%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Wonderful Prophecy. / Declared by Christian James, a Maid of Twenty Years of Age, late Daughter to Daniel / James who was born and bred near the Town which is called Padstow, in the County / of Cornwel, who departed this Life upon the 8th of March. With a true Relation of / her Behaviour, both in her Life-time, and at the Hour of her Death, worthy to be had / in perpetual Memory. Price, Lawrence University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1730-1730 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/02/2011 31351

The University of California makes a claim of copyright only to original contributions made by Early Modern Center participants and other members of the university community. The University of California makes no claim of copyright to the original text. Permission is granted to download, transmit or otherwise reproduce, distribute or display the contributions to this work claimed by The University of California for non-profit educational purposes, provided that this header is included in its entirety. For inquiries about commercial uses, please contact:

Patricia Fumerton Early Modern Center - English Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America EMail: pfumer@english.ucsb.edu

T21837 3 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN In Summer Time, &c. In Summer Time In Summer Time, etc. THE mighty Lord that rules in Heaven, / Strange Wonders doth in England send, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 664 3: 665 A Wonderful Prophecy. / Declared by Christian James, a Maid of Twenty Years of Age, late Daughter to Daniel / James who was born and bred near the Town which is called Padstow, in the County / of Cornwel, who departed this Life upon the 8th of March. With a true Relation of / her Behaviour, both in her Life-time, and at the Hour of her Death, worthy to be had / in perpetual Memory. Price, Lawrence Printer JOHN WHITE 1730-1730

This document follows the guidelines specified for TEI.

XML Generated Automatically at 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM Using EMC

XBallad Parsing Engine developed by Carl Stahmer.

TEI Template developed by Gerald Egan and Modified by Carl Stahmer

All apostrophes are encoded as '.

Any dashs occurring in line breaks have been removed;

All dashs are encoded as ‐ and all em dashes as —.

 Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/ health alcohol animals/ nature Bible/ biblical figures buildings/ architecture catastrophe children class clothing/ appearance country/ nation crime death economics/ commerce entertainments family folklore gender holidays/ seasons infidelity labor/ craft law London love maritime marriage military/ war monstrosity mythology/ Classical news nobility/ court politics/ government procreation punishment race/ ethnicity 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 youth/ age Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 5/2/2011 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Ballads, English 17th century Broadsides, England 17th century 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM XBallad Doss, MacKenzie Created XML Version of Ballad 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM Transcription Supervisor McAbee, Kristina, Nebeker, Eric Transcription of ballad manuscript 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM Double-Key Comparison and Merging Meyer, Shannon Transcription of ballad manuscript 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM Transcriptionist Two Fadel, Meghan Transcription of ballad manuscript 5/2/2011 2:39:35 PM Transcriptionist One Foley, Christopher Transcription of ballad manuscript 11/15/2010 Checker Shannon Meyer Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 11/15/2010 Checker Shannon Meyer Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 1/30/2009 Bibliographer Meghan Fadel Initial Ballad Catalogue Record Created 1/30/2009 Checker Meghan Fadel Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 1/30/2009 Checker Meghan Fadel Edited Ballad Catalogue Record
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">A Wonderful Prophecy.</hi></seg> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Declared by <hi rend="bold">Christian James,</hi> a Maid of Twenty Years of Age, late Daughter to <hi rend="bold">Daniel</hi></hi></seg> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="bold"><hi rend="italic">James</hi> who was born and bred near the Town which is called <hi rend="bold">Padstow,</hi> in the County</hi></seg> <seg n="4" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">of <hi rend="bold">Cornwel,</hi> who departed this Life upon the 8th of <hi rend="bold">March.</hi> With a true Relation of</hi></seg> <seg n="5" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">her Behaviour, both in her Life-time, and at the Hour of her Death, worthy to be had</hi></seg> <seg n="6" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">in perpetual Memory.</hi></seg> <lb/> <seg n="7" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">To the Tune of, <hi rend="bold">In Summer Time,</hi> etc.</hi></seg>
THE mighty Lord that rules in Heaven, Strange Wonders doth in Englind send, And many Warning hath us given, Cause we our Lives should soon amend: But like the misbelieving Jews, So hard of Heart some People be, They think that nothing can be true, But that which their own Eyes did see. Therefore, good People, mark it well, Ill here lay open to your view A Song most wonderful and strange, And can approve it to be true: A Damsel did near Padstow, dwell, Within the County of Cornwel fair, Whose Parents had no Child but her, She was her Fathers only Heir. To whom came a brave Young Man, Intending to make her a Wife, But never tempting Tongue could make, This Maid to change her Maiden Life: And though her Parents Riches had, And costly Garments her allowd,
In homely Habit she would go, And always hated to be proud. She neer was heard to curse or swear, Nor any Word of Anger give, But courteous was in every Thing, To them that did about her live: If she heard any one to swear, Or take Gods sacred Name in vain, She told them that they crucifyd, Our Saviour Jesus-Christ again. She often did frequent the Church, And also did relieve the Poor, The Widow and the Fatherless, She every Day fed at the Door: Upon a Time, this Damsel she Fell Sick, and in a deadly Sound, She lay for twenty Hours Space, No Life in her could then be found. Her aged Father did lament, Her Mother she shed many a Tear, She wept, she waild, she wrung her Hands, For loss of this her Daughter dear: Alas! alas! my Child, she said, How dearly have I tenderd thee; And wilt thou now forsake the World, And leave me in this Misery. I would thy Birth had been my Death, Then never had I seen this Day; This grievous Moan the Mother made, By her dear Daughter as she lay: At last she did strong Waters fetch, And rubd her Temples and each Vein, Till at the last the Damsel had, Recoverd Life and Sense again. And being come unto her Speech, With Voice most shrill aloud, she cryd O Mother you have done me wrong, This cannot be by you denyd; For I was in the Way to Heaven, Two glorious Angels did me guide, Who gently took me by the Hand.
SInging of Psalms and Spiritual Songs, So long as we past on the Way, Till he which had a Golden Crown, Met us, and caused us to stay: Return, said he, from whence thou camst, Thy Mother for thee makes great Moan; And tell those Things which I declare, Unto thy Neighbours every one. Speak this, quoth he, unto them all, How that the Lord eer long will send, A grievous Punishment to them, That does him wilfully offend: This is the last Age of the World, Even to the very Sink of Sin, The Puddle of Iniquity, Which thou long Time hath wallowed in: The Man and Wife live in Discord, The Father envies his own Son, The Rich and Poor, the Old and Young, Do hourly into Mischief run: Extortion and Idolatry, And hateful Pride is now in use, Blasphemous Oaths and Curses vile, The People count as no abuse. Gods Ministers are set at nought, The Sabbath is prophand also, The poor lies starving in the Street, Opprest with Sorrow, Grief, and Woe: The loathsome Sin of Drunkenness, And Whoredom doth much exceed, He that can do his Neighbour wrong, Doth think he Doth a godly deed. Now ponder well what I do say, Dooms dreadful Day is nigh at Hand, Fire and Brimstone shall destroy, The Heaven, the Earth, the Sea and Land; And every Soul before the Lord, A just Account he then shall give, His Conscience shall a Witness be, In what Condition he did live.
Then he that had done well shall pass, Forthwith to everlasting Rest, And live amongst those glorious Saints, Which Jesus Christ our Lord hath blest; Where Martyrs, Prophets, Patriarchs, Do Hallelujahs ever sing, Glory and Honour be to God, And unto Christ our heavenly King. Then woe to them that have done ill, When they shall hear the Sentence past, Depart ye cursed into Hell, Whose Fire for evermore shall last: The Sorrows which are here foretold, Will come on you, eer it be long, Except Repentance truly dwell, In Hearts of all, both Old and Young. Repentance and true watery Eyes, Will help to quench the burning Flame, Which he hath kindled, to consume The wicked Worlds most rotten Frame: Let not your Buildings all so brave, Turnd and wasted with Gods Ire, Let not your Souls, for whom Christ dyd, Be burnt in Hells eternal Fire. Here endeth the Prophecy. THese Speeches spoke, the Maiden dyd, And came no more to Life again; Her Soul, no doubt, is gone to Heaven, With glorious Angels to remain: At her decease, an Harmony Of Musick there was heard to sound, Which ravishd all the Standers by, It did with Sweetness so abound. It piercd the Earth and Air also, Yet no Man knew from whence it came, But each one said it came from Heaven: And presently upon the same, The Magistrates of that same Parish, Which heard and saw this wonder strange, Desird to have it put in Print, Cause wicked Men their Ways may change.
The Names of the Masters of the Parish that saw the Maid on her Death-Bed, and heard the Words of the Prophecy which she delivered, were as followeth: W. Wates, Curate; T. Davies, Head Constable; R Wilkins and C. Tanner, Church-wardens: Who, by con- sent of divers others in the same Parish, which were in the Presence at the Damsels decease; caused a Letter to be written, and sent it from thence to London, on Purpose to have it printed, thereby to avoid Scandal. Contrived in Metre, by L P. Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed and Sold by John White.