           that
           thou
           bidst
           me
           stand
           ,
           yea
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           ,
           saide
           hee
           :
           why
           then
           thou
           wouldest
           haue
           my
           purse
           ,
           wouldest
           thou
           not
           ?
           your
           purse
           ,
           quoth
           he
           ?
           why
           do
           you
           think
           that
           I
           stand
           here
           to
           kéepe
           shéepe
           ?
           why
           no
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           but
           I
           thinke
           rather
           to
           take
           purses
           :
           Sir
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           I
           haue
           taken
           as
           good
           a
           mans
           purse
           as
           yours
           before
           now
           :
           
           by
           my
           saith
           not
           vnlike
           ,
           said
           I
           :
           why
           then
           ,
           saide
           he
           ,
           neuer
           tickle
           me
           in
           the
           teeth
           with
           taking
           a
           purse
           ,
           but
           tell
           mée
           who
           you
           are
           ,
           thou
           séest
           who
           I
           am
           ,
           saide
           I
           ,
           but
           I
           pray
           thée
           tel
           me
           wherefore
           doost
           thou
           stand
           here
           ?
           why
           ,
           (
           quoth
           he
           )
           to
           kéepe
           out
           Rogues
           ,
           Rascols
           ,
           and
           Londoners
           .
           
             
               Then
               by
               your
               leaue
               sir
               Rogue
               ,
               saide
               I
               :
            
             
               And
               let
               an
               honest
               Londoner
               passe
               by
               .
            
          
        
         
           No
           sooner
           had
           he
           heard
           the
           name
           of
           Londoner
           ,
           but
           the
           simple
           clowne
           presentlie
           giues
           way
           ,
           and
           standing
           a
           loofe
           farre
           from
           mée
           ,
           waues
           his
           rustie
           bill
           to
           and
           fro
           with
           these
           words
           reitterated
           twice
           or
           thrice
           .
           
             
               You
               must
               go
               that
               way
               :
            
             
               You
               must
               not
               come
               this
               way
               .
            
          
           With
           that
           ,
           laughing
           heartelie
           at
           the
           silly
           hinde
           ,
           to
           sée
           into
           what
           a
           tunerous
           extacie
           ,
           the
           verie
           name
           of
           Londoner
           had
           changed
           him
           ,
           I
           set
           spurres
           to
           my
           horse
           ,
           and
           rode
           quite
           through
           the
           towne
           ,
           without
           farther
           molestation
           .
        
         
           Within
           the
           space
           of
           twenty
           miles
           distant
           from
           the
           towne
           aforesaide
           ,
           I
           had
           gotten
           another
           towne
           ouer
           my
           head
           ,
           the
           scituation
           I
           néed
           not
           to
           stand
           vpon
           ,
           only
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           inhabitants
           thereof
           .
           The
           blacke
           shadowe
           of
           night
           hauing
           canopeide
           the
           splendant
           eie
           of
           day
           ,
           and
           twilight
           being
           past
           ,
           making
           entrance
           into
           the
           towne
           ,
           I
           inquired
           for
           lodging
           at
           an
           Inne
           ,
           an
           Inne
           it
           had
           béen
           ,
           and
           an
           Iune
           it
           was
           ,
           but
           that
           indéed
           the
           bush
           or
           signe
           was
           taken
           down
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           people
           told
           me
           the
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           had
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           taken
           awaie
           ,
           and
           withall
           that
           they
           should
           lodge
           no
           strangers
           ,
           which
           commandement
           
