A messe of good fellows: or, The generous spark who roundly, doth call, and sayes for his part, tush, we have and shall have abundance, come fill us the other od quart To the tune of, Ragged and torne. Messe of good fellows. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A08971 of text S119375 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 19256). 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. 7 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 A08971 STC 19256 ESTC S119375 99854582 99854582 20009 2240943971

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A08971) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 20009) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1607:21) A messe of good fellows: or, The generous spark who roundly, doth call, and sayes for his part, tush, we have and shall have abundance, come fill us the other od quart To the tune of, Ragged and torne. Messe of good fellows. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed for Thomas Lambert neare the hospitall-gate in Smithfield, [London] : [1634] Signed: M. P., i.e. Martin Parker. Place and date of publication from STC. Verse - "Well met my iouiall blades,". In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo A messe of good fellows: or, The generous spark who roundly, doth call, and sayes for his part, tush, we have and shall have abundance, come fill us t M. P. 1634 2 1012 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.88 B The rate of 9.88 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 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
A Messe of good Fellows : OR , The generous spark who roundly , doth call , and sayes for his part , Tush , we have and shall have abundance , come fill us the other od quart .

To the tune of , Ragged and torne .

WEll met my iouiall blades , Tom , Anthony , Dick , & James We haue béen all merry Comrades , as all our acquaintance proclaims : Now sith we are all met here , Wée 'l be merry before we goe , For paying let 's neuer feare , our credit is good we know . Here 's 4 or fiue shillings good round ones i le spend them before we part , Tush , we have & shal have abundance come fill us the other od quart . Wée 'l laugh and make good sport , and cry a fig for care , What though our means grows short , the world has enough to spare : When either of us was borne , we had as much wealth about us As those that are rich ( I le be sworne ) why then should they ieer and flout vs ? & though they haue since got ground on 's it doth nor much grieue my heart : Tush , we have &c. Let 's sing and make a noise , as best the time befits , Wee shew our selues merry good boyes , when the world is beside her wits : The Usurer with all his bags , is not so content in mind , As honest good fellows in rags , that are to each other kind . Our hearts are all perfect & sound ones , we scorn from our friends to start , Tush , we have and shall have abundance ; come fill us the other od quart . The Mizer doth daily plod how he may his riches increase , He maketh his gold his God , but we liue at better hearts ease : Let fortune frowne or smile , we do not for that much passe . The world shall not vs beguile , with her prospectiue glasse , If pouerty séeke to wound vs , wée 'l cure't with the Uintners art , Tush , we have &c. He that doth inioy his health , and a competent means withall , What need he to pine for wealth , but take what to him doth befall ? A contented mind is worth gold , it is but a folly to striue , We all were at first of one mould , yet all are not borne to thriue , Then let no ill thoughts confound vs , let euery one bear a good heart , Tush , we have and shall have abundance , come fill us the other od quart .
The second part , To the same tune .

WE scorn to spend mony on queanes , though sometimes we hunt the fox , For he that so wasteth his means , at last will be paid with a p — No surgeon nor any Physitian , for mony their aid shall lend vs , When drinking hath chang'd our condition a hair o' th old dog will mend vs . Grim sorrow can neuer wound vs , which maketh curmudgeans to smart , Tush , we have , and shall have abundance , Come fill us the tother odd quart . T is better far to be poore , and haue a contented mind , Then to haue abundance of store , and with it no rest can find : The couetous man is not rich , he neuer is satisfide , His mony doth him bewitch , he thinks vpon nothing beside : Such puddles shall neuer drowne vs , wée l be well content with our part , Tush , we have &c. Some idle companions there be , that rather then they will worke , Upon such good fellows as we , the Rascals will liue by the shirk , At last they are tane in the nick , ( for cheating can nere come to good ) And then they are taught a fine trick , to look through a peece of wood : And oftentimes when they are found thus with pain they do follow the cart Tush , we have &c. He that hath a generous mind , will take any laudable course , What fortune to him hath assignd , he takes it for better for worse : And to recreate his senses , when labour hath tane off the edge , They weigh not a little expences . each other like us they will pledge . Let our hearts be true and sound ones , tho fortune our meanings doth thwart , Tush , we have , &c. Such merry vaga●ies wée l play , when liquor hath captiv'd our wits , We thinke not how hard the next day we must work for these mad mery fits : Yet wée l neyther quarrell nor chide , as fools in these humours do use , Such folly wée cannot abide , if any way we can chuse . And if any man séek to wrong us , wée l one take anothers part . Tush we have , &c. But amongst all our mery cheare , - t were pity of all our lives , If all the while wée are here , wée neglect to drink to our wives . Faith that was remembred well , t is better at last then never , Though my share doe the rest excell , it shall go about howsoever . Now left too much liquor shold drown us let 's know what 's oth score & depart , Tush we have , and shall have abundance , come give us the other odd quart . M. P. FINIS .

Printed for Thomas Lambert neare the Hospitall-gate in Smithfield .