One and Thyrtye Epigrammes wherein are briefly touched so many Abuses, that maye and ought to be put away. Compiled and Imprinted by Robert Crowley |
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Of the colier of Croydon. |
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Of the colier of Croydon.
It is sayde that in Croydonthere dyd sometyme dwell,
A Colier that dyd
all other Coliers excell
for his riches thys Colier
myght haue bene a knight
But in the order of knighthode
he hadde no delyght
Woulde god all our knightes
dyd minde colinge no more,
Than this Colier dyd knyghtyng.
For when none but pore Colyars
dyd wyth coles mell,
At a reasonable price
they dyd theyr Coles sell.
But sence oure Knyght Colyars
haue had the fyrite sale,
We haue payed much money
and had fewe sackes to tale,
A lode that of late yeres
for a royall was solde,
wyll coste nowe .xvi.s.
of syluer or golde.
God graunt these men grace
theyr pollyng to refrayne,
Or els bryng them backe
to theyr olde state agayne.
And especially the Colyar
that at Croydon doth sell,
For men thyncke he is cosen
to the Colyar of Hell.
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