%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> [T]he Rich Mens Joyes / OR, THE / Poor Mens Cares and Comforts. / Tho' Rich men have what e're they'l crave / and go both fine and gay; / Yet Poor in time, to Bliss may clime, / and be as Rich as they. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1688 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 01/24/2008 22436

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5.174v R187782 1 Charon make hast, etc. Charon Make Haste Charon Make Haste, etc. Would you know who may take the greatest pleasur / having their fill of delight and ease; For he must live by his Labour still. [with variations] date from licensing info [1692: recto (Simpson)]; tune unclear: Tune of Ch[a]ro[n] make hast, etc.; imprint unclear: Printed for [I]. Back at the Black Boy near the draw brid[g]e [on] Lond[on] [?]; hinged broadsheet with recto: 'THE / Young Lover's ENQUIRY: / OR, /The Batchelor's Question to Cupid.' [see 5.174]; Pepys 5.174v Wing R1367[A]; Rollins (2) 2295 (Mch. 31, 1688, iii, Jno. Back) 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: 174v [T]he Rich Mens Joyes / OR, THE / Poor Mens Cares and Comforts. / Tho' Rich men have what e're they'l crave / and go both fine and gay; / Yet Poor in time, to Bliss may clime, / and be as Rich as they. The Rich Mens Joyes OR, THE Poor Mens Cares and Comforts. Tho' Rich men have what e're they'l crave and go both fine and gay; Yet Poor in time, to Bliss may clime, and be as Rich as they. The Rich Mens' Joys or, the Poor Mens' Cares and Comforts. Though Rich Men Have Whatever They Will Crave and Go Both Fine and Gay; Yet Poor in Time, to Bliss May Climb, and Be as Rich as They. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 195 x 280 all edges cropped, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking, recto shows through vertical rule 1688 Printed for I. Back at the Black Boy near the draw bridge on London J. Back Weinstein: licensing info.

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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 1/24/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant advice class economics/trade virtue 1/24/8 Checker Rachel Mann Updated metadata, created xml 7/6/7 Checker Summer Star Checked transcription 7/6 Transcriber Liberty Stanavage Original transcription 10/26/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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Would you know who may take the greatest pleasur having their fill of delight and ease; [th]ose that ne'r knows any end of their treasure; [?]eeding and walking still where they please; [sil]ver and gold they will be wearing, [ri]ding their Horses when they will [wh]ile e'ry poor man is carping and caring, [fo]r he must live by his Labour still.
For well we know they must follow their Calling, like the industrous painful Bee; Or else to Poverty they will be falling; this by experience we daily see: Those that are Landed Men may flourish; sleeping or waking their Baggs they fill; But if the poor-men themselves they will nourish, sure they must follow their Labour still,
Here we may see how brave gallants can glory, having all things at their hearts content; But to the Poor 'tis a sorrowful story, when a harsh Landlord call out for Rent, When the poor man has none to pay him; this does his heart with sorrow kill, Fearing he will in a Prison lay him, altho' he follows his Labour still. Misers are cruel, and void of all pitty, ever contriving to wrack the poor, When they shall hear of your sorrowful ditty, this will enkindle their wrath the mo[r]e; Though by their cruelty they grieve them, yet will the Miser ha[v]e his will, Not one in twenty alas will relieve them; poor men must trust to their Labour still. Rich to the Rich they full often are giving, this is but g casting of the fat Sow But if the poor men they will have a living must' be with pains and a sweating Brow; If in the world he has not one penny, this he must do with right good will, Seek out for Work if that he can get any, thus he must trust to his Labour still,
Rich men they get when [?] when they enjoy the D[?] This puts them into a fat[?] than they were e're i[n] [?] Every thing they had w[?] this will their baggs [?] But he that never was [?] surely must trust to his [Labour still] Would it not make a ma[n] [?] to see how Misers thei[r] [?] The more they hoard up, thus greedy worldlings [?] Silver and gold such me[n] [?] they with the same thei[?] Poor men they never cry[?] but for to live by their [Labour still?] Poor men that never was [?] I would desire you to [?] You in due time may enjoy[?] wherein your so[r]rows [?] Wherefore consider now th[e] [?] which may your [?]rts [?] You in the grave with all [?] tho' you liv[e] here by yo[?]
Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy near the draw bridge [on?] Lond[on] [?]