Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets: Being a Collection of Divers Excellent Pieces of Poetry, of Several Eminent Authors.
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Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets: Being a Collection of Divers Excellent Pieces of Poetry, of Several Eminent Authors.
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; English wit and humor; Songs, English -- Texts
Then after the sad departure of him,
There was many a man lost a Leg or a Lim,
And many were drown’d ’cause they could not swim,
Which no body can deny.
7.
One cries, lend me thy hand[,] good friend,
Although he knew it was to no end,
I think, quoth he, I am going to the Fiend,
Which no body can deny.
8.
Some, ’twas reported, were kill’d with a Gun,
And some stood that knew not whether to run,
There was old taking leave of Father and Son,
Which no body can deny.
9.
There’s a rumour also, if we may believe,
We have many gay Widdows now given to grieve,
’Cause unmannerly Husbands ne’er came to take leave,
Which no body can deny.
10.
The Ditty is sad of our _Deane_ to sing;
To say truth, it was a pittiful thing
To take off his head and not leave him a ring,
Which no body can deny.
11.
From _Greenwich_ toward the Bear at Bridge foot
He was wafted with wind that had water to’t,
But I think they brought the devil to boot,
Which no body can deny.
12.
The heads on _London_ Bridge upon Poles, [p. 58.]
That once had bodies, and honester soules
Than hath the Master of the Roules,
Which no body can deny,
13.
They grieved for this great man of command,
Yet would not his head amongst theirs should stand;
He dy’d on the Water, and they on the Land,
Which no body can deny.
14.
I cannot say, they look’d wisely upon him,
Because people cursed that parcel was on him;
He has fed fish and worms, if they do not wrong him,
Which no body can deny.
15.
The Old Swan, as he passed by,
Said, she would sing him a dirge, and lye down & die:
Wilt thou sing to a bit of a body, quoth I?
Which no body can deny.
16.
The Globe on the bank, I mean, on the Ferry,
Where Gentle and simple might come & be merry,
Admired at the change from a Ship to a Wherry,
Which no body can deny.
17.
_Tom Godfreys_ Bears began for to roare,
Hearing such moans one side of the shore,
They knew they should never see _Dean_ any more,
Which no body can deny.
18.
Queenhithe, _Pauls_-Wharf, and the Fryers also,
Where now the Players have little to do,
Let him pass without any tokens of woe,
Which no body can deny.
19. [p. 59.]
Quoth th’ Students o’th’ Temple, I know not their names,
Looking out of their Chambers into the Thames,
The Barge fits him better than did the great _James_,
Which no body can deny.
20.
_Essex_ House, late called Cuckold’s Hall,
The Folk in the Garden staring over the wall,
Said, they knew that once _Pride_ would have a fall,
Which no body can deny.
21.
At Strand Gate, a little farther then,
Were mighty Guns numbred to sixty and ten,
Which neither hurt Children, Women, nor Men,
Which no body can deny.
22.
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