The good Fellowes best Beloved:
Now if you will know what that should bee,
Ile tell you tis called good Ipse hee:Tis that which some people do love in some measure,
some for their profit and some for their pleasure.
To the tune of Blew Capp.
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AMong the nine Muses if any there be
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that unto good fellowship friendly adhere,
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Let them give asistance this time unto me,
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for I in this ditty intend to preferre
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A thing thats beloved
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of rich and of poore,
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It is well approoved,
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theres reason therefore,
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My due approbation
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shall evermore be
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In the commendation
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of good ipse hee.
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All sorts and conditions the high and the lowe,
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although not alike yet all in some measure,
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Unto this my theame their affection will showe,
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according as they have time, stomack, or trea-sure:
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Theres few live so purely,
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but they now and then
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Will sip it demurely
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both women and men,
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Both marryd and simple
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doe joyntly agree,
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To fuddle their noses
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with good ipse he.
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Both Lawyers & cliants that come to the terme,
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how ere the case goes of one thing I am sure,
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Before any businesse can be setld firme,
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good liquor & money the meanes must procure,
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A Taverne barre often,
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makes peace ere they part,
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Canary can soften
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a plaintiffes hard heart,
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Their glasses they sup off,
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and make merry glee,
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Such power hath a cup of
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good good ipse he.
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The Taylor coms rubbing his hands in the morn,
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and calls for a cup of the But next the wall,
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Be it of the Grape or the Barley Corne,
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heele drinke out his breakfast his dinner & all,
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Hee sayes call and spare not,
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Ile goe thorough stitch,
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Hang pinshing I care not
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for being too rich:
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John Blacks a good fellow,
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and he alowes me
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To make my selfe mellow
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with good ipse hee.
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The merry Shoo-maker when tis a hard frost,
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sayes he cannot work for his waxe it is frozen,
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Fayth what shall we doe, let us goe to our Host
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and make our selves merry with each a halfe dozen,
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With this resolution,
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they purpose to thrive,
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But ere the conclusion,
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that number proves five,
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They sing merry catches,
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few trades men that be,
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Are Shoo-makers matches
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at good ipse hee.
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The second part, To the same tune.
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THe Mason and bricklayers are somer birds,
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the Winter to them is a time of vacation:
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Then they & their laborours live on their words,
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unlesse (like the Ant) they have made prepara-tion,
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And yet though they have not,
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they nerethelesse thinke,
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Tush what if we save not,
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must we have no drinke,
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Weele pawne tray and shovle,
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and more if neede be,
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Our noses to fuddle
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with good ipse hee.
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Grim Vulcan the black-smith is chief of al trades
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then think you that hel be in drinking inferiour.
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No truely when hees with his merry comrades,
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heele laugh and sing ditties you never heard merrier,
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He cryes out hees hot,
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and still this is his note
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Come gis tother pot:
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heers a sparke in my throate,
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Hee calls and he payes,
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there is no man more free,
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He seldome long stayes
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from good ipse hee.
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The Tanner when he comes to Leaden-hall,
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after a hard journey wil make himselfe merry,
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He will have good liquor and welcome with all,
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the Bul for good beere and the naggs-head for shery,
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No bargaine shall stand,
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but what liquor doth seale,
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Quite throughout the Land,
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thus most tradesmen doe deale,
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In Taverne or Alehouse
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most matches made be,
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The first words where shall us
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finde good ipse hee.
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The London shopkeepers that cry what doe lack
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when they have sold wares & money have taken,
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Theyl give their chapman a pint oth best sacke,
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the price of it out of their money abating,
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The proverb observing
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they that money take
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Must pay all the charges,
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this bargaine they make,
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Thus Liquor makes all men,
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most friendly agree,
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Both lowe men and tall men,
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love good ipse hee.
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The honest plain Husbandman when that he goes
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to fayre or to market with corne or with cattle:When he hath dispatcht he remembers his nose,
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how that must be armd as it were to a battle,
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Then like to a gallant
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to drinking he falls,
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Yet though hees pot valiant,
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he payes what he calls:
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He scornes reputation
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in that base degree,
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His chiefe recreation
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is good ipse hee.
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The generous Servingmen meeting each other
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as wel as their masters somtimes wil be merry,
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He thats a good fellow is lovd like a brother,
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with making him welcom they nere are weary
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Hee that is a clowne,
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as a clowne he may goe
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Quite thoroughout the towne,
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such a fellow theyle know: But those that are right
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will in union agree,
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By morn or by night
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at good ipse hee.
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In briefe thus it is which both women and men,
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so deerely affect that before they will lack it:
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Theyle pawne all they have nay & so now & then,
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gown, kirtle, or wastcoate, cloake breeches and jacket,
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Although they want victuall
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if they can get chinke,
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Beet never so little,
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tis most ont for drinke: The rich and the begger,
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the bond and the free
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Will oftentimes swagger
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at good ipse hee.
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