The Roxburghe ballads . present need, And bid her to her House repair. A Farm of twenty pound a year, I do declare I have in store,And I will give thee Title clear, To you and yours for evermore. 80 The Lady bid her cease to mourn, For ever happy may you be;Ten thousand thanks she did return, For this her Generosity. No tongue is able to express How joy and comforts did increase,For now the farm they do possess, And live in plenty, joy, and peace. 88 This Brother of malicious spight, Who would not pity her poor case,All that he had was blasted quite, Within a very little space. Gods wrath and
The Roxburghe ballads . present need, And bid her to her House repair. A Farm of twenty pound a year, I do declare I have in store,And I will give thee Title clear, To you and yours for evermore. 80 The Lady bid her cease to mourn, For ever happy may you be;Ten thousand thanks she did return, For this her Generosity. No tongue is able to express How joy and comforts did increase,For now the farm they do possess, And live in plenty, joy, and peace. 88 This Brother of malicious spight, Who would not pity her poor case,All that he had was blasted quite, Within a very little space. Gods wrath and vengeance here we see, Was just for his sad cruel Pride,He was redued to Poverty, Likewise upon a Dunghill dyd. 96 For having then no Home nor Friend, That would this cruel wretch receive,He made a miserable end, When he alas ! this Life did leave. The Trial of Patience : in Yorkshire. 705 Rich men relieve the Poor I pray,Who does to you for succotir cry, Lest you be brought as low as they,By making God your Enemy. 104. for P. Broolcshy, at the Golden Ball in Pye- Corner. [Iu Black-letter. Three woodcuts : 1st, The Woman with Twins, as on p. 702,along with 3rd, the feather-hatted man; 2nd, a dying woman, with friendspraying, belongs also to p. 412. Date, as licensed by R. Pocock, 1685-88.] *** -A- peculiar interest attaches to this ballad, The Tryal of Patience, whichrelates incidentally an act of loving kindness wrought in help of a poor Widowin Yorkshire, during the reign of that Queen Ilaria Beatrix, who had beenDuchess of York from 1672 to 168*, and on the death of Charles II. took herseat on the throne of England, wife of the ill-starred last reigning Stuart, James II. —The ballad was duly licensed by Richard Pocock, who succeeded RogerLEstrange in the office of Licenser, after the early part of August, 1685. ThisPocock was true and loyal to James II., during whose reign alone he held hispost, he chose to relinquish pay and preferment, at the close of
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