Newes from Northumberland
This geare goythe well and better it shall,
For triall will tell, the Treson of Ball.
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YOu whisperinge fellowes, that walke everywheare
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now clau your old elbowes, & skratch up your heaer
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I will tell ye for troth, what newes I heare,
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the Bull of the Northe is a frayd of the Bear
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This geare goethe well and Better it shall,
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For triall will tell, the Treson of Ball.
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The Moone and the Ster, are fallen so at stryfe,
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I never knewe warre, so strange in my lyfe,
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And all is longe of a Babylon Beaste,
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that hath a thowsand heddes, at the leaste.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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What made the Murrians hed so stoute,
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to seeke the sheaffe of Arroes oute,
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A Morryon of that hed, the Northe maie saie
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that hed from the boddye must needes awaie.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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The Lambe that knewe this newes before,
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did bid the Lyon begin to rore,
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The Lion that coulde not then refraine,
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did byd the Beare go shake his chayne.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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Whose shakinge suche a shryll did yelde,
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that every Beast did flye the feelde,
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Which served and shadowid under the Moone,
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and thowght full littell to shrinke so soone.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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And to Sainte Androwe, be they gone,
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with very harde shyfte to make theare moane,
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And som of theare Ladies lefte behinde,
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with very small wages under the wynde.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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But I marvell yet, of Ser John Shorne,
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whether he and the blessed Masse be borne,
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It weare a mery thinge to be knowen,
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wheare he doth make his Alter stone.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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The Cropyerde Fox, that this begon,
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and made this brablinge to be don,
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Is curst of many a mothers sonne,
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and I praye ye what hath his coraige wonne,
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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Yet when this newes shall come to Roome,
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I knowe they will not sticke to presume,
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To wright to many Cristian Kings,
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they have as they woulde al maner of things,
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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Why walke ye not by three and three,
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in Polles as ye weare wonte to bee,
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And saye as you were wont to do,
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I hold you a crowne it is not trewe.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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Of manie great helpes you bragge and bost,
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besydes sir John that carieth the hooste,
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Lyke unbelevers as you bee,
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you bragge of nothinge that you see.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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You bragge not of the almighties name,
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you bragge not of your Princes fame,
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You bragge of never a faithfull knight,
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that for his contrey goeth to fight.
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This heare goythe well. etc.
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You bragge to see your countrey spoylde,
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you bragge to see poore men begilde,
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You bragge to see your brothers blood,
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I pray tell me if these be good.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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And as ye are of perverst minde,
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you swere and stare and wil be blinde,
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Wher in ye shew that faithlesse ye,
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Have no good power to here and see.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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Where be the Northen idiotes fled,
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that were by your devises led.
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They had bin better they had kept their bed,
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you can not repeale that you have spred.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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I thinke by this you do beleve,
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the Devill himselfe laughes in his sleeve
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That yet so many of Balahams markes,
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are still his trewe and faithfull clarkes.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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And to be short I see and knowe,
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howe manie a one themselves bestowe,
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I accuse no one I tell ye trewe,
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but ye wil be knowne I imust tell you,
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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And thinke in tyme that error is,
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the cause of all that is a misse,
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God of his mercie mend thease dayes,
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and her preserve that seekes the waies.
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This geare goythe well. etc.
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