           indéede
           was
           verie
           stri●…e
           obserued
           ,
           for
           I
           could
           neither
           get
           lodging
           ,
           normeate
           for
           any
           money
           ,
           being
           driuen
           to
           such
           extremitie
           ,
           and
           séeing
           my
           horse
           very
           wearie
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           was
           destitute
           of
           any
           kinde
           of
           prouender
           ,
           I
           knew
           not
           what
           shift
           to
           make
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           this
           refuge
           I
           found
           :
           Within
           halfe
           a
           mile
           there
           was
           a
           very
           faire
           meadowe
           cut
           but
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           and
           the
           hay
           newly
           made
           ,
           so
           that
           wanting
           all
           other
           meanes
           ,
           I
           made
           repaire
           to
           one
           of
           the
           cockes
           ,
           and
           slipping
           the
           snaffle
           out
           of
           my
           horses
           mouth
           ,
           tied
           the
           end
           of
           his
           bridle
           to
           my
           legge
           ,
           so
           that
           my
           horse
           well
           refreshed
           him
           ,
           whilst
           my selfe
           betooke
           mee
           to
           a
           little
           slumbering
           repose
           .
           No
           sooner
           had
           the
           Harbinger
           of
           light
           opened
           the
           windowes
           of
           the
           new-borne
           day
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           the
           necessitie
           of
           my
           busines
           required
           )
           I
           went
           forward
           on
           my
           iourney
           .
           I
           had
           not
           rode
           sixe
           miles
           further
           from
           those
           vncharitable
           people
           ,
           but
           an
           honest
           plaine
           fearefull
           Swaine
           méeting
           me
           ,
           gaue
           me
           the
           good
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           if
           you
           loue
           your
           life
           ,
           ride
           not
           that
           way
           ,
           but
           ride
           vp
           by
           yonder
           hedge
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           mile
           out
           of
           your
           way
           ,
           otherwise
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           you
           will
           ride
           in
           great
           danger
           :
           I
           prethie
           honest
           fellow
           ,
           saide
           I
           ,
           why
           doest
           thou
           wish
           mee
           to
           leaue
           the
           way
           ,
           are
           there
           any
           that
           want
           money
           ,
           which
           make
           their
           stand
           there
           :
           no
           (
           quoth
           hee
           )
           but
           a
           worse
           matter
           ,
           for
           there
           lies
           a
           Gentleman
           starke
           dead
           :
           God-a-mercy
           good
           fellow
           ,
           said
           ●s
           but
           if
           that
           be
           the
           worst
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           leaue
           the
           way
           ;
           whereupon
           (
           arming
           my selfe
           with
           a
           faithfull
           resolution
           )
           I
           made
           towards
           the
           body
           ,
           where
           I
           saw
           the
           most
           lamentablest
           spectacle
           that
           euer
           mine
           eyes
           were
           guilty
           of
           .
           For
           in
           the
           high-way
           close
           by
           a
           hedges
           side
           ,
           there
           lay
           a
           very
           proper
           Gentleman
           suted
           all
           in
           blacke
           ,
           a
           faire
           scarffe
           about
           his
           neck
           ,
           with
           a
           siluer
           hatched
           short
           sword
           hanging
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           dagger
           sutable
           ;
           and
           dead
           he
           was
           ,
           but
           how
           long
           before
           he
           
           died
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           learne
           ,
           nor
           how
           hee
           died
           ;
           but
           those
           that
           inhebited
           nearest
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           tolde
           me
           ,
           that
           trauailers
           suspected
           it
           was
           the
           Plague
           hee
           died
           of
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           not
           otherwise
           imagine
           my selfe
           ,
           for
           the
           cause
           that
           shewed
           the
           likeliest
           probability
           ,
           was
           this
           ;
           that
           as
           the
           Gentleman
           lay
           dead
           booted
           and
           spurd
           ,
           so
           his
           horse
           (
           a
           most
           lamentable
           sight
           )
           went
           grasing
           hard
           by
           sadled
           and
           bridled
           .
        
         
           What
           became
           of
           him
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           nor
           how
           they
           buried
           him
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           since
           learne
           ,
           but
           no
           doubt
           ,
           after
           the
           ordinarie
           course
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           like
           a
           dogge
           ;
           for
           in
           my
           trauaile
           I
           saw
           another
           dead
           in
           the
           like
           sort
           ,
           but
           he
           séemed
           to
           be
           a
           Country
           Husbandman
           ,
           with
           a
           sustian
           doublet
           ,
           a
           round
           paire
           of
           cloath
           hose
           ,
           and
           a
           pitchforke
           by
           him
           ,
           he
           lay
           (
           as
           I
           was
           told
           )
           two
           or
           thrée
           dayes
           vnburied
           ,
           vncouered
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           for
           GOD
           knowes
           his
           buriall
           was
           simple
           .
           If
           the
           birds
           did
           sing
           him
           to
           the
           ditch
           his
           graue
           ,
           why
           then
           hee
           had
           a
           knell
           ,
           otherwise
           a
           dogge
           had
           a
           more
           honest
           buriall
           .
           For
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           funerall
           was
           this
           ,
           euen
           tumbled
           into
           the
           ditch
           ,
           and
           couered
           with
           a
           little
           earth
           ,
           this
           was
           all
           his
           buriall
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           funerall
           .
           Oh
           where
           is
           Christianitie
           become
           ?
           Charitie
           long
           since
           was
           key
           cold
           ,
           but
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           I
           thinke
           Christianitie
           in
           the
           Country
           be
           starke
           dead
           .
           Yet
           
