A hue and cry after a man-midwife who has lately deliver'd the land-bank of their money. Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. 1699 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-07 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A67505 Wing W737 ESTC R33541 13522990 ocm 13522990 99916 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng 2003-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-04 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2003-04 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion HUE and CRY AFTER A Man-Midwife , Who has Lately DELIVER'D the Land-Bank OF THEIR MONEY . IF any Good Person , in Country or Town , Either Courtier , or Citizen , Sharper , or Clown , Gives Tidings or Tale , of a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 for Shall at the Land-Bank be as nobly rewarded , As by the Trustees it can well be afforded . He 's a little old Man , very pale of Complexion , Into many Deep Things makes a narrow inspection ▪ His Head's very Long , and his Hands very Small , Fit to fathom a gentle Tuquoque withal : In tor●●nting of which , as the Good Women tell-us , He strangles more Necks , than the Rope and the Gallows . Among his Profession he 's fam'd as a Topper , By some call'd a Midwife , by others a Groper . From his Office in Queen-street he lately has started , And left his Society half broken-hearted . Thus show'd them a Trick , one would think was beneath-him , And run with their Stock ; marry Devil go with-him ! But yet he was so civil unto the Trustees , Tho he 's taken the Chest , he has left 'em the Keys . Of Iron 't was made , and secured with Chains , Being Lock'd with abundance of Cunning and Pains ; Which mingles their Sorrow with some little Pleasure , To think how 't will plague him to come at thē Treasure . By common Report into Holland he 's fled ; If so , the Land-Bank is brought finely to Bed : For if to the old place of Refuge he 's run , Adzooks you 're all Cozen'd as sure as a Gun. And you that are Chous'd , for your Money may mourn ; For Holland , like Hell , never makes a Return , 'T is known to all Europe , the Dutch , like the Devil , Takes damnable care of the Root of all Evil. What Money is once carry'd into their Nation ; Is more hard to regain , than if sunk in the Ocean . If the Coin was inclos'd ( like the Soil in a Gizzard ) In an Adamant Coffer , Lock'd up by a Wizard , They 'll show him a way by some 〈◊〉 In●ernal , To break up the Shell , and to take out the Kernel . A Bank to give Paper , and hoard up our Coin , Was nothing at first but a Coz'ning Design : And he , like a Man of a Wise Cir●●mspection , Has sho●'d the true and of a Rogu●sh Proj●ction . Considering how ●ften the Nation is bit ▪ By Projects , and yet will not see thro the Cheat , 'T is a wonder to me , we should learn no more Wit. We 've Lott'ries from Venice , and Banks from the Dutc● ; Tho' Holland indeed has Occasion for such ; For if they were down ▪ as abundance do wish , They must Die all like Puppies , or live all like Fish. My Brains are so heavy , I Vow and Protest , I must beg you 'll accept of that Pun for a Iest. For talking of Holland so much , I 'm a Dog , If my Fancy at last is not slip'd in a Bog . But now to the matter , If any discover The Man and the Money , and bring 'em both over , He shall find the Trustees of the Bank to be Noble , And give him what e'er he can get for his Trouble . To give you his Character truely Compleat , He 's Doctor , Projector , Man-Midwife and C — Who has Cunningly manag'd a subtle Device , Beyond the poor Parson , or Auberry Price . And all that I farther can say of the matter , He 's gone to the Dutch , and the Devil go a'ter . LONDON , Printed in the Year , 1699.