The Siluer age, or, The VVorld turned backward to a pleasant new court tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A09404 of text S4117 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 197.3). 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 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A09404 STC 197.3 ESTC S4117 23199683 ocm 23199683 26383 2240906150

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A09404) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 26383) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1806:4) The Siluer age, or, The VVorld turned backward to a pleasant new court tune. [2] p. : ill. By G.E., Printed at London : [ca. 1623] In double columns. In two parts. Imprint taken from colophon. Date of imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Without music. Reproduction of original in the Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English. eebo The siluer age, or, the vvorld turned backward. To a pleasant new court tune. [no entry] 1623 2 826 14 0 0 0 0 0 169.49 F The rate of 169.49 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2002-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The siluer Age , or , The World turned backward . To a pleasant new Court tune .
MY Lady Pecunia is a faire creature , All cloathed in siluer , according to nature : She flieth most fréely , none doth await her , To wash off her pinions by counterfeit water . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a changing age . The Lord and the Lady , the Begger the Knight , For Lady Pecunia cares not a Doi● : Redeemed from prison , she taketh delight , To goe to the Prodigall spender aright . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a wasting age . Our lusty braue gallants now walkes among clownes With their full pockets well stored with crownes , To giue to poore people the rents of their grounds , Where almes of brasse forthings are changed to pounds . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a bountifull age . The Merchant refuseth is gaine by aduenture , The Citizen leaueth to lend by Indenture . Young gallants grow carelesse their titles to enter , But put their whole liuings to 'th stretch of the tenter . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a liberall age . Rich mizers haue turned their gold to good cheare , And bids the poore begger most kindly draw nears : And with the fat gluttons , they spend away sheere , What greedinesse gained by fraud in ten yeares . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a spending age . He that hath riches lockt vp in his chest ▪ With too man● crosses himselfe he hath brest . To raise vp the diuell , His mind to molest , But coniur'd by conscience , in quiet doth r●st . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a mending age . Young women grow weary of walking the street , They scarce in a Tauerne , will set in their feet , Their husbands they feare not , with whom they doe meet , And like to good Angels they neuer doe fleet , Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a vertuous age . The bawd and the pander are turned to grace , And for a full pocket they hold it but base . A wench that is painted , comes not into place , For feare lest the beadle her shoulders vncase . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this an honest age . The Tapster still liuing by foame and by froth , The ●●oc●er that eateth most like to the moath , Are no● turned honest and vertuous both : One penny ill gotten to take they are loath Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is an honest age .
The second part . To the same tune .
CArmen and Porters are now no more dogged , Nor the old watermen rough and so hogged , The Thames lately frozen , with w●nt haue them clogged Now money comes trouling , for which they haue iogged . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a bettered age . Baylifes and Serieants all pittifull be , And to the poore debtors lends money most free . And wait in the Tauerne , vntill they agree , Not taking one penny in lieu of their fee . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a fauourable age . The honest true Hostler repenting his sins , Now careth for money , no more then for pine , The size of his prouander iustly begins , As bring Lady conscience ●o ●ll ou● good Innes . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a m●nding age . Old frau● and false ●eal●ng 〈◊〉 changed their ●●tty , At Aldermans houses for Porter stands pitty : With gentle charity , smiling most pretty , To giue to poore people , the loue of the City . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a mercifull age . The wise and the husband , vnquiet before : To win the old bréeches , will quarrell no more : For feare of the Begger that stands at the doore . For quiet true concord , brings plentifull store . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a friendly age . Now Lady Pecunia , growes out of regard , and turn'd from the Chamber , into the cold yard : And from all true good men , she well may be spar'd , When such an age changed , yet neuer was heard . Oh this is a siluer age , Oh this is a wondring age . FINIS .

Printed at London by G. E.