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't is now several years since these papers , of the most ingenious dr. r. wild's first fell into my hands . which ( having been the occasion of so much innocent mirth and diversion , not only to my self , but to all i ever communicated them to ) i thought fit , at length ( lest i should seem either envious or injurious to others ) not any longer to engross the pleasure of them wholly to my self ; but to invite the publick to share in this , no contemptible priviledg , by the publication hereof : which , without the least diminution , addition , or alteration , is here presented to thee in the author 's own words . a further recommendation being needless , to what will so assuredly recommend it self , being read ; i shall only add , that if pure wit , harmless jest , true mirth , and good design are taking , i need not doubt but what followeth here , will highly please , and oblige thee to the publisher , farewel . dramatis personae . invention .   furor poeticus , an humorous poet. pedanto , a school-master . comaedia , a girl . ceres , the goddess of harvest . marchurch , the patron of a living . ursley , his kitchin wench . mar-pudding , a cotquean ; nephew to marchurch . book-worm , a young divine . sir homily , an old curat . hob-nail , marchurch's hind-servant . phantastes , a meer scholar , newly come from the vniversity . goodman scuttle , a new-english basket-maker . two watchmen .   a school-boy .   tinker , and a gypsie his wife .   scena profi●gentis arbitrio . the benefice . act the first . behind the curtain a school-master at study writing , with many books before him ; and a little boy under him with his grammar in one hand , and bread and butter in the other . [ enter invention and furor poeticus . ] invention comes in studying . after a pause , he steps back and calls furor poeticus . invention . fvror , furor . so — ho — ho. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . enter furor , panting and blowing . furor . good master invention — oh — you are too quick for me . you are in as much haste as a schollar to get a wife , or an heir to sell his land. hey presto — whip and away ; your brains are as nimble as if projections and monopolies were alive again . invent. come furor , you know i have a deal of work to do ; since my name was invention , i never knew such a busie time . — let me see my table-book ; what business have i to dispatch ? [ pulls out his table-book . ] ho! bodkin the taylor , i must invent for him new fashion'd breeches , with a tippet here behind to turn up , that gentlemen may go to stool and not untruss . item , i must invent a plot , how the papists may escape the purgatory of the parliament . furor . i have a plot for that . let them put their heads through an hempen rosary , and say three ave mary's with a wry-mouth ; and i 'll be their bondslave they need not fear afterwards . invent. memorandum , i must invent a plot how the scots may get more money , when that they have is gone . fur. pish — that 's easie . let them come for 't . invent. arm 's for a welch-man . fur. two trees rampant , and another crossant , a ladder ascendant , an hangman couchant , the rope pendant , and the fields sable , &c. invent. to help a chamber-maid to her maiden-head . fur. if she be handsome , she shall have mine . invent. memorandum , parson t. m. must have a sermon made against christmas , pret. s. d. hem. — mr. &c. would learn to preach after the new cut. fur. and that 's not the short cut , i 'm sure . invent. item , i must find out a cure for one that 's sick of two livings . fur. let the incumbent sweat three weeks for anger ; suck his thumbs with patience ; be soundly cup'd twenty four hours : after that , take the wax of an old commission for a divine to be a iustice of peace ; and to it add a quart of abel's wine , a pound of brumfield's soap that hath scaped a scouring , with an handful of goring's tobacco-roots ; mix them with the oyl of lambs grease , boyl them in a corner'd-cap from an arch-bishop to a bishop , from that to dean , from that to an arch-deacon , from that to a prebend , and so to a commissary ( if you can decoct them so low ) then strain it through a lawn-sleeve ; let it cool : fiat emplaistrum . lay this to one of his temples , and his plurisy will leave him . invent. item , i must find out , how many religions there be in london . — item , whether strafford be dead with his head off . — item , i must make verses for a young gentleman , upon a louse that was found in his mistress's head , six foot long , upon the fifth of november last . fur. — avaunt six-footed monster , if i catch thee , my pollux onix quickly shall dispatch thee . [ invention looks about him . ] invent. brother furor , where are we ? — what place is this ? it should be a conventicle , with so many heads and faces in it , and all together in a barn too . [ boy behind the curtain ] as in presenti perfectum format in avi . invent. heark — here 's a school , i think . [ furor peeps within the curtain . ] fur. ay , and here 's the old one in his form , as sad as if he had two livings , and had sold one of them : he looks as melancholy , as if some woman had scratch'd him by the face , for whipping her boy ; or if he were studying to decline . — hist — hist. — come hither little boy . [ enter boy . ] boy . now gentlemen , what 's your pleasure ? fur. prithee what 's thy master studying on ? he 's so close at it . boy . why , he 's making a play , for an exclusion . invent. and hath he done it ? boy . done it ! i think he hath gnawed three quills to the hilts for a line or two . the frost hath gotten into his nose i think ; and till his brains be thawed , we shall not have a drop more done in it . i think , if the clasps and keepers of hope , did not hold up the breeches of discretion , he 'd do 't in 's hose : and yet he hath all the play books in the country to help him . like the cuckooe , he sucks other 's eggs : here he steals a word , and there he filches a line , as we boys do for theams . he hath studied himself out of his wits about it , and if it should not take , ( i hope it will not ) i believe it will be his last . he 'll run away for shame . invent. and why do'st thou hope it will not take ? boy . why ? because i have never a part in it . — but he shall come short of a christmas dinner , my mother says . kissing goes by favour , she says . — pray ye gentlemen step in to him , while i run home to breakfast . exit boy . [ invention draws the curtain aside . ] invent. by your leave sir , — god bless your learning . fur. apollo bless thy brains , thy brains so fickle , and souse them in pure heliconian pickle . invent. marry , and soust hog's head is no ill meat , furor . pedanto . gentlemen you are welcome . ye take me at a hard task here . fur. why ? prithee pedanto what 's thy negotium ? ped. why gentlemen , my trade is to teach wild-geese how t● fly in the figure of criss-cross-row . — that is to say in english , i am a school-master ; and here against christmas , i am blowing my nose for a dialogue . invent. a dialogue ? what 's that ? it 's neither prologue , nor epilogue , nor tragedy , nor comedy , nor pastoral , nor satyr , nor masque , nor morrice-dance . — what 's a dialogue ? ped. why gentlemen , a dialogue is a poetical pudding , or the muses hodg-podg ; a discourse like that between dr. faustus and the devil , or two or three men in a pig-market . — that 's a dialogue . invent. may i be so bold as to peruse your library ? ped. yes sir , if you please ; see the books i have borrowed for the business . [ invention takes up the books , looks in them , and speaks . ] invent. plautus . a subtile diver into man , and yet the fate of poets , poverty and wit ; pimp mercury , and cuckold-making iove , amphitrion's horns , and alcamena's love could not find out a better quill , nor we a better father for our poetry . fur. and yet he came off in his last act , like a costive man from the stool , without wiping . his splay-feet were too broad for verse . he 'd been a pretty fellow , but that they fed him with mill-corn and pottage . — so take him jaylor . invent. ben. iohnson . great brick-bat ben , the envy of thy days ! thy only english brow deserves the bays . others did wear the ivy-bush as sign , not of their wit , but , lattice-face , and wine . but thy industrious brain ( great ben ! ) did seem to make the lawrel , which thou wore , grow green. thine are the tragicks and the comick lays ; and thou' rt th'refiner of our drossy phrase ; and so thy alchymy , i dare be bold , hath turn'd our baser mettal into gold. fur. pritty ! pritty ! — an ordinary wit would make him piss and stink at th'stake like an old bear. — and then damnable tedious and costly too . — every half quarter of an hour a glass of sack must be sent of an errand into his guts , to tell his brains they must come up quickly , and help out with a line . — so take him jaylor . invent. shakspear . his quill as quick as feather from the bow ! o who can such another falstaff show ? and if thy learning had been like thy wit , ben would have blusht , and iohnson never writ . fur. pish. — i never read any of him but in tobacco-papers , and the bottom of pigeon-pies . — but he had been a curate to the stage so long , that he could not choose but get some ends and bottoms ; — i , and they were his fees too ; — — but for the fine and true dramatick law , he was a dunce and scribled with a straw . invent. beaumont and fletcher . the muse's twins ; and in our english sphere castor and pollux , so they did appear . 't is thought , when they were born , appollo's will was to divide th'two-top't parnassus hill , that beaumont ( lofty beaumont ! ) might have one , and fletcher take the other for his throne . fur. a pair of journey-men . they write both with a quill . — — thus have i seen two grey-hound puppies play with one another's itching tails all day . a couple of cowards . part them , and like two worms , they would shrink in their heads . marry , — take them together , and let them spit in one another's mouths , and they would do smartly . they would club for verse . one find rhyme , and another reason . — so take them jaylor . invent. tom randolph's poems . a sweeter swan did never sing upon the downy banks of oylie helicon . methinks , i see the fates and muses fight , who 's chaplain tom should be ; and in despight , like iealous lovers , bring him to his herse , that they might kiss his chin , and read his verse . fur. — 't was tom a bedlam , not tom randolph sure , his wit 's too violent long to endure . pitty ! so rare a fancy should have found an helicon so deep as to be drown'd . tom's dead and every muse hath vow'd to be , for stafford's sake , a stafford's niobe . take him jaylor . invent. these authors are as good as you can have . — have you done the dialogue ? ped. alass ! gentlemen , i am allowed no fuel to my sacred fire of poetry ; but i am fain to curb and curtail my fancy . i scorn a dialogue , as i do toys and pamphlets . — i had intended to have had my scene , delphos , apollo and the nine muses should have been in a masque . — but we have no clothes , unless we would dress them like gypsies , or butter-queens with baskets on their arms. — i would have had an oracle , priest , poet and notaries . — and that oracle should have told fortunes ; all these poet's ghosts should have come in their winding-sheets ; — but in truth , we have not so much linnen in the town as would have dress'd them . — i had much ado to borrow an old doublet to act a tinker in ; and am fain to pay for hair to make beards of , as if the horse-tail was the golden-fleece . fur. difficile est satyram non scribere . [ he overthrows all the books . ] must poet's fancies thus be starv'd and tortur'd ! avant , ye bastards of parnassus mount ! forswear the stage ! undoff your comick sock . which , being sold , this ignorant age will scarce bestow the washing of th'illiterate world ! poets were once crowned and godded too ; now not a penny to buy them ink withal , and no more sack than what they take in spoons , [ he snatcheth away the quills . ] as dying men do from your dirty nurses , away with that same quill , away with 't boy . i would some prentice would light on 't to cross his master's debt-books when he 's drunk . or some elder-brother find it , to subscribe to ten i' th' hundred . or it would serve a whole corporation to set their marks to a petition against bishops . may it be so full of teeth , as to write a libel first , and then the sentence against the libellor's ears . — — but to lie sucking of the fingers thus , making a plot fit for the theatre , or roscius to present , and have no scene , no clothes , no properties , no candle scarce ! 't is this makes furor mad , makes furor fret ; wit , that should nothing want , doth nothing get . ped. but my credit lies at stake , gentlemen . there 's never an empty head of my trade hereabouts , but ventures to be witty ; and therefore something must be done ; and something in english too , because here 's gentlemen will be present at it ; and something for the times ; and all out of nothing . invent. and something shall be done . — furor , shall we conjure ? fur. furor shall conjure ; and i 'll raise the poets , and charm their quills to write a satyr for thee . a satyr , that shall sting , and lash , and scratch ; sharp like a razor , that shall make men hang themselves . and those nine brats of helicon , shall leave their horse-pool , to come and grease thy buskins with their sweat. invent. — speak , — shall it be a tragedy or a comedy ; a pastoral or satyr ? invention can do any thing . fur. furor poeticus can do more , you rogue . i made an alderman a poet once , and he never said grace afterward , but it was in rhyme ; nor wore his holy-day breeches but in meeter . ped. then for apollo's sake , charm open that trunk ; there lies comaedia , a most pritty girl . there she lies fetter'd in that fatal trunk , and hath done ever since dialogues came in , and latine-speeches under every sign-post . — raise her good furor ; raise her from her vrn. — — and every year one act in five , shall be a sacrifice unto this god and thee . invent. i 'll wake her ; and then thou shalt get her out . fur. do. — [ invention with a white wand goes about the trunk , and says . ] invent. the muses scorn to give their eyes to morpheus for a sacrifice , therefore comaedia quickly rise . upon parnassus i do know drowsie poppy ne'r did grow , no nor anadine below . comaedia do no longer snort , awake , and thank invention for 't . comaedia within . oh — oh — oh. — who calls ? fur. come now , i 'll get her out , i 'll warrant thee . come out you slut , or else i 'll knock for vulcan to break op'e the lock ; and he shall rend thy comick sock , or make thee dance without a smock . come out , for furor's in a rage to see such goblins on a stage ; come drink good sack and claret , and thank poeticus furor for it . [ enter comaedia . ] com. what ? my servant invention ! and furor my companion ! — thanks to you both for my liberty . — who is this ? invent. a true well-wisher to your ladyship , and one that desires your help . com. i am a stranger to this place and him . the prentices seven champions scared me so , that i fled hither for safety . — but he being a friend of yours , i 'll do what he 'll command me . fur. a cast of thine office , sweet rogue . — sirrah , speak to her . — let him kiss thy hand , wench . — come . — swear him first . — come you little pedanto ; if you be a poet , — you shall swear , — that you will never drink but till two a clock in the morning . — item , — you shall never be master of more than one suit at a time ; and lie in bed while that is loused , and put into the fashion . — item , you shall keep three or four to admire you , and so pay for the shot . — item , endeavour to get more comaedians . — item , get the pox in policy , that no man may make a bridg of your nose . — item , be sure to die in debt . ped. i will do my endeavour . com. you two pass your words for him ? both , yes , yes . ped. this is , fair lady , but the second year of schooling , and i am not provided with old verses and knacks , as they are at stamford , and those stale places , ( where verses on the fifth of november , do serve an apprentiship before they be set free ) therefore i implore your aid . fur. hang anagrams , and acrosticks , and singing rhymes , like pipers at a wake ; — tho'st have it . com. i am not in tune now . but something i will do for you now ; more hereafter . [ ceres speaks from above . ] what bold attempt is this , ye mortal shapes , and brats of impudence ? do you not know this place is ceres's temple ? and that you dare with your foul feet trample on my threshing-floor ! what makes this concourse here ? where are my taskers ? my threshers that do sacrifice their sweat and brawny hands to ceres ? out with these candles , or i will blast them . will you fire my stacks ? and make me die a martyr ? — brother iove ! lend me a thunder-bolt . — fur. a fools bolt is soon shot . if we burn this barn , i 'll get her more barns if she 'll let me . — this is ceres , and she is woondy angry because we are upon her ground . — we must please her ; no ceres no barley , no barley no malt , no malt no ale , no ale no poets . — we must please her . com. invention speak to her . invent. let us stand all together . fur. surely she lives like cats and owls , by catching of mice . — ask her , who eat up her oats in the high-fields last year . invent. peace . ceres . what ? are ye dumb ? answer me . what 's your business ? know ye not that i can curse your lands ? fur. for pence you shall curse all the lands that we four have . ceres . and charge the fertile fields to teem no more . the crooked plow-man may go slice the ocean and sow the frothy furrows of the sea , with as much hope of harvest , as his clods , if i command the hoary earth to be no longer occupied . — provoke me not . invent. great goddess of our harvest and great'st plenty ! your frowns can make invention barren too as well as grounds . religion drives us hither . this innocent multitude , that here is set , meet not for mutiny . they 'r no rebellious rout. but here they 'r set to see children play men , and boys wear beards . this lady , young and soft , and phoenix downy like , is comaedia . innocent wench ! not hurt a mouse within your walls , you shall not loose a cob-nut by our sport. ceres . why come you here to act it ? look a stage that may deserve such glorious spectators . ped. great goddess ! i am that unhappy man unworthy shepherd of a pretty flock , but have no where to fold them , but i th' temple . i am a bold incroacher on the gods , and steal their free-hold ; but against my will. and tho we learn and weep , and bleed and play , among the untomb'd ashes of our fathers ▪ and with prophane feet , trample o're their urns ; yet there to vent our folly , and build our stage , were to challenge thunder-bolts from iove . we rather choose to hazard ceres's frown , than yield . — that we hereafter may confess , that ceres was the muses patroness . fur. do , do , — and i will promise you a days-work in harvest . ceres . is mirth all your intent ? all. yes , yes . ceres . then go about it quickly . you 'r welcome . — — and i will be an actor in your play , there 's none but ceres shall your prologue say . [ they all sing . ] song . . mnemosyne no more shall be the muses mother crown'd with bays , we have found one more kind than she ; 't is ceres best deserves our praise . 't is she , 't is she henceforth shall be , the muses kindest landlady . . parnassus is but barren ground , apollo but a beardless boy ; in helicon we 'll here be drown'd , but ceres she shall be our ioy. 't is she , 't is she deserves the knee for this days gracious liberty . 't is she , &c. [ the prologue spoken from above by ceres . ] gallants ye 'r welcome , ceres bids ye so , and hath a blessing for you , er'e ye go . you that are clergy , if you 'll merry be , i 'll see your tith-shocks paid more honestly ; and he that cheats you , this shall be his pain , above all knaves , to be a knave in grain . if married men will laugh ; for them i pray may on their heads fall cornu-copia ▪ but he that from hence discontented goes , may a whole harvest of corns grow on 's toes . and you good women , if you 'll sit and see both wives and maids , you shall all fruitful be : you that good fellows are , but like our sport , and you shall have the price of malt fall for 't . in this , my blessing to you all appears , i 'll give you corn , if you will lend us ears . fall to then gallants ; i confess your fare is course and homely , but you welcome are . you 'r welcome ; and in this your welcome stands , that you would soundly ply your mouths and hands . exeunt . act the second . [ enter marchurch reading a letter . ] marchurch . a fever ? — i would it had been the plague , or a whole kennel of diseases . — yet the fever is a good sound card. — out upon them ; these parsons live for wagers , i think . — fourscore and odd ! — his parish have been weary of him this thirty years , and i these forty . — three or four that have bought a tith-pig in poke have paid for the advowson , and are all dead , and now , god be thanked , he hath found in his heart to be sickish . — if the old rogue die — ha , ha , ha , what a flock of flesh-crows , learned creatures in black coats , shall i have nawing about me , like so many jack-daws about a steeple . i 'll get that oath against symony well oyled and greased , that it may go down glib with the gudgeons . [ enter ursely to him , big-belly'd . ] vrs. do ye hear , sir ? let me not lie-in here . your kinsman marpudding will never endure me . he 's never out of the kitchin , prying up and down . i 'me so fearful of him lest he should spie my belly — [ she crys . ] — i know that it cannot be helped now , but — but — you would be doing with me . — i would , — i would , — i had been in my grave . mar. come , come , wench , leave your crying , fool ; i know thou hast brains in thy belly . — no body knows of it , do's there ? vrs ▪ no , no , sir — but i would i had taken of that savin in time you gave me ; but now it is too late . mar. come , come , girl , — [ he looked about him , and kisses her . ] — here , here , you slut , buy thee some clouts , and keep close , — i 'll make it the bravest bastard in england , and yet there are great ones abroad too . — what ? if all fail , i 'll make him my own clark ; and if he come once to have a twang in the law , i 'll warrant — . vrs. yea , sir , but you 'll divide the mony that he should have for warrants . i had rather that he were made priest and then clark. — hold still , your ruff's unpin'd , — [ she kisses him . ] — sir , i hear mr. parson 's a dying ; — you may put me and my belly to some poor minister ; alass ! all will be a case to him . — look you here , — [ she pulls out a black hood and puts it on . ] do i not look well in it ? — i shall make a gentlewoman quickly . — i look as well as some body . — i pray , sir , — i even long to be in my pew , and my loose gown , and to take the wall. mar. a pritty woman , — go thy way wench , i 'll think on thee ; but here we are in danger to be seen . — i fear nothing but that the old pitch-barrel hath fire in him still . — if he recover this fit , the devil 's in him . — i would he might live to see all learning call'd in , and his chancel turn'd into a barn , for me to lay my corn in , and he and his tribe die all mad in poor english. — go thy way , wench , — [ kisses her again . ] vrs. do i not kiss better in my black bag ? — i pray , sir , remember me . exit . [ marchurch remains alone . ] scena secunda . mar. si non castè tamen faute ; it is the statute henrici vicesimo . — hum , hum , give me a wench with a dishclout in her mouth for my mony. o , a kitchin-wench will melt sweetly , and she 's cheap too . they may talk ; but i would aslieve smell coal-dust and ashes , as civet and perfumes . hang catamountains , give me a pole-cat ; she 's cheap , she 's cheap , and hath sound buttocks . — come to london , and there must be wine , oysters , lobsters , sturgeon , canary , anchovis , patagia's ( out on 't , one pye cost me five pounds ) a periwig for mr. bawd , a new set of teeth for old whore grandmother , with a pok . — come , come , three penny worth of lechery is enough at a time in conscience . if this wench would but deliver it once as her act and deed , i would make it and her presently go off with a presentation . — and yet it is a good living . — i had an hundred pieces , my wife a sattin gown , and my man a new livery , for one worse than this by a good deal . — i cannot tell what i should do . — let me see this letter again , — it does me good to read that the old priest is a dying . — i could find in my heart for good luck , to send him a mess of porredge and mercury . [ he stands reading to himself . ] [ enter two watchmen . ] watch. . come neighbour dungo , — it hath oft even grieved me to see how negligent watchmen are in that great office they are in ; setting their rusty holberds against prophane ale-house doors , till they , being even drunk , have charged them to aid them home in the king's name . since i am called to the place , i will do the best demeanour to bring these paltry ale-houses into reformation . march. how now friends , — how now , — what are ye watchmen these dangerous times ? ha ? watch. . yes , if it may please your good worship . mar. well , christmas is coming , i hope you will watch your time to bring me my capons and pullets . watch. . i have a couple of fine fowl for your worship , god bless ' em . mar. ay , well said neighbours . — do you know what a trust the king hath committed to you ? watch. . la'ye there now , we are next to the king. ( aside . ) watch. . no , indeed sir , not so well as we ought . mar. well , i think i shall be mayor next year , and therefore i have made a speech in readiness ; and , tho i say it , a very learned one . — come , it may do you good . — suppose now i was mayor , and you my servants . — suppose your bills were maces , and i , having drunk my gill of muskadine , and polished my venerable beard , were set . — hum , hum , — hum , — thus i begin . — mark neighbours , i pray you . watch. . sir , our ears are even open , and do desire as it were to be attentive to you . mar. whereas , or forasmuch as the chief man in a kingdom , whom the latines call rex , we , a king , — hum — cannot , or is not able to see all places , like the bird which the poets call argus with his hundred eyes ; — he therefore hath appointed under him two officers , the one a magistrate , the other a governor . — do you mark , — and these two are the rat-traps of the kingdom , as it were , baited with the soft cheese of justice , to take those who gnaw holes in the commonwealth , the cubbard of the kingdom . — and these two , like those two friends i read of in prophane writ , caesar and pompey , are to joyn together , — hum — fratres in malo , as one saith , brethren in coats of male , to keep off danger . — and forasmuch as i am called to one of these duties under the vulgar title of mayor , give me leave to tell you according to the statute of richard the sixth , what a mayor is . a mayor is a magistrate with two legs , sadled and bridled for his masters service , very stable without stumbling , being foremost in a team of aldermen . — now this mayor comes to his office two ways , either he is chosen or elected . for you must know , two places are capable of a major , the one a corporation , the other a body-politick ; chosen by two sorts of men , the one brethren , the other fraternity . — since therefore i am elected , i will not nod away my time , but spend it as that famous cateline did , when he was mayor in rome , and in punishing usury an hundred and sixty years ago . — and so brethren , hoping that some of you will help me , and other some of you assist me , i rest , — god save the king. watch. . the king ? — i say , god save your worship . — i'm but an ignorant man , but in my opinion it is a rare speech ; is 't not neighbour ? — our vicar , for all his black coat , hath not such a word in his belly . mar. well friends , i think this will do , — if the fools had chosen me burgess , i would have speech'd it in better stuff than this is . — all 's one , — caetere quaecunque volunt , go , look to your business . ambo. god bless you , sir , and many a good mayor's speech may you make . [ exeunt watchmen . ] mar. alone . well , — this wenches belly is a vile pull-back , but — here comes my nephew . — what bookish too ? cookery or houswifery i trow . [ enter marpudding reading . ] well , he 's worth twenty wenches . i think the best porridg-maker in the world. i 'll listen a while . marpud. ha — how to make a hen lay twice a day , after saint andrews . but a cock to his crew , that at treading is true ; for 't is that which they say , doth cause the hen to lay . and when your hen hath laid her egg , she 'll cackle and stretch out her leg. then fill her full of grain , and something she will lay again . well , i 'll make our maids look after the second laying , or i 'll — a pretty book this is , — i wonder why it sets not down what egg-shells are good for . it goes to my heart to see so many egg-shells thrown away and broken . — how to make good pottage for servants . — ay marry — [ reads . ] take green puddle out of a bog , thickned with the spawn of a frog : let there be a dishclout in 't , and of barley flower a pint — marry this is costly . bullocks liver is good stuff , boyl them till they be enough : the duck-weed liqour being green , is like pot-herbs quickly seen . the dishclout will both fat the pot , and make brewiss too i wot . the liver will make 't of meat to taste , and if they will not eat it , let them fast . ] well , i 'll have this by heart . march. why , how now nephew ! what book have you got there ? the practice of piety . marpud. piety ? no. — the practice of good housewifery , i trow , an excellent book this is . — i pray you , sir , speak to your servants , they call me cotquean , and i know not what , if i look but a little after them . would you think they cannot fry a bit of pudding without butter . — there 's your maid vrseley , your kitchin-wench , is more sauce than pig ; and they cozen me too : for i 'll be sworn i grop'd the hens this morning , and there were a dozen of them with egg , i 'm sure , and i can find but five . — your scotchman hob too , since he came into england , hath learnt to pare his cheese . — uncle , uncle , they 'r corn-fed ; pray you chide them . march. i will iohn , i will. — what have we to dinner i pray you ? — let us spare a little . next year i must be mayor , and then we will be liquorish . marpud. why , there is sassages which you left cold last night , and good warm milk-porredg . i was a making a pudding too , but i came to look you . the parson is dead , and there 's one stays with a letter to speak to you ; pray order it so , that i may have something too . march. good news , good news , i 'll warrant you . [ exit march. ] marpud. well , i must read good thrifty cookery against next year , [ he pulls out his book again ] — how to wash clothes without soap ; take hogs-dung a good deal — [ enter ursley stirring a pudding . ] — what do you follow me for ? can i never be at quiet ? what do you want , i wonder ? vrs. want ? i would my quarter were come out , i would see you hang'd e're i would dwell here . your uncle sends word he 'll have a minister dine here , and is this a pudding fitting ? never an egg in it , nor a bit of suet. for love of god give us some , and some money for plumbs . marpud. plumbs ? — yes , — do you long ? — come , come , you stir it handsomely ! [ he takes it from her and stirs it . ] i 'll make this a good pudding , i 'll warrant you . — here go you and put these onions into the pot. — [ gives her some onions out of his pocket . ] vrs. nay then , take apron and all . — [ she pulls off her apron , and he spies her great belly . ] marpud. ha! brave whisking ! what , are you with child ? as i 'm an honest man , big belly'd ! — this is good gear . vrs. yes , sir , that i am with child , and to your cost too . — ( aside . ) [ i'll vex him since he hath spy'd it . ] marpud. mine you whore ! what , would be seen ? vrs. goodly mr. iohn , how strange you make it ! well , i 'll never trust man again ! — you 've forgot what you did to me , i warrant you ; but i have something to show for 't : you are like to be a father , i promise you . do you remember the pantry last lent , when you wanted a bit of flesh ? marpud. o you impudent jade ! when ? what ? where ? did i ever touch you ? vrs. did you not ? how dare you stand in 't ? — did you not ? — and did not i tell you i was with child , and long'd for a turnip , which you gave me , and bid me keep close ? marpud. o damn'd whore ! i was accurst that ever i had to do with thee , you quean ! vrs. it seems you had knowledg of me then ; well , — your tongue will not suffer you to lie. marpud. husie ! — did i ever meddle or make with thee ? vrs. make with me ! — ay that you did . — we joyn'd to make a child . marpud. i joyn , you strumpet ? the devil is in thee . vrs. he was when you were in me , but never else . marpud. a pox on your pudding , — [ he throws it down ] — husie , i 'll go tell my uncle . vrs. nay , i 'll be there before you . he and all the town shall know it . — they know partly you are never out of the kitchin , prying up and down after my tail , snooking in every hole ; — cotquean ! who should do it but you sirrah ? — [ she offers to go out . ] marpud. nay , but stay vrsley ; one word . did i ever touch you ? no , never in all my life . — you will undo me for ever . vrs. did you ? ay , and did not i tell you i would find another father ? — and so i will yet , if you will be rul'd . — meddle or not meddle , how will you help your self if i lay it to you ? — come , come . marpud. ay , that 's true ; you may undo me if you will , but i hope you will have more honesty . vrs. yes , yes , i 'll teach you to meddle in womens matters . — i swear , unless you will give me the keys of all , i will open all . marpud. well vrsley , i could never have smelt out this plot. — but name me not , and i will. vrs. will you let me have butter ? marpud. ay. vrs. and oat-meal ? marpud. ay. vrs. and plumbs ; or any thing ? marpud. ay. vrs. well , look ye do ; i have that will keep you in awe . give me the pantry key now . marpud. well , would i had never seen it . — will you not wrong me ? vrs. no , if you will hold your tongue , and take no notice , but i must bind you to the peace ; for if my master know it , i 'll lay it to you . marpud. a pox of all your gipsy jades . — must i be thus tongue-ti'd for nothing . — there 's a good pudding spoil'd too . vrs. ha , ha , ha , — come , few words to a bargain . — will you hold your tongue , and i will hold mine ? marpud. here is the keys . — the devil take ' em . — fare you well . — i 'll be reveng'd . exit . vrs. so , so , a brave plot ! now i 'm provided with all things against the hour ; and this gudgeon is in a net safe . — if i can but be laid and up again , to go off with the living ; all 's right . exit . act the third . enter bookworm alone , as from the patron . bookworm . ha ! true , true old menander ! 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . the blood and life of man is powerful gold , of which you have none i dare be bold ; you may a while breath , or move , or walk , or so , but for a dead man , amongst men you 'll go . 't is so , 't is so . greek , hebrew fool ! how have i spent my time ? my precious midnight-hours ? ten tedious winters ; burnt out a thousand lamps ; out-watch'd the moon , when she sate longest up and been most pale ; my constant candle was a surer friend to watchmen , bellmen , and the drowsie weights ; the ominous night-crow , envying my light , would try to scare me from my aristotle , beating her self against my window bars , whilst i within have lean'd upon this elbow searching philosophy , as dark as night , and conning plato , as boys do their grammars ; brooding each line , and sitting on each verse , as close as moth or canker , till mine eyes with so much labour , oft would sweat a tear upon my knotty task . at last . ( god wot ) my father dies , and leaves two hundred pounds more for his hopeful boy , to buy him books . and robb'd his other sons to make me rich. then did i mount the sphears , and pose the stars , catechise planets , what their natures were , i left an hundred of my angels there . then did i search the oracle of heaven , and plum'd the ocean of divinity ; provided still against the day i should be call'd to do the church some service . but — now i see i studied poverty , and purchas'd beggary at too dear a rate . coming to marchurch for this living with learning , manners , orders , bishops letters ; o , sir , ( says he ) bishops are out of credit ; and for your learning it will serve i th' belfrey to teach young children : but the living's gone — unless your money call it back again . why , sir , ( said i ) i 'll give four hundred pounds , i 'me sure my knowledg cost me little less . a pox of knowledg ( cries the greedy churl ) you scholars are too troublesome . farewel . what shall i do ? i cannot curse him , nor my self . poor wretch ! he knows not the price of virtue ; and i do too well . — 't is dear , 't is dear , the money i have spent would have bought me land or living , house or wife ; it would have maintain'd me in scarlet and livery , and lasted a while in hawks or horses ; i could have sworn it away , or drunk it either , or plaid it out for pots at shuffleboard or billiards : — but it 's gone , and i as far to seek as men in leather-breeches at the statues . — here 's all is left . — some thirteen shillings . it is in vain to grieve . — i 'll pawn my clothes and buy some others , and with my little sum of mony go trade in toys and pamphlets . — a profession that will get more money than disputing . and tho i have read much , and studied long , i will give all my learning for a song . exit . scena secunda . enter marchurch and sir homily . march. is he dead , are you sure ? sir hom. yea indeed , as sylva synogaga saith very well upon that very place . e vivis exirit , he is dead . march. dead , sir homily ? why , a dog is dead . fie upon 't , are you a scholar , and no better expression in your mouth ? sir hom. why truly your worship's observation is very good ; for tho the english read it dead , yet the geneva translation , which we most follow , renders it departed ; so that he is not dead only , but departed also , if please your worship . march. aside . [ i made this mungrel once a promise of the living , and now he 's come for 't ] — please me sir homily ? yes , it would please me if you would depart too ; i shall never have such an honest man as he that is gone . — aside . [ a very knave . ] sir hom. i desire your worship to consider my suit. march. why , what is your suit ? fur. [ his suit ? ha , ha , ha , — it 's a very poor one . — that 's ready to depart , i 'me sure . ] sir hom. even , sir , that you would be pleased to stand my friend amicis opitulari , as the master of the sentences hath it . march. pitulari ? — pray thee fellow leave this canting ; i understand no latine , but summa totalis . sir hom. why , sir , the summa totalis is , that i may succeed him in your living . march. in the living ? why , how dare you think of such a thing ? with what face canst thou ask it ? there 's never a scholar of you all deserves such a living . aside . — [ ay , this fellow hath been curate , and taught school here this dozen years ; he may have horn-book'd himself into some money . ] — hark you , sir homily , how long have you been curate here ? — a good while , i trow ? sir hom. why sir , as i remember , some twelve years . i bought these clothes then , and they are almost worn out now . march. well , sir homily , you are a moneyed man , they say ; can you lend me ten pieces ? sir hom. alas sir , opus est mihi viginti minis ! march. come , come , opus and vsus must go together with me ; and viginti minis be in the dative case too . — beside , sir homily , how dare you come to me for the living ? sir hom. why sir ? march. how oft have i heard you ▪ with blushing , rail and complain against me ? against vsury principally ? which i put up a good while and said nothing : but i must have one will be quiet and peaceable , and preach but once a month. fur. [ one ! — within this twelve months you might have had an hundred would have preached but once a quarter . ] march. again , sir homily , the women of the town cry out against you exceedingly ; you have almost kill'd their children with whipping of them . — i can tell you ; you 've made a rod for your own — sir hom. i warrant you , sir , i can please the women , i can have both their hands and their voices . march. ay , their voices to scold at you , and their hands about your ears . — come , sir homily , i must use your own language . now ; — if you have the living , untruss , untruss . sir hom. what sir ? march. why , your purse-strings ; nothing else . sir hom. why sir , i have nothing but a little aes in presenti , as the school-men say ; but you promis'd me once , when i was a witness for you at the assize , that i should have it for nothing . march. nay , if you be at promises , i promise you , you shall come short on 't . come , come , you 'r a sawcy knave homily . the living is now mine ; and therefore i give you warning here to provide for your self , you shall be no longer curate here sirrah . — get you gone . sir hom. nay , i beseech you sir. march. nay , i beseech you be gone , or i 'll beat that latine nose of yours , to your english face . sir hom. latine nose ? you ventured far to have said a french nose . — will you not be as good as your word , sir ? march. yes that i will , sirrah , — [ beats him . ] sir hom. farewel canker . — have i this payment for my service ! exit . march. so , i 'me glad i am deliver'd of this bryar . if vrsely can but be delivered well , we are safe . why , this is it to countenance a scholar ! a chimney-sweeper shall have it first ; or any thing that goes in black. this fellow , if i should give it him freely , ( as god forgive me that ever i should have such a thought ) would be the first man that would make vrsely do penance , and me help to repair pauls . no , no , if i can get but an honest book-learn'd fellow , that will come off with more gold and less latine , it 's right . — i 'll look to this rascal ; i know he 'll come anone and recant , and offer money too . — but i 'll serve him a trick . [ he knocks with his stick ] why hob , — why hobnail there . — hob answers within , i 'll come anon . march. there comes a fellow that i 'll set upon the service ; a northern-fellow that hath got well under me . i 've made him constable this year . he 's a fellow that never could endure any thing in black , but a black iack or pot ; — as brave a scare-crow as ever hung upon a dunghil . enter hob. hob. god give you a good e'ne master , did you call ? march. ay hob , ay . hob. i was at mumle-ty-peg with a barley bag-pudding below . much good do 't me . march. what news from the field , hob ? hob. why , there 's brock , your grisle mare , cannot gang for kibes . we must get some brimstone , and train-oyl , and anoint them i trow . — we have plow'd all the land next the dike-nook to day . march. but hark you hob , you must undertake a business for me to day , and do it lustily . hob. what 's that , marry ? march. why this is it hob ; our parson 's dead . hob. marry , the dule rest his cragg . — he did so spose me a while agon , i could not con him an answer : he askt me who gave me my name ? march. nay hold , but here me speak . there 's curate homily . march. nay hold , but hear me speak . there 's curate homily . — hob. ay , as honest a man as ever break crust . march. pish , pish , a knave , a very knave . march. that 's no matter , tho he be a knave , he 's an honest man for all that . march. nay , be quiet a little hob. he was here awhile ago , railing and complaining against you mightily . hob. against me ! the dule on him ! what does he ken o' me ? march. why , he says , i let thee have too cheap a pennyworth of thy farm ; and that thou art so covetous . — besides he comes to claim the living of me ; i think he was drunk too . hob. hark you sir , i am constable , and i 'll have a pair of stocks made with ten holes , and he shall have tithe ; and if he have not his pass about him , i 'll set fast his hands by the heels . march. no , i 'll tell you a better way . stand you here with your whip , whilst i go down and watch for him ; i think he 'll come this way presently again ; if he does , yerk him soundly , and forwarn him my ground . hob. well , let me alone . — i 'll louk the sloven . — i 'll sponge his gaskins . march. prithee do , soundly ; spare him not . exit march. hob. i 'll warrant you master . — i have not quite din'd yet . — this marpudding cuts us vile short ; i 'se womble i' th' crop still , but i shall have the better stomach to him . — abuse me and my master ! — what the dule harm have i done him ? i'se gar mumble the sloven if he gang this way , i 'se line his black coat for him ; — i 'se make him past standing two hours a sunday to spoil our victuals . — here he comes , i 'se step and listen a little . enter sir homily . sir hom. well , fallere fallentem non est fraus , so saith my author . he that does promise make , and then deceive , to cozen him 's not knavery , by your leave . what an ass was i , to think learning would get a man a living ? if parnassus was this churl 's ground , he 'd plow it up , and make the poor muses gather stones out on 't , as they do irish women . — o , if i had come with my thirty or forty pieces , i should have been some sundays bidden to dinner to my own tithe-pig . — marry , and then i might have set at the lower end of the table with the folks , and have said grace . — no , no , i am resolved to have a plot , if i could meet with hob. hob aside . [ hob will meet with you presently . ] sir hom. yonder are two more scholars that he hath turn'd away . — faith , i 've got a plot will fit his worship ; and may hap , make him turn his ruff into a band , otherwise called an halter . hob. hey , ho , whirry : [ whips sir hom. ] sir hom. nay , good hob , good hob. hob. how now sirrah ? plain hob ? do you know who you speak to ? it might be mr. constable hob in your mouth , goodman curate , you shew your manners . sir hom. nay , pray , what do you mean ? will you kill me ? hob. no , sirrah , i will fley you alive . — abuse me , and my master no more , sirrah . — you say i have my farm too cheap ; but you shall pay dear enough for it . [ whispers him . ] sir hom. o , no , never in my life . i am come to speak with you for your good . hob. ay , sirrah , this is for your good too . — ha ? sir hom. nay , hold , i 'll make thee a man , — a gentleman . furor . [ faith he seems to be no very gentle-man , by his whipping thee . ] hob. come , quickly , make me a gentleman streight . come get up , i 'll give you leave . sir hom. why , thus it is , — our old parson 's dead , and the living is in your masters disposing . he will not part with it without money , and i have none my self , or if i had , he will not let me have it . if you 'll make your self , now venture for this living . — none now can have two livings a piece . the price of steeples will fall . 