             London
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           thy
           masse
           of
           deadly
           sinne
           which
           thou
           art
           burthened
           with
           ,
           thou
           yieldest
           Christian
           buriall
           for
           thy
           sinfull
           people
           ,
           yea
           ,
           albeit
           thy
           receipt
           for
           dead
           bodies
           be
           but
           a
           spanne
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           spacious
           Country
           ,
           yet
           thou
           hast
           with
           honest
           respect
           performed
           thy
           last
           obsequios
           and
           dutie
           to
           thy
           dead
           ,
           and
           hast
           interred
           the
           liuelesse
           bodies
           ,
           of
           almost
           fortie
           thousand
           of
           thy
           deceased
           Inhabitants
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           brought
           thy
           yonger
           children
           more
           liker
           to
           a
           bridall
           bed
           ,
           then
           to
           an
           earthly
           grane
           ,
           decked
           with
           odoriserous
           flowers
           and
           garlands
           ,
           and
           
           hundreds
           of
           people
           with
           mournfull
           hearts
           attending
           on
           them
           .
           Which
           speciall
           instance
           of
           Christianitie
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           Lord
           will
           reward
           in
           mercie
           .
           Therefore
           thou
           poore
           remainder
           of
           that
           famous
           Citie
           ,
           nowe
           at
           the
           last
           remember
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           while
           thou
           hast
           time
           call
           for
           grace
           ,
           the
           Lord
           is
           readie
           euerie
           minute
           of
           an
           houre
           to
           heare
           thée
           ,
           he
           hath
           lent
           thée
           longer
           daies
           then
           thy
           deceased
           brethren
           ,
           to
           sée
           if
           thou
           wilt
           yet
           turne
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           leaue
           to
           sinne
           .
           But
           without
           all
           question
           ,
           if
           thou
           be
           stubborne
           ,
           and
           wilt
           still
           persist
           in
           thy
           wickednes
           ,
           as
           the
           fall
           of
           them
           hath
           beene
           great
           ,
           thine
           will
           be
           greater
           .
           Wherefore
           while
           thou
           hast
           time
           ,
           now
           in
           thy
           most
           miserie
           call
           to
           the
           Lord
           for
           mercie
           ;
           repent
           thée
           of
           thy
           former
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           perswade
           thy selfe
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           onely
           heare
           thée
           ,
           but
           relieue
           thée
           ,
           and
           send
           thée
           comfort
           in
           thy
           extremitie
           ,
           for
           hee
           reioyceth
           more
           in
           the
           conuersion
           of
           one
           sinfull
           soule
           ,
           then
           in
           all
           the
           glories
           of
           the
           greatest
           potentate
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Experience
           hath
           euer
           taught
           vs
           ,
           that
           if
           but
           the
           least
           member
           of
           the
           body
           be
           distempered
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           is
           out
           of
           quiet
           ,
           much
           more
           if
           the
           head
           (
           being
           the
           principall
           member
           )
           be
           neuer
           so
           little
           troubled
           .
           So
           fares
           it
           with
           the
           body
           of
           this
           Land
           England
           ,
           the
           admired
           Iland
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           whose
           head
           thou
           art
           London
           .
           distressed
           London
           ,
           whose
           very
           eye
           thou
           art
           to
           illuminate
           ,
           and
           lighten
           the
           darke
           members
           of
           the
           same
           :
           yea
           ,
           whose
           Sunne
           thou
           art
           ,
           which
           (
           kéeping
           thy
           diurnall
           course
           through
           Englands
           element
           )
           doest
           dart
           such
           comfortable
           influence
           from
           thy
           Horison
           ,
           that
           soke
           vp
           all
           distilling
           teares
           of
           sorrowe
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           alas
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           as
           that
           head
           of
           ours
           aketh
           ,
           that
           eye
           of
           ours
           winketh
           ,
           and
           that
           Sunne
           of
           ours
           setteth
           ,
           howe
           can
           that
           body
           of
           ours
           choose
           but
           perish
           ?
           What
           resteth
           then
           ,
           but
           that
           each
           seuerall
           member
           according
           to
           his
           place
           ,
           lament
           the
           heads
           distemperature
           ,
           
