The cities corporations poore their founders bless, their help implore. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79801 of text R211475 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[47]). 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 2017 A79801 Wing C4327 Thomason 669.f.16[47] ESTC R211475 99870199 99870199 163202 2248506299

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79801) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163202) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f16[47]) The cities corporations poore their founders bless, their help implore. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1652] Imprint place from Wing. Verse -- "The glorious Founder of the world". Annotation on Thomason copy: in margin: "Kendrik"; at foot of page: "Aprill 20th Easter 1652". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Poor -- England -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A79801 R211475 (Thomason 669.f.16[47]). civilwar no The cities corporations poore their founders bless, their help implore. anon. 1652 1 333 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. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Cities Corporations poore Their Founders bless , their help implore . THE glorious Founder of the world Was first in our foundation , The Parliament was next to him In our origination : Englands chief City next to these Appears in our Creation , What Hospitals Such Founders have As our Poors Corporation ? Their Founders death , gave Life & Breath To Hospitalls Foundation , Our Founders Life , is Life to us And to our future Station . A happy death we pray for such Whose death breaths Life to others , Long be our Founders life , whose Life Inspires exspiring Brothers . Our first admission was not gott By friends , or Rich Allyes , By great mens lines , by promise made Of gratefull Curtesyes : Deep poverty did plead our Cause , The ghost we were up giving , With naked backs , and hungry Jawes And worms did eat us Living . Friendless and harborless were we Expos'd to winde and weather , And starving under stalls we lay Wandring we knew not whither . In filthy rags , we clothed were , Begging about the City , That was our case , then was the time Of our Blest Founders pity . For ever blessed be our God , Blest be the Parliament , Blest be our Corporation , Blest , our Lord President , Lord Mayor , for the time being , President . Blest be our Friend his Deputy , John Cutler Esq. Deputy President . Our Treasurer ; and All , Mr Maurice Gething Tresurer . Whose tender hearts , whose hands , whose purse Have quit us thus from Thrall . Our backs , and bellies blesse you all And your Posterity ; We begg , this work begun by you May have prosperity . Help , help , blest Founders , build upon This newly laid Foundation , The Generations yet to come Shall bless your Corporation .
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