The honest WELCH-COBLER, for her do scorn to call herself the simple Welch-Cobler:  
Although her thinks in all her Consciences, if her had as many as would stand between Paul's and Sharing-Crosse that her have not so much wit as her Prother Cobbler of America, yet her think her may have as much knavery; and though her have not so much Creek, which her holds to be Heathenish; nor Hebrew, which her holds to be Shewish Language; nor Latin, which is the Language of Rome, yet her shall endever herself to teliver herself in as could Tialect as her can for her hart blood, for the better understanding of all her friends and kindred, whether Comro or Siss, wherein her shall find variety of counsels, profitable instructions, seasonable cautions, to prevent tangers that may come upon all her countrymen here; Her also shall find some truth little honesty, some wit, and a create teale of knavery.  
BY Shinkin ap Shone, ap Griffith, ap Gearard ap Shiles, ap Shoseph, ap Lewis, ap Laurence, ap Richard, ap Thomas, ap Sheffre, ap Sheames, ap Taffie, ap Harry, All Shentlemen in WALES.  
Printed by M. Shinkin, Printer to S. Taffie, and are to be sold at the Sign of the Goat on the Welsh Mountain. 1647.   

The honest Welsh Cobbler.  
WHen her take into teep and serious consitteration the many abuses and reproaches cast upon her teer friends and countrymen, it many times makes her serach where it tooth not itch, & finding no redress tat way, put rather more trouble and perplexity poth in her head and mind, her resolved with herself of another course for her own and her country men's findication, that is as much as to say, to publish to the world some little Tract or Treatise, for her is ferry eloquent, wherein her is minded to show to the world the candour of her intentions, and the excellency of her inventions, the sharpness of her wit, & the rashness of her Judgement, which her had rather call the ripeness of Shudgment, her skill in Philosophy, her dexterity in Divinity, her magnanimous Chavaldrie in Martial Discipline, & her knowledge in State-Maximes, as her may so call it, put to tell her the truth, and no more put the truth, her canowes not the meaning of the word, put only her makes bold to use the word, to show her elegancy of speech, though her pee no more able to understand it then her is able to understand one of the create mountains in Wales. Put now her think out, her can understand more of her Welsh mountain then her can of her hard frases, for her can coe up to the top of her Welsh mountain, and tigg stones and tirt enough to preak her pack, and lay it on her head or shoulder, and then her unterstands it, mark her tat now. Put to avoid prolixity, her will preak off prefacing any longer, put fall close to her puisines: put now her talk of puisines, first her had pest do her puisines that none can do put herself, for fear her make a peastly piece of work on't, put first her will sing a song pefore her coe any further.  
Taffie was brave, and her puilt her a Cave,  
under the foot of a Mountain,  
Taffie was fine, and her tranke of the wine,  
the water out of the Fountain:  
Taffie eat Apple-Crabb, put her love was a Trabb,  
for trinking the whey out of the firking,  
Put all the long day of her Harp her will play,  
and make the louse tance in her Shirking.  
There was a time when her Welsh wit would work like her Welsh wine, otherwise called Matheglinn, and lick up cold, as her countrymen use to lick up Welsh Flumrey, put neither wit now nor honesty will pay any thing in her Welsh Markets, her must set herself flat and close to her Trade of Cobbling, and first I shall beekin with the createst piece of work I have, though it may be worst paid for it, and that is Prince rupert's Boots to sole, and he useth to pay folks with his Poleax. You may remember, as I was informed by some of herowne Countrymen, and those none of the pest quality that made a shift to save her selves by the nimble agility of her heels at Marston fight, that Prince Rupert to save herself, ran over the Bean field, and there her lost either one or both her soles, her stuck so fast in the Clay: & here her cannot put commend her for her wit, for her is sure her will never pe hanged for her honesty, tat her would parallel herself with her Cousins of Wales, that when her see her could not overcome by sighting, to save herself by flying; and for that trick and one more that her canowes her will set her on a pair of the pest soles that her wore in her life cratis, because her canow tat her lost all tere & at Nazby, and never cot any could fortune since, except a purge and a broken shyn at Abbington, and a little strong Beer at Bristol, and tere her was forced to leave the createst part behind him, because he could not stay to drink it but upon these conditions, first, that her come no more a plundering into her Welsh territories, to carry away her could Welsh she's, that her should cost for her none self, her wife and shildren, which though her say't herself, is made as cleanly as any she's in all Wales, for her wife strained it through the skirt of her foul smock, for fear there should be any hairs of her Cow or Goat in her she's to shoake her.  