           endeuouring
           and
           labouring
           by
           all
           possible
           meanes
           ,
           for
           some
           precious
           balme
           to
           cure
           that
           same
           deadly
           headake
           .
           That
           balme
           must
           be
           the
           mercie
           and
           compassion
           of
           the
           highest
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           obtained
           onelie
           by
           prayer
           ,
           with
           a
           hartie
           repentance
           of
           our
           wicked
           sinnes
           .
           Know
           wee
           the
           meanes
           ,
           yet
           will
           not
           séeke
           redresse
           :
           Know
           we
           a
           salue
           ?
           Yet
           suffer
           the
           sore
           to
           ranckle
           :
           no
           meruaile
           then
           if
           the
           Pace
           of
           death
           lie
           so
           heauie
           vpon
           vs.
           Why
           should
           Nature
           haue
           so
           little
           féeling
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           wee
           the
           inferiour
           members
           ,
           should
           suffer
           our
           head
           to
           perish
           ,
           when
           that
           a
           little
           ,
           little
           harty
           sorrow
           ,
           would
           salue
           a
           thousand
           wounds
           .
           Wéepe
           therefore
           ,
           O
           thou
           Country-man
           ,
           wéepe
           not
           onely
           with
           vs
           ,
           but
           for
           vs
           ,
           I
           meane
           for
           wofull
           London
           thy
           head
           ,
           who
           is
           nowe
           visited
           for
           sinne
           :
           Let
           not
           her
           affliction
           be
           thy
           securitie
           ,
           let
           not
           her
           plagues
           flatter
           thée
           ,
           and
           make
           thée
           thinke
           that
           thou
           art
           frée
           from
           sinne
           ,
           because
           thy
           visitation
           is
           the
           lesse
           :
           For
           well
           maist
           thou
           perceaue
           ,
           that
           the
           selfe
           same
           scourge
           (
           though
           not
           in
           such
           terrible
           manner
           )
           yet
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           it
           stealeth
           vpon
           thy
           Townes
           and
           Uillages
           .
           Therfore
           perswade
           thy selfe
           ,
           vnlesse
           Londons
           affliction
           enforce
           thy
           speedie
           reformation
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           that
           thou
           wilt
           taste
           the
           like
           miserie
           .
           Wherefore
           with
           London
           doe
           thou
           ioyne
           in
           heartie
           prayers
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           in
           mercie
           would
           looks
           downe
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           the
           remainder
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Country
           may
           be
           so
           vnited
           together
           in
           his
           feare
           and
           loue
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           as
           they
           haue
           any
           being
           héere
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           his
           name
           by
           them
           may
           be
           glorified
           ,
           &
           they
           glorified
           by
           him
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           procéed
           ,
           no
           sooner
           had
           I
           mounted
           the
           vsuall
           walks
           for
           shepheards
           ,
           the
           downes
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           but
           I
           might
           heare
           a
           Swayne
           tuning
           on
           his
           harsh
           pipe
           such
           notes
           ofsorrow
           ,
           and
           withall
           singing
           to
           the
           
           same
           so
           sad
           an
           aelegie
           ,
           that
           his
           pretie
           Ewes
           lest
           grazing
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           séede
           for
           mourning
           :
           the
           effect
           whereof
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             An
             Aelegie
             .
          
           
             
               No
               wonder
               though
               I
               waile
               ,
               my
               sheepe
               are
               poore
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               sorrowes
               naught
               auaile
               ,
               for
               all
               my
               store
               .
            
