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In London and within a mile, I weene,
There are of Iayles or Prisons full eighteene,
And sixty Whipping-posts, and Stocks and CageThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)s,
Where sin with shame and sorrow hath due wagThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)es.
For though the a Tower be a Castle Royall,
Yet ther’s a Prison in’t for men disloyall:
Though for defence a Campe may there be fitted,
Yet for offence, men thither are committed.
It is This text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)a house of fame, and there is in’t
A Palace for a Prince, a Royall Mint, (BowThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)es,
b Great Ordnance, Powder, Shot, Match, Bils aThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)nd
Shafts, swords, pikes, lãces, shouels, mattocks, crThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)ows,
Bright armor, muskers, ready still, I say,
To arme one hundred thousand in a day.
And last, it is a prison vnto those
That doe their Soueraigne or his lawes oppose.
c The Gatehouse for a prison was ordain’d,
When in this land the third king Edward reign’d:
Good lodging roomes, and diet it affoords,
But I had rather lye at home on boords.
Since Richards reigne the first, d the Fleet hath bThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)eene
A Prison, as vpon records is seene:
For lodgings and for bowling, there’s large spacThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)e,
But yet I haue no stomacke to the place.
e Old Newgate I perceiue a theeuish den,
But yet ther’s lodging for good honest men.
When second Henry here the Scepter swaid,
Then the foundation of that gate was laid.
But sixty six yeeres ere our Sauiours birth,
By Lud was f Ludgate founded from the earth;
No Iayle for theeues, though some perhaps as bThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)ad,
That breake in policie, may there be had.
The g Counter in the Powltry is so old,
That it in History is not enrold.
And h Woodstreet Counters age we may deriue,
Since Anno fifteene hundred fifty fiue.
a The Tower. b Besides PoleaxesThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL), Partizens, HalThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)berds, Iauelines, Battleaxes, Crosbowes, hThis text has been supplied. Reason: The ink has faded, obscuring the text. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)alf-Pikes, Pistoles, and This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Petronels. c The Gatehouse. d The Fleet. e NewThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)gate. f Ludgate. g Poultry Counter. h Woodstreet.
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This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)For me the one’s too old, and one’s too new,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)And as they bake, a Gods name let them brew.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)a Bridewell vnto my memory comes next;
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Where idlenesse and lechery is vext:
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)This is a royall house, of state and port, (Court.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Which the eighth King Henry built, and there kept
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Gaue it away to be an Hospitall:
Which vse the City puts it well vnto,
And many pious deeds they there doe doo:
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)But yet for Vagabonds and Runnagates,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)For Whores, and idle knaues, and suchlike mates,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)’Tis little better than a Iayle to those, (blowes.
Where they chop chalke, for meat and drinke and
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)In this house those that ’gainst their wils doe dwell,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Loue well a Bride (perhaps) but not Bridewell.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)b Fiue Iayles or Prisons are in Southwarke plac’d,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)The Counter (once S. Margrets Church defac’d)
Where some like Tantalvs, or like Ixion,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)The pinching paine of hunger daily feele,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Turn’d vp and downe with fickle fortunes wheele:
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)And some doe willingly make there abode,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Because they cannot liue so well abroad. (be,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Then ther’s the Clinke, where handsome lodgings
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)And much good may it doe them all, for me.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Crosse but the Thames vnto S. Katherins then,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)There is another c hole or den for men.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Another in d East-Smithfield1 little better,
Will serue to hold a theefe or paltry debter.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)e Then neere three Cranes a Iayle for Hereticks,
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)For Brownists, Familists, and Schismaticks.2
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)f Lord Wentworths Iayle within White Chappell stands,
And Finsbury, God blesse me from their hands.
a Bridewell. b White Lyon, KingThis text has been supplied. Reason: The ink has faded, obscuring the text. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)s Bench, Marshalsea, This text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Counter and Clinke. c The hole as S. Katherines. d East This text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)Smithfield prison. e New prison. f The Lord Wentworths. This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (KL)g Finsbury.

Notes

  1. I.e., East Smithfield Prison. (KL)↑
  2. I.e., New Prison. (KL)↑

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Taylor, John. Excerpt from The Praise and Virtue of a Jail and Jailers. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 30 Jun. 2021, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/PRAI1.htm.

Chicago citation

Taylor, John. Excerpt from The Praise and Virtue of a Jail and Jailers. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed June 30, 2021. mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/PRAI1.htm.

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Taylor, J. 2021. Excerpt from The Praise and Virtue of a Jail and Jailers. In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London (Edition 6.6). Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/editions/6.6/PRAI1.htm.

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