And an old frize coat, to cover his worship's trunk hofe, And a cup of old fherry, to comfort his copper nose; Like an old courtier, &c. With a good old fashion, when Christmasse was come, To call in all his old neighbours with bagpipe, and drum, With good cheer enough to furnish every old room, And old liquor able to make a cat fpeak, and man dumb, Like an old courtier, &c. With an old falconer, huntfman, and a kennel ofhounds, That never hawked, nor hunted, but in his own grounds, Who, like a wife man, kept himself within his own bounds, And when he dyed gave every child a thousand good pounds; Like an old courtier, &c. But to his eldeft fon his house and land he affign'd, Charging him in his will to keep the old bountifull mind, To be good to his old tenants, and to his neighbours be kind: But in the ensuing ditty you fhall hear how he was inclin'd; Like a young courtier of the king's, Like a flourishing young gallant, newly come to his land, Who keeps abrace of painted madams at his command, And takes up a thousand pound upon his father's land, And gets drunk in a tavern, till he can neither go nor fland; Like a young courtier, &c, With a new-fangled lady, that is dainty, nice, and spare, Who never knew what belong'd to good house-keep ing, or care, Who buyes gaudy-color'd fans to play with wanton air, And feven or eight different dreffings of other womens hair; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new-fashion'd hall, built where the old one flood, Hung round with new pictures, that doe the poor no good, With a fine marble chimney, wherein burns neither coal nor wood, And a new fmooth fhovelboard, whereon no victuals neer flood; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new ftudy, fluft full of pamphlets, and plays, And a new chaplain, that fwears fafter than he prays, With a knew buttery hatch, that opens once in four or five days, And a new French cook, to devise fine kick fhaws, and toys; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new fashion, when Chriftmas is drawing on, On a new journey to London straight we all must be gone, And leave none to keep houfe, but our new porter John, Who relieves the poor with a thump on the back with a flone; Like a young courtier, &c. With a new gentleman-ufher, whofe carriage is compleat, With a new coachman, footmen, and pages to carry up the meat, With a waiting-gentlewoman, whofe dreffing is very neat, Who when her lady has din'd, lets the fervants not eat; Like a young courtier, &c. With new titles of honour bought with his father's old gold, For which fundry of his ancestors old manors are fold; And this is the courfe moft of our new gallants hold, Which makes that good house-keeping is now grown fo cold, Among the young courtiers of the king, TIME'S ALTERATION. WHEN this old cap was new, 'Tis fince two hundred year, No malice then we knew, The nobles of our land Where much delighted then, To have at their command A crew of lufty men, Which by their coats were known With crefts on their fleeves fhown,, When this old cap was new. Now pride hath banish'd all, Unto our land's reproach, When he whofe means is fmall, Maintains both horfe and coach: Inftead of an hundred men, The coach allows but two; This was not thought on then, When this old cap was new. Good Hofpitality Was cherish'd then of many: Now poor men ftarve and die, And are not help'd by any; For charity waxeth cold, And love is found in few: This was not in time of old, When this old cap was new. Where ever you travell'd then, When this old cap was new. |