             
               The
               Sommers
               prime
               is
               winter
               vnto
               mee
               ,
            
             
               My
               flocks
               are
               gaunt
               ,
               no
               wonder
               though
               they
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               ioy
               and
               comfort
               dies
               ,
               drown'd
               vp
               in
               woe
               :
            
             
               Ny
               Lambes
               by
               my
               moist
               eies
               ,
               my
               sorrowes
               know
               .
            
             
               They
               scorne
               to
               liue
               ,
               since
               they
               my
               liuing
               feare
               ,
            
             
               And
               pyne
               to
               see
               their
               masters
               pining
               cheere
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hust
               silence
               ,
               leaue
               thy
               caue
               ,
               thy
               caue
               obscur'd
               :
            
             
               And
               deigne
               my
               woes
               a
               graue
               ,
               woes
               long
               endur'd
               .
            
             
               Though
               thou
               leaue
               me
               ,
               yet
               take
               my
               sorrows
               to
               thee
               ,
            
             
               Or
               leauing
               them
               ,
               alas
               thou
               doost
               vndoe
               mee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Silence
               mou'd
               to
               pitty
               ,
            
             
               Sy
               ,
               wherefore
               vndon
               :
            
             
               Shep.
               Wayling
               for
               a
               City
               ,
            
             
               Woeful
               London
               .
            
             
             
               Whil'st
               London
               smyl'd
               ,
               my
               stocks
               did
               feede
               them
               ful
            
             
               Skipping
               for
               ioy
               ,
               that
               London
               had
               their
               wull
               .
            
          
           
             
               Woe
               is
               mee
               ,
               they
               die
               now
               ,
               cause
               they
               feede
               not
               ,
            
             
               Shepheard
               ,
               Swaynes
               must
               flie
               nowe
               ,
               cause
               they
               speed
               not
               .
            
             
               Yet
               when
               I
               pipe
               and
               sing
               that
               London
               smileth
               ,
            
             
               My
               sheep
               reuiue
               againe
               and
               death
               beguileth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wherefore
               silence
               pittie
               ,
               my
               Lambes
               mourning
               :
            
             
               Ioine
               in
               our
               sad
               dittie
               ,
               till
               woes
               turning
               .
               (
               weepe
               by
               you
            
             
               Sy.
               Mourne
               Swaynes
               ,
               mourne
               sheep
               ,
               and
               silence
               wil
            
             
               And
               as
               you
               weepe
               for
               mercie
               ,
               Shepeheards
               cry
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           passionate
           dittie
           was
           no
           sooner
           ended
           ,
           but
           I
           drewe
           néere
           the
           place
           ,
           whence
           I
           heard
           that
           vnexpected
           lamentation
           ,
           where
           on
           a
           banck
           of
           mosse
           I
           found
           a
           true
           loue
           knot
           of
           Shepheards
           all
           woe
           begun
           ,
           euen
           all
           strooken
           into
           an
           extacie
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           demaunded
           the
           cause
           of
           sorrowe
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           more
           free
           of
           spirit
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           willing
           to
           satisfie
           my
           demaund
           ,
           to
           the
           intent
           I
           might
           mourne
           with
           them
           ,
           brake
           into
           these
           termes
           of
           exclamation
           .
           Oh
           Spring
           of
           sorrowes
           ,
           Sommer
           of
           lamentations
           ,
           Autumne
           of
           woes
           ,
           Winter
           of
           heauines
           ,
           oh
           times
           of
           miserie
           ,
           when
           will
           your
           contagion
           haue
           an
           end
           ,
           your
           seuerall
           aires
           haue
           béen
           infectious
           ,
           whereby
           manie
           thòusands
           haue
           perished
           .
           Neuer
           since
           I
           knew
           the
           contented
           life
           of
           a
           slvaine
           ,
           did
           I
           so
           long
           sucke
           on
           the
           sower
           dug
           of
           infelicitie
           ,
           for
           wee
           were
           
           wont
           to
           smile
           howeuer
           Fortune
           frowned
           ,
           but
           now
           alas
           as
           much
           subiect
           to
           passion
           as
           discontent
           it selfe
           ,
           wherefore
           kind
           stranger
           (
           saide
           he
           )
           perswade
           thy selfe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           some
           extraordinarie
           affliction
           that
           forceth
           such
           distilling
           teares
           from
           Shepheards
           sunne
           dried
           eies
           .
           Oh
           London
           :
           and
           there
           made
           a
           colon
           ,
           whereuppon
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           shepheards
           ioyntlie
           with
           him
           did
           beare
           seuerall
           parts
           in
           this
           sad
           following
           Eglogue
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Aeglogue
             .
          
