England's complaint: or, The nation's abuse thro' clipping and coyning. To the tune of, When I was young, I had no wit. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03091 of text R227937 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2952A). 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 B03091 Wing E2952A Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[49] 99887584 ocm99887584 182307 2240885342

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B03091) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182307) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:3[51]) England's complaint: or, The nation's abuse thro' clipping and coyning. To the tune of, When I was young, I had no wit. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by Will. Bonny, in Tower-lane., Bristoll : [1692] Date of publication from Wing. Verse: "Clippers and coyners ..." Printed in two columns. Imperfect: mutilated, affecting text. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Money -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo England's complaint: or, The nation's abuse thro' clipping and coyning. To the tune of, When I was young, I had no wit. anon 1692 1 486 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.58 C The rate of 20.58 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-02 Sampled and proofread 2009-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
England's Complaint : Or , the Nation 's Abuse thro' Clipping and Coyning . To the Tune of , When I was young , I had no Wit. I. CLippers and Coyners your Works are not right , The Curse of the Nation upon you will light ; ●●…r Clipping of Plate , and Coyning of Dross , By which Rich and Poor hath come to much Loss . II. The Curse of the Merchants , who Credit doth give , Will light on your Jackets as long as you live ; Who are forc'd to take Guineas at Value too high , Since Clipping and Coyning good Money doth stry . III. The Curse of our Gentry , who Lands out do farm , Must likewise attend you , for they have some Harm , Who quite careless are their Kents to call in , Since our Coin is compos'd of Brass , Iron , and Tin . IV. The Curse of poor Tradesmen may make your Hearts ake , Who stands in their Shops good Money to take ; And when they have sold , and comes to be paid , To receive one Half Crown their Hearts are afraid . V. The Curse of poor Soldiers who fights for their Pay , And must take your Trash without saying Nay ; Are many and grievous , and on you will rest , Since they amongst others thereby are opprest . VI. The Curse of our Saylors , or at least their poor Wives , Will light upon Coyners , who Mischief contrives ; New Rings for their Fingers can hardly be had , Our Gold is so dear , and our Money so bad . VII . The Curse of all Ale-wives most heavy will light , Your Clipping and Coyning doth them a great Spight ; Such at your vile Actions in no wise can wink , Who must change a bad Shilling , or loose their good Drink . VIII . And above all the rest , the Curse of the Poor Will Coyners persue , and lye at your Door : Who when they have wrought a long Summers day , A Counterfeit Shilling is dropt for their pay . IX . With which their poor Wives to the Market doth hye , And many things cheapen before they can buy ; The dread of false Coyn doth Sellers surprize , That scarce one in Ten can believe their own Eyes . X. Were you all to be hang'd , as some Coyners have been , Or burn'd at a Stake , it would be no sin ; For the worst of High Robbers , I tell you what 's true , Deserves much more favour than any of you .

BRISTOLL Printed by Will . Bonny , in Tower-lane .