%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A very godly Song, intituled, The earnest petition of a/ faithfull Christian, being Clarke of Bodnam, made vpon his/ Death bed, at the instant of his Transmutation. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1624 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/11/2008 20228

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Patricia Fumerton Early Modern Center - English Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America EMail: pfumer@english.ucsb.edu

1.48-49 S3904 1 a pleasant new tune A Pleasant New Tune NOw my painfull eyes are rowling,/ And my passing Bell is towling: O God which did the world create,/ Heare a poore sinner at thy gate: another edition at 2.41; Irregular stanzaic structure: one 2 line stanza at end of first part Pepys 1.48-49 STC 3194.5 for H. G[osson]; Rollins (2) 311 (Dec.14, 1624, IV, 131); Rollins (2) 2811 (Mch. 1, 1675, ii, 497). Woodblock 1: first 1/2 sheet, over columns 1 and 2: A death scene. To the left of the woodcut, a man lies in an elaborate four-poster canopied bed, his hands clasped in prayer. He wears a conical hat and collared shirt and looks heavenward. In the foreground, to his right, is a small table bearing a hat (the minister's?). A minister attends him, reading from a book (presumably a Bible) and also gazing heavenward. He is dressed in a long flowing black coat with a fitted undershirt, and a ruff. Behind the bed, near its foot, sits a worried looking figure (possibly a woman?) wearing a cap, a ruff, and an indeterminate garment. At the foot of the bed a bearded man kneels in prayer, looking heavenward. He wears a doublet, ruff, knee-length loose gathered breeches, hose, and low shoes. A fifth figure (possibly a woman?) sits in a chair behind him, sits in a chair, head on hand, wearing a ruff, a cap, and an indeterminate garment. Above this figure, a latticed window stands closed.: 93 x 122 Woodblock 2: second 1/2 sheet, over columns 3 and 4: In the foreground, several men, their hats in their hands, approach as supplicants an armed and armored enthroned figure among five tents. In the background left, an armored man (apparently the same figure) kneels on a hilltop in prayer and supplication to God (indicated by the Hebrew letters JHVH in the clouds above him), while armored men advance up the hill from under the trees. The hilltop is bordered by a row of trees behind it. Beyond the trees, troops issue forth from a city visible on a hill to the upper left side of the picture. Captions in upper frame, IO SV 7 on left, Hebrew letters: 'JHVH' in Glory at Center, and IO SV. 10 at right. To the right, an armored man (apparently the same figure) (beneath a canopy of trees?) pulls on a rope with both hands to hang one of a number of men (possibly the supplicants from the foreground) hanging from the trees with their hands apparently bound behind them. In the extreme background on the right, a tailed figure (possibly a devil?) appears bent over facing towards the hanging men.: 64 x 105 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: 48 A very godly Song, intituled, The earnest petition of a/ faithfull Christian, being Clarke of Bodnam, made vpon his/ Death bed, at the instant of his Transmutation. A very godly Song, intituled, The earnest petition of a faithfull Christian, being Clarke of Bodnam, made upon his Death bed, at the instant of his Transmutation. A Very Godly Song, Titled, the Earnest Petition of a Faithful Christian, Being Clarke of Bodnam, Made Upon His Death Bed, at the Instant of His Transmutation. The second part of the Clarke of Bodnam. The second part of the Clarke of Bodnam. The Second Part of the Clarke of Bodnam. 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 253 x 145 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 244 x 144 damaged surface, uneven inking cropped left edge, damaged surface, uneven inking cast fleurons cast fleurons 1624 Printed at London for H. G. H. G. Weinstein: STC and licensing info Weinstein lists I:48 under H. G. [Henry Gosson]. BBTI lists Henry Gosson active 1601-1640. Plomer ditto. ESTC lists H. G[osson]. No other publishers active in London 1624 of same initials, according to BBTI.

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NOw my painfull eyes are rowling, And my passing Bell is towling: Towling sweetly: I lye dying, And my life is from me flying. Grant me strength, O gracious God, For to endure thy heavy rod: Then shall I rejoyce and sing, With Psalmes unto my heavenly King. Simeon that blessed man, Beleeved Christ when he was come, And then he did desire to dye, To live with him eternally. Christ wrought me a strong salvation, By his death and bitter passion: He hath washt and made me cleane, That I should never sinne againe. Grievous paines doe call and cry, O man, prepare thy selfe to dye. All my sinnes I have lamented, And to dye I am contented. Silly Soule, the Lord receive thee, Death is come, and life must leave thee, Death doth tarry no mans leasure, Then farewell all earthly pleasure.
In this world I nothing crave, But to bring me to my Grave, In my Grave while I lye sleeping, Angels have my soule in keeping. When the Bells are for me ringing, Lord receive my soule with singing: Then shall I be free from paine, To live and never dye againe. Whiles those wormes corruption breed on, Wayte my noysome corpes to feed on, My fervent love (this prison loathing) Craves a robe of Angels cloathing. Farewell world and worldly glory, Farewell all things transitory, Sion hill my soule ascendeth, And Gods Royall Throne attendeth. Farewell wife and children small, For I must goe now Christ doth call, And for my death be ye content, When I am gone, doe not lament. Now the Bell doth cease to towle. Sweet Jesus Christ receive my soule.
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O God which did the world create, Heare a poore sinner at thy gate: Thou that from death didst set me free, Remit my sinnes and shew mercy. Oh thou that caus'dst thy blessed Sonne, Into this Universe to come, Thy Gospell true here to fulfill, And to subdue death, sinne, and hell. Grant for his sake that dy'd on tree, On the blest Mount of Calvary: That I being grieved for my sin, May by repentance heaven win. The Gospell saith, Who so beleeve, To them wilt thou a blessing give: Amongst which number grant me faith, That to beleeve, thy Gospell saith. Which if I doe, (as grant I may, Though here I dye, I live for aye: Then Saviour sweet, remit my sin, And give me grace that life to win. And since they death (a price most great) Hath bought me, here I doe intreat, To give me grace thy Name to praise, Both now, and evermore alwaies.
For by thy death my soule is free From hell, which still by thy decree, To sinners all for sinne [is] due, Untill thy Son our Saviour true, Did vanquish by Almighty power, Death, hell, and all that could devoure My sinnes, O Lord, I doe confesse, Like sands in Sea are numberlesse. Yet though my sinnes as scarlet show, Their whitenesse may exceede the S[now] If thou thy mercy doest extend, That I my sinfull life may mend. Which mercy thy blest Word doth say, At any time obtaine I may, If power and grace in me remaine, From carnall sin for to refraine. Then give me grace, Lord, to refraine From sinnes, that I may still remaine With thee in heaven, where Angels sing, Most joyfully to thee our King. And grant (O Christ) that when I dye, My soule with thee immediately, May have abode amongst the blest, And live for ever in true rest.
FINIS.
Printed at London for H. G.