A new Ballad intituled, A Bell-man for England, which night and day doth sta [...]. [...]ring in all mens hearing, Gods vengeance is at hand.
To the tune of, O man in desperation.
A Wake, awake, oh England,
swéet England now awake,
And to thy prayers spéedily,
b [...]as thou thy selfe betake:
The Lord thy God is comming,
within the skie so cleare:
Repent with spéed thy wickednesse,
the day it draweth néere.
The dreadfull day of vengeance
is shortly now at hand,
When fearefull burning [...]re
shall waste both [...] and Land:
And all mens hearts shall faile them
to sée such things appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
The worldly wise and prudent
shall fall besides their wits,
And wish the hils to couer them,
in these their franticke fits:
No succour, helpe, nor comfort,
for them shall then appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
The Seas and Riuers [...]ing,
shall roare in grieuous wise,
The beasts in pasture féeding,
shall straine forth grieuous cryes:
The skies shall [...] with fire,
the earth shall burne so cléere:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
The glorious holy Angels
shall their their Trumpets sound,
The dead shall heare their voy [...],
as they lye in the ground:
Then all the graues shall open,
and dead men shall appeare
Before the Lord in iudgement,
the day it draweth néere.
The Deuill will then be ready,
each creature to accuse,
And shew how in their life time,
they did themselues abuse:
And euery mans own [...] conscience,
for witnesse shall appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
The workes of euery creature [...]
their thou [...]gts and déeds, I say,
Shall follow them together,
in that most dreadfull day:
And no respect of persons,
shall at that time appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
But such as haue done iustly,
shall weare the Crown [...] of life,
The wicked shall be damned
to f [...]rrow, paine, and griefe,
In boyling brants of brimstone,
with dolefull heauy cheare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
But woe vnto the women,
that then with child shall go [...],
And to the [...]lly nurses,
which doe giue sucke also:
When as the day of iudgement
so grieuous shall appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
And pray with hearts most constant
vnto the Lord of might,
That in the frozen Winter,
you doe not take your flight:
Nor that vpon the Sabbath
that perill doe appeare:
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
Let all good Christian people
repent therefore in time,
And from their hearts lamenting
each former grieuous crime,
Prepar [...] themselues with gladness [...]
to match when Christ shall come;
The Trumpe shall sound on sudden,
and no man knowes how soone.
For all things be fulfilled,
which Christ before had told,
Small faith is now remaining,
and charity is growne cold:
Great signes and wonders we haue séene
both in the earth and skie:
Repent therefore oh England,
the Iudgement day is ni [...].
Why doest thou put thy confidence
in strong and stately towres:
Why takest thou such pleasure,
in building sumptuous bowres,
Reioycing in thy Pastures,
and Parkes of [...]allow Déere [...]
Repent therefore oh England,
the day it draweth néere.
Why séekest thou deceitfully
to purchase treasure great?
And why dost thou, through vsury
the blood of poore men eate?
Why doth thy life and liuing,
so filthily appeare?
Repent with spéed thy wickednesse:
the day it draweth néere.
Wherefore let all good people
vpon their knées procéed,
In making earnest prayer:
(for neuer was mor [...] néed)
That God may spare [...] punishments
euen for his mercy [...],
And giue vs grace to beare in mind
the Iudgement-day is néere.
FINIS.
Printed at London for H. G.
[...]he Deadmans Song, whose dwelling was neere vnto Ba [...]ing Hall in London.
To the tune of Flying Fame.
[...]cke, deare friends, long time I was,
[...]nd weakely laid in bed:
[...] fiue houres in all mens sight
[...]gth I lay as dead:
[...] rung out, my friends came in,
[...]nd I key cold was found:
[...]en was my carkasse brought from bed,
[...]nd cast vpon the ground.
[...] louing wife did w [...]pe full sore,
[...]d children loud did cry:
[...]iends did mourne, yet thus they said,
[...] is borne to die:
[...] winding shéet prepared was,
[...]y graue was also made:
[...] l [...]ng h [...]ures by iust report,
[...] this same case I laid.
[...]ng which time, my soule did sée
[...] strange and fearefull sights,
[...] for to heare the same dis [...]losd,
[...] banish all delights.
[...]th the Lord restor'd my life,
[...]ich from my body fled:
[...]ll d [...]clare what sights I saw,
[...]e time that [...] was dead.
[...] thoug [...]t along a gallant gréene,
w [...]ere pleasant flowers sprung,
tooke my way whereas me thought,
the Muses sweetly sung.
The grasse was swéet, the trées full faire,
and louely to behold,
[...]nd full of fruits was euery euerytwig,
which shinde like glistering gold.
[...]y chearefull heart desired much
to taste the fruit so faire:
[...]ut as I reacht, a faire young-man
to me did fast repaire.
