in Mr. Strutt's amusing volume entitled Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod.

ce

'Man, I dare challenge thee to throw the sledge,
To jumpe or leape over a ditch or hedge,
To wrastle, play at stoole-ball, or to runne,
To pitch the barre, or to shoote off a gunne,
To play at loggets, nine-holes, or ten-pinnes,
To try it out at foote-ball by the shinnes;
At ticke tacke, Irish noddy, maw and ruffe,
At hot-cockles, leap-frog, or blindman-buffe:
To drinke halfe pots, or deale at the whole can,
To play at base, or pen and ink-horne, Sir Jhan :
To dance the morris, play at barly-breake,
At all exploits a man can thinke or speake,
At shove-groat, venter point, or crosse and pile,
At beshrew him that's last at yonder stile;
At leaping ore a Midsommer bone-fier,
Or at the drawing Dun out of the myer.
At any of these, or all these presently,
Wag but your finger, I am for you, I:
I scorne (that am a youngster of our towne)
To let a Bow bell cockney put me downe."

*

T. P.

ART. CII. The Song of Mary the Mother of Christ; containing the story of his Life and PasThe teares of Christ in the Garden, with the description of heauenly Ierusalem. London:

sion.

* This unknown pastime seems to have been used as a proverbial phrase, and occurs in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

"Tut! Dun's the mouse, the constable's own word:

If thou art Dun, we'll draw thee from the mire,"

Printed by E. Allde for William Ferbrand, dwelling neere Guild-hall-gate, at the signe of the Crowne, 1601. 4to pp. 45.

In this work are six poems as follows. "The Song of Mary the Mother of Christ, containing the story of his Life and Passion," 96 7-line stanzas. "The Teares of our Saviour in the Garden," 26 6-line st. "A heavenly prayer in contempt of the world and the vanities thereof," 4 6-line st. description of heavenly Ierusalem," 52 4-line st. "Another on the same subject," 19 4-line st. and "A Sinner's Supplication, or the soules Meditation," 21 4-line st. J. H.

"The

ART. CIII. An Answere to a Romish Rime lately printed, and entituled, a proper new Ballad, wherein are contayned Catholike questions to the Protestant. The which Ballad was put foorth without date or day, name of authour or printer, libell-like, scattered and sent abroad, to withdraw the simple from the fayth of Christ, onto the doctrine of Antichrist the Pope of Rome. testant Catholike, I. R. speake against me, and the гроп те. Psal. lxix. 12. leeue not euery spirit, but trye the spirits whether

Written by that ProThey that sit in the gate, drunkards make songs Dearely beloved, be

many false prophets 1 John iv. 1. An

foolishnes, lest he

they be of God, or no: for are gone out into the world. swere a foole according to his be wise in his own conceyte. Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford, dwelling

Prouerbs xxvi. 5.

in Hosier Lane, neere Smithfielde. 1602. 4to. 20 leaves.

A SHORT prose address "to the indifferent readers, be they Protestants, Papists, or neyther;" states, the writer "together with others in a search, found some good English bookes, and some two or three English pamphlets of another stampe and nature, viz. a Popish rosary of prayers, and diuers Popish pictures in it, circled about with the forme of beads, as if all were the holyer, that comes within that compasse. We found there among other things also, a toy in rime, entituled, a proper new Ballad, wherein are certaine Catholike questions (for so he termeth them) to the Protestant. Onely of zeale to the trueth, and ofloue to such simple soules, as might be snared with such petty bayts as this ballad is, I haue taken a little paynes in answering the same as well as I could, being a man of small skill to meddle in greater matters.-There are - many such paphlets, together with other like Romish wares, that are sent abroad among the common people, both Protestants and Papists in London and in the countrey, & that by certaine women brokers and pedlers (as of late in Staffordshire there was) who with baskets on their armes, shal come and offer you other wares vnder a colour, and so sell you these, where they see and know any likelyhood to vtter them.-I will shewe you how I haue dealt and ordered things in the answering hereof. First, I founde it set to no certaine tune: but because it goeth most neere to the olde tune of Labandalashot, therefore I haue made that all may be sung to that tune if neede be. Secondly, the authour of this ballad,

his skill seemed to me to be as bad in poetry as in diuinity, and therefore I am herein driuen sometimes to adde and abbreuiate the authors particular words,but I faile him not a iote for his owne sense and false meaning: let this bee considered of therefore of all men. Thirdly, this ballad-monger hath deuided his worke into 9 principall parts or heads, and I observe them in a sort, as shall appear by the figures set before euery part. Fourthly, wheras the conclusion of the ballad is long, I giue him leaue to goe it through, and then I followe him with mine answere all together; and so with my epilogue, and a short song of Popery, made long agoe in scorne of Papist's foolery, I end, referring the readers for further satisfaction in this point to M. Crowly his booke which is an answere in prose to the like question, printed 1588. Your's in the Lorde I. R."

Then follows "a pretty fine answere to a Romish Rime, entituled, a proper new ballad, &c. to the tune of Labandalashot." The original is given in twentyfour stanzas, Roman type, and the answer in fortysix stanzas, black letter.

"The Papist's Complaint.

"Many and sundry sects appeare

now in the world both farre and neere:

The Protestant, the Puritan,

The Brownist, and the family of loue,

and many mo that I can proue: Besides the Romane faith truely,

which Protestants call Papistry.

All these are Christ's true church, they say,
but now on which shall my soule stay?"

"The Protestant's Answere.

Strange sects there are, and so will be,
the churche to trye in eche degree.

But for the most of them you name,

they are not worthy of that blame.

The Brownist he is punished:

the familists from vs are fled:

If we were rid of Papists too,

both kingdoms should haue lesse to doo.* And you that will of sects complayne,

shew which by law we doe maintayne."

These controversial poets attract notice by the scarcity of their works, rather than any interest arising from their flow of numbers. Touching heretikes and schismatiks the Papist says:

"Yet in sheepe's clothing these doe goe,
because God's people should not knowe,t
But that they are his pastors sure,

which Christ has set, with doctrine pure
To teach, to preach, to set and sowe,

that Christ in th' end might reap & mow: But when their seeds are somewhat sprung,

they prove but tares and darnell young,"
Thistles and thornes so are they found,
choking and cumbering the ground."

The Protestant in reply alledges,
"Your doctrine is but darnell sure,"
vnto this graine, God's word so pure.
What is the chaffe vnto the wheat?

what is man's wit to wisdome great?
Your gold is brasse, your siluer tinne,
your teaching drosse, your deeds but sinne."-

* That is, England and Ireland.

† And like vilde ruffians, swash-bucklers or cauiliers.