The VVelch-mans Life, Teath and Periall.

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TOGETHER WITH A LONG Narrow prod List, of the care her tooke in hers life-time, to make awle hims frend and acquaintance merry at her teath, abscribing the manner of hers finerall, with faire cost besto­wed upon them that comes to hims Periall.
Hims Naration.

TO make awle hims neibours and stranshers the petter acquaintance of her overgrowne cherity, upon the next tay after dome tay, if him can live non longer, was commaund awle her sheneration as well short cote as long tele, to eate him vittills up.

Where pershanc them shall haue petter sheare Then them had at her wedding an awere.

Imprim. Shaul be first serue in with­out toore in faire woden plate & ear­then trensher one creat Sheep-arme with too legg, with eleven slice of Cows-pody cut smaul and fine anwer, eight ladill full of Welch Formoty made with leeke, six sucking shickins with shell on them pack, foure oten Pancake bak'd upon a woden stone, too Caulfs-pate, one Sow­babby: Eate cuntry-men & pee merry.

Item, When you have eate up all the good sheare, and that you see was dead indeed, was desire him frends to take a little paine with her, to pull out her Gut, Poding and Intrils, and to perry thē under a Tombestone, him knewed her sweete wife Shone will ched one creat teare as pig as too milston, pecause was tinke shall have no more husband.

Item, her further request is, that whē was dye, would have you to pool the skin off her pack, and to make her own son new paire of poots with him, a peec of tough lether was warant you.

Was awlso bestow the scull of her head (when the prains be taken out) a­mongst hims frends to make a trinking poale, that as often as was trink helths, was say, gat-a-mercy on her soule, was hold a gallon of covd Sider was war­rant you.

Was pestow hims Tongue upon her cosen Maudy, was make her speake pro­per Welch me warrant you.

Was give hims Eyes to plind Robin the sing-pallat, to make him see hims owne wife from 'nother mans.

Was give him nose to Mrs Moll Hoper auc of Linden, pecause she have had non this ten and twenty yeare.

Was give hims Teeth to her cosen Tauid ap Shinkin ap VVatkin, to make pins for her Harpe string, O was play notable fine dance me warant you.

Was pray to perry the rest of hims pody under the forenamed Tombestone with the rest of her powels, and to sing one merry pallat for her sake.

But stay stay, was awlmost forgot her selfe, me would farther intreat you that you will for me sake doe this much more venid baugh.

Imprimis, to set over hims Tombestone her Grand-mother Armes, which is too creat Leeke and the Tagger mawer anwer.

These things frends me sharge you doe, or elt my Coste shaul haunt you; So till the morrow after Domes tay frends ferewell. Dew eatee whee.

An Epetaph wreten py hims youngest taughter Guentlen and ingraven on the Tombestone.

Vnder this Tombestone lies the very same,
Which had seuen stile belonging to him name.
Who kild him? Teath, did Teath her father kill?
Cats plit had him his Tagger & her Bill.
Not twenty Teath could kill her valiant father
Teath not kill him, put him kill Teath rather.

LONDON, Printed for Richard Burton at the signe of the Horshooe in Smithfield. 1641.

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