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S118548 STay a while with pacience, my freends I you pray, / Of the orders of Fooles, somewhat I wyll say: Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 43 The .xxv. orders of Fooles, The xxv orders of Fools, Granger, Timothy Printer Alexander Lacie ?-? Henrie Kyrkham

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STay a while with pacience, my freends I you pray, Of the orders of Fooles, somewhat I wyll say: Five and twentie, just a quarterne is ye know, Every Foole in his foolishnes wyll I show. And as the proverbe doth show very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. Many Fooles, the carte of sin nowadayes doth draw, Nowrishyng their sinne against all right and law: Though that the way to hell be very playne, Yet lyke a foole I advise thee to returne agayne. If thou in foolishnes styll doest dwell, Thou shalt have a bable and a bell. He is a foole that his sinnes cannot hate, Naught young, worse olde, such is his estate: This olde foole is glad of that name, Desiryng all men to take parte of the same. This foole must have in hand without fayle, A bable, a bell, or els a Fox tayle. Of Fooles, yet I fynd another sorte, Which are causers of lying, and yll reporte: And he is a foole both even and morrow, That nothyng wyll lend, but all thynges borrow. And as the proverbe doth show very playne A hood for this foole to kepe him from the rayne. Of Fooles, yet another sorte doth come, Which never seketh for to have wisedome: Many such fooles, wisedome disdayne, Yet for their foolishnes they shall suffer payne. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole which to others doth preach and tell, And yet this foole is ready himself to go unto hell: Live thou uprightly, be cause of no blame, If thou doo not, the more is thy shame. And as the proverbe doth say very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, and ever be shall, That others judgeth, and himself worst of all: This foole is blynd, frantike, and wood, Without all reason, judgeth bad thinges good. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole that wisedome doth eschue, For no good counsell can bring him to vertue: This foole which scorneth his neighbour fast, Shall be scorned justly himself at the last. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. Another Foole yet, I doe here fynd, Which cannot kepe close the secrets of his mynd: This is a naturall foole, and undiscrete, Which cannot hyde his owne counsell and secrete. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, that in youth wyll not provyde, In age must he sterve, or in povertie abyde: This is a foole, and of the numbe one, Which in the Sommer can make no provision. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, that getteth his goods wrongfullye, For his heires after him, wyll spend it unthriftelye: This fooles golde is his God, wrongfullye got, Why thou foole, thy golde is muk & clay, knowest thou not? And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him srom the rayne. He is a Foole, whether he be man or wyfe, Whice styll deliteth in discorde and stryfe: Such fooles their owne flesh to the bones may gnaw, That contendeth in matters, scant worth a straw. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole that on message is sent, And when he is on his way, forgot whether he went: This feele is worthy of the bable and the bell, For of all other fooles, he doth excell. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne.
Yet of Fooles, a whole dozen I have espyed, And lead in a stryng, together they are tyed: These fooles you may know by their favour, For lyke the Aspen leafe, with every wynd they waver. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for these fooles, to kepe them from the rayne. He is a Foole, that thinketh it great wonder, When God stryketh by lightnyng and thunder: Alas, we dayly without all dread commit Much cursed vice, for lacke of godly wit. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. All youth, I doo lyken unto Fooles blynd, That unto their Parents are rebels unkynd: Thou unkynd chylde, and foole disobedient, Remember what goods thy freends on thee spent. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for these fooles, to kepe them from the rayne. He is a Foole, that greatly doth flatter and boast, When he thinks least, he shall tast of the rost: This foole at last, is cast out of favour, For flatteryng pleaseth no wise man of honour. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, and voyd of all prudence, Which to vayne tales doth geve all his credence: Therfore remember this both low and hye, That flatterers speake fayre when they doo lye. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. He is a naturall Foole, and a very daw, That from doing good, his neighbour doth withdraw: Such froward fooles, all goodnes they defile, If their neighbours doe good, then they revile. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, and greatly unprovable, That in all his doings he is unfortunable: But in his misfortune he is so blynd, He never considereth no remedy in mynd. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole to kepe him from the rayne. He is a Foole, that himself doth applye Bebynd his neighbours backe to sclander with envye: Such beastly fooles commonly are well apayd, Which thinke all is well, that falsely is wayd. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for this foole, to kepe him from the rayne. Yet more Fooles there be, which be uncommendable, That useth yll manners alway at the table: Of pleasant nurtour they have no heede, But beastly entend as swyne alway to feede. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for these fooles, to kepe them from the rayne. Many Fooles there be, in these our dayes, Which seeme to be wyse, yet folow foolish wayes: Therfore I have tolde unto you very playne, What foolishnes in these dayes in many doth remayne. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for these fooles, to kepe them from the rayne. He is a Foole, that wyll styll desyre His owne death, to runne into the fyre: And he is a foole, that hath no mynd devoute, But in the temple styll walketh aboute. And as the proverbe doth shew very playne, A hood for these fooles to kepe them from the rayne. GOD grant that all Fooles wisedome may learne, And that they may good from yll alway discerne: Then no more fooles we may them call, But wyse men, and wisedome shew they shall. God grant that on all partes we may now begin To repent of our follye, and flye from our sin.
FINIS. quod T. Gr. Imprinted at London by Alexander Lacie, for Henrie Kyrkham, dwellyng at the signe of the blacke Boye: at the middle North dore of Paules church.