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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A06819) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 22697) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1027:2) The maner of the world now a dayes 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1562?] Verse - "So many poynted caps". Imprint from STC addendum. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng Satire, English -- Early works to 1800. England -- Social life and customs -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The maner of the world now a dayes, [no entry] 1562 1 868 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. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
❧ The maner of the world now a dayes . SO many poynted caps Lased with double flaps And so gay felted hats Sawe I neuer . So many good lessons So many good sermons And so few deuocions Sawe I neuer . So many gardes worne Iagged and al to torne And so many falsly forsworne Sawe I neuer . So fewe good polycies In townes and cytyes For kepinge of blynde hostryes Sawe I neuer . So many good warkes So few wel lerned clarkes And so few that goodnes markes Sawe I neuer . Suche pranked cotes & sleues So few yonge men that preues And such encrease of theues Sawe I neuer . So many garded hose such cornede shoes And so many enuyous foes Sawe I neuer . So many questes sytte With men of smale wit And so many falsely quitte sawe I neuer . So many gay swordes So many altered wordes And so fewe couered bordes Sawe I neuer . So many empti purses so fewe good horses And so many curses Sawe I neuer . suche bosters and braggers so newe fashyoned daggers And so many beggers Sawe I neuer . So many proper knyues So well apparrelled wyues And so yll of theyr lyues Saw I neuer . So many cockolde makers So many crakers And so many peace breakers Saw I neuer . So much vayne clothing With cuttyng and iagging And so much bragginge Saw I neuer . So many newes and knackes So many naughty packes And so many that mony lackes Saw I neuer . So many maidens with child And wylfully begylde And so many places vntilde Sawe I neuer . so many women blamed And rightuously defaimed And so lytle ashamed sawe I neuer . Widowes so sone wed After their husbandes be deade Hauing such hast to bed sawe I neuer so much striuinge . For goodes and for wiuinge And so lytle thryuynge saw I neuer . so many capacities Offices and pluralites And chaunging of dignities sawe I neuer . ✚ so many lawes to vse The truth to refuse Suche falshead to excuse sawe I neuer . Executers hauinge the ware Taking so littel care Howe the soule doth fare sawe I neuer . Amonge them that are riche No frendshyp is to kepe tuche And such fayre glosinge speche Saw I neuer . So many pore In euery bordoure And so small soccoure Saw I neuer . So proude and so gaye so riche in araye And so sknat of money Saw I neuer . So many bowyers so many fletchers And so few good arches sawe I neuer . so many chepers so fewe biers And so many borowers sawe I neuer . So many alle sellers . In baudy holes and sellers Of yonge folkes yll counsellers sawe I neuer . so many pinkers so many thinkers And so many good alle drinkers sawe I neuer so many wronges so few mery songes And so many yll tonges . sawe I neuer . so many a vacabounde Through al this londe And so many in pryson bond I saw neuer . so many citacions . so fewe oblacions And so many new facions sawe I neuer . so many fleyng tales Pickers of purses and males And so many sales saw I neuer . so much preachinge speaking fayre and teaching And so ill beleuinge saw I neuer . so much wrath and enuy Couetous and glottony and so litle charitie sawe I neuer . so many carders Reuelers and dicers and so many yl ticers sawe I neuer . so many lollers so few true tollers so many baudes and pollers sawe I neuer . such treachery simony and vsury Pouerty and lechery saw I neuer . so many auayles so many geales And so many fals baylies sawe I neuer . By fals and subtyll wayes All Englande decayes For more enuy and lyers sawe I neuer . so new facioned iackes With brode flappes in the neckes And so gay and newe partlettes sawe I neuer . so many slutteshe cookes so few facioned tucking hookes And so few biers of bookes saw I neuer . somtime we song of myrth & play But now our ioy is gone away For so many fal in decay sawe I neuer . whither is the welth of england gon the spiritual saith they haue none And so many wrongfully vndone saw I neuer . It is great pitie that euery day so many brybors go by the way And so mani extortioners in eche cuntrey saw I neuer . To the lord I make my mone For thou maist healpe vs euerich one Alas the people is so wo begon worse was it neuer Amendment Were conuenient But it may not be We haue exiled veritie God is neither dead nor sicke He may amend al yet And trowe ye so in dede As ye beleue ye shal haue mede After better I hope euer For worse was it neuer . Finis .