%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Maidstone Miracle:/ OR, THE/ Strange Kentish Wonder./ Being an Account of a Charitable Farmer who, by Divine Providence, had a vast/ Crop of Corn which grew in a Field which was neither Plow'd nor Sow'd for several/ Years, it being look'd upon to be a Reward of his Christian Charity, &c. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1694 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/04/2007 20702

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2.78 R234286 1 Russel's Farewel, etc. Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell WE have a God enthron'd above,/ who does our actions mind, date from content; imprint unclear: Printed for P. Brook[s]by, at the the Golden-Ball in Pye-corne[r.] Pepys 2.78 Rollins (1) VII:63-68; Wing M283[A] 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. 2: 78 The Maidstone Miracle:/ OR, THE/ Strange Kentish Wonder./ Being an Account of a Charitable Farmer who, by Divine Providence, had a vast/ Crop of Corn which grew in a Field which was neither Plow'd nor Sow'd for several/ Years, it being look'd upon to be a Reward of his Christian Charity, &c. The Maidstone Miracle: OR, THE Strange Kentish Wonder. Being an Account of a Charitable Farmer who, by Divine Providence, had a vast Crop of Corn which grew in a Field which was neither Plow'd nor Sow'd for several Years, it being look'd upon to be a Reward of his Christian Charity, etc. The Maidstone Miracle: Or, the Strange Kentish Wonder. Being an Account of a Charitable Farmer Who, by Divine Providence, Had a VAst Crop of Corn Which Grew in a Field Which Was Neither Plowed Nor Sowed for Several Years, It Being Looked Upon to be a Reward of His Christian Charity, etc. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 175 x 308 uneven inking 1694 Printed for P. Brooksby, at the the Golden-Ball in Pye-corner. P. Brooksby Weinstein: content

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WE have a God enthron'd above, who does our actions mind, And sends us tokens of his love, we by experience find; Who ever does the poor relieve, they lend unto the Lord, From whom no doubt they shall receive; a blessing for reward.
Are man shall want a recompence, for acts of charity, Our blessed Lord without offence, works miracles we see; In order to encrease the store, of those whom he will bless, Such who reliev'd and fed the poor, in times of sad distress.
A whealthy yeoman lives in Kent; and when bread-corn was dear, Unto the poor relief he sent, their drooping hearts to chear; Nay he was often heard to say, I'll give one part in five Of my encrease, so that I may but keep the poor alive. If all rich farmers far and near, had such a conscience bore, Then corn had never been so dear, for to have starv'd the poor; Still as he heard how others rais'd, his very heart did bleed; He often said, the Lord be prais'd, I'm sure there's no such need. So merciful a man was he, such conscience did he make, That when the poor in want he see, he did compassion take; All grand oppression he refrain'd, as witness well I can, And as a blest reward, he gain'd the love of God and Man. For by a miracle alone, his land this summer bore; The like before was never known, in any age before; And so you'll say when you shall hear, what I in brief unfold; Thousands came flocking far and near, this wonder to behold. Sixteen acers of fallow land, where turnips lately grew, Bears stately corn we understand, both wheat and barley too:
It does the best of barley yield, wheat, wry, thick, tall, and strait; They neither plow'd nor sow'd this field, yet the encrease is great. On many of the stalks appears, to all spectators view, Some twenty, thirty, forty ears, a wonder strange and true; A vast encrease we understand, sent by the Lord above, To grow upon this farmer's land, as pledges of his love. The honest man that owns the ground, where all this corn does grow, He does in charity abound; the same he will bestow, On those that round about him dwell, who has young children small, For he God's blessings will not sell, the poor shall have it all. Both wheat and wry and barley too, he'll part with to the poor, For he accounts it is their due, if there was ten times more; According as they stand in need, he will devide the grain. Since God was pleas'd to sow the seed, the poor shall reap the gain. A man of greater charity, scarce ever yet was born, Some thousands daily flock to see, his stately field of corn; All thankful hearts praising the Lord, which does this wonder see, The which was sent as a reward of christian charity.
Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball in Pye-corne[r]