A song. As I walk'd by an Hos--pi---tal, I heard an old woman cry if Jove would be so kind me once more before I dye, as let me to enjoy the bliss which nature hath design'd: but alas! who will the cause redress, of an old woman poor and blind. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A93555 of text R232809 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S4671). 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. 2 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 A93555 Wing S4671 ESTC R232809 99900237 99900237 137695 2240850157

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A93555) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 137695) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2556:12) A song. As I walk'd by an Hos--pi---tal, I heard an old woman cry if Jove would be so kind me once more before I dye, as let me to enjoy the bliss which nature hath design'd: but alas! who will the cause redress, of an old woman poor and blind. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : music printed for G.S. and are to be sold at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane, London : MDCLXXXV. [1685] Verse - "As I walk'd by an Hos--pi---tal,". Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Poverty -- Social conditions -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides eebo A song. As I walk'd by an Hos--pi---tal, I heard an old woman cry; if Jove would be so kind me once more before I dye, as let me to enjoy the bliss wh [no entry] 1685 1 320 0 0 0 30 0 0 9375 F The rate of 9375 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 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
A SONG .

As I walk'd by an Hos — pi — tal , I heard an old Woman cry ; If Jove would be so kind to me once more before I dye , as let me to enjoy the Bliss which Nature hath design'd : But alas ! who will the Cause redress , of an old Woman poor and blind .

II. Now I have been a Widdow These five and forty years , Both night and day I beg and pray , With many a bitter tear , That Jove would be but pleas'd to grant , What Nature hath design'd To chear the Hearts of those in want , As old Women poor and blind . III. But why should I torment my self , For what I cannot gain , Since day nor night brings no delight . But misery and pain : Or why should I rejected be , Since none will be so kind As for to do a courtesie For an old Woman poor and blind . IV. A young man hearing her complain , Returned this reply , What will you give me , good Woman , said he , And I 'le smuggle you handsomely ; In troth kind Sir , nothing I have That I will thee deny , If thou wilt be but pleas'd to grant To do me this courtesie . V. Oh here is forty Shillings , That 's all the Money I have , I am but poor , and have no more , To carry me to my Grave ; And if thou wilt take it in part Of being to me kind , The Gods above be thy reward , For an old Woman poor and blind .

LONDON , Printed for G. S. and are to be Sold at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane . M DC LXXXV .