           
             Burst
             ,
             burst
             poore
             harts
             ,
             you
             haue
             no
             longer
             hope
             ,
          
           
             Captiue
             our
             eies
             vnto
             eternall
             sleepe
             :
          
           
             Let
             all
             our
             sences
             haue
             no
             further
             scope
             ,
          
           
             Let
             death
             be
             Lord
             of
             vs
             and
             all
             our
             sheepe
             .
          
           
             Or
             if
             we
             liue
             ,
             thus
             (
             liuing
             )
             let
             vs
             crie
             ,
             (
             die
             ,
          
           
             '
             Heauens
             blesse
             faire
             London
             ,
             or
             poore
             Shepheards
          
           
             Cry
             ,
             cry
             aloude
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             heare
             our
             crying
             ,
          
           
             May
             crie
             with
             vs
             ,
             and
             fainting
             ,
             fall
             a
             dying
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
         
           To
           discribe
           the
           particular
           sorrowes
           of
           euery
           griened
           soule
           ,
           were
           as
           impossible
           as
           to
           number
           Calice
           sands
           (
           as
           the
           prouerb
           goes
           )
           the
           lamentation
           is
           so
           generall
           .
           And
           that
           not
           only
           amongst
           the
           Swaines
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Countrie
           ,
           and
           especiallie
           amongst
           Clothiers
           ,
           and
           their
           poore
           seruiceable
           people
           ,
           for
           since
           the
           memorie
           of
           man
           ,
           almost
           there
           hath
           not
           béene
           knowne
           she
           like
           .
           He
           that
           was
           woont
           to
           emploie
           manie
           hundreds
           in
           his
           worke
           ,
           cannot
           now
           help
           twenty
           poore
           ,
           
           insomuch
           that
           it
           procures
           such
           emulation
           and
           malice
           twixt
           them
           that
           are
           wrought
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           wanting
           worke
           ,
           that
           it
           euen
           brings
           a
           confusion
           amongst
           them
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           what
           should
           the
           Clothier
           doo
           ,
           some
           come
           to
           him
           on
           their
           knées
           ,
           some
           with
           wringing
           hands
           ,
           some
           crying
           with
           Infants
           in
           their
           armes
           ,
           but
           all
           of
           them
           with
           such
           pittifull
           lamentation
           ,
           that
           it
           pitties
           the
           amazed
           Clothier
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           weary
           of
           life
           .
           At
           length
           thinking
           to
           giue
           them
           reasonable
           satisfaction
           ,
           he
           pleadeth
           ,
           that
           the
           want
           of
           sale
           for
           cloth
           at
           London
           ,
           is
           the
           cause
           he
           hath
           so
           little
           imployment
           .
           But
           alas
           this
           woulde
           not
           satisfie
           the
           poore
           multitude
           ,
           so
           great
           is
           their
           distresse
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           vnanswerable
           argument
           is
           importunate
           necessitie
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           may
           tell
           you
           ,
           neuer
           was
           cloth
           better
           cheape
           amongst
           Clothiers
           ,
           yet
           seldome
           hath
           wooll
           béene
           known
           more
           déere
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           money
           I
           dare
           say
           that
           most
           of
           them
           neuer
           knew
           the
           like
           want
           ,
           though
           they
           haue
           money
           foorth
           to
           great
           value
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           ,
           saie
           they
           ,
           is
           only
           Londons
           visitation
           :
           If
           then
           the
           mittigation
           of
           the
           pestilent
           affliction
           laide
           vppon
           that
           Citie
           ,
           would
           relieue
           the
           want
           of
           many
           thousand
           poore
           soules
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           to
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           it
           would
           )
           why
           then
           let
           vs
           vse
           the
           meanes
           to
           take
           away
           the
           effect
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           praier
           to
           lessen
           sinne
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           mercie
           would
           pittie
           Londons
           miserie
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           London
           ,
           once
           more
           doe
           I
           speake
           to
           thée
           ,
           thou
           Nurse
           of
           people
           ,
           so
           louing
           and
           kind
           a
           mother
           ,
           doost
           thou
           alwaies
           shew
           thy selfe
           vnto
           thine
           owne
           ,
           how
           disobedient
           so
           euer
           they
           bée
           ,
           that
           thy
           armes
           are
           howerly
           open
           to
           receaue
           with
           ioy
           thy
           strangling
           children
           .
           They
           like
           idle
           wanderers
           ,
           haue
           plaide
           the
           runnawaies
           from
           thee
           ,
           yet
           thou
           with
           teares
           of
           comfort
           art
           readie
           to
           entertaine
           them
           .
           And
           albeit
           ,
           they
           haue
           trewanted
           long
           in
           the
           country
           ,
           yet
           thou
           must
           be
           their
           
