A ballad declaring how neybourhed love, and true dealing is gone.  
NOw strange it is, to men of age  
the which they see, before their face.  
This world to be, in such outrage,  
It was never seen, in so bad case,  
Neibourhed nor love is none  
true dealing now is fled & gone  
¶ Where shall one find, a man to trust,  
Alway to stand, in time of need.  
The most part now, they are unjust  
Fair in words, but false in deed:  
Neybourhed. nor love is none  
True dealing now is fled and gone.  
¶ who can flatter, now best shall speed,  
who can deceive, is gains well won  
Of deceitful tongues, who can take heed  
Many a man, they have undone,  
Neibourhed, nor love is none, etc.,  
¶ The wickedness, that doth abound,  
More than I can, with tongue express,  
To see unfaithful men are found,  
of friendship there was never less:  
Neiborhed, nor love is none. etc.  
¶ On covetousness, most men desire,  
Their neighbour's house, some doth procure.  
And over his head, they will it hire,  
Or buy a leace, to make it sure,  
Neiborhed, nor love is none. etc.  
¶ To pourchace and buy, for lucre & gain  
Both leace & house, both wood & ground,  
They double the rent, to poor men's pain  
of landlords now, few good are found  
Neiborhed, nor love is none. etc.  
¶ This is used now every where,  
And will be till we have redress,  
with them I thought, the Lord did fere  
Because his word they do profess:  
neiborhed, nor love is none. etc.  
¶ what neiborhed is this you call,  
That one another doth backbite  
And daily will both scold and brawl,  
with slanderous words, in most despite:  
neyborhed, nor love is none. etc.  
¶ For matters small, some suffer wrong,  
Upon displeasure, in prison cast,  
And there shall lie, without pity long  
till that his goods are spent and waste:  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.,  
¶ th'ungodly rich, the poor opppresse.  
On them few have compassion,  
Their cause is here, remediless  
without all consolation:  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.  
❧ If any member be hurt in man,  
The whole body laments therefore:  
the poor oppressed who cureth then  
Or helps him for to salve his sore:  
neiborhed nor love is none, etc.,  
¶ The percialnesse that now doth reign  
with some that have, such cause in hand  
The rich men doth, the poor disdain  
And seeks the means, to make them band  
neyborhed not love is none, etc.  
¶ Truly to deal one with another,  
In these days now are very few,  
the Sister will beguile the brother,  
the brother again, deceit will show  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.  
¶ The father will deceive the child,  
the child the father likewise again,  
thus one another doth beguiled  
By false deceit, that now doth reign:  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.  
¶ To speak somewhat of usury,  
the which the Lord doth daily curse  
yet some do use it privily  
to fill their uncontented purse,  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.  
To strive or speak, it is no boot,  
In covetousness, there is no order  
of mischief it is the very root,  
All things it spoils, in every border:  
neyborhed nor love is none. etc.,  
Our Preachers with gods word doth cry  
on covetousmen, that will not cease,  
their words are herd, with years so sly,  
their filthy gains, they still increase:  
neybourhed nor love is none. etc.  
How many doth their rents abate,  
or now a days, their tenentes ease,  
they set their rents, at a new rate  
Both fines and leasses, they daily rease.  
Neybourhed nor love is none. etc.  
Covetousness hath now the way  
wrong & bribery doth not refrain,  
In every cost, pride beareth the sway,  
amongs the whole▪ now it doth reign  
Neybourhed nor love is none. etc.  
What is the cause, neibourhed is gone,  
which here hath reigned many a day  
I hear the poor men make great moan,  
And saith hit is, fallen in decay:  
Neibourhed nor love is none, etc.,  
True dealing dare not once appear  
Deceit hath put him out of place,  
Every where both far and near,  
He reigneth now in most men's face:  
Neibourhed nor love is none. etc.  
Grant oh God, for thy mercies sake  
That neigbourhed, and dealing true  
May once again, our spirits awake,  
That we our lives may change a new  
that neybourhed and love alone  
may come again to every one.  
qd. John Barker.   

Imprinted at London by Richard Lant.