The rogue discovered, or a congratulatory verse upon a book newly publisht (a piece much desired, and long expected) called the English rogue, a witty extravagant. Sold by Francis Kirkman, at the Princes Arms in Chancery Lane. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B29054 of text R226965 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB 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 B29054 Wing R1864C Interim Tract Supplement Guide Harl.5919[337] ESTC R226965 ocm99887023

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 eng Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?. -- English rogue -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The rogue discovered, or a congratulatory verse upon a book newly publisht (a piece much desired, and long expected) called the English rogue, a witty n/a 1666 1 572 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. 2014-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE ROGUE DISCOVERED , OR A Congratulatory Verse upon a Book newly publisht ( a Piece much desired , and long expected ) called the English Rogue , a Witty Extravagant . Sold by Francis Kirkman , at the Princes Arms in Chancery Lane . Friend , HAd I but seen your Book in Manu-script , These lines had Prologuiz'd your pregnant Wit . Your Rogue is Prest ; yet suffer ( Sir ) that I Give your deserving Rogue an Elogy . Nor can I pass the Author , whose just fame Will live ' i th' English Rogue , without a name . Were it prefixt , Wit had obtain'd its end ; For but to speak thy Name , is to commend . Thy Book I red , and drew conceptions thence , Adam ne're knew in 's single innocence . With knowledge travail man doth recompence , Although but seldom , yet with vast expence . But in thy Rogue , our purchase will appear Our cheap experience , though it cost thee dear . There may we travil safe , and in a trice Surround the Globe of Cheats , a World of Vice . Thy Rogue , when in his non-age did commit Things that did flow from quintessence of Wit . A witty Rogue , and a notorious Thief , Whose life hereafter may surpass belief . From him we know , how Boys mispend their times In Waggeries , the blossoms of black crimes . If not prevented as they grow in age , Those Crimes ( untimely ) make them quit the Stage O' th' World . No sooner entrance have they made , But Law doth put an exit to their Trade . Masters may here , as in a mirror , see Th' Apprentice-party-colour'd Rogery . Both how he barters Ware , and monies snips , To be a purchaser of wanton Lips . To drink and Whore so long , till in the close , By senting Bawdy-houses loose his Nose . These common tricks hence forth won't do the feat They must find out some newer way to cheat . For thou hast glanc'd such light , the Master can With ease , if fraudulent , detect his man . Maids hence will wary be , and will not trust Guilded pretences , which do Pimp for Lust . No longer will the Trav'ler ride in fear , Since thou hast evidently made appear What Robbers are ; who oftner change their shapes , Then Proteus did , or half a score French Apes . All their disguises are unmaskt by thee , That we may shun the Rogue , the Rogue the Tree . In all known cheats , thy wit is copious found , As Wine in Conduits , when a King is Crown'd . And this we know in every Art or Trade , Ambition some Competitors has made . But Thou hast none . Hence I shall think , that when Some other piece has by some other Pen Been quaintly drawn , 't will be of most the vogue , This is the Author's of the English Rogue . For which good work hereafter Ages shall , Give th' unknown Author thanks perpetual . Id peragas vita , quod velles morte peractum .
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LONDON , Printed in the Year , 1666.