God speed the
Plow, and bless the
Corn-mow.
OR, A new merry Dialogue between a
Plowman and a
Servingman.
The Servingman most stoutly doth dispute.
The Husbandman his speeches doth confute
The Servingman sayes his Calling is the hest,
The Plowman sayes in that he does but jest,
But in conclusion as I do understand
The Husbandman he got the better hand.
The tune is,
The Duke of Norfolk.
MY noble friends give ear,
If mirth you love to hear,
Ile tell you as fast as I can
A story very true,
Then mark what doth ensue,
concerning of a husbandman,
Servingman.
A Servingman did méet
A Husbandman i'th stréet,
and thus unto him he began
I pray you tell to me
Of what calling you be
or if you be a servingman,
Husbandman.
Quoth he my brother dear
The Coast I mean to clear,
and the truth you shall understand
I no no one disdain,
But this I tell you plain,
I am a Husbandman.
Servingman.
If a Husbandman you be,
Then come along with me
and Ile help you as soon as I can
Vnto a gallant place
Where in a little space,
you may be a Servingman.
Husbandman.
SIr for your diligence
I give you many than
[...]s
then answered the plowman again
I pray you to me show
Whereby that I may know
what pleasure hath a Servingman
Servingman.
A Servingman hath pleasure
Which passeth time and measure
when y
e Haw
[...] on hi
[...] fist doth stan
[...]
His Hood and V
[...]rvils brave
And other things he have
which yields joy to a servingman
Husbandman.
My pleasure's more then that,
To sée my Oxen fat
and to prosper well under my hand
And therefore I do mean
With my Horses and my Team
to keep my se
[...]f a Husbandman.
Servingman.
O 'tis a gallant thing
In the prime time of the Spring
to hear the Huntsman now & than
His Bugle Horn to blow
And the Hounds run all arow
that is pleasure for a servingman.
Servingman.
To hear the Beagle cry
And to sée the Falcon fly
and the Hare trip over the plain
W
[...]ile the huntsman and the hound
Make Hills and Dales rebound.
that is pleasu
[...]e for a servingman.
Husbandman.
'Tis pleasanter you know
To sée the Corn to grow▪
and to grow so well on the Land,
The plowing and the sowing,
The reaping and the mowing
yields pleasure to the husbandman
Servingman.
At our Table you may eat
Al
[...]
[...]or
[...]s
[...] dainty meat,
Pi
[...] Cony▪ Goose, C
[...]pon & Swan
A
[...] wi
[...]h Lords and Ladies fine
You m
[...]
[...]rink Béer, Ale and Wine
that is p
[...]su
[...]e for a servingman.
Husbandman.
While you eat Goose and Capon
Ile féed on Béef and Bacon,
& piece of hard chéese now & than,
[...]e Pudding have and Souse
Alwayes ready in the house
which contents the honest husbandman
Servingman,
At the Court you may have
Your Garments fine and brave
and Cloak and gold lace laid upon
A shirt as white as milk,
And wrought with finest silk
thats pleasure for a servingman.
Husbandman.
Such proud and costly Gear,
Is n
[...]t for us to wear,
mongst y
e briers & y
e brambles many one
A good strong Russet Coat
And at your néed a groat
will suffice the honest husbandman
Husbandman.
A Proverb here I tell
Which likes my humor well
and remember it well I can
If a Courtier be too bold
He may want when he is old
then farewell the servingman.
Servingman.
It néeds must be confest
That your Calling is the best
[...] no longer discourse with you I can
And henceforth I will pray
By night and by day,
heaven bles the honest husbandman
Servingman.
To end my Ditty now
I say God speed the plow
for thats the chief stay of our land
And he that takes the pains
Deserves to have the gains
which is the honest husbandman,
And thus my loving friends
My Story now it ends.
according as I first began.
There's none that passeth by
Can say my Song's a lye,
concerning of the Husbandman.
Printed for W. Gilbertson at the sign of the Bible in Gilt-spur-street.