XJF106659 The Sorrowful Lamentation of the Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen (woodcut) (b/w photo) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: for the hardness of the times and the decay of Trade - to the tune of My Life and My Death; Roxburghe Ballads; chap-man, from Old English ceapman ceap meant trade; so peddler or pedlar, merchant or trader; one who travels about selling wares for a living; THE times are grown hard, more harder then stone, And therefore the Pedlars may well make their moan, Lament and complain that trading is dead, That all the sweet golden fair days now are fled. Then Maidens and Men, come see what you lack, And buy the fine toys that I have in my Pack. ); English, out of copyright.