           refuge
           ,
           thou
           art
           their
           foster-mother
           ,
           none
           will
           entertaine
           them
           but
           thou
           :
           Why
           then
           did
           they
           flie
           from
           thée
           ?
           onely
           because
           thou
           wert
           touched
           with
           calamitic
           ;
           and
           albeit
           thou
           art
           not
           yet
           frée
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           now
           forced
           to
           séeke
           shelter
           vnder
           thy
           wings
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           thy
           aduersitie
           ,
           like
           poore
           prodigals
           they
           returne
           of
           méere
           necessitie
           .
           Thou
           diddest
           euer
           loue
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           hated
           thée
           ,
           so
           were
           they
           hated
           euen
           of
           them
           to
           whom
           they
           fled
           .
           They
           fled
           from
           London
           to
           haue
           harbour
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           but
           woe
           the
           time
           that
           euer
           London
           knew
           such
           extremitie
           .
           Will
           it
           not
           be
           a
           most
           lamentable
           record
           to
           our
           posteritie
           ,
           to
           reade
           this
           Index
           of
           the
           vncharitable
           nature
           of
           the
           Country
           ?
           It
           cannot
           choose
           :
           Therefore
           that
           Londons
           aduersitie
           may
           now
           turne
           to
           prosperitie
           ,
           that
           the
           rude
           and
           inhumane
           Country
           ,
           may
           tast
           the
           wholsome
           comfort
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           let
           vs
           all
           pray
           for
           Londons
           health
           and
           libertie
           .
           Which
           the
           God
           of
           all
           mercie
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           consolation
           graunt
           ,
           for
           the
           loue
           of
           that
           immaculate
           Lambe
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           our
           onely
           Sauiour
           and
           Redéemer
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             LONDONS
             WELcome
          
           home
           to
           her
           Citizens
           .
        
         
           
             ARe
             you
             return'd
             ?
             oh
             wherefore
             did
             you
             flie
             me
             ,
          
           
             Leauing
             me
             naked
             ,
             weeping
             ,
             and
             forlorne
             :
          
           
             How
             many
             thousand
             Infants
             here
             lie
             by
             me
             ,
          
           
             Ceaz'd
             on
             by
             Death
             since
             first
             I
             began
             to
             mourne
             :
          
           
             Did
             they
             want
             comfort
             ?
             wherefore
             did
             they
             die
             ?
          
           
             I
             doe
             not
             say
             for
             want
             of
             charitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             You
             fed
             them
             full
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             full
             of
             woe
             ,
          
           
             They
             had
             enough
             ;
          
           
             God
             wot
             enough
             of
             care
             ,
          
           
             Indeede
             you
             were
             to
             blame
             ,
             you
             prest
             them
             so
             ,
          
           
             With
             more
             then
             their
             weake
             natures
             could
             well
             beare
             :
          
           
           
             Ill
             was
             that
             well
             ,
             well
             bearing
             had
             been
             good
             ,
          
           
             I
             would
             haue
             borne
             you
             all
             ,
             though
             drown'd
             in
             blood
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             you
             ranne
             from
             me
             ,
             oh
             whither
             then
             ?
          
