%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Noble Man's Generous Kindness; / OR THE / Country-Man's Unexpected HAPPINESS. / Giving a True account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of the poor Man's / Industrious Care and Pains for the maintaining of his Charge, which was Seven / small Children, meeting with him upon a day, Discoursed with him, and / invited him and his Wife, with his Children, Home to his House; and / accordingly bestowed upon him a Farm of Thirty Aikers of Land, to be con- / tinued to him and his Heirs. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1701-1701 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 07/16/2014 34266

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T196894 A Noble Man liv'd near a Village of late, / Hard by a poor T[h]resher, whose Charge it was great; Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 40 THE / Noble Man's Generous Kindness; / OR THE / Country-Man's Unexpected HAPPINESS. / Giving a True account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of the poor Man's / Industrious Care and Pains for the maintaining of his Charge, which was Seven / small Children, meeting with him upon a day, Discoursed with him, and / invited him and his Wife, with his Children, Home to his House; and / accordingly bestowed upon him a Farm of Thirty Aikers of Land, to be con- / tinued to him and his Heirs. THE Nobleman's Generous Kindness; OR THE Country Man's Unexpected HAPPINESS. Giving a True account of a Nobleman, who taking Notice of the poor Man's Industrious Care and Pains for the maintaining of his Charge, which was Seven small Children, meeting with him upon a day, Discoursed with him, and invited him and his Wife, with his Children, Home to his House; and accordingly bestowed upon him a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to him and his Heirs. 1701-1701

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A Noble Man liv'd 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 none but his Labour to keep them withall, He never was given to idle and lurk, This Noble Man seeing him go daily to work: His Flail, with his Bag, and his Bottle of Beer, As cheerfull as those that had hundreds a year. Thus carefull and constant each morning he went To his Daily Labour with Joy and Content, So jocund and jolly, both whistle and sing As blith and as brisk as a Bird in the spring, One morning this Noble Man taking his Walk, He met with this poor Man, and freely did talk, He asked 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 is low, And yet thou art cheerful; I pray tell me true, How you do maintain them so well as you do. I carefully carry home all that I earn; Now daily experience by this I do learn; That though it is possible we may live poor. We still keep a ravenous Woof from the door. I Reap and I Mow, and I Harrow and Sow. Sometimes I to Hedging and Ditching do go: No Work come amiss for I Thresh and I Plow Thus I eat my Bread by the sweat of my Brow. My Wife she is willing to pull in 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 came home from my Labour at night To my Wife and Children, in whom I delight,
To hear them come round me with tatlling noise Now these are the Riches that poor Men enjoy. Though I am as weary as weary my be. The youngest I commonly dance on my Knee: I find that Content is an absolute Feast. I never repin'd at my Charge in the least. The Noble Man hearing then what he did say, Was pleas'd, and invited him home the next day: His Wife and his Children he charg'd him to bring In token of Favour, he gave him a Ring. Then thanked 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 then in a maze. Betimes in the morning the good Wife arose; And made them all fine in the best of their cloaths The good Man and Wife, with his Children small, They then went to Dine at the Noble Mans Hall, But when they come there, as the truth doth report All things was prepar'd in a plentiful sort And they at the Noblemans Table did Dine, With all soats of Dainties, with plenty of Wine All things being over, he soon let him know: What he then intended on him to bestow: A Farm, with full Thirty good Acres of Land, And gave him the writings into his own hand Because thou wast careful and good to thy Wife, I'll make thy days happy the rest of thy life; It shall be for ever to thee and thy Heirs: For why, I beheld thy indsturious Care. No Tongue then was able in full to express, The depth of their joy & their true thankfulness. With many a Courtesie and Bow to the ground: But like such Noble Men there is few to be found.
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