The three merry coblers when tell how the case with them doth stand, how they are still on the mending hand. To the tune of The Spanish gipsie. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A08982 of text S119385 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 19270). 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 A08982 STC 19270 ESTC S119385 99854592 99854592 20019 2240938409

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A08982) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 20019) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1607:28) The three merry coblers when tell how the case with them doth stand, how they are still on the mending hand. To the tune of The Spanish gipsie. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. for F. Groue, Printed at London : [1634] Signed: M.P., i.e. Martin Parker. Verse - "Come follow follow me,". Publication date from STC. In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The three merry coblers, when tell how the case with them doth stand, how they are still on the mending hand. To the tune of The Spanish gipsie. M. P. 1634 2 814 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.29 C The rate of 12.29 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-01 Sampled and proofread 2008-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The three merry Coblers , Who tell how the case with them doth stand , How they are still on the mending hand . To the tune of The Spanish Gipsie .
COme follow fellow me , to th' Alehouse wee le march all thrée , Leaue Aule Last Threed , and Lether , And let 's goe altogether . Our trade excells most trades ith'land , For we are st●ll on the mending hand . Come Tapster fill vs some ale , Then hearken to our tale , And try what can be made Of our renowned trade ; We haue Aule at our command , And still we are on the mending hand . Though Shoomakers vs disdaine , Yet t is approued plaine , Our trade cannot be mist , Let them say what they list , Though all grow worse quite through the land , Yet we are still on the mending hand . When Shoomakers are decayed : Then doe they fall to our trade , And glad their mindes they giue By mending Shooes to liue , When in necessity they stand , They striue to be on the mending hand . Although there 's but few of us rich , Yet brauely we go thorow stich . Were 't not for this barley broth ( Which is meat , drinke and cloth ) We sure should purchase house and land , At worst we are still on the mending hand . We deale most vprightly , Our neighbours that goe awry We easily set vpright , The broken we vnite , When all men out of order stand ; Then we are most on the mending hand : We cannot dissemble for treasure , But giue euery one iust measure , If Bakers kept size like vs , They need not be frighted thus , We feare not to haue our doings scann'd , For we are still on the mending hand . What euer we doe intend We bring to a perfect end . If any offence be past , We make all well at last , We sit at worke when others stand , And still we are on the mending hand . We bristle as well as the best , All knauery we doe detest , What we haue promised Wee le doe vnto a thred , We use waxe but to seale no Band , And still we are on the mending hand . Our wiues doe sit at the wheele , They spin , and we doe reele , Although we take no Farmes , Yet we can show our armes , And spread them at our owne command . Thus still we are on the mending hand .
The second Part. To the same Tune .
POore weather-beaten Soles , Whose case the body condoles , We for a little gaine Can set on foot againe . We make the falling stedfast stand , And still we are on the mending hand . You 'd thinke we were past sence , For we giue pieces for pence , Iudge , is 't not very strange We should make such exchange , Yet so wee le doe at your command , And yet wee le be on the mending hand . Our hands doe show that we Liue not by taking a Fee , We pull a liuing forth Of things but little worth , Our worke doth th' owners vnderstand , Thus still we are on the mending hand . All day we merrily sing , And Customers doe bring , Or vnto vs doe send , Their Boots and Shooes to mend , We haue our money at first demand , Thus still we are on the mending hand . When all our money is spent , We are not discontent , For we can worke for more , And then pay off our score , We drinke without either bill or band , Because we are still on the mending hand . While other Callings great , For fraud and foule deceit , Are lookt vnto by Law , We need not weigh't a straw , Our honesty spreads through the land , For we are still on the mending hand . Therefore let 's be of good chéere , Though Lether be something deare , The Law some course will take Amends for all to make , And by their care we vnderstand , the world is now on the mending hand , We pray for durty weather , And money to pay for Lether , Which if we haue , and health , A fig for worldly wealth , Till men vpon their heads doe stand , We shall be still on the mending hand .
FINIS . M. F

Printed at London for F. Groue .