The map of Mock-begger Hall with his scituation in the spacious countrey, called, Anywhere. To the tune of It is not your notherne Nancy: or sweet is the lasse that loues mee. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A07595 of text S103113 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17989). 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. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A07595 STC 17989 ESTC S103113 99838870 99838870 3260 2240893976

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A07595) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 3260) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1211:02) The map of Mock-begger Hall with his scituation in the spacious countrey, called, Anywhere. To the tune of It is not your notherne Nancy: or sweet is the lasse that loues mee. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill for Richard Harper, neere to the Hospitall gate in Smithfield, Printed at London : [1635?] Publication date from STC. Verse - "I reade in ancient times of yore,". In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head of each part. Line 1 of text, part 1 = line 25 of STC 17990 (1640? version).--STC. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The map of Mock-begger Hall, with his scituation in the spacious countrey, called, Anywhere. To the tune of It is not your notherne Nancy: or sweet is [no entry] 1635 4 763 4 0 0 0 0 0 52.42 D The rate of 52.42 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-05 Sampled and proofread 2002-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Map of Mock-begger Hall , with his scituation in the spacious Countrey , called , Anywhere . To the tune of It is not your Notherne Nancy : or Sweet is the Lasse that Loues mee .

I Reade in ancient times of yore , That men of worthy calling Build almes houses and Spittles store , Which now are all downe falling : And few men séeke them to repaire , Nor is there one among twenty , That for good déeds will take any care , While mock begger hall stands empty . Farme houses which their fathers built , And Land well kept by tillage , Their Prodigall sons haue sold for gilt , In euery Towne and village . To th' City and Court they doe resort With gold and siluer plenty , And there they spend their time in sport , While mock beggers hall stands empty . Young Landlords when to age they come , Their rents they will be racking , The tenant must giue a golden sum , Or else he is turn'd packing , Great fines and double rent beside , Or else they 'l not content be , It is to maintaine their monstrous pride , While mock begger hall stands empty . Their fathers went in homely frées , And good plaine broad-cloath bréeches , Their stockings with the same agrees , Sow'd on with good strong stitches . They were not then call'd Gentlemen , Though they had wealth great plenty , Now euery gul's growne worshipfull , While mock begger hall stands empty . No gold nor siluer parchment lace Was worne but by our Nobles , Nor would the honest harmlesse face , Weare Ruffes with so many doubles , Our bands were to our shirts sowne then , Bot cloath was full as plenty , Now one band hath more cloath than ten , While mock begger hall stands empty . Now we are Apes in imitation , The more indéed's the pitty , The City followes the Strangers fashion , The Countrey followes the City , And ere one fashion is knowne throughout , Another they will inuent yée , T is all your gallants study about , While mock beggers hall stands empty .
The second part , To the same tune .

ME thinks it is a great reproach To those that are nobly descended , When for their pleasures cannot haue a Coach , Wherewith they might be attended , But euery beggerly Iacke and Gill That eate scant a good meale in twenty , Must thorow the stréets be ●alted still , While mock begger hall stands empty . There 's some are ratled thorow the stréets , Probatum est , I tell it , Whose names are ●●apt in parchment shéets , It grieues their hearts to spell it , They are not able two men to kéepe , With a coachman they must content be , Which at playhouse doores in his box lies asléep , While mock begger hall stands empty . Our Gentlewomen whose meanes is nothing To that which they make show of , Ma●e use all the fashions in their cloathing , Which they can heare or know of , They take such care themselues to decke , That money is oft so scanty , The 〈◊〉 is forc'd to complaine of the backe , While mock begger hall stands empty . It may well be that some will muse , Wherefore in this relation , The name of Mocke begger I doe vse , Without any explanation , To cleare which doubt before I end , Because they shall all content be , To shew the meaning I doe intend , Of mock begger hall still empty . Some Gentlemen and Citizens haue In diuers eminent places , Erected houses rich and braue , Which stood for the owners graces , Let any poore to such a doore Come , they expecting plenty , They there may ask till their throats are sore , For mock begger hall stands empty . Thus in these times we can perceiue Small charity comfort yielding , For pride doth men of grace bereaue , Not onely in cloathes but in building , Man makes the senselesse stones and bricks Which by heauens goodnesse lent be , Expresse his pride by these vaine tricks , Thus mock begger hall stands empty .
FINIS .

Printed at London for Richard Harper , neere to the Hospitall gate in Smithfield .