Balaams asse cudgeld: or The cry of town and countrey against scandalous and seditious scriblers. Chamberlain, Robert, b. 1607. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06868 of text S117239 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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 B06868 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[17] 99884924 ocm99884924 182688 2248524693

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06868) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182688) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[17]) Balaams asse cudgeld: or The cry of town and countrey against scandalous and seditious scriblers. Chamberlain, Robert, b. 1607. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for the authour., London, : 1661. Signed: Rob. Chamberlain. Verse: "What ailes the asse? How comes the Beast to whine? ..." Cf. Wing C1814 which has title word "ass". Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Political satire, English -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. eebo Balaams asse cudgeld: or The cry of town and countrey against scandalous and seditious scriblers. Chamberlain, Robert, b. 1607. 1661 1 504 5 0 0 0 0 0 99.21 D The rate of 99.21 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-12 Sampled and proofread 2009-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Balaams ASSE Cudgeld : Or the Cry of TOWN and COUNTREY AGAINST Scandalous and Seditious Scriblers . WHat ailes the Asse ? How comes the Beast to whine ? Ha's a been bred among King Pharaohs Kine ? Has the wet spring spoil'd all the Corn and Grasse ? ●hat all the Countrey cannot keep an Asse ? He cries for bread , as if Duke Humphrey's Ghost This twenty years and more had been his Host ; Will no man tic him up , but let him range , Thus to disturb the City and the Change , But this is a R●ligious Ass● , and cryes " O give him Bread of Life , or else he dyes . A subtle Asse , for well 't is understood He even thinks as much of Heavenly Food As the poor Taylor , when he wants a Roul To fill his belly , thinks upon his Soul . You Asse in boots , if Cromwell or the Rump Had giv'n thee but a Living , had been plump , Thou would'st have blest 'em , and have been the man , For maintenance to kisse the Alcoran . I know not where a Homily is read But , friend , a Homily is dainty bread . ●he Brewers grains out of a nasty Tub , 〈◊〉 fitter food for such a Swine or Cub . Lawn Sleeves and Cassocks cannot please the Gizard Of this seditious scandalizing Wizard ; Yet he pretends Canonical to be , But Bell and Dragon is as much as he . T is not the Soul of this seditious sinner That makes him bite , his belly wants a dinner ; And there 's a reason for it I can tell ye , Sometimes ill manners makes an empty belly . To throw Seditious Scribles to the view Of such a sick and giddy-headed crew , As we have now amongst us , who by flirts Change their Religions oftner than their shirts , Does argue one that doth employ his pate To bring confusion on the Church and State . The naked Indians would have scorn'd to be So rudely barbarous to their Bramini . The Asse , that State malevolence doth brew , Deserves a Bridle and a Halter too . Are these the men of God ? Doth this behaviour Adorn the Gospel of our God and Saviour ? Religious Renegados ! Who to patch Their broken desperate fortunes , daily watch , Another opportunity , to bring A second ruine on the Church and King . You closely jerk at learned Laud , but see All Laud is given to God , all shame to thee : Had he but seen thy Crocodilian tears , The Hang-mans Cat had eat thy Asses ears . God save King CHARLES , and keep him from the sleight Of such Reformers as in Forty Eight . Rob. Chamberlain .

LONDON , Printed for the Author . 1661.