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5.141 R187444 1 Fond Boy Fond Boy Fond Boy STrange Wonders appear amongst us ev'ry Year, / Which makes Engl. fear dreadful Dooms-day is near Let us pray this Confusion may soon disappear, / Or we Joyntly may say, dreadful Dooms-day is near. [with variations] date from Rollins Pepys 5.141 Rollins (1) VII:245-248; Wing S3156A 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. 5: 141 THE/ SHEPHERDS Observation/ On his DREAD of/ DOOMS=DAY/ FROM THE/ General WAR of Europe:/ Together, with his Admonition to Loyalty, that we may be all of one mind,/ and make our Enemies fall before us. THE SHEPHERDS Observation On his DREAD of DOOMS-DAY FROM THE General WAR of Europe: Together, with his Admonition to Loyalty, that we may be all of one mind, and make our Enemies fall before us. The Shepherd's Observation on His Dread of Doomsday From the General War of Europe: Together, With His Admonition to Loyalty, That We May Be All of One Mind, and Make Our Enemies Fall Before Us. 1/2 sheet folio, 265 x 180 cropped top, left and right edges horizontal and vertical rules 1696 Printed for Charles Bates at the White-Hart in West-Smithfield. Charles Bates Weinstein

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STrange Wonders appear amongst us ev'ry Year, Which makes Engl. fear dreadful Dooms-day is near All the world's up in Arms sounding fatal Alarms, All Ages and Fates now to Battle in swarms; In Discord they contend, loving friend against Friend, Such un-natural things brings a Ruinous end. Let us pray this Confusion may soon disappear, Or we Joyntly may say, dreadful Dooms-day is near. Can the Crime be excus'd, when all Kindnesses us'd, And the most Royal Favours contemn'd and abus'd, Shall we liberty have, which we earnestly crave, And yet make it our study our selves to inslave, If this we can do, and our crosses renew, Then farewell to our freedom and liberty too. If this shall appear, we have reason to fear, Nay, and Joyntly to say, dreadful Dooms-day is near. The Nations all round in a War does abound, And there is little love, or true Loyalty found, E'ery watery flood now they mingle with blood, We may wish that our Foes had been cropt in their bud But alas 'tis in vain, still a War they maintain, And 'tis sad to consider what thousands are slain; For the sword does appear from the front to the rear, Therefore well may we fear dreadful Dooms-day is near. Were we all of a mind we might happiness find, But alas! we are subject to turn with the wind, Here's one is for Peter, another for Paul, A third is for Caesar, but GOD for us all, That our Joys may increase, & our troubles all cease, And the War swallow'd up in a flourishing Peace. For while swords do appear from the front to the rear, We have reason to fear dreadful Dooms-day is near. Mens hearts they are grown like the hard marblestone, That has no sense of feeling, was e're the like known. There's no pitty at all, tho' thousands do fall, Of renowned brave soldiers, stout, proper and tall,
For Europe all o're now is sprinkled with gore, Nay, the Raging wide Ocean as well as the shore. Since it is so severe, we have reason to fear, And conclude with our selves dreadful Dooms-day is near. Ambition is bold, and will not be controul'd At the infinite charge of bright sliver and gold, Disolation is made, Towns and Castles betray'd, When will this confusion and storm be alay'd, Would all was agreed, for 'tis dreadful indeed, when we think how the Nations all round us do breed Was it e're so severe? we have reason to fear, By the woeful effects dreadful Dooms-day is near. Poor widows complain that their Husbands are slain, Likewise Fatherless Infants feel sorrow and pain, For peace let's contrive all our hearts to revive, For a War parts the dearest Relations alive, There is fire and kill, taking Prisoners still. This is dreadful confusion go which way you will, Should it hold so severe, we have reason to fear, By the woeful effects dreadful Dooms-day is near. By fancy we range, now methinks it is stange, That we shou'd be a people so subject to change Like the weather and wind, by experience we find There is hardly two Ages found both of one mind, Which I very well know is the cause of our woe, Wherefore let us honest and loyal also, And if thus we appear, then we need not to fear And danger, tho' Dooms-day be never so near. When Peace we obtain in this Nation again, Then Strephon and Phillis, with Flecks on the plain, Shall have freedom of Joys from the clamorous noise Of the fire and sword, which so many destroys, They shall then sit and sing, like Birds in the spring, With a Consort of Voices, crying God save the King Which is sweet to the ear, and void of all fear, Likewise Love on, tho' Dooms-day be never so near.
Printed for Charles Bates at the White-Hart in West-Smithfield.