[Time's] darling: or, [a love] worth liking; [...]men, abroad and at home, at bed and [...]mpany. [...]ell mee so; or, Loves tide. H., C. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06916 of text N11398 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. 5 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 B06916 Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[33] 99887564 ocm99887564 182291 2240890625

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06916) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182291) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:3[35]) [Time's] darling: or, [a love] worth liking; [...]men, abroad and at home, at bed and [...]mpany. [...]ell mee so; or, Loves tide. H., C. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for Francis on Snow-Hill., London, : [16--?] Signed: C.H. "Entered according to order." In verse. In two parts, printed side by side. Imperfect: torn, affecting title and first column of text. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo [Time's] darling: or, [a love] worth liking; [...]men, abroad and at home, at bed and [...]mpany. [...]ell mee so; or, Loves tide. H., C. 1650 1 716 23 0 0 0 24 0 3673.18 F The rate of 3673.18 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
〈…〉 Darling : OR , 〈…〉 worth liking ;

〈…〉 men , abroad and at home , at bed and 〈…〉 ●…mpany .

〈…〉 mee so ; Or , Loves Tide .

If thy estate be took from thee And thou art brought to poverty By crosses or afflictions strong Murmure nor grieve at any wrong 'T is God that hath a hand o're all To raise thee up , or let thee fall Perhaps the Lord would try to finde If thou hadst Jobs contented mind . If honours or preferments great Shall raise thee up on Iustice seat Or that by place or dignity A Iudge of Causes thou must be Think that Heavens Court of Iustice high O're all your actions casts an eye That mighty Iudge be sure can finde The secrets of your heart and mind . If that Gods Laws thou break 〈◊〉 Or by oppression wrong the poor Or if of men thou stands in fear To do what they will have thee heer Or let the mighty bear the sway And turn the poor mans cause away He that doth this be sure will finde A troubled discontented ●i●d .
The second Part to the same Tune .

IF otherwise thou séems to be A Iudge of right and equity , And will the poor mans cause defend As well as his that hath means to spend , And rig●● the wro●gs of fatherless : Like●●●… the wid●w in distress A reward in Heaven thou then shalt finde And on earth a sweet contented minde . If thou art rich , thou poor mayest be ; If thou art poor , wealth mayest thou see ; If thou to honour rise or fall , Be sure thou be content with all ; This world is subject still to change , Then let not thine affections range , Nothing on earth be sure thou 'lt finde Compared to a contented minde . If God hath sent thee children store ; And yet perhaps thou art but poor ; Despair not , but contented be , He will provide for them and thee ; To every mouth he bread will send , 〈◊〉 ●…ill will stand the poor mans friend , Relief from him thou sure shalt finde , If thou hast a contented mind . What if this world doth frown on thee , For thy faith and fidelity , Or that thou béest in prison cast , The Lord may bring thée out at last ; If not thou hadst better there to dye Than from the true Religion fly : Kéep but thy faith , and thou shalt finde In prison a sweet contented minde . If that thy conscience tells to thee Thy cause is just , be rul'd by me , Let not the threats of mighty men Take thy good conscience from thee then ●●…ey of thy body shall have power , ●●…ure thy soule they can't devour ●n a quiet conscience thou shalt finde ●ontinual feasts to feed thy minde . If that thou think a God there be , That rules the Heaven and Earth we sée , Then think he hath a hand o're all , To raise men up , or let them fall : All Rulers great , by Sea and Land Must stoop , if once he gives command He must protect you , else you 'l finde A sad and discontented minde . Content is a Iewel , and a Feast , Content is a rich and welcome Guest , Content is of such high renown , 'T is better than an earthly Crown , Content is such a precious store That he that hath it néeds no more : If you can gaine it , you shall finde No joyes like a contented minde . 〈…〉 content ●…ou néeds will gaine I le tell you where it doth remain Inquire where Conscience kéeps And where plaine dealing doth re●… Then truth will lead you by the ha●… And bring you where Content doth 〈◊〉 Imbrace him then and you shall finde No wealth like a contented minde .

London , Printed for Francis Grove on Snow-Hill . Entred according to Order .

FINIS C. H.