't is but thirty or forty pieces ( as you are a money'd man , i 'me sure ) and you 'r made for ever . you cannot miss of it . and what a brave thing is it to be a parson ! hob. ha! — cuds-foot it 's a brave plot. but how can that be ? i am not book-learn'd above my single psalter . i must read prayers with a feskew . sir hom. no , no , trouble not your self about prayers . — can you lie long in bed with an handsome wife ? eat good fat pigs ? ride a hunting ? that 's all you shall do ; ler me alone with the service ; i 'll be your curate . hob. this is good gear . — but how must i do for sermons ? sir hom. paw , waw ! what do you talk of sermons ? talk what comes at tongues-end , can't you ? hob. ay , but i have no latine to spout at him , if he spose me . sir hom. latin ? — it is that which undoes many a man. take heed of that while you breath . i 'll learn you a word or two shall serve , i 'll warrant you . hob. ay , but he 'll ken me to be hob , his man , i doubt . sir hom. no , no , you shall have a false beard on , that shall make you look very grave ; and i 'll lend you my clothes ; i 'll put on a gray cloke and wait on you , as your man ; and you shall call your self by some other name . never fear , i 'll warrant you speed . i 'll stand behind you , and tell you . — be sure to shew good store of money , and bargain with him presently . hob. why , methinks i feel my self creeping into a gentleman ( mr. doctor parson hob ) already . i may be a bishop before i die . why , what a vile knave was i , to whip so honest a man ? here , sir homily , besworn you shall whip me now , because i whipt you . — besworn you shall . — nay , cuds-digs you shall . sir hom. nay , but your clothes are thicker than mine ; mine are but thin . hob. why , i 'll strip me to the very sark . sir hom. no , no , i 'll forgive thee freely . — let 's go and dress our selves quickly . [ offers to go . ] hob. nay , stay — hark you . — great words butter no parsnips . — i 'se not buy a pig i th' poke . — have you seen the comedy ? sir hom. what comedy ? hob. why , the comedy you ken , — the living . sir hom. why , it is worth an hundred pounds a year , man. hob. what , must i wear this gray hat too ? sir hom. no , you shall have mine ; 't is a steeple-crown'd , and it will do better for a gentleman . hob. i had rather you would teach me a little latine now , i 'se con't , be-like , as we gang . sir hom. why , in your discourse , if he ask you who you are , you may say ego sum clericus . hob. what 's that ? sir hom. i am a clark. hob. clark ? why , i thought i should have been parson ; must i be but clark ? sir hom. pish. why , then thou shalt say , ego sum presbyteros . hob. what 's that , — bread and butter ? sir hom. no , it 's greek and latine too , — i am a priest. hob. ay , marry ; i would have the priest forget that ever he was clark. sir hom. and if he use you well , cry gratias ago domine . hob. so. — but if he ask how old i am ? — sir hom. why , cannot you tell that ? hob. no , by my troth , it 's so long ago , that i'se forgotten . sir hom. why , then you may say , i am about fifty ; and the elder you are , the cheaper you 'l have it . hob. — ay , that 's true . — come let us gang . — but what 's the latin thing ? sir hom. why , gratias ago domine . hob. oh , oh — gratias ago homily . exeunt . act the fourth . enter bookworm like a ballad-man . bookw. how shall he sing , whose throat is hoarse with care ? or he keep time , whose heart-strings broken are ? alas ! how shall i sing that am so much out of tune ? i had rather confute bellarmine , or turn aquinas into english verse . yet this is better than the mill of school , where they grind grammar toll-free ; and the poor master turns round in 's accidence till his eyes drop out . nay , faith , it 's better than a parlour lecture , tho not so sweet and gainful ; where the men with their smooth chin , and velvet caps , stand damning the tongues ; unless the hebrew escape , because , like women , it doth backward fall . all learning , to reprobrates , is as ungodly as logick . — but i shall forget my knacks . — come , come , come . new almanacks , new almanacks , new almanacks new — who buys an almanack ? without saint-days , and ember weeks in 't , or any superstitious feast-days that end in mass , christmass , candlemass — who buys an almanack , with a new chronology of memorable accidents ? — since the conquest , one year . since the rising in the north — since hallifax went to the tower — since finch and windebank departed this nation — since doctors commons were enclosed — since the scots had mony — who buys an almanack , with new fairs and markets . — as for example — upon the thirty first of february , there shall be a fair throughout all england ; at which there will be sold northern-cloth that will not shrink ; sponges that will not drink . tradesmen may buy consciences . whore's maiden-heads , and french-men noses . there will be also tongues tip't with true latin for attornies ; and pens that will write true english for gentlewomen . extemporary prayers without tautologies . fellowships for scholars , and scholarships for fellows ; and benefices so plentiful , they shall go a begging . — come , who buys an almanack ? memorandum ; there shall be great eclipses in the star-chamber , by reason of the happy conjunction of the two houses with sol. the sea of rome will be at so low a tide , that it shall not come up to labeth . there will be also great thundrings among great ones , m and that will cause great lightnings among the subjects , which will clear the air mightily . — this year also , lords will have but one lady ; ladies but one face ; doctors will preach twice a day , and their curats eat roast-meat ; scholars will be all of one opinion ; england of one religion ; birds all of a colour , and shrove-tuesday will fall upon a munday . — but these things will not be seen of us in this kingdom . — there will be also strange apparitions — two phoenix's — three blew beans in a blew bladder . four silent women — six true taylors . ten maids at one and twenty . twelve honest men of a jury . lawyers will plead for nothing . poets will purchase land , because sack will be at a penny a gallon . courtiers will pay their debts . may day will fall on the th of august . — come — will no body buy my almanacks ? fur. alas , poor scholar ! he shall take some mony of me . hear you , friend , what is the price of that book ? bookw. but two pence , sir. fur. sack , at a penny a gallon , say'st thou ? bookw. yes . fur. if this be true , 'faith i 'le quaff burnt sack. bookw. and if it be not true , 'faith burn my almanack . fur. there 's six pence for thee ; give me the rest in books . — hast thou not pretty knacks ? bookw. yes , here 's a cobler's sermon , ( i have but one of them of thirty left since morning ) and father phillips philip'd too — new come out . fur. well said ; give me them . bookw. — almanacks , almanacks , almanacks , new — let me see . it 's cold ; i 'le go spend my two-pence at the ale house , and hear what news , and come again . [ exit & redi●t . ] — god save me ; here comes fantastes of our colledg : a pritty scholar , yet a meer animal . — he comes for the living too . faith , i 'le sit down a little while and see the issue . enter fantastes like a scholar , with one boot russet , and the other black. fur. [ alas ! here comes another aristotle in a black cover . — ha , ha , ha , his boots are of two several opinions , or else of two several vniversities ; the one of cambridg , the other of oxford . — god bless him ; what a fatal cap he hath on ! it looks as if it had served an apprentiship at the gallows , to teach those that are hang'd blind-man's buff. ] fantastes opens his box. fantastes . let me see my colledg-letters ? — oh , safe — my orders ? oh , safe . — my petition — oh! — come , i 'le read it over once more . — first , i must premise two legs ( that 's the least ) — but how if there should be gentlewomen ? i never kist any body in a black bag in my life . fur. [ what ? man ? set a good face on 't . you are not the first scholar that kiss'd a lady . ] they say , they 'l turn their cheeks — and then i 'le do , quicquid in buccam venerit ▪ — i do not remember any thing in aristostle concerning kissing . fur. [ unless in his posteriorum . ] fant . 'faith , i 'le turn and blow my nose , if any come by , as if i did not see them . and for my hat — here , thus — or rather thus — nay , better thus : most propitious patron : as i was equitating in these rural dimensions , the intelligence of the vacuity of your worship 's ecclesiastical donation , did dexterously occur and perforate my auricles ; and forthwith , gratifying my beast with a measure of pinguifying provender , i did approperate to your resplendent habitation , to impenetrate the beneficial presentation to me , a profound aristotelian . — sir fortune hath not beatify'd me with mundane promotions , neither have i conglomerated any terrestrial substance ; but if you please , with your perspicuous luminaries to contemplate and perscrutate these testifications , you shall be animadverted of my deportment in the oxfordian society , in my modification for literature . here is moreover in this membrane with the cerous assignments , the episcopal assign to gratify your supplicant , ( ponderating the premises ) you shall vivificate the mortiferous essence of my intellectuals , and invocate into this domical one that will not contaminate your family ; but perprecate the deities for the longitude of their benediction upon your propagation : and remain , your incarcerated creature , fantastes . there 's rhetorick in every word , i 'me sure . fur. [ in troth , i hope some body will take him for a conjurer , and beat him soundly ; or else throw him into goal for coining false english , and then he will be incarcerated indeed . ] fant . i fear nothing but that i come too late . these livings , they are like herrings . they are novelty , but they will not keep long . fur. [ i fear your's will be a shotten one . ] fant . these scurvy boots , — how shall i make them both of a colour ? — i 'll black them with the inside of my coat . enter goodman scuttle . scuttle . now verily and indeed , i am glad that i am called out of new-england : the brethren there do multiply too fast , and the sisters are not plentiful in their benevolence towards us , so as they be here . — and then many of them do back-slide from what i did there deliver to them . — truly i will quite leave my basket-making , unless now and then a cradle for some elect babe . — sure if i do not get this living ( as marchurch , by report , is a carnal man ) i can by my short-hand , and repetition , get a competency . — fur. [ this fellow hath the living's fresh scent in his nose , too . ] fant . how now ? who 's this ? nay , as long as he is not in black i care not . — it may be he is some servant in the house . — god save you , sir. scut . ( aside . ) god save you ? ha! — truly popery at the very first word . these vniversity men are all in some measure corrupted with it . for tho i know i shall be saved , yet he knows not what i am . he might have said the same to some reprobate hell-hound , and to him it is popery . — i will not answer so vain a word . fant . do you live here i pray you ? scut . ( aside . ) truly , this arminian's business is revealed unto me . he comes about the living as well as i ; and being wicked as he is , i ought to deceive him for the churches good . i will lye unto him . — yes , sir , i do inhabit here . fant . inhabit here ! — nay , if you can vary the phrase , have at you . — is the regulator of the domicil segregated from his negotiations , i pray you , sir ? scut . ah sir ! these popish words become you not . — they edifie not . — if i were to write you a sermon , i have not a character for such words . i pray you speak teachably and plainly . fant . is the gentleman of the house at home , can you tell me ? scut . no indeed , he is not at home ; he is newly rid abroad . fant . when will he return again ? scut . not this week i believe . what 's your business , i pray you , with him ? fant . is his living void , can you tell me ? scut . ha! — i thought so . — yea , truly it is void ; but it is in vain for such as you are , to look after it . fant . why so ? scut . why truly , you are prophane men , and idolatrous , and can do nothing but with study and popish books . — i wonder what you should do at a colledg so long . — no good i warrant you . fant . what! we read philosophy , logick , divinity . — we learn the tongues — hebrew , greek , and latin , to fit us for the church ; and all little enough . scut . ah! — i thought that would be your answer . — does not the pope the like ? i dare my self preach with you for the living ; and he that gives over first , shall lose it . fant . what trade are you , sir ? — you talk madly . — ah! such as you are have undone us all . scut . nay , you vile priest , such as you are . — and i intend to get this living . — if such wretches as you are get it , you must be parson and have tithes . — no , no. — i 'll at composition and stand to their benevolence . fant . o , domine , is't come to this ! [ surgit bookworm . ] bookworm . [ i'll set them together by th' ears . ] — come — who buys a ballad ? [ sings . ] god prosper long our noble king , &c. — who buys a new ballad ? [ he sings again . ] i am confirm'd a scholar can , be this or that , or any man ; and ovid taught all students this , to make a metamorphosis . and when he cannot change a groat , he 'll turn his skin and change his coat . scut . do you hear , sir scholar ? you black-coats can be any thing , and temporizers . i 'll buy it of him . — honest man , pray let me have that ballad . — have you any thing against bishops ? bookw. yes , sir. — there is little laud in limbo , and lambeth fair , and rome for a corner'd cap , and the character of a bishop . scut . i shall think the better of you ballad-men hereafter . — the price of them ? bookw. two groats . scut . very cheap . — if i get the living , i 'll have thee my clark. fant . hang you rascal . — i 'll venture in ▪ — i 'll serve your turn . scut . nay , sir , i 'll give them a character of you , you popeling , i 'll be there as soon as you , i warrant you . [ they justle at the door . ] exeunt . bookw. these are brave times ! — i 'll lay ten pound the basket-maker carries it away . exit . enter a tinker singing . tinker . when alexander cross'd the seas , king pippin and diogenes . mul'd sack is good to cure the fleas . tom tinker lives a merry life , and is o' th' mending hand , a copper nose , a brazen face , he hath at your command . come , come , have you any work for a tinker ? — have you any bellows or bowls to mend ? any dishes , kettles or skillets , or old frying-pans to mend ? — come , come , i can mend platter-faces , or crack'd maiden-heads , or tipt cuckold's-horns . who will buy a brave candlestick ? — my wares are all sound , but i must crack of them , to make them sell the better . he that useth this candlestick shall do more with a week , than another with a quarter ; and he that tells his gold by this candlestick , without ever a candle in 't , shall not find it light. — i 'll warrant , this was the candlestick diogenes sought for an honest man with . — i was offer'd moneys enough for it two years ago by an old blade , to set upon an altar in his chancel : but now conformity burns and stinks in the socket , and wax-candles wax dim , and are like to go out in a snuff ; yet it serves a papist to light him to rome . for the pope's fire begins to burn blew , and it 's thought he wants a pair of tongs to turn up his purgatory-bottom-cake . — come , who buys it ? that the tinker may have some better mettal to melt into ale. he that will chaffer , shall have this prolonger into the bargain . — o brave prolonger ! — if patents and monopolies had had prolongers , they had not gone out yet . — you that are the lights of the church have extinguishers enow , but your two steeples like double-wick'd-candles , wont prolongers . — ship-money , star chamber , high-commission , michaelmas term , — all want prolongers . — but i shall prolong the time , and take nothing . — but who comes here ? — another black coat . — sure here is some carrion here-abouts , i see so many crows stirring ! — have you any work for a tinker ? enter fantastes . fant . this is as brave as can be . — i 'll set him on work now . jovial tinker ! where 's the best liquor ? — ha ? tink . god bless your learning , master . there is good liquor , i never drunk quicker ; and if thou 'lt follow me ; thou 'st find chink , and i 'll find drink , and so we 'll merry be . — master will you set a poor tinker on work ? fant . alas ! what work should scholars have for tinkers ? tink . what ? — master , will you give me leave , — you are but tinkers your selves , many of you . fant . as how prithee ! tink . how ? — why you keep such a hammering of a poor text , before you can hit the right nail on the head ; — and then in stopping one hole , you oftentimes make two . — fant . thou' rt a mad blade . tink . nay , and none but scholars and tinkers carry all their tools about them , to mend this brass and iron age. fant . hark thee , tom , canst fight lustily ? tink . ay faith , therein we differ . — you black coats are cowards , and we are not . — yes , i can play at quarter-staff a little . fant . wilt thou be true to me ? tink . will i not bully ? hector , try me . fant . why , sirrah , here is a living void here in town , and i am come to try my fortune for it . here , even now , i met with a roguish sniveling new-english basket-maker , that does abuse me and all scholars as past — wouldst thou think that he is gone in here to get the living from us all tink . does he snivle in the nose , master ? fant . ay , tom , that he does . tink . by iove , i 'll sell him a pair of snuffers . fant . stand here and watch for him , and search his pockets ▪ and thou shalt see what authors he reads . — look you — there 's twelve-pence for thee , and meet me half an hour hence at the ale-house , and whether thou speedest or not , i 'll give thee half a dozen of ale , and we 'll laugh and be merry . tink . hark you master , i 'll make him down on his knees , and pray for bishops e're i have done with him . — let me alone . fant . be sure you pay him soundly . — spare him not . exit . tink . this is handsome ! — a basket-maker get a living ! — he had best bring a pair of hilts with him . — i 'll have a bout at wastrels with him . — i 'll teach him how to baste a pulpit . — here he comes . — i 'll listen awhile what tune his nose is in , that i may mend it . enter goodman scuttle . scut . ah , as very a wicked man as ever i came near , a very reprobate , not any good word came from him . — but he must have money , money . — 't is a thousand pitties that such good men as we , should be put aside by such carnal and unsanctify'd patrons . tink . have you any work for a tinker ? — yo — friend , — will you set a poor tinker on work ? scut . away , away for banbury . — i have no work for such fellows as you are . tink . yea , but sirrah , rascal . — i 'll work for nothing . — beats him . scut . oh , — murder , — murder . — will you kill me ? tink . sirrah , it is revealed unto me that you have a mind to preach , and to leave your trade . — thus and thus — and then thus , you must thump the cushion . — [ beats him . ] — come on you knave . — you told never a lye to day for the good of the church , did you ? scut . yea indeed , but i 'll do so no more . — pray spare my bife . tink . sirrah , will you lead me to a cup of good ale ? scut . ay , ay . tink . and to a pritty wench ? scut . ay , so it may be private . tink . and will you love good scholars ? scut . ay , indeed . tink . and pray for bishops ? scut . ay , and arch-bishops too . tink . nay , now i see you are a dissembling knave . i 'll have you silenc'd i'faith . — you gaped for a benefice . — now gape , [ gags him ] so now let me see what is in your pockets . scut . awe , awe , awe ▪ — [ he feels in his pockets , and pulls out a book of characters . ] tink . ay , i 'll keep you in awe . — how now , what 's here ? a book of characters ! o sirrah , you write characters do you ? i 'll pay you in words at length . — here 's good gear indeed . — come on . — now get up ▪ — so — let me see . — [ pins his book on his back . ] come , i 'll give you induction , you have your orders about you . — come , sirrah , or i 'll choak thee . scut . au , au , au . — exeunt . enter marchurch alone . march. oh , the blessed'st days that ever came ! i think , when i was born , all ill fortune was lull'd asleep , and the fatal planets were in a swoon . — i never saw that wrinkled brow of fortune . her clearer face hath always shined upon my days . — nay , — now , — just now ▪ — when i look'd to have been branded for ever , for this same vrsely , i think there was a mask or vizard drawn over the eyes of the world. — my servants and people , all from home . — and vrsely had no sooner spawn'd , but there comes a gypsie beggar-woman to my door , who for twenty shillings took away the bastard with her . i made her a sufficient pass to carry her far enough . in troth vrsely's was an excellent plot to keep my nephew in aw . — if it be possible , i 'll marry her off with this living . — one , two , three , four , five black coats , but not a penny among them all . — i wonder what 's become of hob ! — he hath paid homily soundly , they say . — [ draws out a letter ▪ ] — here 's a letter . good news ; i hope , some chapman for the living . — [ he opens the letter . ] enter hob dress'd like a parson , and homily as his man. hob. cud's noun's , sir homily . — here 's my master . sir hom. peace , peace . you must not call me homily , but iack. hob. why then , iack homily . sir hom. nay , that 's worst of all . call me plain iack. hob. why then plain iack. — come , stand close . — fifteen years old am i say'st thou ? sir hom. pish. — i say fifty . hob. fifty . — how many twenties is that ? sir hom. it 's twenty to one , you 'll spoyl all . hob. now , now . — come stand close by me good homily . — o , iack i would say . — you , — hear , — ho , honest man. — hark ye me . — hear . — does not mr. marchurch live here , i 'se pray ? sir hom. o , that 's well done . hob. cud's duds — he 'll know me . march. lawye now ! — here 's another , that makes six . — marry he hath a man waits on him . — yes sir , mr. marchurch does dwell here : would you speak with him ? hob. yea , marry would i. — i 'se come forty miles to speak with him . — god speed plough . march. i am the man , sir , marchurch is my name . hob. iack , iack , must i ask him , who gave him that name ? sir hom. no , no. — tell him , you are a suitor to him for the living . hob. why , sir , — goodine to your worship . — i 'se hear you have a living in your gift . i'se a poor minister , sir , and shall be bound to pray for your worship , and you shall give it me . i 'll live like an honest man among you . march. alas , sir , you are a meer stranger to me , but by your