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R9697 FAm'd Thamasis, with shiv'ring Winter Dresses, / With Isicles, and other borrow'd Tresses, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 380 Thamasis's Advice / TO THE / PAINTER, / FROM HER / FRIGID ZONE: / OR / WONDERS upon the WATER. Thamasis’s Advice TO THE PAINTER, FROM HER FRIGID ZONE: OR WONDERS upon the WATER. Thamasis's Advice TO THE PAINTER, FROM HER FRIGID ZONE: OR WONDERS upon the WATER. ?-? G. Croom

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FAm'd Thamasis, with shiv'ring Winter Dresses, With Isicles, and other borrow'd Tresses, And on her Head a Periwig of Snow, And freezed Mantle fring'd with Ice below, Out of her watry Bed, amaz'd appears, And thus the Current of her Language stears. Spread a large Canvas, Painter, to contain The strange surprising Sights, the numerous Train, That all about my Back do walk or sit, Of all Degrees, some Sage, some wanting wit, For Crouds of People hither do retire, As to Moor-fields, after the dreadful Fire, Threatning the City to depopulate As once before it was unfortunate. Then draw the King, who on his Leads doth stay, To see the Throng, as on a Lord Mayors day, And thus unto his Nobles pleas'd to say; With these Men on this Ice, I'de undertake, To cause the Turk all Europe to forsake: An Army of these Men, arm'd and compleat, Would soon the Turk in Christendom defeat. Then draw me Temple-Blanket-street, where all The Water-men do loudly cry and baul, Louder than Lawyers in Western-hall. Instead of standing at the stairs to ply, They say, What is't you lack, what is't you buy? And whilst the Rooks do tell an heavy Tale, And curse the Frost, they cry, Good Beer and Ale, Coffee or Mum or Wine, the heart to chear, Roast Beef, or Mutton boil'd, or Brandy clear. There
There mighty Ice Cakes, and Plumb-Cakes are found: There all variety of things abound, Only green Pease and Cherries, they are rare, As Guineys in a Poets Pocket are. Here you may buy a Diamond Ring for nought, Such as from India ne'er was brought; (The Cuts were Diamond, the Substance, Ice, Which in Mens Pockets vanish'd in a trice: But for his Cheat, the Man will pay full dear, Condemned by my Lord to Whipping Chear.) Then, Painter, let us to the Print-house go, Where Men the Art of Printing soon do know; Where, for a Teaster, you may have your Name Printed, hereafter for to show the same; And sure in former Ages ne'er was found, A Press to print, where Men so oft were dround. Next, notice of the various motions take, Some bold as Hector, some for fear do quake, One slides, one slips, and one downright doth fall Into an Hole, the Skuller then doth baul, What will you rob my Cellar of its drink? When he, alas, poor man, no harm doth think. There Chariots fly, there Coaches run on wheels, And men (out-tipling of the Fishes) reels, And often up doth go the Womans heels, And something, to remember what she saw, she feels. The Water-men as busie are as Bees, Or as some Welch men cramming toasted Cheese. Instead of Waves that us'd to beat the shore, There Bears and Bull, loudly now do roar. There Boats do slide, where Boats were wont to row; Where Ships did sail, the Water-men them tow. All things do move upon this Element, As if on Terra ferma their feet went. Hard times the good and righteous God hath sent, For our more hardned hearts, as punishment; From Heav'n this Scourge is sent us for our pride; We're plagu'd with Ice, because we do backslide. The only way these things for to redress, Is that each one his Sins to God confess; Let every one sweep clean and neat his door, And let our hearts be softned to the Poor. Honour the King, and all your Neighbours love, And then the Heav'ns these Judgments will remove.
London: Printed by G. Croom, on the River of Thames.