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MArk well my words you Country Men, / And Loyal Subejcts all, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 The Doleful Lamentation / Of Thomas Dangerfield, who was lately apprehended and / Imprisoned in Newgate, for High Misdemeaner, &c. The Doleful Lamentation Of Thomas Dangerfield, who was lately apprehended and Imprisoned in Newgate, for High Misdemeaner, etc. The Doleful Lamentation Of Thomas Dangerfield, who was lately apprehended and Imprisoned in Newgate, for High Misdemeanor, &c. ?-? J. Huzzey

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I. MArk well my words you Country Men, And Loyal Subjects all, And take Example now by me, To shun a dreadful fall. My Name's unhappy Dangerfield, In Prison I am fast, And all my great Designs are turn'd To sorrow now at last. II. In England I was born and bred, And Educate at School: But all the Labour was but lost, Since I grew up a Fool: Altho' GOD doth Govern all things, According to his Will, He never yet did bring to pass An Action that was ill. III. When men resist the Motions, and Convictions of the Truth, And follow all the fond Delights That's incident to Youth, The GOD of TRUTH departs from them, And leaves them to their sin; And then the subtile Serpent doth Ensnare them in his Jen. IV. I by degrees of sin did climb The steps of Wickedness; Which now (alass) hath brought poor me To wooful great distress: I was unfaithful to my GOD, And Trayterous to my KING, And I was ready (on a call) To every Evil Thing.
V. My Vices they were manifold, My Company was evil; I us'd a Thousand wild conceits, To run me to the Devil. I turn'd a Coiner by my Trade, And Mountibank of State, For which I'm grieved at the Heart, Though now it be too late. VI. Now I'm inclos'd in Prison close, Secur'd in Walls of Stone; I languish without Remedy, Relief I can have none. My Senses are my sorrows sluce, The Flood-gates of my shame, And all my cruel Comforters Add Fewel to my Flame. VII. O were I at my Liberty (As I have been before) I never would prove Treacherous, Nor run on such a score. But now my Lamentation's late, My Sighs they are in vain; Nor can I entertain a thought To be set free again. VIII. You Spirits brave that live at ease, Yet never are content, But still will be a medling With State and Parliament: Leave off your high and great Designs, And change your minds with speed, It is the greatest fall that's from Promotions Piramid.
London; Printed for J. Huzzey, 1685.