%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Ballad of the CLOAK:/ Or, The Cloaks Knavery. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/22/2007 20830

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2.218 R226986 2 From Hunger and Cold: Or, Packington's Pound From Hunger and Cold From Hunger and Cold; Packington's Pound From Hunger and Cold: Or, Packington's Pound Packington's Pound From Hunger and Cold; Packington's Pound COme buy my new Ballet, / I have't in my Wallet, Then let us endeavour to pull the Cloak down,/ That crampt all the Kingdom, and crippl'd the Crown. [with variations] imprint unclear: Printed [for P Brooksby near the] Hospital-Gate, in West-smith[field] Pepys 2.218 Wing ?B603 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: 218 The Ballad of the CLOAK:/ Or, The Cloaks Knavery. The Ballad of the CLOAK: Or, The Cloaks Knavery. The Ballad of the Cloak: Or, the Cloak's Knavery. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 207 x 318 cropped right and bottom edges, damaged surface, uneven inking 1664-1696 Printed for P Brooksby near the Hospital-Gate, in West-smith P. Brooksby BBTI

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 9/22/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America State & Times country/nation politics/government religioustypes&sects royalty 9/22/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy transcription rechecked, estc id entered from bl.uk, metadata updated 7/4/2007 Checker Talya Meyers transcription checked, xml created 2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 2005 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/Completed 8/23/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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C Ome buy my new Ballet, I have't in my Wallet, But 'twill not I fear please every Pallet: Then mark what ensu'th, I swear by my Youth, That every Line in my Ballad is truth, A Ballad of Wit, a brave Ballad of worth, 'Tis newly Printed, and newly come forth: 'Twas made of a Cloak that [f]ell out with a Gown, That crampt all the Kingdom, and crippl'd the Crown. I'le tell you in brief, A Story of Grief, Which happen'd when Cloak was Commander in Chief: It tore Common-Prayers, Imprison'd Lord Mayors, In one day it voted down Prelates and Players: It made people in point of Obedience, And the Covenant did cut off the Oath of Allegiance.
Then let us endeavor to pull the Cloak down, That crampt all the Kingdom, and crippl'd the Crown. It was a Black Cloak, In good time be it spoke, That kill'd many thousands, but never struck stroak: With Hatchet and Rope, The Forlorn Hope, Did joyn with the Devil to pull down the Pope: It set all the Sects in the City to work, And rather then fail, 'twould have brought in the Turk : Then let us endeavor, etc. It seiz'd on the Tow'r Guns, Those fierce Demi-Gorgons, It brought in the Bag-pipes, and pull'd down the Organs The Pulpits did smoak, The Churches did Choak, And all our Religion was turn'd to a Cloak: It the brought in Lay-Elders could not write nor Read, It set publick Faith up, and pull'd down the Creed: Then let us endeavor, etc. This Pious Imposter, Such fury did foster, It left us no Penny, nor no Pater-Noster; It threw to the ground, Ten Commandments down, And set up twice twenty times ten of its own: It routed the King, and Villians Elected, To plunder all those whom they thought disaffected: Then let us endeavor, etc. To blind peoples eyes, This Cloak was [s]o wise, It took off Ship-money, but set up Excise; Men brought in their Plate, For Reasons of State, And gave it to Tom Trumpeter and his Mate: In Pamphlets it writ many specious Epistles, To cozen poor Wenches of Bodkins and Whistles: Then let us endeavour to pull the Cloak down, That crampt all the Kingdom, and crippl'd the Crown.
I N Pulpits it moved, And was much approved, For crying out ------ Fight the Lords Battle Beloved : It bob-tayl'd the Gown. Put Prelacy down, It trod on the Myter to reach at the Crown: And into the field it an Army did bring, To aim at the council but shot at the King: Then let us endeavor, etc. It raised up States, Whose Politick Pates, Do new keep their Quarters on the City Gates: To Father and Mother, To Sister and Brother, It gave a Commission to Kill one another: It took up Mens Horses at very low rates, And Plunder'd our Goods to secure our Estates; Then let us endeavor, etc. This Cloak did proceed To a Damnable deed, It made the best Mirror of Majesty bleed: Though Cloak did not do't, He set it on Foot, By Rallying and calling his Journey-men to't: For never had come such a Bloody Disaster, If Cloak had not first drawn a Sword to his Master: Then let us endeavor, etc. Though some of them went hence, By sorrowful Sentence, This lofty long Cloak is not mov'd to Repentance, But he and his Men, Twenty Thousand times ten, Are plotting to do their Tricks over agen: But let this proud Cloak to Authority stoop, Or CATCH will provide him a Button and Loop: Then let us endeavor to pull the Cloak down, That basely did sever the Head from the Crown. Let's pray that the King, And his Parliament, In Sacred and Secular Things may consent: So Righteously firm, And Religiously free; That Papists and Atheists suppressed may be: And as there's one Deity doth over-reign us, One Faith, and one Form, & one Church may contain us Then peace, Truth and plenty, our Kingdom will Crown, And all popish plots and their plotters shall down.
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Printed for P. Brooksby near the Hospital-Gate, in West-smith[field.]