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 eng Songs, English -- Texts. Social classes -- England -- Poetry. Didactic poetry, English. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
FOOLS in Earneſt, Or, A FAIRING for PHANATICKS The following Lines Obſerve, and You Will certainly Conclude it True, That ſuch as ſpend their Youthful time In fooliſh Garb, and ſave no Coyn, Will when Age comes forſaken be, And be Expos'd to Miſerie. To the Tune, I'le Sell my Cart and eke my Plough. I'Le Venture out upon the Stage, Againſt Phanaticks of this Age, Who Wallow in the Mire; And are Examples unto ſuch Whoſe Poverty appeareth much, Cauſed by Rich Attire. How comely is it do you think, For ſuch as carry Coals and Drink To imitate a Lady. Or Milk-Maids in a Flowered Gown Bedeckt with Lace from Foot to Crown. And all Rich Things that may be. Some Wear their Hoods like to Hop-ſacks And Rich Gay Clothing on their Backs, You'd take them for Great Nobles; But if a thorough-Search be made, They'r poor, and ſcarce can follow trade Some hardly worth two Boodles. The Fruit that Groweth on ſuch Trees Are uſually ſuch as theſe, It ſtill provokes ſome Others In ſuch like Garb to follow them, Although it proves their Shame and Sin So to Excel Grandmothers. Young Maids get ſuch an Itch of Pride, They'll plead with Parents to provide For them beyond their Calling; Saying, Why ſhall not I be like to ſuch, I'me ſure you are worth twice as much; And thus they keep a Bawling. That Parents cannot Reſt Content, Till they have all their Subſtance ſpent, To Anſwer Childrens Craving; By yielding thus many Conſumes Shop, Goods and Furniture for Rooms, Proud Folks are not for ſparing. Such ſay, Hang Sorrow, caſt off Care, We'll ſpend all up, and nothing ſpare, Pariſh is bound to find us, When we are Old and cannot Work, Be we under Chriſtian or Turk, Law will force them to Mind us. Such is the Language of She-Huffs, Who ſwagger with their Fans and Muffs, And with their Tawdrey Laces, If that you tell them of their Pride, They'll you and your Councel deride, And ſcoff you to your Faces. Many Parents are worthy blame, This may be ſpoken to their ſhame, Their Children they entice; By th' ill Example they them Give, In their own Walks, 'cauſe they ſo live In Pride's chargeable Vice. Some Myſtreſſes too blame likewiſe, 'Cauſe they their Servants do Adviſe In coſtly Garbs to go; By means of which they ſpend their Gains And nothing ſave of all their Pains, Such do their Folly ſhew. If out of Employ ſuch ſhould be, In a ſhort time comes Poverty, Much like an Armed Man; The Cauſe of which they ſtoop will not, T'Employment mean, which might begot Were 't not for Muff and Fan. Young Men and Maids, when once they be Cloth!d 'bove their Calling and Degree, 'Tis hard for to abate; In Clothing or other Expence, But they'll ſtill be giving Offence, By Living at high Rate. Until at laſt ſome forced are, By being poor and very bare, To play the Whore or Thief; Their Gentile Port for to maintain And keep on in their lofty Strain, To ſeem one of the Chief. Their Naked Necks and Breaſts they ſhew In moſt Places whereto they go, They think to Merit Honour; But when they come where they are known, Civil Perſons do them diſown, And moſt cry out upon Her. If young Maids would good Husbands have, Then Labour to go Neat and Grave, And not in fooliſh Clothing; Your Money ſave, and Gain a Sum, Then you'll engage good Suiters come; If proud, you'll be their Lothing. There's few young Men will take Girls now, Without a Hundred Pound or two, Eſpecially Gentile ones; They'll rather take a drudging Laſs, Which Milk the Cowes upon the Graſs, With Ten pounds, then proud vile Ones. Let every One of each degree Walk as becomes their Qualitie, And not Vye with their Betters: Nobles ſhould go in Rich Attire, Not ſuch as Tumble in the Mire, Which muſt for Food be Debtors! Accept of what I have Writ in Haſte, And do not you your Subſtance waſte On Things that's vain and needleſs, Which Renders you Ridiculous, By Perſons Grave and Serious, And priz'd by none, but th' Heedleſs. FINIS.