A new balade of the worthy seruice of late doen by Maister Strangwige in Fraunce, and of his death Birch, William, fl. 1562-1571. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A68950 of text S121715 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 3078). 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. 4 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 A68950 STC 3078 ESTC S121715 99856883 99856883 22523 2264219642

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A68950) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 22523) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 175:4, 875:2) A new balade of the worthy seruice of late doen by Maister Strangwige in Fraunce, and of his death Birch, William, fl. 1562-1571. 1 sheet ([1] p.) By Alexander Lacy for William Owen, and are to be sold at the little shop at the north dore of Poules, Imprinted at London : [1562] Signed: W. Birch. A song - "England hath lost a soldiour of late". Publication date from STC addendum. Reproductions of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Appears at reel 175 and at reel 875 (same copy filmed twice). eng Strangways, Henry, d. 1562 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo A new balade of the worthy seruice of late doen by Maister Strangwige in Fraunce, and of his death. Birch, William, 1562 1 549 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. 2006-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-09 Sampled and proofread 2006-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A new balade of the worthy seruice of late doen by Maister Strangwige in Fraunce , and of his death . ENgland hath lost a Soldiour of late Who Strangwige was to name : Although he was of meane estate His deedes deserued fame . For as the Plowman plowes the ground And toyleth to til for corne : So Strangwige sought a deadly wound For Brittaine where he was borne . In deede of birth he was borne bace Although of worshipful kyn : In youth he sought to runne the race Where he might prowes wyn . In his yong yeares he walked wyde And wandred oft a stray : For why , blynd Cupid did him guyde To walke that wyldsome way . Thus here & there I wot not where He sounded where to ryde : But happy hauen he found no where Nor harbour for to abyde . But when he had the course out run Where Pyrates prict the Carde : Twyse at the least , he thought vndone And looked for his rewarde . For by legall lawes he was condemd Yet Mercy bare the mace And in respect he wold amend He found a Princes grace . And in that state he bowed to GOD And to his righteous Queene : He wold nomore deserue such rod Nor at Iustice barre be seene . He thus contented for a whyle And laughed Fortune to scorne : Tyl weeds did worke by subtil guyle To ouergrow the corne . And then occasion serued iust That Martiall men must trudge : He vaunced himselfe with valiaunt lust To go he did not grudge . And to the sea he sought a charge Where he might take his chaunce : And therewith spred his sayles at large To seke a porte in Fraunce . And passed by a warlyke towne Where municion lay a land He spoyld and cut their chaynes a down And passed by strong hand . Where as he caught a deadly wound Yet his courage neuer quayled : But as he had ben safe and sound On his way forth he sayled . And passed through euen to that porte Where he vowed to aryue : And styl he did his men coumfort And courage did them geue . Then ATROPOS did him assayle That al Adams kynd doth call : Against whose force may none preuayle But subiect to him all . This life ( ꝙ he ) which was me lent From iudgement seat in perrill : I came with heart for that entent To spend in my Queenes quarell . Therfore this debt here wil I pay This life which is not mine : O Lord receyue my spirit to ioy That by Christes death is thine . ☞ All Subiects now , loke and forsee That to trade the warres pretend : Offendours eke ( if any there bee ) Make ye no worse an end . FINIS . W. Birch .

Imprinted at London by Alexander Lacy for William Owen , and are to be sold at the little shop at the north dore of Poules .