%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Cities Corporations poore / Their Founders bless, their help implore. 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 06/29/2021 36664

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R211475 THE glorious Founder of the world / Was first in our foundation, British Library - Thomason Tracts Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 16: 47 The Cities Corporations poore / Their Founders bless, their help implore. The City's Corporations poor Their Founders bless, their help implore. ?-?

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THE glorious Founder of the world Was first in our foundation, The Parliament was next to him In our origination: Englands chief City next to these Appears in our Creation, What Hospitals Such Founders have As our Poors Corporation? Their Founders death, gave Life & Breath To Hospitalls Foundation, Our Founders Life, is Life to us And to our future Station. A happy death we pray for such Whose death breaths Life to others, Long be our Founders life, whose Life Inspires exspiring Brothers. Our first admission was not gott By friends, or Rich Allyes, By great mens lines, by promise made Of gratefull Curtesyes: Deep poverty did plead our Cause, The ghost we were up giving, With naked backs, and hungry Jawes And worms did eat us Living.
Friendless and harborless were we Expos'd to winde and weather, And starving under stalls we lay Wandring we knew not whither. In filthy rags, we clothed were, Begging about the City, That was our case, then was the time Of our Blest Founders pity. For ever blessed be our God, Blest be the Parliament, Blest be our Corporation, Blest, our Lord President, Blest be our Friend his Deputy, Our Treasurer; and All, Whose tender hearts, whose hands, whose purse Have quit us thus from Thrall. Lord Mayor, for the time being, Presi- dent. John Cutler Esq. Deputy President. Mr Maurice Gething Tre- surer. Our backs, and bellies blesse you all And your Posterity; We begg, this work begun by you May have prosperity. Help, help, blest Founders, build upon This newly laid Foundation, The Generations yet to come Shall bless your Corporation.