%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Godly new Ballad, Intituled, A Douzen of Points. / A Douzen of Points, you here may read, / Whereon each Christian Soul may feed. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/31/2016 35214

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R227190 THe gift is small, a Douzen of Points, / where which i'de wish you knit your joynts Houghton Library Huth EBB65H Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 114 A Godly new Ballad, Intituled, A Douzen of Points. / A Douzen of Points, you here may read, / Whereon each Christian Soul may feed. A Godly new Ballad, Intituled, A Douzen of Points. A Douzen of Points, you here may read, Whereon each Christian Soul may feed. A Godly new Ballad, Intitled, A Dozen of Points. A Dozen of Points, you here may read, Whereon each Christian Soul may feed. ?-? W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger

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THe gift is small, a Douzen of Points, wherewich i'de wish you knit your joynts Keep well the same and credit me, Thy Life more pure and just will be. The first points this, i'de wish you keep, Is that at night before you sleep, See still you ask God forgiveness, Of all your sins and wickedness. The second point is this I say, When thou dost see the chearful day, Arise and praise the God of might, That hath defended thee all night. The third is that thou should'st require, And on thy bended knees desire, The God of Heaven to be thy stay, For to preserve thee night and day. The fourth doth bid thee to beware, And to avoid the subtile snare, For Satan with his crafty power, Doth seek Mens soul for to devour, The fifth good Councel doth thee give, And warn thee well whilst thou dost live, To keep thy Conscience clear and pure, Then God will bless thee to be sure, The sixth of these my Points do will, That thou devise no subtile skill: Whereby to work thy Neighbours woe, Take heed I say, and do not so.
The seventh saith, defraud no man, But deal as justly as you can, The Widdow and the Fatherless defend, So God will bless thee to the end. The eighth doth bid thee more or less, Still to beware of Drunkenness, For Drunkards are abhord by God, On whom he lays his heavy rod, The ninth saith fornication flye, Those wicked Harlots will make thee dye: Thy body theyl consume, I say, And bring thy soul unto decay. The tenth doth say, do not forswear, False witness against no man bear: Let no affections sway thy mind, The eye of Justice so to blind. The eleventh enjoyns thee not to desire, Thy Neighbours goods for to require: But the ten Commandments observe, So thou shalt stand and never swerve, The twelfth saith serve the God of m[i]ght, And truly serve him day and night, Obey the King as 'tis thy part, And to thy Country bear a faithful heart. See these my Points thou dost possess, Even when thou thyself doth rest, Keep well each one in his degree, And knit them fast then credit me.