Secondly, that if her ever shance to come again into England or Wales, and to have any of her countrymen under her command, tat her pring tem no further on, ten her can canow how to pring tem off with credit, and not run away from tem in te midst of te battle, and leave tem to shift for temselves while herself fall to plundering of wagons and so herself cet all te money, while her countrymen get kanocks: and upon the performances of these conditions, her will give her some advice which will do her no hurt, if her will take it: and first, tat her come no more into England or Wales, if her can help it, to fight, for though her be a man of valour, and loves to fight when her cannot shuse, yet her kanowes by experience that her may meet with her match in England, tat will past her sides, and preak her pate, and send her home to her own country for a plaster, and what will her get by tat?  
Secondly, that her use her utmost endever to make her peace with could Parliament & people of England: for if her well consider with herself what could tey have done for her, and what mischief her hath done for them, her will find cause enough to look about her I warrant her. But her feel herself not well, call in some of her kindred, for her is resolved to make her Will, and set her house in order, pefore her go away and pe seen no more, and if her shance to mend, her will follow her own Trade again: put in the mean time her will make an Inventory of all her could and bad moveables and immovables, and make her Cousin Maurice Executor.  

Imprimis, in her ped-shamber one foul wife and five small shildren, those being part of her movable pads, I wish from her heart they were removable.  
Item, in another chamber two pair of eurst Queans tongues, or tongs should I call them, no, it's no matter, they will pinch worse than tongs, they are moveables I'll warrant you.  
Item, in her Pride-shamber one pair of Horns upon her beds head, tat her may thank her wife for, and these are unmoveable coods. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautem; Happy is her whom other men's Horns do make to beware.  
Item, one proken pate owing to her by one of her neighbours for a could turn her tid tem seven years ago, that is desperate debt.  
Item, five hundred shrewd turns owing to me from her Cousins of England, for and in consiteration of divers Horse, Cows and Sheep her stole from them, put these are desperate debts also.   
Put now her spirits pegins to come to her again, and therefore one word to Prince Maurice, for her hath peen a create Tancer in her time, and her is doubtful that her soles of her poots begin to wear out, and therefore her will pestow a pair of soles upon him, if her thought her would take it in could part, and her would give her could counsel with all her heart blood: first, that her would not tance any more after such ungodly measures tat her hath done in former times, in firing houses, killing could Ministers, and tivers of her own tear countrymen which cave her no cause at all: I would have her consider, that it were too base a calling for one of her blood and quality to turn Lyme burner, if her remember when and how well her was paid for her pains: when her went about to purne Lyme, her should consider, that it was unfit for her Highness to purne whole Towns in England, when her had never a House nor Cottage of her own, little or pig, to make satisfaction for the wrongs which her had done; and though her prother was made Duke of Cumberland, yet it were put Titular; what is her Title worth now? in her shudgment it is not worth the smoke of one of her Welsh Ladles, when her wife makes Leeke-pottage: and therefore her say, Prince, if her pee wise, keep her away while her is well, for as her is a Prince of the plout Royal, if her never be catcht, her can never be questioned: and think her have given her could counsel, and her hope her will not pee crusty, though her pee somewhat hard-bakt, if her should hear, that her and her prother peeing grown men, have helped to rob five hundred tat helped to feed tem when tey were shildren.  
And pefore her forget her, forget her did her say, her warrant her her shall never forget her while her live, nor twenty year after, the Marquis of Newcastle, a pox on her picture, her thinks her was no witch, put her made herself as plack as a Tivell with her Coale-dust, no matter if her had peen choked with it, for her made many of her friends and countrymen in and about London to fret themselves hot, and at last many were glad to sell or pawn all tat her selfes and her wives and shildren had worked for all her life time, to get her some fire. Put if ever her catch her in her Welsh Territories, her will make her run as fast as her did when her run away beyond Sea after Marston-moore, and therefore if her canow when her is well, let her keep herself where her is, and if her have worn out her poots in her running march its pest for her to go to her Cousin Cobbler in America, and her will parch her poot for her cratis, for her do tell her in plain terms it is not safe for her to come upon out Welsh or English coasts, for fear her should catch a blocish Ague, as her Cousin Strafford did or the Beshits Crace of Canterbury, and many others which her could name, for if te Parliament shance to feel her pulses and find her not well qualified for to take some Parliament physic to purge away all her Malignant humours, yet her will go near to let her blood in te neck, and then her mind will be quite shanged her will river be could after it, and so her takes her leave of her Marquis of Newcastle, better take her leave here then at the—  
Next her would entreat the new Lord Capell, a Lord of te last Edition, her do scorn to call her Cow-stealer, her father was an honest Gentleman, and kept a could house, her little thought of leaving a Son so famous for Coward ze and Cow-stealing, but Tawsone, her will say no more only her would entreat her never to come more into Wales, for her do tell her, tat her is like to loof her labour if her come, for her have almost no Cows left in Wales: Therefore her had as could keep her where her is as come to trouble her and her Countrymen and herself, too I could tell her her none, but her spares her because her was lately created Baron of Haddum, but now her thinks her may now be called Baton of Hadland, for her could tell her how many create Pig-houses her had in Hartfordshire, where her Barony of Hadland, Haddum I should say lies, where her knows her utship had Parks where were as many horned Beasts as there are apps in her Welsh Sheneologes, and so her have done with her urship for this time, only her would entreat her worship if her have any Cow-Hides left, tat her would put them to tanning for fear her should want leather to sole her poots, and so Du Cat en ergh.  
