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2.286v R234542 1 [Packington]s Pound Packington's Pound Packington's Pound [?]mneyman lately in London did dwell, / [?]o by that hard Tax had liv'd many years well, Which he had long used in grinding the poor. [with variations] tune unclear: [T]o the Tune of, [?Packington]s Po[u]nd.; title cropped and unclear: [The Chimney]-[mans L]amenation[?] / OR, Gold ill got, never prospers.; hinged broadsheet with recto: The Jesuits Lamentation; / OR, / The Downfall of the Whore of BABYL[?ON]; date from recto content; recto imprint London; first lines unclear: ? [m]neyman lately in London did dwell, / ? [o] by that hard Tax had liv'd many years well, Pepys 2.286v Wing C3896[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: 286 The Chimney-man's Lamenation / OR, Gold ill got, never prospers. [Th]e Chimmney-mans Lamentation OR, Gold ill got, never prospers. The Chimney Man's Lamentation or, Gold Ill Got, Never Prospers. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 195 x 286 cropped top, left, and right edges, torn and damaged surface, verso shows through vertical rule 1689 Weinstein: recto content no imprint: recto imprint = London, Printed and Sold by J. Wallis, / in White-Friars.

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[? Chi]mney-man lately in London did dwell, [?]o by that hard Tax had liv'd many years well, [?]ing for certain the same must go down, [?]e Kingdom, in City and Town, [?]ot what course in the World he should take, [?]was afflicted and ready to break, [?]hat he now must that practice give o're, [?] had long used in grinding the poor. [?]ns he haunted both early and late, [?] Feasting he spent at that rate, [?] then the whole World in a string, [?]neys such plenty of treasure did bring, [?]d his pockets with silver and gold, [?]t that his practice for ever would hold, [?] it fails him, this troubles him sore, [?] no longer should punish the poor.
He was never marry'd all days of his life, Yet now is resolved to chuse him a Wife, Some Lady induc'd with a worthy Estate, That still he might live at a flourishing rate, For finding the Chimneys no longer would do, His Fortune he now was resolv'd to pursue; In Guineas he then had a thousand or more, Which he by oppression had rak'd from the poor. The Plays he frequented, in order to find Some beautiful Lady exact to his mind; At length he beheld one so amarous fair, That few in the City with her could compare; He straightways inquir'd what Birth she might be, 'Twas answer'd a Lady of noble degree: I'll Court her, for why, her sweet Charms I adore, Besides I no longer can live by the [? poor?]
[? up] her that night to the Strand, Her Coach and five Servants were at her Command; As if a high Heiress of Fame and Renown, And yet was no more than a Miss of the Town; Her Coach and Attendants she hir'd as Tools, The better to baffle and rifle such Fools: The Chimney-man boasted and bragg'd of his store, Which was in good Guineys a thousand or more. He Courts her, but she was invincible coy, [?] Chimney-man feared he ne'er shou'd enjoy This Lady, to whom his whole heart he reveal'd, Long time he contended before she wou'd yield, At length she did willingly grant him his Suit, He then brought his Plate, and his Guineas to boot, His Watch, with his Rings, and the rest of his store, Which he by oppression had got from the poor. The subtle young Lady of pleasure did say, I am bound in duty my Friends to obey, Therefore to the Marquess my Father pray go, And see [if] he'll grant you his Daughter or no; He lives about seventy miles from this Town, The Chimney-man straightways took Horse and rid do[wn] But e're he came back she was fled with his store, Which he by oppression had got from the poor. Her pretended Father he never could find, At length he return'd much afflicted in mind, When coming alas to the house of his Love, And call'd for his Lady, his sweet Turtle-Dove: The Chimney-man then they did answer and say, She did leave her Lodglng the very same day; A stranger she is that we ne'er knew before; The Chimney-man found she had rifled his store. His heart was so full it was ready to break, That he for a while was not able to speak, But straightways he fell into violent Fits, As if quite distracted and out of his Wits; I've lost all my Gold by a miss of the Town. The Tax of the Chimneys besides will go down, So that I can never replenish my store, As often I have by oppressing the poor[.]
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