The honour of an apprentice of London Wherein is declared his matchless manhood, and brave adventures done by him in Turkey, and by what means he married the Kings daughter of that same country. The tune is, All you that are good fellows. 1661 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A44295 Wing H2593B ESTC R218024 99829651 99829651 34094

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Apprentices -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. 2007-11 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
The honour of an Apprentice of LONDON.

Wherein is declared his matchleſs Manhood, and brave adventures done by him in Turkey, and by what means he married the Kings daughter of that ſame Country.

 The tune is, All you that are good fellows.

OF a worthy London Prentice my purpoſe is to ſpeake, And tell his brave adventures done for his Country ſake, Séeke all the world abent and you ſhall hardly find A man in valour to excéed a Printice gallant mind. He was born in Cheſhire, the cheif of men was he. From thence brought up to London a Prentice for to be, A Merchant on the Bridge did like his ſervice ſo, That for thrée years his Factor to Turkey he ſhould go. And in that famous Country one year he had not been, Ere he by Tilt maintained the honour of his Queen. Elizabeth our Princeſſe he nobly there made known To be the Phenix of the world and none but ſhe alone. In Armour richly guilded well mounted on a Stead, One ſcore of Knights moſt hardy one day he made to bleed, And brought them all to ground, who proudly durſt deny Elizabeth to be the Pearle of Princely Majeſty. The King of that ſame Country thereat began to frown, And wil'd his Son there preſent to pull this youngſter down, Who at his Fathers words theſe boaſting ſpeeches ſaid Thou art a Traytor Engliſh boy, and haſt the Traytor plaid. I am no Boy nor Traytor thy ſpeeches I defie, Which here will be revenged upon thee by and by, A London Prentice ſtil ſhall prove as good a man As any of your Turkiſh Knights do all the beſt you can.
The ſecond Part, to the ſame tune. ANd there with all he gave him a Box upon the ear, Which broke his neck aſunder, as plainly doth appear, Now know proud Turke quoth he I am no Engliſh boy, That can with one ſmall box o'th ear the Prince of Turks deſtroy. When as the King perceived, his ſon ſo ſtrangely ſlain, His ſoul was ſore afflicted with more then mortal pain. And in revenge thereof he ſwore that he ſhould dye The cruelſt death that ever man beheld with mortal eye. Two Lyons were prepared this Prentice to devour, Neer famiſht up with hunger ten days with a tower. To make them far more fierce and ea • er of their prey To glut themſelves with humane gore upon that dreadfull day The appointed time of torment at length grew neer at hand, Where all the noble Lodies and Barons of the Land, Attended on the King to ſee this Prentice ſlain, And buried in the hungry maws of theſe fierce Lyons twain. Then in his ſhirt of Cambrick with ſilk moſt richly wrought This worthy London Prentice was from the priſon brought And to the Lyons given, to ſtanch their hunger great Which had not eat in ten days ſpace on one ſmall bit of meat. But God that knows all ſecrets the matter ſo contriv'd, That by this young mans valour they were of life depriv'd. For being faint for food, they ſcarcely could withſtand, he noble force and fortitude Tand courage of his hand. For when the hungr • 〈◊〉 had caſt on him their eyes The Elements did thunder with Eccho of their cryes, And running all amain his body to devour Into their throats he thruſt his arme, with all his might and power. From thence by manly vallour, their hearts he tore in ſunder, And at the King he threw them to all the peoples wonder. This have I done quoth he for lovely Englands ſake. And for my Country Maiden Quéen much more will undertake. But when the King perceived his wrathful Lyons hearts, Afflicted with great terror his rigor ſoon reverts And turned all his hate, into remorce and love, And ſaid it was ſome Angel ſure ſent down from God above, No no I am no Angel the courteous young man ſaid But born in famous England, where Gods word wor is obey'd, Aſiſted by the heavens. which did me thus befriend, Or elſe thou hadſt moſt cruelly brought here my life to end, The King in heart amazed, lift up his hand to heaven, And for his ſould offences did crave to be forgiven, Believing that no Land like England might be ſéen, Nor people better governed by vertue of a Queen. So taking up this young man he pardon'd him his life. And gave his daughter to him to be his wedded wife. Where then they did remain and live in quiet peace, In ſpending forth their happy days injoy and loves increaſe.

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