language , you seem to be a northern man. hob. yea sir , i was born in cumberland , and had a good living in the north ( tho i say it ) but when the scots came last year , i was fain to fly , and make money of what i had . march. nay , if you have money , have at you , as errand a clown as you are . [ aside . ] why , sir , a cumberland man , say you ? i have a tenant here in town , your country-man ; his name is hob , — an honest man. hob. cuds duds , cuds duds , cuds duds , — iack. — ( aside . ) sir hom. sir , i pray you speak louder , my master is somewhat deaf . — he hears you not . hob. god-a-mercy , iack. — why sir , hob say you is his name ? there is a famous cudgel-player of his name . march. i pray you , sir , what may be your name ? hob. what 's my name ? — my name , — my name is — richmond . my father was a good gentleman , i 'se sure . march. that skil's not worth what your father was ; your own parsonage shews you to be a man sufficient . hob. yea , sir , but your parsonage would do it better . march. why , sir , i must needs confess , there is a pritty living in my hands . hob. yea , sir. — there 's something in my hand too . — shews him money . march. why , i hope that you and i shall shake hands presently . what university are you of ? hob. oxford . march. have you taken your degrees there , sir ? hob. degrees ? — i have spent an hundred pounds there by degrees . march. was you ever fellow of any house ? hob. yea , marry , now and then , fellow of an ale-house . march. the canon doth not require any thing , but that you be able to speak a piece of latin. hob. latin ! — yea , that i can , twenty pieces of better mettal than latin. — hang latin , it is good for nothing but dripping-pans . march. you say right . — there is a great deal of popery in it . — you have no living as yet , sir , i pray you ? hob. no , indeed , sir , — you are my first chapman . — i have not bidden a penny to any man but your worship . pray use me well , and you shall have more of my custom . march. marry , and i have another commodity for thee , if thou be'st not marry'd . — ( aside . ) how old are you , sir , i pray ? hob. why , sir , — ise two twenties and ten. — fifteen . march. that 's nothing , you parsons live long . sir hom coff , and make your self sick. — ( aside . ) hob. alas , sir , i am old and crazy . ho , ho , ho , — hold my head , iack. — oh , sick. sir hom. o , admirably well done . — ( aside . ) hob. oh , ho , ho , — i am so troubled with the coughing of the lungs , it will e'en kill me . march. i hope it will , e're long . — ( aside . ) — alas , sir , i am sorry to see you so sickly . — [ pulls out an aquavitae-bottle . ] here , sir , — i pray you drink a little of this . — i never go without my bottle . hob. oh , ho , ho , — god thank your worship . — it will even fall again into your hands before seven years come to an end . march. why , sir , because i see you are so sickly , and likely to be an honest man among us ; hark you . — whispers him . hob. fifty pieces ! marry , god bless us , you had need lend me your aquavitae-bottle again ; this gangs cold to my heart . fifty pieces ! march. ay , twenty down now , and i 'll take your word for the rest . sir hom. offer him twenty , offer him twenty . — do , do . — aside . hob. why will twenty fetch it down now upon the stubs ? here it is in good gold. if i live tway years more , i 'se give you ten pounds more if i like my bargain . what , sir , livings are fallen now . march. in truth , i thought mine would never have fallen . ha , ha , ha . — these are dangerous times . — i shall have some chaplain or other come with the king's title and cozen me , or some mischief , if i keep it in my hands . — ( aside . ) — are you a married man , sir ? hob. no marry not i , sir. march. if i use you well , i hope you 'll not speak on 't . hob. no , no , i 'se be as mum as a lawyer without his fee. march. i hope you 'll live peaceably among us , and not go to law , or present any man ? hob. yea marry , i 'se present your worship with a tith-pig , or so . march. you say well for that . — but hark you , sir , you shall allow me two or three quarters of wheat every christmas . hob. no , no , sir. — you shall not catch old birds with chaff . — is it a bargain ? here 's my money , will you strike me luck on 't ? march. come , give me your hand , mr. parson . — it 's done . — your name is mr. richmond , you say . hob. yea , sir , that 's my name . march. well , sir , god give you joy ▪ — i will go write your presentation , and about two hours hence i will expect you . hob. very well . our horses are at yonder ale-house ; we 'll come to you anon . march. you shall be welcome . hob. iack , iack , — what 's the latin thing ? aside . sir hom. why , gratias ago domine . — aside . hob. gratias ago homily ▪ — exit cum homily . manet marchurch solus . march. ha , ha , ha , — how bravely have i taken my old black jack by the ear , and drained him ! what an interest have i got in this verb impersonal . — if i should have made an hue and cry from in speech to for the due joyning , i should not have found such a participle in rus. — well , let him be what he will , ( as i think he is not guilty of much learning ) let him be pulpit-monger , desk-thumper , and sermon-braker ( as i think he hath as few new ones , as any here ) if he be able to set out a stave in a psalm right ( as he is old enough ) i care not . — i 'll humour him till he is safe , and then , may-hap , i may pin vrsely on his back . fur. [ nay , rather pin him upon her belly . but if you geld him so as you begin , he 'll be able to do nothing ; you have taken away his gold now , and his pretious stones will be next . ] however i am glad , i have crack'd the flea homily . — i 'll in , and expect my animal . exit . surgit furor . & canit . . i have been a jovial rambler , and have travel'd many nations . i have seen how men have delighted in , several transformations . yet still do i cry , let them chop , let them change boy , let them turn and never spare ; but to see a lurch , that 's put upon the church , o this fetches off my hair. . old proteus stands amazed , to see himself put down , copernicus did prophesy of us , when he said the world turn'd round . yet still , &c. . your rich men turn'd to lions , your rich men , an ass in fashion , marry'd wives wear fox-skins , and their husbands ox-skins ; oh , ho , 't is a jugling nation . but still , &c. . i have seen a beggar in scarlet , made a master of a gaffer , no gentleman bred , become one of the first head , at which i am a scoffer . yet still , &c. . i have seen a deck of religions , pack'd and shuffl'd most rarely ; the papists in a dump , 'cause puritan is trump , and swears they deal not fairly . yet still , &c. . i have been in many a parlour , where sermons have been plenty , i heard a ladkin pray , both a night and a day , and yet could scarce tell twenty . yet still do i cry , let them chop , let them change boy ; let them turn and never spare , but to see a lurch , that 's put upon the church , o , this fetches off my hair. act the fifth . enter furor . furor . a carter get a living ! — i 'll put a spoke in his wheel . — ( if it were carter upon seton , it would have been another matter ) — who of both , he had better have bought the schoolmasters place , and then all would have been but a whipping still ; but now he will never be able to set out a psalm right without whisling ; or say grace without rhymes for 's heart . — but see where he comes . — how now , drunk ! — he hath been preaching over a black pot already . — i marvel what 's become of his man homily ! he is not his own man i 'me sure . — well , i 'll to my kennel once more , and mark the catastrophe . ] enter hob drunk , with a pipe of tobacco in 's mouth . hob. cuds duds — curis tobacco ! — room there for parson hob. — mr. marpudding can be hang'd e're he can do thus . [ puffs , whisles , and sings . ] come on , and let 's be merry , and why should we be sad ? we 'll have a living anon , whether it be good or bad . whoop , ha. — well sung parson hob. — sirrah , boy , drive your cart that way . [ he reels . ] fur. [ thou 'lt overthrow presently ; thou hast thy load . — whoist . ] hob. i 'll have my frock dy'd black , and it will make a good cassock . — [ open's his primmer . ] — i must learn to read against sunday . — g — r — a — c — e. — grace . — b — e — f — o — r — e , — before . — m — e — a — t , — meat . — grace before meat . — o brave doctor hobs ! — pease-porridg hot , pease-porridg cold . — pease porridg nine days old , — spell that with four letters . — first begin with the horn-book , the horn-book , the horn-book . and then go on to the primmer — ( and so far i 'm advanc'd . and here good fellow 's an health to thee , and an health to thee , there 's no deceit in a brimmer . — why — where 's my man homily ? — how letcherous are these black breeches the rogue lent me ! — [ whoops and sings . ] but still she replies , good sir let it be , if ever i have any man , black coat for me . how proud am i ? fur. [ ay — your pride will have a fall presently . ] you — sexton — whip the dog out of the parson's pew there . — fur. [ spew there . ] whoist there — hob — [ falls down . ] [ so , so — the living's fallen again already . ] hob. i 'se parson of the parish ; i think the clark is mad . — the sexton chimes all-in . — fy , fy — what a lean tith pig is this ? — [ he falls asleep and snores . ] fur. [ what , cannot you be contented to fall , but you must fall asleep too ? — it 's hard rising for a church-man , when he 's once down . thou had'st need , i 'me sure , sleep soundly ; thy coat hath not had a nap this seven years . [ enter sir homily . ] sir homily . did ever any man serve such a master ? — a parson too ? — ha , ha , ha , — parson hob ! — after we went down from old marchurch , even now hob for joy , would needs have me to the ale-house ; where after a while tipling on 't soundly , i put a pouder into his drink to fox him , and to make him sleep securely . he steals away from me . — i know he is so far gone , that he cannot be gone far . — [ spies him . ] — ha , ha , ha , have i found thee ? — malus pastor dormit sapinus ! — but it 's no talking . — now if ever , good fortune stand to me ! — this is the time that marchurch expects him to come for the presentation . — as long as i have been in town , they know not my name . they call me sir homily , but my name is richmond ; and that i gave him for his false name . — his cloak and his false beard , i 'll make bold withal , to disfigure me . — above half the money he hath paid , and the other shall never be paid ; for he knows ( and shall do better if i speed ) what symony is . — i 'll try if i can act him , and get it . — and if thou hast not hang'd thy self before i come again , i 'll wrangle it out well enough with thee , i 'll warrant thee . — exit . enter a gypsie woman with a child on her back . gypsie . i wonder what 's become of my tinker ? — this will make us good sport. — here 's twenty shillings to bous and ken this christmas . — i hope his gold is not so light as his whore. — ha , ha , ha . — here 's a pass too that will carry us all england over , in spight of stocks , and whipping-posts . — she sings . lullaby , lullaby baby , lullaby , sweetly sleep and sweetly slumber ; sweetly sleep and make no moan , thee as mine i must now number , tho indeed thou' rt not mine own . fur. [ not thine own ? — i hope it 's no bodies in this company . — i 'll lay my life , it 's a chip of the old block ; marchurch supra vrsely , newly printed . ] gypsie . ho yes . — if any man or woman , in town or country , will buy a barn. — [ spies hob. ] — how now ? who 's this ? — 't is a scholar . fur. [ ay marry , if all that went in black were scholars , there would be a great many more than there are . ] gypsie . a scholar , as i live . — if i had not taken this from the old letcher now , i should have sworn that it had been thine . — however i 'll look no farther for a father . — [ takes the child from her back . ] — ha! — he 's fast asleep . — by the complexion of his clothes , he should have no money . — but i fear no colours ; i 'll search him . — [ searcheth his pockets . ] — oh , — rich , rich — very rich. — surely he hath had two livings , and sold one of them . — well , i 'll take your money , but i 'll leave you a sufficient pawn here . — [ she lays the child by him . ] — ha! — i have no shooes to hang on my feet ; what if i should take his boots ? — i have known women wear the breeches , why not the boots too ? — but stay , let me smell at him . — hang him he smells of drink . — he 's full enough . — i 'll off with them . — [ she pulls off his boots . ] — nay , a right scholar , he wears them but for want of stockins . — i 'll e'ne change with him . — he 'll make legs better by half in my shooes than in his boots . — come , hang 't — he shall have the skin too . — i 'll cover him with this sheet . fur. [ an incomparable good plot ! — god-a-mercy little comaedia ! — if the basket-maker were here , he might now make a cradle . ] gypsie . i 'll not stay to put them on here , till i have got further . — to the auditors . — look you gentlemen , if any of you have such a commodity to put off ; twenty shillings is my price ; but i 'll use you kindly . — this is the last time of asking . — exit . hob wakes , and stretches himself . hob. oh — oh — come hostes , what 's to pay ? — starts up . — oh my boots ! — where the dule have i been bare-foot and bare-leg'd . — oh — my beard 's gone ! — my false beard hath deceived me , — ha! — what 's — what 's — a child ! oh — i 'me undone — undone , — undone . — sure i 'me brought a bed ! — i wonder'd my belly did so ake — and i was with child . — oh — what an he whore am i ! — is this the living i stood for so long ! — oh , oh , — it 's mine . — i have heard them say , that parsons have commonly first a child , and then a living afterwards . — and 't is so indeed ; for i remember my breeches were leacherous . — let me see . — surely it cannot be mine . — oh , oh — yes . — it is mine , — now it is mine . — they say when they have a child they travel with it ; and i warrant i travel'd all night with it , and that hath worn my boots to a pair of shoes . — i remember i said to homily , that i was with child till i had got the living . — it 's so indeed . — oh , it 's mine , i doubt — i did so dream of a christning to night . fur. [ why then i pray you , name the child ▪ ] hob. stay , — how can it be mine ? — can a man be with child ? — unless it should come with drinking . ay , ay — it was that — it was that . — too much drinking will make a man big belly'd . — i warrant , i spued it up . — oh what a drunken whore am i ! — [ he feels in his pocket . ] — oh — mad — mad — undone — undone — my money , my money — why , — i 'me not only deliver'd of my child , but of my purse too — o — this rogue homily ! — what shall i do ? — would the steeple were in his belly . — o — hang his lousy cloaths — [ puts off his cloaths . ] — my master will see me hang'd e're he will give me my mony again . — and then this bastard of mine too . — stay , i am constable ! — may i not command my self to hang my self ? — i should have in these breeches an halter , and there 's a beam will fit my turn . — here 's a sheet . i 'le do pennance in it , as i hang , for my whoredom . — oh what a drunken whore am i ! — come on — is this all the bell-ropes i must have ? enter first watchman . st watch. our landlord , and mr. marpudding will think i am run away , if i bring not my christmass capons . i would the bones were in one of their bellies , and the feathers in the other . fur. [ nay , would he himself were a capon — alas ! poor hob , how hard is he at his devotion ! enter second watchman . watch. . o neigbour dungo , we are undone , if mr. marchurch be here before us — come , come , yonder is at the ale-house , gypsies , tinkers , and ballad-singers , roaring ; and the constable hob , the clown , is drunk himself some-where — come , come — let 's go rout ' em . watch. . say ye me so ? — i may venture my basket here till i return — come on . — exeunt . hob. ah — i confess i deserve this death — i have been a drunkard , and covetous churl , and would have cheated my master of his living . besides , i once kiss'd a wench behind the stable-door ; and now i am a whore. — ah hob , thou art a whore ! — i did not think thou wouldst have come to this . — [ he puts the rope about his neck , and sings . ] good people all give ear a while to me , and let my end all your examples be . when i was drunk , then i was got with child . i bought a living , but i am beguil'd . all honest men , i pray , take my advice , meddle not with parsons not in any wise : follow your trades , and do not soar so high , for at the last you will repent like i. fourty good pounds in seven years i got , but now it 's gone , and mony i have not . to ring my bells , by this time i did hope , but now i ring my hands , and hang by th' rope . so , now i forgive all the world — but homily . [ enter homily . ] sir hom. so , policy hath got that which prayers could not . — i have it here — but stay — what have we here — a basket ? — [ looks into it . ] — two fat capons and some beef for this old marchurch — i hear a whispering in the town of a bastard of vrsleys ; it must needs be his or marpudding's ; and if it be so , — i 'le keep him in awe . — but stay , — who owns this ? — he is not far off here — [ spies hob ] how now ! — parson hob doing service in his sunplice already ! — why hob — hob , mr. hob. hob. i am a little busy , — i pray leave me . sir hom. nay — but master — do you not know me ? hob. no gentleman — poor parson hob now — [ look on him . ] a dule on thee , is it thee ? i pray let me alone . — you will cozen me of this preferment too presently . sir hom. nay — pish — hob ! — why did you steal from me at the ale-house ? — for this ? — where have you been ? hob. where ? — why , committing fornication with a jug of ale i-trow . look you here — [ he points to the child . ] — i am a whore , — i fell asleep , and when i was awaked , i found my self delivered of this bastard — my boots are gone — and my mony all gone — and this sheet left me for a winding-sheet . — this was your plot. — you would make me a parson and be hang'd . — will you be my curat , and do this for me ? sir hom. what — hang my self ? no indeed , nor you shall not neither . — come , come . hob. do you see that ? sir hom. i 'le lay my life this is marchurch's bastard , however it came here . — away fool — your child ? — if it be , i will keep it . hob. will you ? sir hom. ay , that i will , and set all right and streight again if i can , — help you to your mony again , and take this child . — will you be a parson , or a plowman . hob. — parson ! — no — zuckers — they shall have an hundred livings a piece first . — would i had my gold again . sir hom. why then , hark you . — did you fall asleep here ? hob. — ay , drunk , — like a rogue as i was . sir hom. why , you would needs go to the ale-house ; it was not my doings . — and what , when thou wakedst , thou found'st this child , and thy pockets pick'd , and thy boots gone ? hob. — yea marry did i. — and what of all this ? sir hom. what ? — i smell a rat — this bastard , sirrah , is vrsleys . — i 'le venture a wager thy master got it . hob. how 's that ! — cuds duds , she was main saucy with him as ever i saw . sir hom. nay , it is so i warrant thee . — hear but me . — will you be but contented to let me have the living , if i rid you of it , and get you your mony again ? hob. — will i not ? — yea , and love thee all the days of my life for it . sir hom. why then to tell the truth , i have got it . — i found thee here asleep , and took thy cloak and thy beard from thee , and went in thy name , and sped well . — there i heard a whispering of this bastard ; and vrsley could not be seen . 't is so , i 'le warrant thee . — i 'le give thee good bonds for thy mony , and something beside . hob. — yea. — but i must be hang'd , now or never , for i have confess'd my sins . sir hom. what dost do with that primmer ; was it thine ? hob. — ay , 't is mine . i got it to learn to read my letters against i should be parson . sir hom. and what , — thou wouldst have made a long letter of thy self ? — come — look you here ; this basket some body hath left — [ peeps aside . ] there are two capons a going in it to your master . wee 'l put this chicken too under the capons , and leave it . hob. ha! — i think thou l't prove an honest man. sir hom. ay , ay , — come — pull your block-head out of the noose . — [ pulls out his head. ] hob. — so — shall i live ? sir hom. ay , and richly . hob. why then i will un-confess all my sins again . — i never was a drunkard , nor covetous , nor parson , nor kiss'd any body behind the stable-door — not i. sir hom. come now look you here sir. — [ he puts the child into the basket. ] hob. — ha , ha , ha — these black-coats can put off children to other men — ha , ha , ha — how i shall laugh anon , when i am hob again , to see marchurch have an heir — marpudding will knock it i th' head within 's two days , if it offer to eat any thing . — and will you give me your bond for my mony too ? sir hom. ay , that i will. hob. — come on sirrah hob — your are a rogue — but i will let you live a while longer . sir hom. go thou into my house , and put on my boots ; by that time i 'le come . — but i 'le scout here a while to see what this basket will do . hob. i 'le go — but stay — if you give me bond , i must have witnesses . — i 'le go no further . — [ to the auditors . ] — pray , gentlemen , set your hands to it . — methinks this is better than making out of hand with my self by half . — exit . manet homily . sir hom. what a fool was this ! — if men should hang themselves when they are cheated of their mony , what dangling would there be this christmass ? — no sooner parson but suspended . — i will be honest . the clown shall have all his mony again . — but this primmer shall go in to teach the baby too . — but whist — here comes dungo . — 't is as i said . — i 'le scout and listen . enter dungo the first watchman . watch. . oh — that 's well . — my basket is safe . — ha , ha , ha . yonder is a gipsy-woman at the ale-house — a pritty woman indeed ; and two scholars which have been here for the living , they do so smooth her up . — she 's a fortune-teller too . — she call'd me gentleman , besworn . — yet she said i should have some ill luck come unto me . — i was afraid of nothing but my capons , and they ( i see ) are safe enough . — now truly they are very fat . how heavy they be ! — however i 'le away . — enter marchurch . march. so that cure is cur'd . — i never met with such a clown in all my life as my new parson . he 's gone to the bishop . — 't is well the times are as they are , he would be stay'd else for a dunce . let him look to his flock , but i 'le fleece him i 'le warrant him . dung. good'ine to your worship . march. how now neighbour , what have you there ? — ha ? dung. a couple of christmass-capons for your worship — i love to keep touch . mar. why , it is honestly done . — are they fat ? dung. fine fed fowls — if it please you . fur. [ yet not better fed than taught . there 's a primmer among them , will bring you to your psalms of mercy . ] dung. here 's one , a good tender bird , of your worship 's own breed , your worship may do well to keep it . mar. ay , and so i will. — my people , neighbour , are not at home to bid you drink , — but here 's a couple of pence for you . — give me the basket. dung. i thank your worship . i hope they will prove well , and give you content . — by your leave . exit . mar. farewel , farewel . — oh , i love this young flesh at my heart . — my nephew , since the keys were gone , and he in danger to be a father , is grown very kind . i 'le in , and vrsley is pritty hearty , she shall dress one of them and we will be merry . — exit . fur. gramarcy invention , this is even as i would have it . homily comes forth . sir hom. this is sweet revenge ! — i 'le now to horse , and away to the bishop . — when i return , if his two capons be alive , i 'le pluck a feather with him . i 'le have an order of pennance for him , and make him pay hob his mony again for simony : — but i hope he 'l prevent all , and hang himself — when i return , then shall i tend to sing , i 'le take possession , and my bells shall ring ; shall ring these changes ; and at every knell marchurch shall cry , it is his passing-bell . and if with bells my self i cannot deal , i pray you lend your hands to ring a peal . — exit . fur. why so , — is not this better than a dialogue , or some stew'd prunes ? — i 'le in , and fox little comaedia's nose for this , and send you out an epilogue . — exit . the epilogue . all 's well that ends well . this , tho not allow'd , yet like light gold , it may go in a crowd . i know the folks are pleas'd ; they think it rare , because it glitters . — but you touch-stones are . our trembling author wishes that it might rather have gone a trust , than pay what 's light. sir homily in 's pars'nage doubtful sits , lest you put in your quare impedit's . marchurch will bargain for a plaudite , if you 'l strike hands , it 's made . — hum — simonie . his cotquean nephew bids you , without stud'ing , be fair-condition'd , and eat bread with pudding . hob swears , if he were parson , he would know whether laughs were due to him , or no ? the basket-maker to this point will stand : in taking iest you must not use short-hand . nay more ; the tinker ( so it be by stealth ) hath made him swear , that he will drink your health . your palm'stry is more than the gipsie's skill ; can tell your fortune , whether good or ill. ceres , after the epilogue , speaks from above . looking for barley here , i hope you 've found , with aesop's cock , some jewel on the ground : and if you have ; truth , let it so appear like jewels , let each word hang on your ear. the sport was innocent , and if i 'd had a worthier stage , i should have been more glad . hower'e , these shall be welcome to this place each year , and ceres takes it for a grace . finis . the arraignment of a sinner at the bar of divine justice delivered in a sermon in st. maries church at oxford, march the . before the right honourable, the judges of assize, &c. / by robert wilde ... wild, robert, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing w ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. 