Elway Bevin
(c.1555 - 1638)

By mirth much sickness is clean abject
(A.T.B.)
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A freeman's song recorded in John Baldwin's Commonplace Book.
Lyrics: Anon

By mirth much sickness is clean abject,
By mirth much malice is set at rest;
For mirth drives men out of suspect,
With mirth much sorrow is overpress'd;
And with mirth each heart is eased,
And without mirth few hearts are pleased.
Mirth quick'neth men's wits, the bodies maketh strong;
Mirth quieteth men's minds, setteth sorrows at rest.
Mirth comforteth the soul that mirth be not wrong,
Mirth with honesty is ever the best:
For honest mirth the soul maketh glad,
And mirth with sin the soul maketh sad.