Put room for Cottington that Spanish Fox, her had more familiarity with Roman keeses than were fit for her urship to have for they have hatched many Cockatrice eggs against the City and Parliament, and they proved gallant Goosling in his eye for the time, but now they are all dashed, her herd that her urship was made Lord High Treasurer, but now her tall Cedar-like Honour is laid in the dust, but her will tell her one infallible truth which her worship will not deny: Since her left her Urships create House in Proadstreet, there hath pin more money told then all her Honour is worth, if her Honour were to be sold by weight, but her urship hath found by her none experience, that there pee shurch in England that will unkennel the subtlest old Fox in Spain, if her come here to give evil counsel, her would wish her urship to earth herself in some other soil, if her love herself and her ears, come not into her Welsh territories, for her have put few Sheep or Lambs, nor Goats, nor Kids, nor Tucks, nor Hens, nor Keese, nor Koostins, lest in her principality of Wales, and beside her have Foxes Diggon in Wales, and therefore her desires none of her company in Wales, to devour her Welsh Poultry, so farewell and be— Foxes never far better than when they are cursed.  
Put now her can forbear no longer, her was ready to preak packwards, and then her should long her could flannel shirt which cost two croats put half a year ago, when her call to mind one of her own countrymen flesh, blood and pone, her cannot shuse but admire at her, her mean the Pishop of York, the Weathercock, the wonder of her age, her should have said, but her hope her Preterne of England will pardon her expressions, I hope her will not deny her wont privilege, that is, to tell her tale twice her being a Welshman put to her matter in hand, her countryman is mettle to the hard arse, for her can use her Paul's Sword, as well as her Peter's Keys, her may see that while there is life there is hopes, her had as many thought to see the Tevill turn Presbyter as her countryman and kinsman Williams, put now her think a Windmill would better beceme her head then a Mitre, and so het will take her leave of her countryman.  
And then there is her Cousin Wren, that little Bird, but her was ferry full of mischief as her sheese use to be full of Maggots, this is her that kept the Tailor's wife at Cambridge, and made her Husband look through a pair of horning Spectacles, all the Soap and Sophistry in Cambridge will not wash out that spot in her Lawn Sleeves, her was put to silence above threescore Ministers at one Fifie, her was create instrument in placing scandalous Priests up and town her Country, where her had to do, such as was in her own Country, that would read service in the forenoon and pe trunk in the afternoon, nay, perhaps be trunk all the week after, and yet they were so covetous, tat her had put thirteen eggs in an Nest and her went to law with her, and made her spend ten pounds, pecause her gave her but one for Tithe: but now her little Wren is met withal, now her cannot do mischief as her did before, her is in the Tower and her do pray her Lieutenant and her Warders to look well to her, for her is put a little Pird, and can get out at a little hole, and her would pray her to keep her wings clipped, for fear her should fly away; her thinks in Conscience her could Parliament might do well to send her to New-England to work for her living, for her have been so could in Old England that no body cares for her company, and beside shange of Air may shange his mind, for her have heard men say that shange of pasture makes fat Calves, and why not shange of climates make fat Knaves, her canow that her preterne of England would be glad to be rid of him, & so much for Wren.  
Her had almost forgot her Lordship Littleton, that run away with the Create Seal, her was never the wiser man for that, nor never the honester man, to play the knave with them that dealt so well with him: but her have not much to say to her, because her have but little acquaintance with her, only take heed to herself, for her knows what is the reward of a pickpocket better than herself.  
And then there is the Lord Hopton, a man of mettle, and a wife man, or else he should be, for there is not one hair between her and the sky, it is pity her was ever engaged in such a quarrel, her was fain to sell her honesty to buy her a periwig of honour, a Titular Barony, and now her is glad to hop away, and leave her House and Land behind her, and carry nothing with her but her Periwig, which is but light of carriage, her may carry it whither her will with her, except her come to London, and then her most lay it down, but her think hardly her will come there; farewell frost, if her never come again there is nothing lost.  
FINIS.