           
             Into
             the
             iawes
             of
             inhumanitie
             ,
          
           
             Vnto
             the
             people
             that
             were
             worse
             then
             men
             ,
          
           
             Now
             Catalogue
             in
             lasting
             infamie
             :
          
           
             There
             were
             your
             hopes
             blasted
             ,
             being
             crost
             ,
          
           
             In
             strange
             aduentures
             where
             your
             hope
             was
             most
             .
          
        
         
           
             Haue
             I
             beene
             thus
             long
             mother
             (
             wondrous
             Tyme
             )
          
           
             Vnder
             whose
             wings
             millions
             of
             people
             lie
             ;
          
           
             Hath
             this
             child-bearing
             fruitfull
             wombe
             of
             mine
             ,
          
           
             Brought
             forth
             so
             many
             :
             (
             oh
             Securitie
          
           
             Why
             do'st
             thou
             lull
             my
             young
             ones
             thus
             a
             sleepe
             ,
          
           
             Slumbring
             in
             peace
             when
             I
             their
             mother
             weepe
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
           
             Oh
             let
             them
             see
             my
             teares
             how
             fast
             they
             trill
             ,
          
           
             Am
             I
             their
             mother
             ?
          
           
             Mother
             to
             my
             griefe
             :
          
           
             Are
             they
             my
             children
             ?
             children
             to
             their
             will
             :
          
           
             Are
             they
             come
             home
             againe
             to
             seeke
             reliefe
             ?
          
           
             Oh
             bid
             them
             welcome
             ,
             for
             I
             long
             to
             heare
          
           
             Their
             pilgrimage
             in
             this
             same
             wondrous
             yeare
             .
          
        
         
           
             Welcome
             poore
             pilgrimes
             :
             what
             so
             ragg'd
             and
             torne
             ?
          
           
             Haue
             you
             not
             skirmisht
             with
             proud
             Pouertie
             ?
          
           
             I
             feare
             you
             haue
             ;
             oh
             wherfore
             doe
             you
             mourne
             ?
          
           
             And
             hang
             the
             head
             ?
             heere
             's
             russet
             miserie
             :
          
           
             Indeede
             it
             is
             ;
             say
             therefore
             which
             is
             better
             ,
          
           
             A
             russet
             banck'rout
             ,
             or
             a
             Sattine
             debter
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             am
             too
             lauish
             ,
             yet
             but
             heare
             me
             speake
             ,
          
           
             I
             speake
             in
             loue
             ,
             and
             loue
             doth
             make
             me
             weepe
             ,
          
           
           
             Should
             I
             not
             weepe
             ,
             then
             my
             heart
             would
             breake
             ,
          
           
             And
             in
             such
             passion
             ,
             who
             a
             meane
             can
             keepe
             :
          
           
             I
             weepe
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             weeping
             will
             not
             lin
             ,
          
           
             Till
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             you
             are
             purg'd
             of
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sinne
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             woe
             ,
             oh
             welcome
             then
             ,
          
           
             If
             thou
             hast
             left
             that
             sinne
             of
             thine
             behind
             ?
          
           
             The
             scourge
             of
             heauen
             is
             past
             .
             Oh
             Citizen
             ,
          
           
             Or
             sonne
             of
             me
             poore
             London
             ,
             be
             not
             blind
          
           
             With
             squint-ey'd
             error
             ;
             now
             redeeme
             my
             same
             ,
          
           
             Which
             Sinne
             hath
             pawn'd
             by
             an
             adult'rate
             name
             .
          
        
         
           
             Set
             Pride
             to
             sale
             ,
             let
             Auarice
             goe
             bie
             ,
          
           
             Enuie's
             a
             deuill
             ,
          
           
             Gluttonie
             a
             fiend
             ,
          
           
             On
             want
             on
             Strumpets
             doe
             not
             cast
             thine
             eie
             ,
          
           
             Abandon
             Sinne
             ,
             and
             thus
             with
             teares
             I
             end
             :
          
           
           
             Teares
             that
             all
             teares
             of
             Passion
             shall
             surmount
             ,
          
           
             Till
             
               Londons
               Sinne
            
             giue
             vp
             her
             last
             account
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .