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King James the Firlt, and the Tinker.
AND now to be bricfy let’s pals o’er the reH',
Who feldom oj: never was given to jeft.
And come to King James the firft on the throne,
A plealanter monarch fore never was known.
Once he was a chafing his fair fallow deer,
He dropp’d all his nobles of them he got clear.
In fcarch of new pleafures away he did ride.
Till he came to an alc-houfe juft by a wood-fide.
And there with a tinker he happen’d to meet,
And in thi|,kind manner did lovingly greet,
"He find, hbneft fellow, what’s that in the jug,
Which under thy arm thou doft lovingly hug ?
In truth, fays the tinker, ’tis nappy brown ale,
And for to drink to thee in truth [’ll not fail,
For though that thy jacket is glorious and fine,
I hope that my twopence is as good as thine.
‘ Nay, now by my foul the truth (hall be fpoke,
■Then flraight he fat down with the tinker to jok<?,
'He call’d for a pitcher the tinker another,
And fo at it they went like brother and brothw.
While drinking, the King was pleafed to fay.
What news doft thou hear Honcft tinker I pray !
•There is nothing of news the which I do hear,
Fut the King is a chaling his ftir fallow deer.
And truly I wi(h ( fo happy might be,
That while he is hunting, the King I might fee,
Although 1 have travell’d the land many ways,
I ne’er law the King yet in all my whole days.
The King in a hearty brifk laughter reply’d,
I’ll tell thee good fellow, if thoa canft but ride,
Thou (halt get up behind me, and thee I will bring
Into the royal prefence of James our King.