The phantastick age: or, The anatomy of Englands vanity in wearing the fashions of severall nations, with good exhortations, against transmutations. To the tune of, O women monstrous &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A09406 of text S115944 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 197). 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 A09406 STC 197 ESTC S115944 99851161 99851161 16421 2240887666

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A09406) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 16421) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 865:04) The phantastick age: or, The anatomy of Englands vanity in wearing the fashions of severall nations, with good exhortations, against transmutations. To the tune of, O women monstrous &c. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed for Thomas Lambert, London : [1634] Verse - "Audience audience gallants all,". Publication date from STC. In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head of each part. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The phantastick age: or, The anatomy of Englands vanity, in wearing the fashions of severall nations, with good exhortations, against transmutations. [no entry] 1634 2 767 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.04 C The rate of 13.04 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 2007-08 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 Phantastick age : OR , The Anatomy of Englands vanity , In wearing the fashions Of severall Nations , With good exhortations , Against transmutations . To the tune of , O Women monstrous &c.

AVdience audience gallants all , for here ( as on a stage ) I le shew the postures , admirall strange of this Phantastick age , Wherein both sexes are growne and Phebe-like they often change . O monsters , Neutrall monsters leave these foolish toyes . Chamelion-like themselues they change to any colour seene , How many seuerall fashions strange haue here obserued béene Within the circuit of few yeares , as by experience truth appeares . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leaue these apish toyes . An English manor woman now I le make excuse for neither , Composed are I know not how , of many shreds together : Italian , Spaniard , French , and Dutch , of each of these they haue at touch . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes , The German and the drunken Dane , the Persian and Polonian : The Sun-burnt Aethiopian , the Russian and Slavonian ▪ Our English imitate in cloathes , in drinking , drabbing , and strange oathes O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes , When méeknesse bore in England sway and pride was not regarded , Then vertue bore the bell away , and goodnesse was rewarded Now our phantastick innouations . doe cause prodigious transmutations . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes . Our men were in precedent dayes , to manly actions bent . They did not séek their names to raise by cloathes , and complement . Now he 's the man whose braue apparel defends him in a Tauerne-quarrell . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes . Hée thinks the Taylors should not chuse but grow excéeding rich , Yet from them I heare no such newes though they goe thorow stitch : The reason 's this , new cloathes are made before the old Bill is defraide . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , &c.
The second part , To the same tune .

NOw many of both sexes goe each after●noone to 'th play , Their rich Acoutrements to shew and doe euen what they may , To note if they can any spy , that put them downs in brauery . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes . The women will not be at quiet , their minds will still be crost , Til Husbands , Frends , or Fathers buy it , what euer price it cost . Thus wide mouth'd pride insatiately , deuoures all thoughts of piety . O monsters , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes And men that should more wisdom haue then the scayle Female sex , As many fond inuentions haue , nay rather they 'l annexe Vnto the story of their shame , a higher style then women claime , O monsters , &c. Vngirt vnblest the proverbe sayes , and they to proue it right , Haue got a fashion now adayes , that s odious to the sight Of those who loue ciuility , and hate this idle foppery . O monster . Neutrall monster , leave these Apish toyes . Like Frenchmen all on points they stand no girdles now they weare , To spread this fashion through the land The Hang-man ( as I heare ) When at foure gates hee hang foure men did weare iust such a Dublet then . O monsters &c. If any thing may giue them light to sée their vanity : In my conceit that obiect might make wise men to defie A fashion that is held so base , worne by the Hang-man in disgrace . O monsters &c. Now to conclude , with all my heart I wish that euery one , Would study on some better Art and let vaine pride alone : Be as your good Fore-fathers were . and let not vice thus dominéere . O monsters &c. What you profusely doe let fly , in pride , in drinke , and gaine : Spend in good hospitality , 't will eleuate your fame The prayers and praises of the poore , shal cloathe your minds for evermore ▪ O monster , Neutrall monsters , leave these apish toyes .
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London Printed for Thomas Lambert .