%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The lamentation of a bad Market, / OR, / The Drownding of three Children on the Thames. / With this fantastick Tragy Comedy, / Tis like that one or other pleas'd will be; / Because the Method carries Mirth there[i]n, / Or else the Subject were not worth a pin: / Howe're you'l say it is no laughing matter, / To see poor Children Drowned in the Water. 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 05/19/2021 37756

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R227236 1 The Ladies Fall In Peascod Time The Lady's Fall SOme Christian people all give ear, / unto the grief of us, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 135 The lamentation of a bad Market, / OR, / The Drownding of three Children on the Thames. / With this fantastick Tragy Comedy, / Tis like that one or other pleas'd will be; / Because the Method carries Mirth there[i]n, / Or else the Subject were not worth a pin: / Howe're you'l say it is no laughing matter, / To see poor Children Drowned in the Water. The lamentation of a bad Market, OR, The Drowning of three Children on the Thames. With this fantastic Tragicomedy, Tis like that one or other pleased will be; Because the Method carries Mirth therein, Or else the Subject were not worth a pin: However you'll say it is no laughing matter, To see poor Children Drowned in the Water. ?-? F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, / and J. Clarke

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SOme Christian people all give ear, unto the grief of us, Caus'd by the death of three children dear, the which it happned thus. And eke there befell an accident, by fault of a Carpenters Son, Who to saw chips, his sharp Axe lent; woe worth the time may Lon. May London say woe worth the Carpenter, and all such Block-head fools, Would he were hang'd like Serpent here, for jesting with edg'd Tools. For into the chips there fell a Spark, which put out in such flames, That it was known into Southwark, which lies beyond the Thames.
For loe the Bridge was wondrous high, with water underneath; O're which as many Fishes flye, as Birds therein do breath. And yet the fire consum'd the bridge, not far from place of landing, And though the building was full big, it fell down not with standing. And eke into the water fell, so many Pewter Dishes, That a man might take up very well, both boil'd and roasted Fishes. And thus the Bridge of London Town, for building that was sumptuous, Was all by fire half burnt down, for being too contumptious.
Thus you have all, but half my Song, pray list to what comes after, For now I have cool'd you with the fire, i'le warm you with the water. Ile tell you what the Rivers name is, where these children did slide-a: It was fair Londons silver Thames, that keeps both time and Tide-a. All on the tenth of January, to the wonder of much people, Twas frozen o're, that well 'twould bear, almost a Country Steeple. Three children sliding thereabouts, upon a place too thin, That so at last it did fall out, that they did all fall in. A gallant that was standing near, a willing wager makes, But when he saw it would not bear, he would have drawn his stakes. He said 'twould bear a man to slide, and laid a hundred pound: The other said 'twould break, so it did, for three children there were drown'd. Of which ones head was from his Should--- ers stricken, whose name was John, Who then cry'd out as loud as he could. O Lon, O Lon, a London. Oh, Tut, Tut, Turn from thy sinful race, thus did his speech decay, I wonder that in such a case, he had no more to say.
And thus being drown'd, alack, alack, the water run down their throats, And stopt their breaths 3 hours by the clock, before they could get any Boats. Ye Parents all that children have, and ye that have none yet, Preserve your children from the grave, and teach them at home to sit. For had these at a Sermon been, or else upon dry ground, Why then I would have never been seen, if that they had been drown'd. Even as a Huntsman tyes his dogs, for fear they should go fro him, So tye your children with strict clogs, unty um and you'l undo um. Let Maids and Nurses lye in wait, and watch them to a tittle, Because your grief will be full great, to have them dye so little. A Story you have heard is call'd, The Children in the Wood. Although the Subjects both are bad, yet this may be as good. And now for to conclude at last, I wish all others may, Be careful of their children dear, for fear they go astray.
FINIS. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.