Lent This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A87845 of text R210938 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.26[65]). 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 A87845 Wing L1056 Thomason 669.f.26[65] ESTC R210938 99869686 99869686 163947 2240945977

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A87845) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163947) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f26[65]) Lent 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed by M.S. for Thomas Jenner, and are to be sold at his shop at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange, London : 1660. [i.e. 1661] An allegorical engraving, with explanatory verses. Verse - "Here Lent and Shrovetyde, claime their proper right,". Actual publication date from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Lent -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Fasts and feasts -- England -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A87845 R210938 (Thomason 669.f.26[65]). civilwar no Lent. anon. 1660 1 474 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 C The rate of 21 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
LENT .
LENT . allegorical depiction of Lent You that love flesh , or to the flesh are given By Lent ; unto your shifts you shall be driven In warlike manner hee 's to Combat come And unto ( many ) welkome like Iack . Drum
HEre Lent and Shrovetyde , claime their proper right , Are both resolved , and prepar'd to fight . Lent arm'd at all points , from the foot to head A fishing Nett hath for his Banner spread . An Angling rod , he in his hand doth beare To shew that Lakes and Ponds and Rivers cleare Are at his great command , Eele , Carpe , Pike , Tench , Or Lobster which the brinish Sea doth drench . Are his by hook or crooke , his power will get And make all fish that comes into his Nett : A boyling Kettle is his helmet fit ( For Lent hath small use for a roasting Spit ) Thus mounted on a horse that ne're eat hay Lent meets with Shrovetyde and begins to say : I now am come to mundifie and cleare The base abuses of this last past yeare : Thou puff paunch'd Monster ( Shrovetyde ) thou art he That wer't ordain'd the latter end to be Of forty five weekes gluttony , now past Which I in seaven weekes come to cleanse at last : Your feasting I will turn to fasting dyet Your Cookes shall have some leasure to be quiet , Your Masques , Pomps , Playes , and all your vaine expence I 'le change to sorrow , and to penitence , I will reforme you , and I hither came To keep flesh from you , your proud flesh to tame : Let Butchers cleare their cleavers and their knives Hang up their Axes , let their men or wives Make pricks for future uses , if they please I come to give them all a writ of ease : To Calves , Lambs , Piggs , Hens , Capons , all I give Free leave to multiply , increase and live , There shall no Ven'son be ( with swearing ) slaine And fishermen shall search the Ocean maine : And sirha ( Shrovetyde ) I doe further meane Before I goe to make your fat chapps leane : For though like Rebells madd , you roave and stray And feast each friday , and each fasting day , Though you regard no Ember Weeke , nor Law Nor rule or order keeps you under awe , Yet be assur'd that whosoe're wrongs Lent Shall not escape deserved punishment . FINIS .

LONDON : Printed by M. S. for Thomas Jenner , and are to be sold at his Shop at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange 166●