Sir T.J.'s speech to his wife and children This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B43960 of text R184074 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 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B43994 625106363 ocn 625106363 Wing S3888

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. English wit and humor -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Sir T.J.'s speech to his wife and children. n/a 1685 4 589 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
Sir T. J's SPEECH TO HIS Wife and Children . I. DEar Wife , let me have a good Fire made , I 'll tell you such News will make you all glad , The like for another is scarce to be had . This it is to be Learned and Witty . II . First , ( Butler , do you a Glass of Wine bring , ) I 'll tell you all the great Love of my King , Which is a dainty , curious , fine thing . This it is , &c. III . A Wise Learned Serjeant at Law I was made , And a dainty fine Coif was put on my Head , Which is heavier far than a Hundred of Lead . This it is , &c. IV . But soon after this I was made the Recorder , To keep the Worshipful Rabble in order , And wore a red Gown with long Sleeves and Border . This it is , &c. V. What Justice I did , my dear Wife , you can tell ; Right or wrong , I spar'd none , like the Devil in Hell ; But , Guilty or not , I sent all to Bridewell . This it is , &c. VI . Unless it were those who greased my Fist , To them I gave license to cheat whom they list , ( For 't was only those my Mittimus miss'd . ) This it is , &c. VII . But then the King dy'd , which caused a pother ; So I went to condole with the new King , his Brother , With Sorrow in one hand , and Grief in the other . This it is , &c. VIII . For an Ignorant Judge I was call'd by the King To the Chequer-Court , 't is a wonderful thing , Of which in short time the whole Nation did ring . This it is to be Learned and Witty . IX . By Great James I was rais'd to the Common-Pleas Bench , 'Cause he saw I had exquisite Politick Sense , Which his Wisdom perceiv'd in the Future Tense . This it is , &c. X. At Sarum Five Hundred Pounds I have gotten , To save Malefactors from swinging in Cotten , For which they we hang'd , and now almost rotten . This it is , &c. XI . But now , my dear Love , comes the Cream of the Jest , For the King would take off the Oaths and the Test ; Which I told all his People would be for the best . This it is , &c. XII . He had my Opinion , That 't was in his Power To destroy all the Laws in less time than an hour , For which I may chance to be sent to the Tower . This it is , &c. XIII . And now to Magdalen-Colledge I come , Where we turn'd out most , but kept in some , That so a New Colledge of Priests might have room This it is , &c. XIV . And so by that means we left the door ope , To turn out the Bishops , and let in the Pope , For which we have justly deserved a Rope . This it is to be Learned and Witty . FINIS .