%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Make use of Time; / OR, / Time well made use of, redownds to the Parties content, / That hath not his Goods unlawfully spent: / But he that spends more than his need doth require, / Leaps out of the Frying-pan, into the fire. S., S. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1663-1674 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/25/2008 21908

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4.248 R187375 1 Behold the Man with a Cann in his hand Behold the Man with a glass in his hand Behold the Man with a Can in His Hand MArk well my good instructions, / and counsel which I give, For when the Summer's past and gone, / then enters winters cold: / Provide you in your youthful dayes, / to keep you when you'r old. [with variations] imprint unclear: London. Printed f[or] F[.] C[oles][,] T[.]V[ere][,] [and J][.] W[right][.] Pepys 4.248 Wing S147A 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. 4: 248 Make use of Time; / OR, / Time well made use of, redownds to the Parties content, / That hath not his Goods unlawfully spent: / But he that spends more than his need doth require, / Leaps out of the Frying-pan, into the fire. Make use of Time; OR Time well made use of, redownds to the Parties content, That hath not his Goods unlawfully spent: But he that spends more than his need doth require, Leaps out of the Frying-pan, into the fire. Make Use of Time; or, Time Well Made Use of, Redounds to the Party's Content, That Hath Not His Goods Unlawfully Spent: But He That Spends More than His Need Doth Require, Leaps out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire. S., S. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 283 cropped top, bottom and left edges, creased surface vertical rules 1663-1674 London. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright Blagden

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M Ark well my good instructions, and counsel which I give, By which you may enjoy content, and comfort whilst you live. From Malice, Hatred, and poverty, I'de have you firmly freed: And for to keep your money still to help in time of need: For when the Summer's past and gone, then enters winters cold: Provide you in your youthful dayes, to keep you when you'r old. You see how divers Prodigals profusely spend their means On Sharks, and Shabs and dirty Drabs, on Panders, Pimps, and Queans; But when their Lands and Livings fail,
and quite consum'd their store, Their friends will prove their enemies and turn them out of door: For when the Summer's past and gone, then enters Winters cold, etc. Are there not many marryed men catch'd in their subtle snares? Whilst wife and children starve at home, and feed on grief and tears: They rant full high, and domineer divulging cursed Oaths, And sport so much until they spoil the fashion of their Nose. For when the summer's past and gone, then enters winters cold: Provide you in your youthful days to keep you when you'r old.
T He richest wines, and daintiest cheer they glut themselves withal, Whilst divers women and their Babes, drink water, cold and small, Goods go to wrack cloaths from their back which is the Harlots gains; But when your means is spent and gone, they'l hate you for your pains; The summer time does passe away, then enters winters cold: Provide you in your youthful daies, to keep you when you'r old. How many have been thrown in Gaol? by their excessive rates, Where no release could be ay all, but Iron Bars and Grates: They want what they have spent in vain, but little bread to eat: And those that were professed friends did flatter with deceit. The Summer time doth, etc. A many servants wrong themselves and Masters in estate; By which they come to poverty, and pine when 'tis too late. For if that mony once grow scant your friends will quickly fail, And cares not if you hang or drown, or perish in a Gaol. The Summer time, etc. And Children from their Parents dear, do cunningly contrive To cheat and gull them of their goods whilst yet they are alive: But such we see in misery, are quickly brought to thrall, And so the Proverb's verifi'd, that pride will have a fall: The summer time, etc. But let me wish all married men that live such wicked lives: To leave off Harlots, and be good and loving to their wives No sweeter life 'twixt man and wife:
on earth, I'me sure can be, Than for to live in true content, Love, Peace and Unity. The summer time, etc. Consider in your strength and health, that sicknesse will attend Then if you want this thing cal'd wealth pray who will be your friend? Your Limbs they may be strucken lame and you made blinde and poor: And then be forc'd an alms to beg, each day from door to door: The summer time, etc. But charity you see is cold and peoples hearts are hard: The Gates of those that freely gave, are strongly shut and bard: There are no open Courts or Halls, as was in former time, But whip and hell, by which you know, how dogs do sup and dine. The summer time, etc. Remember how the painful Bee, for winter doth provide: His Comb, his Hony and his Wax, and every thing beside: The pretty Ant laies up her store, her young to cloathe and feed, By which we may example take, to save in time of need: The summer time, etc. Make use of time, whilst you have time, and do no time delay; For Time, nor Tyde, for none at all, one minutes space will stay: But he that runs an even pace, with Time, (I'me confident) Will finde the benifit of Time, unto his hearts content. The summer time doth pass away then enters winters cold; Provide then in your youthful days, to keep you when you're old.
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S.S. London. Printed for F Coles T Vere and J Wright[.]