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1.144-145 S126182 1 Blacke and Yellow Black and Yellow IN Venice towne not long agoe,/ a cruell Iew did dwell, Some offered for his hundred Crownes, / five hundred for to pay: Pepys 1.144-145 Rollins (1) I:16-23; STC 11796.5 [A. Mathewes?] for T. P[avier c.1620] Woodblock 1: 1st 1/2 sheet folio, under title and tune, above column 1, left of cast fleuron: A bearded man in a tall brimmed hat (presumaby the Jewish moneylender), stands in a wide stance with his left hand on his hip. He rests his right hand above one of his sacks of gold. He wears a tall brimmed hat, a jerkin or doublet, and short stripped slops or pantaloons, and tights. To his rightis a boxy table with two bags of coins on it. Below the table, at the bottom left corner of the cut, is a cheast, two more bags of coins. On the ground, a chain may be connected to the Jew's ankle. : 85 x 63 Woodblock 2: 2nd i/2 sheet folio, below cast fleuron, title and tune, above column 3: A king stands to the left of the cut, wearing a crown and holding a scepter. He looks over his right shoulder at two men in simple garb. The first has a long beard and a loose hat. He wears a long robed. Behind him is a hatless man in a short tunic. Walking toward the king is a young man (presumably the merchant), wearing a flat black cap, a short tunic, and a long black cloak. On the ground between the king and the young man is a plant (possibly a pumpkin or large flower).: 59 x 74 Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 144 1: 145 A new Song, shewing the crueltie of Gernutus a Iew, who lending to a / Marchant a hundred Crownes, would haue a pound of his Flesh, / because he could not pay him at the day appoynted. A new Song, shewing the crueltie of Gernutus a Jew, who lending to a Marchant a hundred Crownes, would have a pound of his Flesh, because he could not pay him at the day appoynted. A New Song, Showing the Cruelty of Gernutus a Jew, Who Lending to a Merchant a Hundred Crowns, Would Have a Pound of His Flesh, because He Could not Pay Him at the Day Appointed. The Second part of the Iews crueltie, setting foorth the / mercifulnesse of the Iudge towardes the Marchant. The Second part of the Iews crueltie, setting foorth the / mercifulnesse of the Judge towardes the Marchant. The Second Part of the Jew's Cruelty, Setting forth the Mercifulness of the Judge Towards the Merchant. 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 286 x 153 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 276 x 144 cropped top and left edges, torn left edge, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking cropped top edge, torn right edge, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking cast fleurons cast fleurons 1620 Imprinted at London for T.P. T. P. Weinstein: STC Weinstein lists I:144-145 under T. P. [T. Pavier]. She notes that STC lists T. P[avier]. BBTI lists several printer-publishers active at this time in London with intitials T. P. ESTC lists only T. P.

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I N Venice towne not long agoe, a cruell Jew did dwell, Which lived all on Usurie, as Italian writes tell. Gernutus called was the Jew , which never thought to die: Nor never yet did any good, to them in streetes that lie. His life was like a Barrow-hog, that liveth many a day: Yet never once doth any good, untill men will him slay. Or like a filthy heape of Dung, that lyeth in a whoard, Which never can doe any good, till it be spread [abroa]d. So fares it with the Usurer, he can not sleepe in rest: For feare the theefe will him pursue, to plucke him from his nest. His heart doth thinke on many a wile, how to deceive the poore: His mouth is almost ful of mucke, yet still he gapes for more. His Wife must send a Shilling, or every weeke a Penny; [Y]et bring a pledge that's double worth, if that you will have any. And see (likewise) you keepe your day, or else you loose it all: This was the living of the Wife; her Cow she did it call. Within that Citie dwelt that time, a Marchant of great fame, Which being distressed, in his need unto Gernutus came,
Desiring him to stand his friend, for twelve month and a day, To lend to him an hundred Crownes, and he for it would pay Whatsoever he would demaund of him, and Pledges he should have. No (quoth the Jew with flearing lookes) Sir aske what you will have. No penny for the lone of it, for one yeare you shall pay: You may doe me as good a turne, before my dying day: But we will have a merry jest, for to be talked long: You shall make me a Band (quoth he) that shall be large and strong. And this shall be the forfeyture, of your owne Flesh a pound: If you agree, make you the Band, and here is a hundred Crownes. With right good-will the Marchant sayd, and so the Band was made. When twelve month and a day drew on, that backe it should be payd, The Marchants Ships were all at Seas, and Mony came not in: Which way to take, or what to doe, to thinke he doth begin. And to Gernutus straight he comes, with cap and bended knee: And sayd to him, of curtesie, I pray you beare with mee. My day is come, and I have not the Mony for to pay: And litle good the forfeyture will doe you, I dare say. With all my heart, Gernutus sayd, commaund it to your minde, In thinges of bigger waight then this, you shall me ready finde. He goes his way, the day once past, Gernutus doth not slacke, To get a Sergiant presently, and clapt him on the backe: And layed him into Prison strong, and sued his Band withall. And when the judgement day was come, for judgement he did call. The Marchants friendes came thither fast, with many a weeping eye: For other meanes they could not find, but he that day must die.
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S Ome offered for his hundred Crownes, five hundred for to pay: And some a thousand, two, or three: yet still he did denay. And at the last, Ten thousand Crownes they offered him to save: Gernutus sayd, I will no Gold, my forfeite I will have. A pound of flesh is my desire, and that shall be my hire. Then sayd the Judge, yet good my friend, let me of you desire, To take the flesh from such a place, as yet you let him live: Do so, and loe an hundred Crownes, to thee here will I give. No, no (quoth he) no judgement here, for this it shalbe tride: For I will have my pound of flesh from under his right side. It grieved all the companie, his crueltie to see: For neither friend nor foe could helpe, but he must spoyled bee. The bloody Jew now ready is, with whetted blade in hand, To spoyle the blood of Innocent, by forfeit of his Band. And as he was about to strike in him the deadly blow Stay (quoth the Judge) thy crueltie, I charge thee to do so.
Sith needes thou wilt thy forfeit have, which is of flesh a pound: See that you shed no drop of blood, nor yet the man confound. For if thou doe, like murderer, thou here shalt hanged bee: Likewise of flesh see that thou cut, no more then longes to thee. For if thou take either more or lesse, to the value of a Mite, Thou shalt be hanged presently, as is both law and right. Gernutus now waxt franticke mad, and wotes not what to say: Quoth he at last, ten thousand Crownes I will that he shall pay: And so I graunt to set him free. The Judge doth answere make, You shall not have a penny given, your Forfeyture now take. At the last he doth demaund, but for to have his owne. No quoth the Judge, doe as you list, thy Judgement shalbe showne. Either take your pound of flesh, quoth he, or cancell me your Band: O cruell Judge, then quoth the Jew , that doth against me stand. And so with griping grieved minde, he biddeth them [far]ewell: All the people pray[ed to t]he Lord, that ever this heard tell. Good people that doe heare this song for trueth I dare well say, That many a wretch as ill as he, doth live now at this day. That seeketh nothing but the spoyle of many a wealthy man: And for to trap the Innocent, deviseth what they can. From whom, the Lord deliver me, and every Christian too: And send to them like sentence eke, that meaneth so to bee.
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