The ioviall broome man: or, A Kent street souldiers exact relation, of all his travels in every nation his famous acts are all shewne here, as in this story doth appeare. To the tune of slow men of London. Crimsal, Richard. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A19006 of text S108776 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 5423). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A19006) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 9242) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1627:15) The ioviall broome man: or, A Kent street souldiers exact relation, of all his travels in every nation his famous acts are all shewne here, as in this story doth appeare. To the tune of slow men of London. Crimsal, Richard. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield, London : [ca. 1640] Signed at the end: R.[C.]., i.e. Richard Crimsal. Publication date suggested by STC. Verse - "Roome for a lad that's come from seas,". In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Imperfect; trimmed, affecting author's initials. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. A19006 S108776 (STC 5423). civilwar no The ioviall broome man: or, A Kent street souldiers exact relation, of all his travels in every nation, his famous acts are all shewne here, Crimsal, Richard 1640 643 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 C The rate of 31 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-04 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-05 TCP Staff (Michigan) Sampled and proofread 2002-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Ioviall Broome man : OR , A Kent street Souldiers exact relation , Of all his Travels in Every Nation , His famous acts are all shewnehere , As in this story doth appeare . To the tune of slow men of London . ROome for a Lad that 's come from seas , Hey iolly Broome-man , That gladly now would take his ease , And therefore make me roome man . To France , the Netherlands , Denmark , Spaine , Hey iolly Broome man , I crost the seas , and backs againe , And therefore make me roome man . Yet in these Countries lived I , Hey iolly Broome man , And see many a valiant souldier dye , And therefore give me roome man . An hundred gallants there I kil'd , Hey iolly Broome man . And beside a world of bloud I spild , And therefore make me roome man . In Germany I tooke a towne , Hey iolly Broome man , I threw the walls there up side downe , And therefore make me roome man . And when that I the same had done , Hey iolly Broome man , I made the people all to ran , And therefore make , &c. And when the people all were gone , Hey , &c. I held the towne my selfe alone , And therefore , &c , When valiant Aiax fought with Hector , Hey , &c. I made them friends with a bowle of Nectar , And therefore , &c. The Second Part. To the same tune . VVHen Saturne warr'd against the Sun , Hey , &c. Then through my helpe the field he won , And therefore , &c. With Hercules I tost the Club , Hey , &c. I rol'd Diogenes in a Tub , And therefore , &c , When Tamberlaine overcame the Turke , Hey , &c. I blew up thousands in a worke , And therefore , &c. When , Caesars pompe I overthrew , Hey , &c. Then many a Roman Lord I slew . And therefore , &c. When the Ammorites besieg'd Rome wals , Hey , &c. I drove them backe with fiery balls , And therefore , &c. And when the Gréekes besieged Troy , Hey , &c. I rescued off dame Hellens ioy , And therefore , &c. And when that I had won this fame , Hey , &c. I was honor'd of all men for the same , And therefore , &c. At Tilbury Campe with Captaine Drake , Hey , &c. I made the Spanish Fléet to quake , And therefore , &c. At Hollands leaguer there I fought , Hey , &c. But there the service prov'd too hot , And therefore , &c , Then from the leaguer returned I , Hey , &c. Naked , Hungry cold , and dry , And therefore , &c. But here I have now compast the Globe , Hey , &c. I am backe return'd as poore as Iob , And therefore , &c. And now I am safe returned backe , Hey , &c. Here● to you in a cup of Canary Sacke , And therefore , &c. And now I am safe returned here , Hey , &c. Here 's to you in a cup of English Bé●r● , And therefore , &c. And if my travels yeu desire to sée , Hey , &c. You may buy 't for a peny heere of mée , And hereafter make me roome man . FINIS . R.C. LONDON , Printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield .