%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The twelve brave Bels of Bow: / OR, / A Royall crew, blith and merry, / Drinking healths in Sack and Sherry. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1649-1649 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/16/2018 36074

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R185809 2 The twelve brave bels of Bow [unknown] The Twelve Brave Bells of Bow to the same tune [unknown] To the Same Tune COme noble hearts / To show your loyall parts, THough clouds and stormes, / Doe give us these allarm's. Then drink and sing, / God blesse the true Nobility, the twelve bels ring. Then drink and sing, / God blesse the true Nobility the twelve bels ring. [with variation] Manchester Central Library Blackletter Ballads Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 14 The twelve brave Bels of Bow: / OR, / A Royall crew, blith and merry, / Drinking healths in Sack and Sherry. The twelve brave Bells of Bow: OR, A Royal crew, blithe and merry, Drinking healths in Sack and Sherry. 1649-1649 T.S.

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COme noble hearts To show your loyall parts, lets drink a lovely cup and vanish care, Why should not we Which are of spirits free Dround grief with sack and cast of all dispare, then drink your fill See how the lusty hogs-heads lyes a bleeding still, What care I how full is my glass Drink it up quickly and let the health pass see thou filst it up to the brim, Quaffe it off roundly doe you drink to him but pride down head-long surely must fall, Though most in presumption abound, the Lord is King of Kings over all: And will all their projects confound. Then drink and sing, God blesse the true Nobility, the twelve bels ring. The Sun in the Skyes Most gloriously doth rise, and spreds his glistering beames to give us light, Jove with his traine Supporteth Charles's waine although the dog-star grin and sore doe bite, Come drink your fill [See ho]w the lusty hogs-head lyes a bleeding still, [?]s[?] with Iron rods
Which hords up their money & makes it their Gods Hang those muck-worms which doe repine, (And will not be royall) they ar no friends of mine When as the Lyon: in England is plast, weel think no more of the plume, The Royall seed shall highly be grast, their youth appeares by its blume: Then drink and sing etc. Old Bacchus tends To welcome all our friends to tast his sparkling Necter he invites, All Heroys bold, Which scorne to be controld, the Queen of love our sences she delights, Then drink your fill See how the lusty hogs-heads lye a bleeding still, Come brave gallants here's to you all, To be true and faithfull I doe you install, Your silk stockings must touch the bare ground, This cup of Canary it shall passe quite round, we shall rejoyce, when as our hearts choyce, Doth weare the Crownet of fame, Knights, Lords and Earles will honer rare Charles The second of that Royall name: Then drink and sing, God blesse the true Nobility the twelve bels ring.
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THough clouds and stormes, Doe give us these allarm's. and hides the glory of Apollos face, They vanquish shall And dissolve before us all, these royall heires the Palace for to grace: Then drink your fill, See how the lusty hogs-heads lyes a deeding still, Fierse Belona beats up her drums, Mars with his army couragiously comes, All the planets Jointly agree, to set us in order as we ought to be: Neptune at sea on waves he doth play, and takes a turne at the helme, Hoisesing up saile, they meane to prevaile, and land safe into this Realme: Then drink and sing, God blesse the true Nobility the twelve bels ring. The Fatherless Are left in deep distress, it us behooves the Widdow to deplore, Oh factious crew, Falsehearted and untrue, whose stained hands doth fill our land with gore Come drink your fill, See how the lusty hogs-heads lyes a bleeding still, If the loud wind doe gently blow,
And we were deprived of sorrow and woe, Dukes and Ladyes masking may have, Being sumptuously decked with ornaments brave, the Court may flourish, so will our land, And all things plenty will be, then faith and truth will goe hand in hand, This troubled Kingdom to free: Lets drink and sing, etc. When as the Throne, Is garnisht with its own the Citizens shall no imployment lack, All Joviall blades. May flourish with their traides, The Conduits they shall run amain with sack, Come drink your fill, See how ths lusty hogs-heads lyes a bleeding still, All the gentry worthily born. Will cause stately ringing at Charles's returne, Bonefires flaming in its array, Shall make glooming midnight as bright as the day the Lambs shall play, and trip or the plaines, Beggers and Criple will dance, the Shepheads will pipe like rurall swaines, The honour of one to advance, Then drink and sing, God blesse the true Nobility the twelve bels doe ring.
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