[...]ouch not (qd. he) that's none of thine,
but wend and walke with me:
[...]nd marke full wel each seuerall thing,
which I shall shew to thee
[...] wondred greatly at his words,
[...] went with him away:
[...] on a goodly pleasant bancke,
with him he bade me stay.
[...]ith branches then of Lillies white,
mine eyes there wiped he:
[...]hen this was done, he made me look,
what I farre off could sée.
[...]ooked vp and loe, at last,
I did a Citty sée:
[...] faire a thing did neuer man
behold with mortall eye:
[...]f Diamonds Pearles and Precious stones
it séemed the walls were made:
[...]he houses all with beaten gold,
[...] tilde and ouer-laid.
[...] brighter th [...]n the morning Sun,
[...]e light thereof did shew:
[...] euery creature in the same
[...] crowned Kings did goe.
[...]lds about the Citty faire,
[...] all with Roses set:
Gilli flowers and Carnations faire,
which canker could not fret:
And from these fields there did procéed
the swéetst and pleasantst smell,
That euer liuing creature feit,
the sent did so excell:
Besides such sweet triumphant mirth
did from the Citty sound,
That I therewith was r [...]uished,
my ioy did so abound.
With musicke, mirth, and melody,
Princes did there imbrace:
And in my heart I long to be
within that ioyfull place.
The more I gaz'd, the more I might,
the sight pleas'd me so well:
For what I saw in euery thing,
my tongue can no way tell:
Then of the man I did demand,
what place the same might be:
Whereas so many Kings doe dwell,
in ioy and melody?
Quoth he, that blessed place is heauen,
where yet thou must not rest,
And those that do like Princes walke,
are men whom God hath blest.
Then did I turne me round about,
and on the other side,
He bade me view and marke as much,
what things are to be spide.
With that I saw a coale blacke den,
all [...]and with soot and smoake
Where stinking brimstone burning was,
which made me like to choake.
An v [...]ly creature there I saw,
whose face with kniues was slasht,
And in a Caldron of poyson'd filth,
his vgly corps was washt
About his necke were fiery ruffes,
that flam'd on euery side.
I askt, and loe, the young-man said,
that he was damn'd for pride.
Another sort then did I see,
whose bowel; Uipers tore:
And grieuously with gaping mouth,
they did both yell and roare.
A spotted person by each one
stood gnawing on their hearts:
And this was conscience I was told,
that plagu'd their enuious parts.
These were no sooner out of sight,
but straight came in their place,
A sort still throwing burning fire,
which fell against their face.
And ladles full of melted gold,
were powred downe their throats:
And these were set (as séem'd to me)
in midst of burning boats:
The for most of the company,
was Iudas I was told,
Who had for filthy lucre sake;
his Lord and Master sold.
For couetousnes those were condemn'd
so it was told to me,
And then, me thought another [...]out
of Hell-hounds I did sée:
Their faces they seem'd fat in sight,
yet all their bones were bare,
And dishes full of crowling toads,
was made their finest fare.
From armes, from hands, from thighes & feet,
with red hot pincers then,
The flesh was pluckt euen frō the bone
of these vile g [...]uttonous men.
On coale blacke beds, another sort,
in grieuous sort did lie,
And vnderneath them burning brands,
their flesh did burne and fry.
With brimstone fierce their Pillows,
whereon their heads were laid,
And fiends with whips of glowing fire eke,
their lecherous skins off flaid.
Then did I see another come,
stebb'd in with daggers thicke:
And filthy fiends with fiery darts,
their hearts did wound and pricke:
And mighty bowls of corrupt blood,
were brought them for to drinke,
& these men were for murther pla [...]u'd,
from which they could not shrinke[?].
I saw when these were gone away,
the Swearer and the Lyer,
& these were hung vp by the tongues,
right ouer a flaming fire.
From eyes, from eares, from nauill, &
and from the lower parts,
The blood, me thought did gu [...]ng run noses
and clodded like mens hearts,
I asked why that punishment,
was vpon Swearers laid:
Because, qd▪ one, wounds, blood & heart [...]
was still the oath they made.
And therewithall from vgly Hell,
such shriekes and cryes I heard,
As though some greater griefe and plague
had vext them afterward.
So that my soule was sore afraid,
such terrour on me fell:
Away then went the yong-man quite,
and bade me not farewell.
Wherefore vnto my body straight,
my spirit return'd againe,
And liuely blood did afterward
stretch forth in euery veine.
My closed eyes I opened,
and raised from my sound:
And wondred much to see my self [...]
laid so vpon the ground.
Which when my neighbors did behold,
great feare vpon them fell.
To whom soone after I did show,
the newes from Heauen and Hell.
FINIS.
Printed at London for E. Wright▪