EBBA 20670
Magdalene College - Pepys
| An Antidote of Rare / Physick. / No rarer thing that you can find, / To Cure a Discontented mind; / A contented mind it is most rare, / If you serve the Lord and stand in fear: / And let no want nor poverty, / Disquiet your mind, I tell to ye; / For God hath all things still in store, / If you have Content you need no more. | |
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| Date Published | 1685 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilspur-street, with Newgate. |
| License | This may be printed, June 5. 1685. R. L. S. Entred according to Order. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.46 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.46 |
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| Title | An Antidote of Rare / Physick. / No rarer thing that you can find, / To Cure a Discontented mind; / A contented mind it is most rare, / If you serve the Lord and stand in fear: / And let no want nor poverty, / Disquiet your mind, I tell to ye; / For God hath all things still in store, / If you have Content you need no more. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, No love like a contented mind: Or, Phancies Phenix. |
| First Lines | INdeed this world is so unjust, / Men cannot one another trust; |
| Refrain | A contented mind it is most rare, / If we serve the Lord and stand in fear. {with variation in final stanza} |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 320 |
| Condition | damaged and creased surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rules |