Against filthy writing, and such like delighting Brice, Thomas, d. 1570. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A16824 of text S121719 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 3725). 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. 3 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 A16824 STC 3725 ESTC S121719 99856887 99856887 22528 2240866644

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A16824) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 22528) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 523:8) Against filthy writing, and such like delighting Brice, Thomas, d. 1570. 1 sheet ([1] p.) By Iohn Alde for Edmond Halley and are to be solde in Lumbard strete at the signe of the Egle, Imprinted at London : [1562] Signed: Thomas Brice. Verse - "What meane the rimes that run thus large in euery shop to sell?". Publication date from STC. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng Pornography -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo Against filthy writing, and such like delighting, Brice, Thomas, 1562 1 496 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2003-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-06 Sampled and proofread 2003-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-08 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Against filthy writing / and such like delighting . WHat meane the rimes that run thus large in euery shop to sell ? With wanton sound , and filthie sense , me thinke it grees not well We are not Ethnickes we forsoth , at least professe not so Why range we then to Ethnickes trade ? come bak , where wil ye go ? Tel me is Christ , or Cupide Lord ? doth God or Uenus reigne ? And whose are wee ? whom ought wee serue ? I aske it , answere plaine If wanton Uenus , then go forth , if Cupide , keep your trade If God , or Christ , come bak the best , or sure you will be made Doth God ? is he the Lord in deed ? and should we him obey ? Then his commaundement ought to guide , all that wee doo or say But shew me his commaundement then , thou filthy writer thou Let seet , I cease , if not , geue place , or shameles shew thee now . WE are no foes to musicke wee , a mis your man doth take vs so frendes to thinges corrupt and vile , you all shall neuer make vs If you denie them such to bee , I stand to proue it I ▪ If you confesse ( defend them not ) why then doo you reply ? But such they bee I will mainteine , which yet you bothe defend And iudge them fooles , that them mislike , would God you might amend But , substance onely I regarde , let Accidencis go Both you and wee , bee that wee bee , I therfore leaue it so And yet I wishe your tearmes in deed , vpon some reason stayd If mine be not , reproue them right , I le blot that I haue sayd And that I wrote , or now doo wrighte , against you as may seeme What cause I had , and haue , I yelde , to modest men to deeme I wishe you well I doo protest , ( as God will , I will so ) I cannot helpe , as frend ye wot , nor will not hurt as so But for the vile corrupting rimes , which you confesse to wrighte My soule and hart abhorres their sence , as far from my delight And those that vse them for their glee , as you doo vaunte ye will I tell you plainly what I think , I iudge them to bee ill This boasting late in part hath causd , mee now to say my minde Though chalenges of yours also , in euery placé I finde . Thomas Brice .

Imprinted at London by Iohn Alde for Edmond Halley and are to be solde in Lumbard strete at the signe of the Egle.