%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / NOBLEMAN's Generous KINDNESS: / OR, / The Poor Country MAN's unexpected HAPPINESS. / GIVING / An Account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of a poor Man's industrious Care and Pains for the / maintaining of his Charge of Seven small Children, met him upon a Day, and discoursing with him, invited him and his / Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and bestowed upon them a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to / him and his Heirs for ever. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1720-1720 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/28/2011 30840

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T43134 1 The two English Traveller UNKNOWN The Two English Travellers A Nobleman liv'd near a Village of late, / Hard by a poor Thresher, whose Charge it was great; Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 308 3: 309 THE / NOBLEMAN's Generous KINDNESS: / OR, / The Poor Country MAN's unexpected HAPPINESS. / GIVING / An Account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of a poor Man's industrious Care and Pains for the / maintaining of his Charge of Seven small Children, met him upon a Day, and discoursing with him, invited him and his / Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and bestowed upon them a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to / him and his Heirs for ever. THE NOBLEMAN’s Generous KINDNESS: OR, The Poor Country MAN’s unexpected HAPPINESS. GIVING An Account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of a poor Man’s industrious Care and Pains for the maintaining of his Charge of Seven small Children, met him upon a Day, and discoursing with him, invited him and his Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and bestowed upon them a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to him and his Heirs for ever. To the Tune of, The two English Traveller. THE Nobleman's Generous KINDNESS: OR, The Poor Country Man's unexpected HAPPINESS. GIVING An Account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of a poor Man’s industrious Care and Pains for the maintaining of his Charge of Seven small Children, met him upon a Day, and discoursing with him, invited him and his Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and bestowed upon them a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to him and his Heirs for ever. To the Tune of, The two English Traveler. Printer Robert Marchbank 1720-1720 Robert Marchbank

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A Nobleman livd near a Village of late, Hard by a poor Thresher, whose Charge it was great; He had seven Children, and most of them small, And nought but his Labour to keep them withal. He never was given to Idle and Lurk, For this Nobleman saw him go daily to Work, With his Flail and his Bag, and his Bottle of Beer, As chearful as those that had Hundreds a Year. Thus careful and constant each Morning he went, To his daily Labour with Joy and Content; Jocund and jolly, hed both whistle and sing, As blyth and as brisk as a Bird in the Spring, One Morning the Nobleman taking his Walk, He met with the poor Man, and freely did talk; He askd him many a Question at large, Familiarly talking concerning his Charge.
Thou hast many Children I very well know, Thy Labour is hard, and thy Wages are low; And yet thou art chearful, I pray thee tell true, How do you maintain them so well as you do? He answerd, I carry home all that I earn, And daily Experience by this I do learn, That though it is possible we may live poor, We still keep the ravenous Wolf from the Door. I reap and I mow, I harrow and sow; Sometimes I to hedging and ditching do go: No Work comes a miss, for I thresh and I plow; Thus I earn my Bread my the Sweet of my Brow. My Wife she is willing to pull at the Yoak, We live like two Lambs and we never provoke Each other, but like to the labouring Ant, We do our Endeavour to keep us from Want.
And when I come home from Labour at Night. To my Wife and Children in whom I delight; To hear them come round we with prattling Noise, Tis these are the Riches that poor Men enjoys. Though I am weary as weary may be, The youngest I commonly dance on my Knee; [I] find that Content is an absolute Feast, I never repine at my Charge in the least. The Nobleman hearing then what he did say Was pleased and invited him home the next Day; His Wife and his Children he chargd him to bring, In Token of Favour he gave him a Ring. Then thanking his Honour and taking his Leave, He went to his Wife, who would hardly believe; But that this strange Story himself he might raise, Yet seeing the Ring, she was in Amaze. Betimes in the Morning the good Wife arose, And made them all fine with the best of their Cloaths; The good Man and Wife with their Children small, They went to dine at the Noblemans Hall. So when they came there, the Truth to report, All Things were prepard in a plentiful Sort; And they at the Noblemans Table did dine, With all Sorts of Dainties, and Plenty of Wine, All this being over he soon let him know, What he intended on him to bestow; A Farm, full thirty good Acres of Land, And gave him the Writings then with his own Hand. Because thou art careful and good to thy Wife, Ill make thy Days happy the rest of thy Life: It shall be for ever to thee and thy Heirs, For why, I beheld thy industrious Cares. No Tongue then was able to express, The Depth of their Joy and true Thankfulness; With many a Courtesy and Bow to the Ground, But such Noblemen there are few to be found.
Newcastle: Printed and sold by Robert Marchbank.