The courtier This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02441 of text R175868 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C6596AA). 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 B02441 Wing C6596AA ESTC R175868 52612109 ocm 52612109 179390 2240884477

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02441) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179390) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2787:5) The courtier 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : after 1687] In verse: "A milk-white rogue immortal and unhang'd ...". Caption title. Date of publication suggested by Wing. First 4 lines adapted from first 4 lines of Dryden's "Hind and the panther", published in 1687. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700. Broadsides -- 17th century. eebo The courtier [no entry] 1687 1 293 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. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The COURTIER A Milk-white Rogue Immortal and unhang'd , By fate and Parliaments severely bang'd , Without , a Saint , a Devil was within , He sought all dangers for he knew all sin , Resolv'd for Grandure , and t' acquire Wealth , Rob'd some by force ; and others trick'd by stealth ; A Wheedling fauning , parsimonious knave , The Princes favour he resolv'd to have , The only means by which he thought to rise , He shuff'd Cards and slily cog'd his Dyce . A True state Iuggler could make things appear , Such , as would please his Princes Eyes or Ear ; Produc'd false lights his Monarch to mislead , Which made him from his paths of Intrest trade , Hee skreen'd all Villains from due course of Laws , And from his Prince , his truest subjects draws , Till angry Senates the Vile monster took , And from the root the upstart Cedar shook , Squeez'd the Curst spunge had suckd the Nations Coin , And made him Cast up what he did purloin . Then on a Gibbet did the monster dye , A just example to posterity . Let favorites beware how they abuse Their Princes Goodness or the peoples laws , How they Clandestine methods ever use , To propogate a base unrighteous Cause , The princes favour like a horse untam'd , Does often break the giddy riders neck ; On him who for preferments so much fam'd , The People oft their bloody vengeance wreak , Let these beware how they mislead their Prince , Or robe the treasure of a potent Nation ▪ Or multiply enormous crimes for hence , Comes hanging oft or noble decollation .