A ballad against slander and detraction Heywood, John, 1497?-1580? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A03167 of text S118129 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 13290). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A03167 STC 13290 ESTC S118129 99853338 99853338 18718 2240909308

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A03167) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 18718) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1207:12) A ballad against slander and detraction Heywood, John, 1497?-1580? 1 sheet ([1] p.) At the log shop adioining vnto Saint Mildreds Churche in the Pultrie by Iohn Allde, Imprinted at Londo[n] : [1562] Signed at end: Haywood. A ballad. Publication date from STC. Verse--"Al Myghty God dooth shake his rod ..". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 15th century. eebo A ballad against slander and detraction. Gar call him downe gar callhim downe gar call him downe downe a: God send the faction of all detraction calld Heywood, John, 1562 1 627 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2005-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2005-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-01 Sampled and proofread 2006-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Ballad against slander and detraction . Gar call him downe gar call him downe gar call him downe downe a : God send the faction of all detraction calld downe and cast away . AL myghty God Dooth shake his Rod Of iustise , and all those : That vniustly Detractyfly Detract their freends or foes . He telthe eche one Thou shalt iudge none And if thou iudge vnbiden : Thy self saith he Shall iudged be This lesson is not hi den : To this now sturd This is concord Whiche wilthe vs in eche dout : To deem the best That may be gest Till time the trueth try out . Knowing by this That think amisse Against no man we may : Muche more must we Ill langage flee And call it Downe downe a. Gar call him downe &c. With swoord or skaine To see Babes slaine abhorth to look vpon : Attend to me and ye shall see Murder and slaunder one . Like as a knife By reuing life so slaunder fame hath slain : And bothe ones doone bothe a like soone May be vndoon again . Then what more ill with knife to kill Or with the tung to sting : with knife or tung Strike olde or yung bothe in effect one thing . These woords are short But they import Sentence at length to way : of all whiche sence To flee offence call slaunder downe I say : Gar call him downe &c. When vice is sought al vice is nought But some vice wors then some : And eche man sees sundry degrees In eche vice self dooth come . Now sins the least We should detest vice or degree in vice : If in the moste we showe our boste That showeth vs moste vnwice . If I in thee suche faults ones see As no man ells doth knowe : to thee alone And other none these faults I ought to showe . Then of intent if I inuent Fauls tales and them display : that is moste vile Whiche to exile god calleth this down downe a. Gar call him downe &c. Some count no charge to talke at large Suche il as they doo heare : but Gods account Dooth not a mount to take suche talkers heere . Of woork il wrought when it is sought In telling foorth the same : though it be true the talke may brew Drink of damnable blame . To frame excuse of tungs misuse we haue no maner mene : So that by this no way ther is Il talles to cary clene . Whiche makes me call Vpon you all as calling cal you may : Tales false or true me to ensue To call them downe down a. Gar call him downe &c. Christe crieth out stil say good for il But we say harme for harme : yea ill for good Ill tungs doo brood Wrath is in them so warme . Slander to fere And to forbere this text stands well in place : Wo by the tung wherby is sprung Slander in any cace . To sleke this fier of slanders yre Repentance must deuise : to set all hands To quenche the brands with water of our eies . Whiche brand then blowe to make loue glowe That loue by grace may stay and by resort Of good report call slander downe I say . Gar call him down &c. FINIS . ꝙ Haywood

Imprinted at London at the long Shop adioining vnto Saint Mildreds Churche in the Pultrie by Iohn Allde .