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2.180-181 R234364 1 Lord Derby Lord Derby IN searching Famous Chronicles,/ it was my chance to read, Pepys 2.180-181 Wing M2911[a]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: 180 2: 181 A most Notable Example of an Ungracious son, who/ in pride of his heart denyed his own Father, and how God for his offence turned his/ meat to loathsme Toads. A most Notable Example of an Ungracious son, who in pride of his heart denyed his own Father, and how God for his offence turned his meat to loathsme Toads. A Most Notable Example of an Ungracious Son, Who in Pride of His Heart Denied His Own Father, and How God for His Offense Turned His Meat to Loathsome Toads. single sheet oblong folio, pasted across 2 pages, 253 x ?350 cropped right edge, damaged surface, uneven inking 1684-1686 Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray/ and T. Passinger. J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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I N searching Famous Chronicles, it was my chance to read, A worthy story strange and true whereto I took good heed: Betwixt a father and a Son, this rare example stands, Which well may move the hardest hearts to weep and ring their hands. A Farmer in the Country liv'd, whose substance did excell, He sent therefore his eldest son in Paris for to dwell. Where he became a Merchant man and traffick great he used, So that he was exceeding rich till he himself abused: For having now the world at will, his mind was fully bent To Gameing Wine and wantonness till all his goods were spent Yet [ecceessive] rioutness, by him was shewed forth That he was three times more in debt then all his wealth was worth At length his credit quite was crackt and he in Prison cast, And every man against him then did set his action fast: Then he lay lockd in Irons strong, for ever and for aye, Unable while his life did last this grievous debt to pay.
And living in this woful case, his eyes with tears he spent The lewdness of his former life too late he did repent r And being bold of all relief of help and comfort quite, Unto his Father at the last, he thus began to write Bow down a while your heedful ear, my loving father dear, And grant I pray in gracious sort; my piteous plaint to hear; Forgive the foul offences all of your unworthy Son. Which through the lewdness of his life hath now his self undone, O my good father take remorse, on this my extream need, And succour his distressed case, whose heart for woe doth bleed: In direful dungeon here I lye; my feet in fetters fast, Where my most cruel Creditors in prison have me cast. Let pitty therefore pierce your breast and mercy move your mind And to release my miser, Come shift dear father find. My cheifest chear is bread full brown, the boards my softest bed, And flinty stones my pillows serve to rest my troubled head.
M Y garments all are worn to rags, my body starves with cold And creeping vermine eat my flesh, most grievous to behold: Dear father come therefore with speed and rid me out of thrall, And let me not in prison dye sith for your help I call; The good old man no sooner had perus'd this written scrowl, But trickling tears along his cheeks most plentiously did rowl, Alas my son my son quoth he, in whom I joyed most, Thou shalt not long in prison be, whatever it me cost. Two hundred heard of well fed Beast, he changed into Gold, Four hundred quarters of good coin. for Silver eke he sold: But all the same could not suffice this hanious t[a?]t to pay, Till at tee last constrained was to sell his land away Then was his son released quite his debts discharged clean, And he like as well to live as he before had been Then went his loving father who for to help his son, Had sold his lyving quite away, and eke himself undone: So that he lived poor and bare, and in such extrem need That many times he wanted food his hungry Borps to feed.
His Son Mean time in Wealth did grow, whose substance now was such, That sure within the City then few men were found so rich. But as his goods did still increase, and riches it did slide, So more and more his hardned heart, did swell in hateful pride. But st fell out upon a time ween ten years wo was past, Unto his son he did repair, for sum relief at last: And being come unto his house, in very poor array. It chanced so that with his son, great store should dine that dsy: The poor old man with hat in hand, did tuen the porter pray, To shew his Son that at the Gate his Father there did stay: Whereat this proud disdainful wretch; with taunting speeches said That long ago his fathers bones within the grave was laid: What Rascal then, is this, quoth he that staineth, thus my state, I charge thee porter presently, to drive him from my Gate. Which answer when the old man heard, he was in mind dismaid. He wept he wail'd, and wrung his hands and thus at length he said: O cursed wretch and most unkind. and worker of my woe, Thou monster of humadity; and eke thy Fataers foe,
Have I been careful of thy dase, maintaining still thy s[l]ate, And dost thou now most doggedly enforce me from thy Gate And hove I wrong'd thy brethren all, from thral to set the free, And brought my self to beggars state, and all to succour thee; Wo worth the time thavt first of all thy body I espy'd, Which hath in hardness of thy heat thy fathers face deny'd But now behold how God that time, did show a wonder great, Even when his Son and all his friends were sitting down to meat: For when the fairest pye was cut a strange and dreadful case Most ugly Toads came crawling out, and leaped in his face: Then did this wrttch his fault confess and for his father seht, And for his great ingratitude, full sore he did repent, All vertuous Children learn by this, obedient hearts to show And honour still your parents dear, for God commanded so, And think how he did turn his meat, to poysonous Toads indeed, Which did his fathers face deny, because his stood in need.
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