The age & life of man. Here you may see the frailty that's in men, till they have run the years threescore and ten. / Tune of Jane Shore. Fancy, P., fl. 1675. 1675 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A85112 Wing F406A ESTC R232854 45097779 ocm 45097779 171367 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. A85112) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 171367) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2572:16) The age & life of man. Here you may see the frailty that's in men, till they have run the years threescore and ten. / Tune of Jane Shore. Fancy, P., fl. 1675. [2] p. : ill. Printed for J. Williamson in Canon street and at the Bible on London-Bridge., [London] : [1675?] Caption title. Signed: By P. Fancy. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Contains one woodcut illustration. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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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 Ballads, English -- 17th century. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Age & Life of MAN. Here you may see the frailty that 's in Men , Till they have run the years threescore and ten . Tune of Jane shore 1. When man is born he in a Cradle hides 7. At one time seven a Hoby horse bestrides ; 14. At two times seven a book to read withal ; 21. At three times seven a Bandy and a Ball ; 28. At four times seven a wife he seeks and finds 35. At five times 7 the Horn of strength he winds : 42. At six times seven , Time standeth by him still , 49. At seven times seven , his Bag begins to fill : 56. At eight times seven his house with riches shines , 63. At nine times seven , he to the Earth inclines : 70. At ten times seven his Glass & time is run , Into the earth man falls , his story 's done . AS I was wandring all alone A project then I thought upon : The which in my senses ran , that I should right the Age of man : Man he is Clay , and came from Earth and sinners live till day of death From one sin to another run , and never leaves till he 's undone . Then fear your God make no delay For Time and Tide for none will stay . The first of seven years in a Cradle , to stand or go he is not able , Whiles other creatures making scorn tramples him down when he is born : So weak he is he cannot go and poor is born we all do know . Into this world stark naked he came , and so shall go out of the same . Then fear your &c. At two times seven his friends to rule provide for kéeping him at School : That what to him in youth is told may do him good when he is old : But he so given is to play he truants most his time a way : When Age comes on , he 'l then repent , that he his time had so mispent . At thrée times seven he is very idle that all his friends cannot him bridle . Then fear your God , make no delay , His thoughts run wandring too & fro , perswade him well , you are his foe : In other Countreys he will rome and have no mind to stay at home : That all his friends are grieved still while he persues his headstrong will. Then , &c. The Second Part To the same Tune . At four times seven a wife he gets , using & mustring up his wits How he should thrive he takes great pains , alass for little or no gains . He then to bend his senses , rowse things most convenient for his house : Which in time wasts & fades away , even so must man that is but Clay . Then fear , &c. At five times seven a charge comes on , Which in the world few think upon : He labours hard with right good will , striving like stones against a hill : Or like a fload that swiftly goes At one time ebbs , another flows : Even so is man that 's rich to day to morrow God takes all away . Then fear , &c. At six times seven then he should leave and for his former folly grieve : His heart is vert with sobs & sighs for all his former vain delights Good Husbandry he then home takes bad husbandry he then forsakes : And sober lives , and those defie such as do ●●te good husbandry Then fear , &c. At seven times seven a covetous mind is all to which he is inclind Covetous he is in himself to purchase up all worldly wealth . Gathering up that which is but dross which may prove once to be a cross . Except his talent he improve towards the poor by acts of love . Then fear your God , make no delay , For time and tide for none will stay . At eight times seven his cunning skill striving with all his worldly will : In barganing & selling then making his Children mighty men . Leaving behind him that which he for it shall never thanked be As he did gather and lay it by , the Prodigal doth make it fly . Then fear , &c. At nine times seven he waxes old , his limbs benum'd , & veins are cold : His children glad with much content , their father have so good judgment : So knowing is in every cause his wit doth make young men to pause : Yet all this world he now must leave and now prepare himself for grave . Then fear , &c. At ten times seven his Glass is run , and he poor soul can no way shun : No , he must leave children & wife , to give the world can't save his life . Happy is he that liveth here , and kéeps his Conscience pure & cléer , Although in dust his body lye his soul shall mount up to the Sky . Then fear , &c. Thus have I shown from Stage to Stage , the frail condition of mans age , From seven to seven we pass , till when we reach the years threescore & ten : Let us all joyn with one accord , and with due reverence fear the Lord. Then may we all rejoyce and sing Hallelujah to our heavenly King. By P. Fancy . Printed for J. Williamson in Canon street and at the Bible on London-Bridge .