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[ ], p. printed by j.g. for nathanael webb, and william grantham ..., london : . reproduction of original in union theological seminary library, new york. eng church of england -- sermons. bible. -- n.t. -- romans i, -- sermons. sermons, english -- th century. a r (wing w ). civilwar no the arraignment of a sinner at the bar of divine justice. delivered in a sermon in st. maries church at oxford, march the . . before th wild, robert f the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the f category of texts with or more defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - jonathan blaney sampled and proofread - jonathan blaney text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the arraignment of a sinner at the bar of divine ivstice . delivered in a sermon in st. maries church at oxford , march the . . before the right honourable , the judges of assize , &c. by robert wilde , b. d. minister of the gospell at ayno in northamptonshire . gen . . . shall not the iudge of all the earth doe rightly ? quia impunitum non debet esse peccatum , puniatur à te , ne tu pro illo puniaris ; peccatum tuum te iudicem habeat , non patronum . august . de utilitate agendae poenit . london , printed by i. g. for nathanael webb , and william grantham , at the black beare in st. paul's church-yard neer the little north-dore . . to the right vvorshipful , john cartvvright of ayno , esq. high sheriffe of the county of oxford , . my ever honour'd patron . sir , of those many hundreds of sermons , which you have heard from me , ( since you pleased to call me to the work of the gospell in your place ) the lot of being published is only falne upon this single one , preach't at your command , to the country then under your command . i will not adventure at an apology for my printing it , for i look upon the presse as a common midwife for poore folkes , as well as rich ; and an advantage ( not only to the grand masters of learning , and parts , but ) to all other men , who desire a cheape , easie , and ready way of communication : neither doth this sermon ( a zacheus rather than a saul ) come forth because it is higher by the head , or of a goodlyer stature , or complexion then its brethren ( for no man that sees it will by its looks guesse that it was born in an university ) nor doe i print it , for any thing that it hath done beyond others upon the subject which it handles , for i am not worthy ( with ionathans lad ) to run , and gather up their arrows ; but , because the lord pleased to blesse it with some good successe ( the reverend judges and many others being much affected with it ) and because i cannot ( as yet ) find any way of expressing my due respects to your selfe so publiquely as this . the best word it had after it was preacht ( and i never desire better ) was , that it was an honest sermon , and as it is usually said of an honest man , that he may travell all the world over , and need not feare looking any one in the face , so i hope may an honest sermon . and , to him that shall examine this messenger of mine , whence he comes , and whither he goes , and what is his businesse ? if he say , from ayno , with an hue and cry after a company of self-condemned sinners , who have broken the prison of conscience , and run up and downe in their chaines , to apprehend them ; and withall makes mention of your name , and warrant for so doing , i hope it shall be neither danger , nor dishonour to you : there is never a magistrate in england but i am sure ought , and never a good one but will assist this work of gods word to suppresse sinne and open wickednesse . there is a suite ( i confesse ) depending amongst divines about gods vindictive justice , and its necessary working ; and excellent pleaders there are on both sides : now although this sermon speakes on the defendants side , yet i hope its testimony shall offend none who shall consider that the chief tendency of my speech ( and indeed of that point ) is to the glory of gods holinesse , justice , and mercy , and the beating down sinne , and those slight thoughts of ungodly men concerning it : if therefore this comes into a good mans hands , he will not be the worse for reading it ; if into an evill mans , he may be the better ; and if into a learned mans , he will have cause to blesse god , that he can write farre better , my only request is , that when it comes into your hand , it may be accepted with the right hand , even as it is tendred . all that i have to adde , is to acknowledge , and to leave this with you as a testimony of my gratitude for your many favours , and of your diligent , and exemplary attendance at , and countenance of the publick ordinances and worship of god under my ministery : and to beg of god on your behalf , that you may flourish in your spirituall estate , even as you doe in your temporall . that in your magistracy , you may be wise , and zealous , that you may be eyes to the blind , and feet to the lame ; that you may be a terrour to evill doers , and a praise to them that doe well ; that the poore and oppressed may waite for you as the raine , and you may cause the widdowes heart to sing for joy ; that in your family you may walke with a perfect heart , not suffering an evill doer , or wicked servant to tarry in your sight . in a word ; that by an holy , and cheerfull improvement of your time , interest , and many talents , you may glorifie the great god , credit the gospell , uphold sinking religion , be one of those innocents , that may preserve the island ; doe good , be fruitfull in good workes , relieve the poore , and needy ( which indeed you doe more than many that make a greater noise ) strengthen the hands of the ministry , and so expresse your affection to learning ( which i know you prize ) that poor i may stand by , and more excellent pens come forth publiquely to acknowledge you , and blesse god for you , and you may be the blessed of the lord , and your seed after you . sir , these are , and such as these shall be the humble , and dayly prayers of your most willing and ready servant in all civill and christian offices , aprill . . ro: wilde . rom : . . who having the judgement of god ( that they who commit such things are worthy of death ) not only doe the same , but take pleasure in them that doe them . such malice as the iewes ( formerly dwelling in england ) shewed , when they poysoned springs and fountaines ; and such subtile cruelty as the enemies of israel ( in the wars betwixt barak and sisera ) practic'd , viz. to shoot most fiercely at the places of drawing water : such hath been the subtilty , cruelty , and malice of the enemies of scripture , and mens soules , who have either corrupted the originalls , and laboured the poysoning of them with unsound translations and glosses ; or else strongly opposed those that have desired to goe down and draw for themselves and their flocks , water of life out of those pure springs and wells of salvation es. . . it was for this , that campanella gave that pestilent rule to the king of spaine , that he should never suffer his students in divinity to be much exercised or acquainted with gramatical disputes concerning the originalls of scripture , as an expedient very probable to keep them from heresies . but ( as subtile as that serpent was ) it hath proved ( as time and experience shewes it ) only a stratagem against themselves , keeping their leaders in perversnes , and their poore people in much leannesse , whilst they nurse them with traditions and unkinde translations , and deny them the sincere milke of the originalls . here is now before us a text , which ( if they will allow the epistle to be greek , as indeed they doe ) suffers by their vulgar latine which lyranus , tolet , and the rhemish , and most romish writers doe and will follow ) in the very sense and substance of it . for they read it thus , who knowing the iustice of god , understood not that they which doe such things are worthy of death , &c. by which , they ( first ) insert ( non intellexerint ) which is not to be found in any greeke coppy , and then that which they doe put in is not the herbe iohn ( as we say ) but very colloquintida , which infects the whole messe ; making thereby the gentiles ( who are the subject of the apostles discourse ) to be nescious and ignorant , that sin deserved at gods hands death , and so the more excusable ; when as the very thing which the holy ghost seemes apparently to drive the whole argument at is quite contrary , ( viz. ) to aggravate and accumulate to their guilt , ( ) that they knew sin to be sin . ( ) that they knew that sin ( some sin at least ) deserved death , and yet ( ) that they did hold downe , and violently keepe under this knowne truth , like a prisoner , and in despite of it , dared to commit those sinnes ; nay ( ) not onely so , but also that they did connive , yea consent to , yea patronize and applaud others who did so also , so that they sinned not through ignorance , infirmity , or temptation , but out of choise and election , and with deliberation and delight . but i must remember i am not at home , but in a place , which needs not to be taught how to read or expound scripture . that i may therefore present you the words in a metaphoricall language proper to this daies occasion , and yet not wrench'd and forc'd ; methinkes i see saint paul in this epistle ( as in a triumphant charriot ) riding by the spirit a circuit , about the world ; first like a severe but just iudge to try and condemne all guilty ones ; and then ( according to his commission in the gospel ) to offer unto all penitents a pardon from iesus christ the king of peace . his whole expedition , he divides into two parts ▪ as it were two goale-deliveries ; one of the gentile world , whom he sits upon and tries by the law of nature , written in all their hearts ( something blurr'd , yet legible ) and by the works of creation and providence obvious to their very senses . the other is an assize upon the iewes , with whom he proceeds to a tryall according to the lawes of their owne moses , written in their bookes , upon their walls , doores , and phylacteries ; and also according to their great priviledges , and gods speciall dispensations towards them ; and this is the work of the second chapter . my text is the issue of his arraignment of the gentiles , begun at ver. . and with some light and assistance from the context laies before us these particulars . * first , the iudge . saint paul , once a guilty and condemned malefactor himselfe ; but pardoned , made a favourite , raised to the dignity of an apostle and ambassador , sent out , and by speciall commission of oyer and terminer ( as i may say ) given him from heaven by word of mouth from jesus christ , the king of all the world , authorized to try and judge the gentiles : and accordingly in this chapter he sits upon them , opens his commission , publisheth it , & then proceeds with them upon an issue of eternall life or death . such an other judge was the prophet ezek. wilt thou iudge them son of man , wilt thou judge them ? chap. . . and ( that i may seasonably magnifie our vilified office ) such a judge is every true minister of the gospell ( being all put into commission as well as the apostles , math. . . . ) as very scar-crowes as the wicked world make of them ; having a power as authoritatively to declare and pronounce sentence of life or death ( from the pulpit ) upon the souls of men , as any judge on earth hath upon the bodies and lives of malefactors , from the bench . and the effects and successe of our sermons doe oftentimes make this appeare , causing sinners that stand below as at a barre , to grow pale , wring their hands , to tremble , and cry out ( like those in the acts ) men and brethren what shall we doe ? as we read judge faelix himselfe did , who when he sent for paul to heare him , thought only of some neat discourse , but it proved a judiciary tryall of him for intemperance and injustice , the poore prisoner proving to be the judge , and the judge the prisoner . . the prisoners at the barre of pauls ministry are the whole body of the gentile-nations , spread all over the earth , greeks and barbarians , princes , philosophers , poets , orators , wise , unwise , rich , and poor , all , all . there is i confesse a learned annotator of our owne nation , who as he too much hath gratified the church of rome , laying the great mystery of iniquity at the doore of the gnosticks , ( a mungrel sect made up of gentilisme , iudaisme , and christianity , living in the apostles time ) so also he loads them with the heavy burden of both these chapters . but i finde him in this latter opinion to stand alone and by himselfe , and not so much as his friend h : grotius with him . the generall vote of expositors being that the gentiles were the men , whom the apostle here chargeth . . the indictment , and articles of crimes laid to their charge , wee have ranked under three heads . ( ) against god ( ) their neighbours ( ) themselves , many or most of them are found to be felones de se . not to name all , here is within the compasse of three verses ( , , . ) a bill brought in against them consisting of treasons , murders , felonies , riots , buggeries , perjuries , and all sorts of misdemeanours , no lesse than . in number , &c. . as for the law by which he proceeds in their tryall , it is here produced , [ {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ] the ancient and fundamentall law of divine iustice . from whence ( as the very fountaine ) have issued all the just and good lawes both divine and humane in the world . the word in the plural number ( as beza observes ) is promiscuously used both for the mandates of god , ( morall , iudiciall , and ceremoniall ) and also for his judgemen●s . rom. . . but in the singular ( as here ) it either signifies that divine law of righteousnesse ; written in all mens hearts , with the obligation to vengeance upon the transgressors , ( & so comes to as much as the synteresis and syneidesis in naturall conscience . ) or else it imports that just execution of punishment due for sin : iustitia poenalis , suidas calls it , and our english translation in the text , the iudgement of god . so then the law is , ( . ) a common and universall law , called by some the law of nature , by others , ius gentium , and {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , the divine law . ( . ) a iust and equall law , translated sometimes , the righteousnesse of god , dealing with sinners according as they are {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . ( . ) a knowne and divulged law . every son and daughter of adam hath a proclamation of it nailed by god upon his conscience . ( . ) an approved law , by consent of all men under it , ( iure die agnito ) that they who committed wickednesse were worthy of death . lastly , an immutable and indispensable law , it being an essentiall property in god , and necessarily proceeding from him in the government of the world . so that for matter of law , the prisoners here have ( you see ) as faire a tryall as heart can wish . . but what iury have they ? and who hath the impanelling of it , you will say ? for that is very considerable . why for that , the jury is not only taken out of the neighbourhood and among their peeres , but ( which is an indulgence not allowed by mens lawes ) from among themselves and out of their owne consciences . such a one as we read of ( esay . . . ) iudge i pray you betwixt me and my vinyard &c. the very same grand jury which shall be made to serve betwixt the lord and the whole earth , at that great day of assize . . this jury ( like some that in very cleare causes never goe from the bar ) quickly bring in their verdict upon two bills , in both which the prisoners are found guilty . in the first as principalls , they were actors of all those fowle crimes charged on them in the indictment at large ▪ verse . . . in the second , as accessories , abetters , aiders , countenancers , mantainers and defenders of others in the same and the like outrages , which ( although according to humane lawes the accessories are lesse guilty ) yet according to gods law , in many cases is greater than to be the principall . . there is yet one thing more ( implicitly ) in the text , and that is this ; the prisoners ( being thus cast ) seeme to be called upon by the judge what they can say for themselves , that the sentence of death of which they were worthy ( being found guilty ) might not passe . to which the poore wretches all stand silent : neither being able to cavill at the court , to demur to the bill , to except against the jury , to evade the law ; nor to plead ignorance of it , for the text saith they knew it , that they which do such things were worthy of death : nor lastly to plead infirmity , incogitancy , chancemedly , and that they did it against their wills ; for they did not only doe such things , but they were ( {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) master of the trade , professors and practitioners of the very mysteries of iniquity , nay they were such as did consent , countenance , commend , applaud , yea command others to doe the same , delighting and taking pleasure in them that did so . for all this and more is in the nerves of the word ( {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) according to beza , pareus , piscat. &c. and thus these gentile sinners being brought by the apostle under an inevitable conviction and selfe-condemnation , and all excuses ( like father adams fig-leaves ) taken away . they are left under the sentence of death , either to expect the execution thereof every moment from the avenging hand of a just god ; or else ( which saint paul like a mercifull judge puts them in mind of , and perswades them to it ) to fall downe and cry for a psalm of mercy , and the benefit of the booke ( viz. ) the gospell in the hand of that great and only ordinary and bishop of our soules , jesus christ , that so they might be pardoned and live . and thus sacco soluto reluxit argentum ( as ambrose saith concerning benjamins sack , my text being like that opened ) this point of divine learning ( far richer and finer than silver or gold ) like josephs cup appeares in the mouth of it , by which ( as was said of that ) i shall be able anon to divine what estate you are in , whether of death or life , and whether you be come hither this day any of you as spies to finde out the weaknesse of the sermon , or indeed to get some spirituall bread . it is this . that man ( whoever he be on earth ) who knowes that according to the righteousnesse of gods vindictive justice , a wicked life deserves eternall death ; yet dares both to doe wickedly himself , and also to abet , countenance , uphold and applaud others , is an inexcusable selfe-condemned man and in a most desperate estate . a theame not improper for any pulpit in this land and age , where men professe to know so much , and surely doe know very much , yet live ( too many ) as if they knew no law , no sin , no god , no judgement : but i have thought it a very suitable subject ( were it in an hand that could well manage it ) for this mornings exercise . that all you who are come together to enquire after , to try , and accuse , and condemn to death those poore prisoners , who shall be found worthy thereof according to our lawes , may heare of a justice and wrath ( the righteous judgement of god ) which no impenitent soule shall escape , much lesse they who judicially bring others to their deserved shamefull deaths , and yet allow themselves , and delight in others who commit things worthy of eternall death ; yea and many times of a sentence too from the bench ; were you but discovered here , as you are sure to be hereafter . in my prosecution of this point ( begging some graines of allowance for want of academicall exactnesse ) i shall briefly speak of these . things most materiall . ( ) that there is in god an avenging justice , ingaging him to punish sin ( the breach of his law ) with the eternall death of the sinner . ( ) that there is in sin that which deserves and it worthy of such judgement . ( ) that this merit of sin , and vindictive justice of god is sufficiently made known to all men . ( ) that notwithstanding this discovery of divine justice , yet multitudes every where doe not only commit wickednesse themselves but delight in it , and in them that doe it , the rest shall be all in application . . concerning the iustice of god ( which is a very large and comprehensive subject ) i must not be allowed to read a lecture of it here . let this suffice to lead the way to my purpose . there are not only in the scriptures ( where the eradiation of gods glory shines brightest ) but even in profane and naturall writings , four acceptations of righteousnesse or iustice ; all which are more truly , properly and naturally in god , then in either humane or angelicall natures . . the first is called universall righteousnesse , which ( as the sun is the fountaine of light ) doth bestow not only lustre and beauty , but life and being upon bonity and goodnesse of all kindes , so the scripture useth it to expresse both morall , civill , and evangelicall exactnesse , righteousnesse exalts a nation , but sin is a reproach to any people ; sin in that place is in its latitude made the antithesis to righteousnesse in its extent , and so the word {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} is equivalent to {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . and this notion aristotle was acquainted with , {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , a just man ( saith he ) is one that is possest of every vertue . and truly in this sense , iustice is so proper to god , that it is his peculiar , none but his , who is goodnesse it selfe , and can doe no iniquity , nor approve it , whose will ( though eternally and perfectly free ) yet is not like mans will ( when at the best ) to be free to chuse good or evill , but his will is the very constitutive of all goodnesse and justice , and all creatures and their actions are so farre and no further right and just as they conforme to his will . . a second righteousnesse is that speciall and proper vertue , which denominates a person ( as he is considered in such and such a condition and capacity ) to be justus quà sic , as a just magistrate , iudge , husband , steward , &c. and this is most proper to god in his performance of those severall offices and stations which he is pleased to take upon him to personate ; he is a most just and righteous lord , father , husband , witnesse , judge , there is no unrighteousnesse in him . ( ) not only christians , but heathens also bestowed the name and honour of iustice upon faith and verity in promises , covenants , reports , testimonies , yea and all speeches ; cicero in his offices calls it fundamentum iustitiae , the very basis of righteousnesse . and this is also so naturall to god , and so immutably in him , that it is given to him alone , let god be true , and every man a liar . indeed upon this ( and therefore it had need be unchangeable ) stands the being and well-being of us all , and all we have or hope for ever . . lastly , iustice ( yet more narrowly restrained and limitted ) is that vertue , of which aristotle , cicero , and others have treated of at large , described by plato to be , {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . and by the learned in the law , virtus suum cuique tribuendi , and is commanded as a christian duty by the apostle , render to every man his due . and this is that which we call distributive iustice , and aristotle contends to have the name of it , {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} from which comes {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} — {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} — and {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) to come from {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , a division into two parts , wherein each part hath its due proportion , and neither more nor lesse than what of right belongs to it . and here now comes in the {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , of my text , that naturall and immutable justice of god , ingaging him ( not by constraint but most freely ) to deale with angels and men over whom he is lord and governour , by way of just rewards and punishments . our work lies with this justice in its severe proceedings with sinners , commonly called vindictive iustice , by which god necessarily and immutably takes revenge on angels and men , for injuries and offences which by them are committed against him or his . for although the lord doth what ever he please in heaven and earth , yet it must be understood , that as actually it hath not pleased him to let sin goe unpunished , so indeed it could not possibly have pleased him . his liberty ( though he be agens liberrimum ) doth no wayes make him changeable , but many things there are which ( notwithstanding his good pleasure , will and omnipotency ) he cannot do , and some things which he cannot chuse but do . this language with reverence must be allowed us ( and himself allowes it ) or else we cannot speak of god positively and negatively . many things he hath done which he will doe no more , many things he will doe , never yet done , many , which he can doe , but yet will not , and many which he cannot , and it is willing cannot ; for he naturally will not doe them . he cannot deny himselfe , he cannot sin , he cannot but hate sin . it is impossible for god to lye , saith the apostle , heb. . . and among many other negative excellencies ( as i may call them ) he can not but be just in his rewards and punishments . as it was pleaded to his face by his friend abraham in the case of sodome , and accepted as an infallible plea , shall not the iudge of all the earth doe rightly ? zanchy is bold and peremptory , and saith , god had not been just ( and so not god ) if he had not done thus with sinners . but learned pareus ventures higher , and cries , were not this gods nature , non deus esset sed diabolus . this is that eternall , unchangeable , & essentiall property of god , which ( when it was the good pleasure of his will to make a world , and to set up a royall court and house keeping , and to create angels to wait upon him in his presence chamber above , and men here below , and that they should know his mind and pleasure what he lookt for at their hands , leaving them by their natures in a condition of freedome , to doe well , or to disobey ) did move him to make a locall hell in a readinesse ( as a prison or dungeon ) for the manifestation and satisfaction of his glorious justice upon those , either men or angels that should turne head and rebell against his soveraignty . this is that which being not contingent , but immutable and naturall in god , and necessarily flowing from him in the government of the world , was also naturally and originally con-created and fixt in the consciences of angels and men , that they should know it to be gods nature , and know what to looke for and trust to , having this {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} abiding in them , as is more fully to be proved anon . and accordingly , this vindictive justice upon the fall of the angels , from their allegiance and duty , would not connive , nor suffer them to plead that it was primum tempus , or that it was indifferent to god either to punish or pardon it if he pleased , but it dispatcht them instantly , and tumbled them down into chaines of darknesse . nor when man ( an earthly creature , not so excellent as the angels , yea set upon and tempted by them , all which might make his case differ from theirs ) yet when he fell into the hands of this attribute , did he escape , neither indeed could ; but ( as bernard brings in elegantly a conference and a plea ( as it were ) betweene severall of gods attributes , peace , mercy and love on mans side , truth , iustice and wrath against him ) the lord having from all eternity chosen a number of mankind , in the salvation of them , contrived it by his glorious wisdome and councell to give content to both sides ; and though mercy and free grace was to be magnified , yet vindictive iustice carried it to have an adam for an adam , an eye for an eye . a surety for the debt due to her to be paid in specie . a person to suffer more willingly , than the sinner sinn'd . it yeilded to nothing but a commutation which is proper for justice to doe . ) and by the exchange , had gold for drosse , a richer and nobler draught of mans bloud , than if the whole species had suffered eternally . and ( that none but the elect party might by this expedient escape eternall punishment ) in the whole instrument & indenture betwixt god and our goel , our kinsman and undertaker , jesus christ ; this vindictive iustice hath these provisoes most strictly inserted , to be inviolably observed , ( . ) that whosoever should not have the benefit of christs death and satisfaction , should personally suffer , and as certainly dye , as if there had been no such way of salvation found out . ( . ) that none of those ( for whom he should dye ) should be allowed to live as they list , to commit sin and delight in wickednesse , or ever come into heaven where god had to doe with the least spot of sin upon them , but that christ should looke to them , and sanctifie their natures , and make them by his spirit fit and meet to be partakers of the inheritance , &c. and ( . ) in order to all faire proceedings betwixt grace and iustice , a certaine , fixed day is pitcht upon unalterably , wherein the date of this covenant shall expire , and cease , and that even jesus christ himselfe who had for so many thousands of yeares gratified mercy , should in person appeare to see vindictive iustice righted to the utmost ; in order whereunto all mankind , dead and alive , young and old shall be called together , viewed and examined impartially , and that then , all wicked and ungodly men , who were not suffered for , and paid for by christ , and made new creatures ( however they sped in the dayes of their flesh ) shall both soul and body , all of them to a man ) most certainly and eternally be damned , as if there had been no such saviour in the world at all . and ( lastly ) because it was the lords good pleasure and purpose ( for the glory of his blessed patience , and many other weighty causes him thereunto moving ) to let the world continue long ; and if iustice should not shew its selfe , and exercise its wrath at all , untill the last judgement day , the children of men would grow intolerable in their blasphemies and impieties against god , and be ready to thinke him such a one as themselves ▪ and break out also into bloud , rapine and confusion among themselves : it was therefore resolved and agreed , that the covenant of grace should not hinder , or binde up divine iustice's hands , but that god might reveale wrath from heaven , when , how , as often , and upon whomsoever he pleased , provided they were out of the book of life . and also that vindictive iustice shall have her officers and deputies ( by the name of magistrates and earthly gods ) who should have power and authority from god to punish sinners , according to the merit of their crimes , and as far as a temporall life goes . yea , and over and above all this , that the world might know and be well satisfied , that jesus christ and his religion were no enemies to , or would any waies abate the power of justice , and of magistrates , by patronizing or protecting the wickednesse of wicked men ; he also hath done justice this further right by the gospell , by granting not onely that no badge of christianity ; or church-priviledge what soever ( let the pope answer for his counterfeit power as well as he can ) shall excuse , much lesse exempt any one from the hand of iustice ; but also by setting up a new and high court of iustice , within his church , inabling them to proceed further with open and scondalous sinners , then the magistrate doth or can ( viz. ) to punish their very soules and consciences , by delivering them up to satan , and accursing them , he engaging himself to see it made good ; quid ultrà potuit facere quod non fecit ? what could be done more , and what more need be said to prove ( against all doubters and disputers ) that iustice to punish sinners , is none of those indifferent acts of god , which he might doe or not doe ( as the making of the world , and but one world , & c ? ) but yet more ( and in a farre more excellent manner ) is spoken be lactantius in his dispute against the stupid and sottish stoicks and epicures . by pareus against the subtill and sinfull cavills of the socinians , who pull hard to overthrow this doctrine , thereby to make their way easier to invalidate the merit of christs death . and lately by a learned pen of one of your one in this place . i shall onely adde this , that upon this hinge all piety and righteousnesse among men turnes , for if god should be uncertaine in his rewards , who would serve him ? if in his punishments , who will feare him ? and i conclude this point with that determination of the father , iraquae ad correctionem vitiorum pertinet , nec homini adimi debet , nec deo potest . . concerning the second thing , that there is in sinne ( in every sin ) that which deserves the death , the eternall death , ( as well as the temporall ) of the sinner , i have not provided to say much , neither indeed need i. socinus himselfe grants the merit of eternall destruction , which is the greater , and every protestant and orthodox writer against the papists distinction of sinnes veniall and mortall , have sufficiently cleared both : many scriptures i could call in to make proof hereof , let two be enough ; ( i. ) the words of the text , ( {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) worthy of death . by death all good expositors doe understand , and take in all evills of punishment ; death in its latitude , death corporall , and spirituall , temporall , and eternall , of sense and of losse , the full vialls of wrath . and by the word ( worthy ) is meant due , deserved , just and proportionable : beza saith the word ( {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) is taken from the even and equall poising , and weighing things in a ballance , ( an antient embleme of justice ) so that though cain or any man may say truly enough , my punishment is greater than i can beare ; yet no man can say & say truly ) that his sufferings are more or greater than he deserves : dives in hell cries out of his torments , but not a word against the judge , or the sentence that sent him thither ; the enemies of god have cause to blesse god , that spared them , and kept them so long alive , but no cause to cavill at their punishment , for eternall death is full weight , and yet but weight for sinne ; even among men ( whole scales cannot be carried with so even an hand as gods ) corrective iustice hath an eye to the quality of the party wronged , and proportionates the punishment to his dignity and greatnesse ; an abused majesty makes that high treason , which committed against a meaner subject , would be but felony , or mis-demeanor ; peccanti in summum bonum , summum debetur supplicium , he deserves to suffer the greatest evill , who sinnes against the greatest good . the second scripture shall be that of the apostle , rom. . last . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . the wages , the reward , the stipend , the stipends of sinne , of any sinne , of every single sinne are death , all kindes of death , eternall death . thus the words are diversly read , and that eternall death is clearly implyed , may be gathered from the antithesis in the words following , the gift of god is eternall life . the greek word for wages , is that which was properly paid in victualls to the roman souldiers , by the commissary of the army , in lieu of money , and was a valuable payment , and stipend for their warfare , so that it seems for a sinner to dye the death is as just , as a pennyworth for a penny ; and this shall be enough upon the second particular . the third followeth , viz. that as it is naturall in god to punish sinne with death , so it is naturall to man to know so much . it is true , that the first sinner had both the precept , thou shalt not eate , &c. and the penalty , thou shalt dye if thou dost , given him positively over and above what was stampt on his heart ; but that iustice being offended would be satisfied most certainly , this was in him naturally : and therefore as soon as ever he had sinned , expectation of vengeance made him fly for the same , and to skulk and hide himselfe , paradice being now but a prison to him . me thinkes i heare the dialogue , adam , adam ( so god comes cooly , and friendly to him ) what 's the matter adam ? what ( man ? ) hide thy selfe ? lord of the earth , and prince of this place and hide thy self ? the most exact & beautiful piece which i have made and hide thy self ? what 's the cause of this shamefastnesse ? oh my lord ( saith the poor sneak ) i heard thy voice in the garden : why what then ? was my voice so terrible ? thou hast heard my voice before now . did i thunder ? did i threaten ? did i call thee out of thy name ? come , come , that 's not it . yea but lord i was afraid , and hid , because i was naked . oh , was you naked ? and what then ? naked ? why so you was before , this is not the first time that i have seen you naked . no , no , that 's not it ( thou wretch and rebell ) but the naked truth is , thou knowest thy desert , and doom ; thy coat of maile was thy righteousnesse , and that is gone ; thy soule is naked , and lyes open now as well as thy skin , for my wrath and vengeance . truly this was it : he lookt upon gods iustice as gods nature , never dreaming or imagining to stand it out , with hopes that god would let it got for nothing . and it is very observable , that ( although he knew god to be a mercifull and loving lord ) yet not knowing how mercy and iustice might both meet in his case ; he therefore in all the defence which he made for himselfe , never pleads , lord what need this satisfying of iustice ? if thou pleasest , thou maist let this fault escape , and look for no satisfaction . had he said thus , he had sinned yet more , even against gods nature , as any one of us should also doe , should we ask a pardon at gods hands , without adding for whose sake god should bestow it on us . as it was in adam to know and feare iustice , so it remained in all his posterity , as the apostle before he leaves this argument , proves rom. . . they having not the law , are a law to themselves , their consciences excusing or accusing one another . the great fall of adam , that broke his soule in pieces , dasht out the knowledge of the true god , yet left this naturall principle in man ; if thou dost well , thou shalt receive well . and we finde the lord pleading the force of this with cain as an unalterable rule , and naturall notion . if thou dost well , shalt thou not receive well ? the interrogation is a clear and strong proof of this candle yet shined in his spirit . there are certain common and universall principles , aphorismes and fundamentall truths kept alive in all men , as that there is a deity , ( it is believed , that even diagoras and protagoras could not utterly deny it ) that the divine power is to be observed and worshiped ; that we ought to hurt none , doe as we would be done to , that there was an eye which viewes men , ( and among the rest ) that the blasphemers of the gods , and vicious , flagicious persons deserved death . some pretty glimmerings of the light of this very doctrine which i preach , the heathens had . hence came their fancy of nemesis , or rhamnusia , to be a deity , whose very work was to revenge wickednesse , and reward goodnesse , and it is to my purpose , that they called her the daughter of iove , and necessity , implying that to be a god , and not necessarily to punish offenders , could not consist . the egyptian theologues placed her throne above the moon , ut inde , veluti è speculo , haec inferiora despiceres , that she might from thence behold things here below . hesiod and homer also ascribe a deity to a virgin , by the name of ( {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ) paena ( as suidas calls it ) a companion and councellor to love , sitting alwayes by his throne , and powring down vialls of wrath upon vile and vitious men here below . in their very playes and tragedyes , when they personated any impious or wicked villaine on the stage , then they would discover some of the gods looking from behinde a frame or skreen , and an angry fury hanging over him with rods of scorpious , and to this purpose ( for example ) one of their poets bring in one plegas ( a villain ) under a torments in hell , roaring ( like dives in our bibles ) discite justitiam moniti , & non temnere divos , by me learne iustice and be wise . doe not the holy gods despise . and truly as this light was in men by nature , so they could not blow it out , but ( in the second place ) it would worke upon their consciences . these gentiles in the chapter , often attempted to smother it and extinguish it . they did [ {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ] hold down , and with violence imprison this naturall truth , but yet it would break prison and get out , and often make them prisoners and fetter them in their own feares and terrors of mind , so that they needed not any other torments than their own awakened consciences , which would make them ( though emperours and conquerours ) to quake and hide themselves . yea , thirdly , as by the light of nature , and the pangs of conscience , so , most evidently men every where and in all ages , have known what sin deserves , by the sad effects , and direfull judgements , the wrath of god hath ( ever and anon ) been revealed from heaven ( ver. . ) that is , as beza expounds it ; the wrath of god is every where under heaven made so manifest against sinners , that they who would stifle and imprison this evidence , cannot , although they should the other . these three wayes the justice of god against sin , hath shined abroad all over the earth . but to those within his houshold and kingdome of light ( the church ) a farre more glorious sun-shine hath appeared . the bible ( a book sent out of heaven , made by the true god ) hath like wisdome cried out in our streets continually and aloud , from one end of the scripture to the other ; the lord , the lord beholds from heaven all the children of men , the righteous lord loveth righteousnesse , he is a just god , a jealous god , one that hates sinne and all iniquity , one that will by no meanes let the guilty goe unpunished , one that will raine snares , fire and brimstone , and give it to the wicked as their portion , &c. an houre would not serve us to hear all the evidences of this book , for truly , though some criticks have found out one canonicall book , which hath not the word [ god ] in it , yet is the word of god , yet i thinke none can finde a book in the bible , which hath not some proof or testimony of gods eternall displeasure against sin . not withstanding all which knowledge , both of the almighties words and deeds against sin ( set on oftentimes closer then conscience can doe it ) by the heavy hand of god himselfe upon the soules and spirits of guilty ones , even kindling an hell fire in their bosomes , and making them ( like poor spira ) to yell and shreek , and to have such devills in them , as no disciple can cast out , no minister can quiet . yet ( oh wonder ! ) how rife & rank is all manner of wickedness to this very day in the world ! nay , in the best part of it , in the civilized , cultivated , inlightned , baptized part of the world . in england ( whose sinnes are her onely shame , and i feare will be her ruine ) in england , old england , as much as anywhere , and that not onely for the multitude of sinners ( take so many for so many ) but for the variety of sinnes . blush ô ye heavens over our heads , and thou earth tremble under us , for i fear there is not a sinne ( naturall or unnaturall ) to be found upon record in this sad chapter , to have been committed by the gentiles against their star●light ; but ( after an yeares gospel in this island , and now of late or yeares judgements of an angry god amongst us ) is still to be found amongst our debaucht ones , and i pray god your lordships doe not , to the grief of your hearts meet with most of them , even in this one circuit , before you returne . surely , surely , these dayes are the dreggs and very bottome of time , and if the abounding of iniquity be one of the signes of the worlds end , it cannot be long before the iudge of quick and dead rend the heavens , and comes down . alas for us ! how doe men sinne with their eyes open , their cares open , their consciences wide open ! in the face of the sun , of the minister , of the magistrate , of god himselfe ! men every where know that he is a jealous god , a just iudge , an avenger of all impieties and unrighteous courses , that themselves are such , and that god hath his quiver full of arrowes , and some arrowes upon the very string ; and they the mark against which they are level'd , that they are within shot , that hell gapes for them , and in hell everlasting torments , that there is no gospell in the grave , and they may be there the next ste● that vengeance ( like the sword hanging over damocles by an horse hair ) is ready to drop : in brief , men generally , great ones too , and schollers too ( as too too many ) know all this and a thousand times more , and yet sinne , and sinne , and sinne , and make a mock of sinne , delight in it , defend it , and them who doe it ; as if religion were but a piece of pageantry , and this holy book ( the bible ) but a romance . tell not me ( any nice and curious auditor among you ) that i might have brought hither some other subject ( not so common as this is ) to have discourst of in such an assembly . i know i might , and confesse to you that the commonnesse of it stuck a while with me in my study , and pleaded so hard , that i cast it by twice or thrice ; but it was my foolishnesse , and i could not well be at quiet , untill i returned to it againe , being convinced that it was indeed one of the best and most seasonable subjects in the world . and you all will say so too , if you will but lay to heart these few things ; first , there is not one soule here ( or that could be here ) but is concerned very neerly in this point , having too often finned , presuming so to doe himselfe against this iustice of god , made known to him , and also one way or other to countenance it in others . . preaching and declaiming against sinne , as loud and allow'd as it is , ( and the lord make it seven-fold more common , and powerfull then it is ) is not , neither can be so common as committing it . . it is that one common enemy of heaven and earth , of god and men , of the creater and all his creatures ; against which god , christ , the holy spirit , ministry , magistracy , all meanes possible have been engaged ever since it first entred into the world ; and yet it will not yeild , but fights it out by inches . . the lord ( when it had of old over-spread all mankinde , and fill'd the earth with corruption , such as poisoned the very aire , and ascended up , and stunk in his nostrills , and caused him to repent that ever he made such a creature ) resolved that he would wash this filth away , or else he would wash his hands of all the world , and accordingly he did by the deluge destroy all the race of adam ( with a purpose to get rid of sinne ) save onely eight persons ( the best he could pick out ) whom he kept alive to preserve a better seed to people the world againe . and yet ' ( would you think it ? ) sinne scap't drowning , though the sinners did not , that crept into the ark , and came out safe , and fell to work afresh , and made ashift quickly to drown noah himself in wine , whom all the waters could not touch , and with that small stock of eight , set up , and thrived againe so fast , that it soon recovered that ground which it had before lost . a while after , the lord tried it with another fierce element , to see if he could fire it out of a place , raining down fire and brim stone upon sinfull sodome , and burning it to ashes , carrying out but one righteous lot to save alive , and yet in saving onely him , sinne enough was saved , to fetch out of his loynes two cursed nations , enough to people all the world with sinners , if there had been no more left but they : thus did sinne ( like pauls viper ) leap out of the fire of sodome , it leapt upon lot , who could not so easily shake it off , but it stuck and stung him . neither water , nor fire have prevailed over it , but it hath lived and reigned , and will doe ( i doubt ) till the universall fire come down from god , and burn the world about sinners eares . . as for christ , he came down in the similitude of sinfull flesh , for the nonce to destroy sinne in the flesh , to save the sinner and slay his sinnes . he lived without , preacht against it , prescribed antidotes to prevent , remedies to cure it : he raised forces , armed his souldiers against it , and himselfe at last ( by hanging upon the tree , the most sad and gastly spectacle in the eyes of god , angels , men , and devils , that ever was or shall be seen ) full of the stings of this serpent , for his poore sinfull peoples sake , gave thereby an incomparable record to the world , of his fathers wrath against it ; and also at that time and encounter broke the head of it , and yet it lives and is lively , though this was above yeares agoe . . when christ in his person went off the field , he presently dispatched away the holy ghost ; what to doe ? why to begin there where he had left , and to convince the world of sinne , and of righteousnesse , and of judgement , john . . and accordingly this good spirit of god hath been striving , pleading , perswading , arguing , threatning , using sinners now gently and kindly , anon roughly and sharply : the south winde hath breathed , the north blustred , all windes blewn , and yet sinne ( though chaffe ) is not winnowed out . . what shall be yet farther done ? peradventure sinners had rather deale with moses than with god ; man ( it may be ) will heare reason from man like himselfe : god hath therefore gone that way to worke , and hath set up the office of ministers , and leger-ambassadors , whose very businesse in the world is to reprove , instruct , correct , exhort , knowing the terrours of the lord to perswade men . to be overseers , and watchmen . to haunt , and follow , and cry after , and give sinners no rest . nay , yet further , because ministers words may and doe too often prove winde and be slighted ; he hath raised up , and ordained magistrates , and given them power from himselfe , rom. . to be avengers of evill , as farre as to life it self : and ever and anon ( besides all this ) he fights against sinne himselfe , even from heaven , by plagues , famines , warres , desolations of countryes ; throwing down mighty ones ( for their mighty provocations ) from their places of dignity , and lifting up others in their steads to try conclusions , who have ( neverthelesse ) dared to succeed them , and sometimes out-sin them in their vices as well as places . and still iniquity abounds , and sinne lives ; vivit , & vivit , non ad deponendam , sed ad confirmandam audaciam , as was said of catiline : and now therefore seeing i have proved it , that the point i have pitcht upon is so needfull to be preacht , suffer me to furbush it , and make it glitter in your eyes like a sword , and let it ( like that flaming sword that turned every waies ) move round about this congregation . . in the first place i beseech you all ( saints and sinners ) in the fear of god . to be more and more convinced of , and confirmed in this truth , which flesh and bloud would faine have disputed and confuted . keep it as fixt and immoveable in your soules , as the sun is in heaven , and let it have its influence . oh be satisfied concerning the true nature of sin against god , and god against sin , & that one heart can never hold them here , no more than one heaven above . oh good people stop your eares , and blesse your selves from all those cursed hellish opinions of epicures of old , and of atheists now raised up afresh out of the bottomlesse pit by rebellious ranters , hectors and hereticks ; to extenuate sin , to apologize for sin , yea to finde out arguments , providences , successes , to make a plea for sin , and would fain finde out a gospell , to reconcile ( not a sinner to god , our gospel doth that , but ) god to sin . oh beware of the witchcraft ( all you young students ) that is in books : take heed of those which beat about for arguments to gratifie the flesh , and accommodate broken and corrupt nature ; as all familisme , antinomianisme , arminianisme and popery doe : but especially that cursed devilisme of socinianisme , which goes deeper into the heart of christ , than the spear which let out his life-blood , and in comparison of which , all other heresies are but as the nailes in his hands and feet . and which ( in a word ) stands more in need of an arraignment than any argument . secondly , be alarmd , awakned , and look about you , all christlesse , gracelesse , and unsanctified natures , who have attained to more clear and distinct knowledge of sin , and what it deserves , then these poor heathens in my text , had , but no more minde , will , or power to forsake it ( though it cost you the life of your souls ) than they , and yet have more to answer for , and for want of grace ( the meanes of which you slight , and the worke of which in your hearts you resist ) are like ( if there come no change ) to goe to hell with this gospell of mercy like a mill-stone about your necks . alas ( my brother ) as safe and civill as thou thinkest thy self , because of thy ingenious nature , and well-educated soule , thou art very tender to any spark of sin that falls . there is no safety on this side of regeneration ▪ no man ( gentle or simple , untill god hath made him and created him a new ) can tell what kinde of sinner he himselfe shall prove ere he dies ; a cain , an esau , a pharoah , an hezael , a iudas , a demas , a iulian , an incarnate devill . well might austin say after his conversion , he would not be an unregenerate man againe , no not for halfe an houre , for the whole world . . is it the voice of divine iustice , death to every sinner , double death to every knowing sinner ? then let me be true to my trust , who am sent hither to be the voice of a cryer ; oh suffer me to cry aloud and not spare ; tremble at your condition and station , all ye bold and impenitent sinners , ( who came in hither to judge the sermon , and little thought of an attachment ) tremble at your fickle hold , at your slippery standing . you cannot set your feet upon one foot of safe ground , you are sinking every moment , though you are not like corah and his company swallowed up in a moment ; yet a little while and you are gone . oh how can you buy or sell , worke or play , eat , drink , or sleep ? what poppy stuffes your pillowes ? what opium is in your cups ? seeing you know that judgement sleeps not , and your damnation slumbers not . the philistims are upon you , look about you , the wrath of god abides upon you ; it is like fire already upon your cloaths , which as yet you feel not , but it will burn through , and be at your flesh presently . death is gone out against you to apprehend you , and carry you away , and why he may not doe his office at the next turning , i know not . if you be in your sinnes , there is nothing betwixt your bodies and the grave , your soules and hell , but gods patience , and you have abused that too much already , and cannot be sure of it a day longer ; this night , this houre your soules are required , or as it is in the greek , they require your soule , they ? who ? oh enough , the law , the iustice of god , the devills , tanquam satellites & lictores , like so many black officers and serjeants , as calvin observes in that place . o ye distracted sinners , who feel your consciences , ( those wormes with venomed teeth ) gnawing you within ( more or lesse ) when will you yeild ? plutarch tells a story of a bold and hardy boy , who having stolne a fox ( a live fox ) was pursued and overtaken by the owners , and whilst he was examined , he held the fox close and secretly , stoutly denying the fact . the fox gnawes , the boy feels and yet denies , and held it out denying , untill the very bowells of him were pulld out and himselfe fell downe dead before them . such desperadoes there are among men , who account confession cowardize , and repentance sneaking , and a tender conscience , womanish , and will hold out and carry it high and stifly , though horrors within doe twinge and teare their hearts , and they ready to fall down under the wrath of the almighty . . oh hearken , and give me leave to expostulate ( especially with all those selfe-condemned sinners , who not onely know , and have lived to see gods judgements even to desolation , ruine & death upon their neighbours ; have also had ( as paul in stephens ) some speciall hand therein , justly it may be enough ) as magistrates , justices , committees , prosecutors , witnesses , juries , sequestrators , &c. and yet live to doe the same , the like , or worse things themselves . oh inexcusable men , how will you escape the righteous judgement of god ? of a truth , nothing goes so deep with me , and makes me horribly afraid for poor england as this [ {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ] selfe condemnation . my brethren , suppose the judge of heaven and earth ( who stands before the door ) were this morning come down , that you saw the court set , the books open , all men summoned and appearing , and you heard such a voice as this ; set by a while all nations of the earth , and bring forth before me the inhabitants of england to the barre , that land of mercies , that land of knowledge , where a man could scarce commit a sinne of ignorance , that land of bibles and good books ( at such cheap rates , ) that land of rare deliverances , rich providences , and precious ordinances , that land of vowes and covenants of reformation , reall , nationall , personall . oh how would those magistrates , men of power , place and interest , be able to look iesus christ , the astonisht angels , and those grimme ghosts in the face ( who shall cry to be their tormentors ) whom they have punished , ruined , and cut their lives short for those very crimes which they now doe themselves , and farre worse ? oh my soul ! what deplorable and unparalleld spectacles of heaven ▪ daring hypocrisie and apostacy hath this age produced ! men , who have pretended to walke so spiritually , as if they had no bodies , and yet have practised so carnally , as if they had no soules ; men , who have talkt as if they had cloven tongues , yet have walkt as if they had cloven feet ; iamjam tacturos sydera summa putes ; iamjam tacturos tartara nigra putes . sometimes they offer so fair for heaven , as if they would with elijah enter it , though in the fiery-chariot of martyrdome : a little after they fall like lightning from heaven , as low as earth or earthy trash , yea as low as hell , in plots , designes , and contrivements , as if satan himselfe had been their onely tutor . and , secondly , where would those ministers and preachers appeare ? or how could they stand in judgement , who should have been as unchangeable as the truth which they delivered , but yet have turned ( like the cock on their steeples ) to every winde that hath blown strongest ; who have formerly much declaimed against non-preaching prelates , prebends , and priests , yet now ( adempto fine cessat motus ) begin to have the same quinsey in their own throats ; who have heretofore accounted it ( and that very justly ) to be jesuiticall to reserve meanings , private senses , and to equivocate , and yet have at a pinch , rather than give out and suffer , done so themselves ; who have taken other mens livings , and quickly learned to live their lives ; who have ( like thunder-clowds ) made a noise and ratled over the heads of sinners , but yet have been as black and darke in themselves ? gentlemen , such worke as this will come , as sure as the heavens are over our heads ; and what will the guilty doe at that day ? oh let us lay it to heart this day i beseech you . . lastly , one word of exhortation brings my errand to an end : doth the justice and wrath of god deservedly follow , [ {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} ] oh then , my honourable and reverend lords , the judges , and all yee worshipfull magistrates of this city and county , who are solemnly met at this time , to doe god and your countrey what service you can against sinne and sinners ; hearken i beseech you to one who though he doe ( like amos ) dwell in tekoa , yet is called now to drop a word in bethel , and hear me of your clemency a few words ; by your christianity and holy religion , by your high callings and worthy offices and professions , by your considerable interests and wealthy possessions , by your experiences and what you have seen of gods judgements : by your ponderous oaths and obligations , and by iesus christ the judge of all men ; i beseech you , if there be any sparkes of this vindictive justice of god in you ( as there ought , and i hope is some of that heavenly fire in you all , ) oh let my poor breath blow it up into a flame , that it may blaze out , scorch , burne and consume sin . oh let not sinners warme themselves by that fire , which should either refine them or burn them to ashes . you are great trees ( trees of righteousnesse ) let not any unclean foules build their nests in your branches , or perch themselves upon your armes , let not any noisome beast or vermine lodge under your shadow . shall the righteous suffer , or the ungodly escape this day ? that be farre from you to doe on this manner . the lord hath imparted his very owne name to you , oh be not idol-gods , that have eyes and see not , eares and hear not , hands to handle briars and thornes roughly , and to pull them up , but yet handle not . much lesse be ye as the gods of the heathens , patrons , and protectors of villany . he that committeth sin is of the devill , but he that commits , connives , commands , commends it , when he is intrusted to punish it , is not onely of the devill , but a devill , and a great one too . it was charged home and stoutly by an advocate once to a judge in germany , who was laying the law to a malefactor before him , and aggravating the guilt , in as much as he had murdered now six men by times ; no ( my lord ) cries the advocate , he 〈◊〉 but one , and your self kill'd the other five , who had him before you for the first , and let him escape . fiat iustitia & pereat mundus : oh be severe , the drossy case of our land calls for it , and god looks for it . better ungodly men should fall by your hands , who can but kill the body , then that you and they should together fall into the hands of the living god , who can cast soule and body into hell fire . oh remember what the lord our god hath done , hath done to unjust officers and magistrates , and what your eyes have seen . let none of your hearts entertaine , or tongues expresse that vile opinion and speech of lysander , that children are to be cheated with checkstones , & men with oaths . but doe you this day remember the presence , and the great and terrible name of the lord our god , by which you are sworn and shall swear , who will be avenged speedily on all that take his name in vain : be ye holy and just ( all of you ) and consider what sad offices and places ( of all men ) wicked and profane magistrates and ministers are in . if they doe not preach against sinne , and punish sinners , they are guilty ; and if they doe discharge their consciences , whilst they let fly against the faces of others , their guilt ( like a foul and rusty gun ) recoyles and flyes in their owne faces . beware therefore that this accursed thing sinne be not in your own tents , as in achans ; and then look to your sonnes , servants , clerks , your gehizies , that this leprosie cleave to none of them . let not your eyes spare nor pitty , but cry out ( with canutus , a king of the poor barbarous vandalls , when he was pleaded with to spare his owne sonne , found guilty of a capitall crime ) filio nostro sublimiorem crucem ponite , make the gallowes higher for my sonne , who durst break the laws not onely of his king , but of his father . secondly , would you be free from the sinnes of others ? then look to your edicts , your warrants , your orders , your licences . let not any iniquity be established by a law , or any thing like it . not by a testimony , not by a plea , not by a verdict , not by a sessions order . publick persons ( like briareus ) have an hands to doe good or evill withall . there is a woe ( and that little word hath the whole wrath of god and hell in it ) hang'd over the heads of them that decree unrighteous decrees . when saul set doeg to fall upon the innocent priests , sam. . he had better have gone the nearest way , and have destroyed them with his owne hands , for then he had not been a sinner , and a sinner-maker . oh beware , all you that have good heads , great parts , acute wits , eloquent tongues , how you imploy them . they were ( among these gentiles ) their wise men , philosophers , poets , orators , that became both practitioners and patrons of vice , some of them would for a fee , or in an humour , or to shew their parts , openly defend , {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} : that there was no such thing as vertue or vice . that revenge , incest , sodomy were but {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} , things indifferent . gentlemen , schollers , and lawyers , better it were that any of you had been born dumb , or ideots , or had not known letters , than to prostitute your faire and beautifull parts for base gaine , ( as an harlot doth her body ) and to sell arguments to uphold , or under prop the work of the devill , which must , and will down , and fall upon your heads , that doe offer to buttris up any basenesse . take heed sirs , when god is the plaintiffe , ( iehovah litigat . hos. . . ) that none of you be sollicitors , attorneyes , councell or pleaders for the defendants . thirdly ▪ take heed , that you intrust not knowne knaves , and wicked men in any place , or office under you , for all the evill which they doe , will be found lying at your doores . and here i must begge leave that i may pay my vowes , which i made to god in my distresse , when i was a prisoner ( some yeares agoe ) in yonder castle , the common jayle of this county . it was something like that of the cheife butler to ioseph , that if ever it should goe well with me and i came to be restored to my office and liberty , and should have such a duty and opportunity put into my hands ( as i have now this day ) i would then remember them that are in bonds ( bound body and soule , poore wretches ) who from the time of their imprisonment , are commonly made seven times more the children of wrath than they were before : and all for want of good doctrine , good discipline , and good example . i do verily beleive that in that place ( where the condition of men require prayer , and teaching and mortification , more then any ) i saw more drinking and fighting , and heard more swearing and cursing , that in many a yeare abroad . two things ( gentlemen ) would make your jailes not to be such hells as they are , a godly keeper , and a powerfull preacher . oh if any wealthy , worthy person would do good and lay out a summe of money well indeed ▪ he could not thinke of a better way , than to allow a good stipend , to keept a godly , grave , zealous minister , not only to preach , but even to dwell there , to be allwaies preparing those poore creatures to live or dy better then ( i feare ) they doe ; the blessing of them that are ready to perish , would light on such a benefactour . fourthly , one request more ; beware whom you trust with that great ( but too common ) trust and licence of selling ale and strong drinke ; and of connivance at any that are lawlesse and unlicens'd , all which i looke upon as so many open pits and sepulchres for men . never expect ( so long as this deluge of drink still covers our english earth ) that ever the arke of gods presence should settle , or rest amongst us . as much as men whine and complaine of taxes , i doe believe that there is that drink needlesly , sinfully and shamefully guzled away in england , which would pay the tax thrice told , and no man feele it . for justice and mercy sake doe something vigorously for reforming this sinne , which ( like a trojan horse ) hath an army of sins in the bowels of it , and now lay your axes to the root of those rotten trees , the signe-posts . i must give over ; seeing that sinne and wickednesse , is that which deserves gods judgement and eternall death , and that this is made known to all men . oh let us all arme and engage against it , ye that love the lord , hate evill : the lords people are not like to be all of a minde in all things , till they come to heaven , but whoever are not of this minde , are none of the lords people . oh therefore , let magistrates punish it , let ministers preach against it , lawyers plead against it , souldiers fight against it , scholers study , and write books against it ; all the inke in the world is not enuogh , nor black enough to paint it , and though the world be full of books , yet still there are too few on this subject . one little piece of the sinfulnesse of sinne , and aggravation of sinnes against knowledge , will goe further , and doe more good , than a whole library of learned wranglers . finally , my brethren , let us all ( in the feare of god ) arise and practise against it , whilst we live , let us cry out , vivat christus , moriatur barrabbas , let god arise , and sinne and sinners be scattered , and when we dye , let us give up our ghosts with the words of sampson , let me dye with these phylistims ▪ amen . finis . notes, typically marginal, from the original text notes for div a e- iudg. . . campanella de monarch . hispan . ver. ●● . * . the judge . . the prisoners . . the inditement . . the law &c. . the iury . . the verdict . . the sentence . . cor. . . . . . heb. . . soe aristotle defines it . ethic. lib. . chap. . pareus in locum . doct. prov. . . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . ethic. lib. . rom. . . rom. . . arist. l. ethic. . cap. . certae & justissimae dei voluntas atque decretu●●lciscendi injurias sibi suisque factas . zanch. deus potest potentiâ executivâ quicquid non involvit contradictionem procedere ab aliis attributis , & perfectionibus simplicibus . quis nescit hoc esse dei proprium velle ac voluisse & const●●●sse punire iniquitates ? i●ò deus just●● non esset nisi hac fecisset . si deus p●ss●t sui naturiâ sceleratos non odisse , & puni●e , sed amare , non deus esset sed diabolus ▪ quod est horrendum cogitatu . par. in locum . es. . . math. . . jude . sic iustitia & pix osculabantur , &c. psal. . ● . bernard . ruth . . acts . . . psal. . . rom. . cor. . . tim. . . la●● . lib. de irâ dei . pareus in gen. cap. . ver. . dr. owens diatrib : lactant. ob hoc inflexibilis & obstinatae meniis malum punitur aeternaliter , qui● si nunquam moreretur , nunquam velle peccare defineret : urò semper vivere vel ●et , ut semper peccare posset . ber. in ep. . ad magnam iudica●is justitiam pertinet , ut nunquam carcant supplicio qui in bâc vita nunquam noluerunt carere peccato . greg hom. . in evang. third partic. gen . . gen . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} &c. suidas . virgil . usurpatur de iis qui 〈◊〉 & custodia detinentur leigh . crit. sacr. caligula . psal. . . exod. . psal. . ● the book of esther . fourth partie . gen. . gen. . rom. . . cant. . exod. . . tim. . cor. . . vses . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . luk. . in vitâ licurgi . ovid . dr. reynolds . mr. tho. goodwin . a panegyrique humbly addrest to the kings most excellent majesty on his auspicious meeting his two houses of parliament, february the th, th / : and his most gratious speech there delivered on that occasion / by r.w. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng charles -- ii, -- king of england, - -- poetry. england and wales. -- parliament. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - jonathan blaney sampled and proofread - jonathan blaney text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a panegyrique humbly addrest to the kings most excellent majesty : on his auspicious meeting his two houses of parliament , february the th . th . / . and his most gratious speech there delivered on that occasion . by r. w. honi soit qvi mal y pense diev et mon droit . london , printed by a. p. for phillip brooksby , next door to the ball in west-smithfield , neer the hospital-gate . . a panegyrique to his sacred majesty of great brittain . great sir ! when e'r your gracious voyce we hear ravisht we stand , and wish our selves all ear ; your speech , which equal ioy and wonder breeds , can be excell'd by nothing but your deeds ; those glorious deeds heaven sent you here to act , to scourge the insolent , and good protect ; while with a strong , and yet a gentle hand , you bridle nations , and our hearts command : secure us from our selves , and from the foe , make us vnite , and make us conquer too those fiercer factions which mens souls did move , are by your favour reconcil'd in love : and now our only strife is to outvye each other in the fruits of loyalty . when fate or error had our age misled , and o're these kingdomes black confusion spred , the only cure which could from heaven come , was so much pow'r and clemency in one ; the genius of our nation , with disdain beheld those puppets which usurp'd your raign ; but long'd , ( with their strange madnesses opprest , ) upon your bosome its sick head to rest : so when a lyon shakes his dreadful mayn and angry grows , let him that first took pain to tame his youth , approach , the haughty beast will bend to him , but fright away the rest . by sweet , yet secret politicks you raign , which forraign statesmen pry into in vain ; the nations ancient honour you encrease , and heal , as well with needful wars , as peace : heav'n , that hath plac'd this island , to give law , to ballance europe , and her states to aw , in this conjuncture doth on brittain smile , the greatest soveraign , and the greatest isle : some think this portion of the vvorld , was rent by the rude ocean , from the continent ; but whilst your forces with the french combine , you make the lands more terribly to ioyne . fame swifter than your winged navy flies through ev'ry land that near the ocean lies , sounding your name , and telling dreadful news to all that pyracy and rapine use ; algiers with trembling knees for peace does begg , undone by 'th valour of your noble spragg : and greater pyrates too , much nearer home , vvho thought to graspe a pow'r great as old rome ; striving to carry all commerce away , and make the vniverse their only prey : are now forc'd to disgorge , and sadly find nature has you , lord of the seas design'd . vvith such a chief , the meanest nation , blest , might hope to lift her head above the rest : vvhat may be thought impossible to do for us , embraced by the sea and you : lords of the worlds great wast , the ocean , we vvhole forrests send to range upon the sea : and ev'ry coast may trouble or relieve , but none can visit us without your leave . angels and we have this prerogative that none can at our happy seat arrive : whilst we discend at pleasure to invade the bad with vengeance , and our friends to aid : our little vvorld , the image of the great , like that amidst the boundless ocean set , of her own growth hath all that nature craves , and all that 's rare , as tribute from the vvaves : as aegypt does not on the clouds rely , but to her nile owes more than to the sky : so what our earth , and what our heav'n denies , our ever constant friend the sea supplies : that friend whom whilst base neighbours seek to gain , your thunder with their blood purples the main : the tast of hot arabian spice we know free from the scorching sun that makes it grow : without the vvorm , in persian silks we shine , and without planting , drink of ev'ry vine : to digg for vvealth , we weary not our limbs , gold , though the heaviest mettal , hither swims : ours is the harvest where the indians mow , we plow the deep , and reap what others sow : things of the noblest kind our own soil breeds , stout are our men , and warlike are our steeds : rome , though her eagle through the world had flown , could never make this island all her own : here the third edward , and the black prince too , victorious henry flourisht , and now you : for whom , proud dutch , ( reserv'd , like the greek state , till alexander came to urge their fate ) must make new trophies , which the couq'ring hands of mighty york , or ( who in 's sted commands ) the matchless rupert from the sea do bring , to adorn the triumphs of our glorious king : whilst most heroick montmouth , to add more , transplants the laurels of the belgian shore . yet need your foes not dread ( if they 'l submit ) your power , you with such sweetness temper it : prefer'd by conquest , happily o'rethrown , falling they 'l rise , to be with us made one that aiery liberty , whereof they boast is but a spacious shadow at the most : for they 'l find on just account of things no freedom ▪ like the rule of pious kings : so kind dictators made , when they came home , their vanquisht foes , free citizens of rome , less pleasure take , brave souls , in battails won , than in restoring those that are vndone : tygers have courage , and the rugged bare , but man alone can , whom he conquers spare ; to pardon willing , and to punish loth , you strike with one hand , but you heal with both ; lifting up all that prostrate lye , you grieve you cannot make the dead again to live : whilst your arms make your stubborn foes to fall , your gracious favours needs must conquer all . what you have done already is well known , and we with humblest gratitude must own ; when in your royal robes , you lately went to meet your kind and dutious parliament , ( that healing senate , which all storms can calme , and cure the nation with its acts of balme : ) blessings and pray'rs were sent to heav'n aloud , by ev'ry member of the gazeing croud : no sooner that illustrious body saw their dearest soveraign , but a loveing awe shines in each face , and with a greedy ear receives those oracles he utter'd there : their grateful duties streight the cause espouse , as highly just to make our lyon rouse : they thank his royal cares so much has done , and vote supplies for what there is to come . ah! blessed fruits ! such happy vnion brings , the loyalst subjects with the best of kings : subjects that to maintain this needful warr , freely will part with what he fain would spare : their publique purse they offer — let all go , rather then truckle to 'th encroaching foe : when our kings honour , and our countries good is touch'd , we value neither coyn nor blood : cursed be he , those sacred bonds that parts , " kings greatest treasures , are their subjects hearts : and there your majesty hath such a share , no earthly monarch may with you compare . but our weak muse begs pardon , that she dare i' th face of dazling majesty appear : she only ment , her own full ioys to sing , succeeding times , shall bays and olive bring to crown your head , whilst you in triumph ride o're vanquisht nations , and the sea beside : whilst all the neighbouring states shall unto you , like iosephs sheaves , pay reverence , and bowe . iter boreale . finis . an ingenious contention, by way of letter, between mr. wanly, a son of the church; 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[s.n.], london, : printed in the year, . verse: "so the bright taper useless burns"; preceded by "mr. nathan wanley to dr. wild, was laid aside for nonconformity ..." reproduction of original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng letters -- early works to . dissenters, religious -- poetry -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion ●n ingenious contention , by way of letter , between mr. wanly , a son of the church ; & dr. wild , a nonconformist . ●●dr . nathan wanley to dr. wild , who was laid aside for nonconformity . so the bright taper useless burns to private and recluded urns. so pearls themselves to shels confine , and gems in the seas bottom shine , thou my vvild while thou dost lye ●uddled up in thy privacy , ●nd only now and then dost send 〈◊〉 letter to thy private friend ; ●ake once again thy lyre , and so ●et thy selected numbers flow , as when thy solemn muse did prove to sing the funeral of love ; or , as when with the trump of fame thou didst sound forth great george's name , in such a strain , as might it be , did speak thy self as great as he . for while great cowley seeks the shade , and denham's noble wit 's mislaid ; when davnant's weary quill lies by , and yeelds no more of lombardy ; while the sweet virgin muses be by wild led in t ' a nunnerie ; while thus apollo's priests retire , the females do begin t' aspire , pretending they have found a flaw in great apollo's salique law ; these grasp at lawrel , only due to such as i have nam'd , and you . dr. wild to the ingenious mr. wanley . what jolly shepherds voice is this would tempt me from my private bliss after his pipe to dance , while thunder threatens to rend that oak in sunder , under whose boughs in fairer dayes we sate secure , and sang the praise of ●ur great pan , whose care did keep the pleasant shepherds and their sheep ? is this a time with wanton strains to whistle forth the nymps and swains to sport and dance , while wolf and fox lye lurking to devour our flocks , and romes sheep-stealers ready stand to give them their red letters brand ? dost thou not know , my sanguine son , what th' plague and fire have lately done ▪ london hath sent up such a smoke , as may the angels voices choak , and make tears big enough , to vent tears in a deluge , to lament the raging fury of that flame , but more of those that made the same . and when st. paul has lost his quire , 't were sacriledge to touch my lyre . none but a monster nero may over a burning city play . nor would i sing , were i a jew , to please a babylonish crew . now since the time for sorrow cryes , in this i freely temporize . so the bright starrs draw in their light , when clouds club for an ugly night . so all the birds of musick sleep on stormy dayes , and silence keep , so frost-nipt roses droop and fall , perfuming their own funerall . so you have seen a well-tun'd lyre swelling it self with grief and ire . in gloomy air , each heart-broke string it s own last passing-bell doth ring . so when bellona's trumpet sounds , our softer muses musick drownds . sir , by my many soes you know my poetry is but so so . but why dost thou disdain or fear , that female brows should lawrel wear ? hast thou forgot that noble tree ●●self was made out of a shee ? the muses and the graces all we of the female gender call , and so if you have not more care , you 'l find they furies likewise are . 〈◊〉 would i have you wonder why 〈…〉 s all amort do lye , when claret and canary cease , the wits will quickly hold their peace . vintners and poets fall together , if once the ivy-garland wither . sweet cowly thought ( as well he might ) he should have shin'd in phoebus sight ; but clouds appear'd , and he that made account of juno , found a shade ; and though on davids harp he plaid , the evil spirit can't be laid : therefore the groves and shades he loves , and his own secretary proves . your next mans temples lawrel scorns , since greater pride his brow● ado●ns . he to pernass . bears no g●●d will , because it proves a horned hill . the very thoughts whereof i dread will ne're be got out of his head . gondebert's silent , i suppose , because his muse sings through the nose , one syllable of which poor he did lose by an apocope . wild sayes , kind wanley you'r to blame , amongst these swans his goose to name , yea though his lucky gagling yaul once helpt to save one capital ; his love to love then made him fear his neck , not brow , a wreath should wear . next he did on a loyal string his georgicks and his carols sing . but now because he cannot toot to organ tunes , he 's made a mute ; and though alive , condemn'd to death : therefore , dear sir , in vain your breath , although perfum'd and hot does come , to blow wind in a dead mans bumb ; yet , as a grateful legacy , he leaves to thee his nunnery , not doubting but if need require thou 'lt prove an able loving fryar . . mr. wanley to dr. wild. what sullen wary shepherds voice is this , that won't be tempted from his private bliss , but arbor'd up in eglantine , while thunder threatens to rend & rive that oak in sunder , under whose boughs himself in fairer dayes did sit secure with us , and sang the praise of that great pan , whose watchful care did keep at once the pleasant shepherd & his sheep ? is this a time for shepherds to retreat , and seek out coverts from the scorching heat ? is this a time for an inglorious sloth to hug it self , not daring to peep forth into the open field , while th' crafty fox lurks in the bushes to devour our flocks , and wolves of romulus are grown so bold , to fright the silly sheep ev'n in their fold ? dost thou not know what crops the plague has made and , sampson-like , heaps upon heaps has laid ? that if heavens wrathful anger thus proceed , there will no flocks be left for thee to feed . london has sent up such a darkning smoak , and shall it too the angels voices choak ? shall it make clouds so thick and dark , that we shall never more thy publick censers see ? 't is sacriledge to rob the church ; and thence since you have stole your self , what 's your offence ? when the white harvest for more reapers cryes , how canst thou freely sit and temporize ? so stars reserve themselves for pitchy night , when phoebus pouders all his locks with light . so feral birds delight to sit alone , till the dayes glories are packt up and gone . so roses fall in june when frosts are past , and on dull earth lye blushing out their last so the musician smothers his sol fa , when he 's entreated or to sing or play . so when the fierce bellona's drums do beat , who has no mind to fight , seeks his retreat . and so i 've seen a long miswonted lyre sigh its own dirge with its own broken wire , and seems to shiv'r at th' downfal of pauls quire . say we not well , a gues will have their course ? yes , yes , they must remember with remorse the ivy garland's withering , dearth of liquer . that would make caput mortuum the quicker . but why shouldst thou , kind soul , be in such fear , that plump lycëus should grow lean this year ? hast thou forgot how fatal the grape-stone did whilom prove to poor anacreon ? which of the muses , or the graces all , did ere for claret or canary call ? is it not sung by the venetian swain how the brisk wine gives horns to the poor man ? and if you have not greater care , no doubt you 'l find the claret will revive your gout , and then we shall hear thy goose-gagling yaul cry out for help to save thy pedestall ; then we shall see thee , standing on one foot , practise worse tunes than organs ever root . this is a vain presage , thou say'st ; the dead have out-liv'd this and have no gout to dread . but art thou dead indeed ? though dead thou art , heark how the dead mans bum does let a fart . when as my bashful muse did to thee come , 't was not so kindly done to turn thy bum ; to vote her of the babylonish crew ; and set the furies on her with ha-loo . this 't is to gad abroad , 't is just upon her ; had dina kept at home , shee 'd sav'd her honour . but i 'm thy son , and must corrected be ; but why then dost thou turn thy bum to me ? dost think thy son so sanguine & insano , to probe thee with a fistula in ano. this i should leave to any of the crew , you may believe me though i were a jew . and may my breath be still perfum'd , why not ? since dead corps smell when they begin to rot . and he whose muse such wondrous heights did fly , that it did seem to top the very sky ; and though he may have reason to be proud , instead of juno did imbrace a cloud ; may he resume king davids harp and play the tarantul ' of discontent away . if denham has so fouly been betray'd , and his inclosure ' gainst his will survey'd : may he recover all his wits and more , and with such keen iambicks brand the whore , that all may dread it worse than loss of life , to turn a poet frantick for his wife . poor davenant's nose it seems is grown so sore , it scarcely will abide one smart jest more . well may the bridge be down , when time doth meet to press it with his satyr cloven-feet . and thou with thy apocopes art wont to scatter balls of thy wild-fire upon 't . but shall i not , kind wild , remember thee , who hast bequeath'd me such a legacie ? 't is thine for life , we know thy subtile head ; wills have no force till the testator's dead ; and that none can have ought by thy bequest till thou art better dead than in a jest : nor would i that in tenderness to me thou shouldst suspect thine own sufficiencie ; enjoy it freely , since thou hast it wed : 't is incest to ascend the fathers bed . what though thou ownst me for thy sanguine child , yet i have not so much my sire of wild. and thus far is thy fry'r able to see his covent's better than thy nunnerie . he 's loving too , 't is true , he nothing gives , as thou , at his decease , but while he lives all these good wishes , such as he can spare , and if thou hast them , will help mend thy fare . may every knight about us , that 's inclind , be unto thee , as sir john baber , kind . ten silver crowns let each of them send thee , and be so paid for all in verse as he . may the poor scholar ne're want sundays pudding , when he 's not like to preach for 't on the sudden . may thy afflicted toe ne're feel the gout ; or if it must , let the dutch have a rout ; that thou maist yet ( at least ) once more protest that recipe wants no probatum est . maist thou next send me what is worth thy pen ; may i have brains to answer it agen . may all that are of such good wishes sullen , live till their good friends bury them in woollen . dr. wild to mr. wanley . honestly done however , though the stuff you sent be course , the measures large enough . the first cup thou beganst i could not pass , the wine was brisk , and in a little glass . but now to pledge thee i am not enclin'd , you sons o' th church are for large draughts i find . prithee leave off , for thou hast been so free in sending such a brimmer unto me , that sunday last , long of that frolick bout , thy parish bad but half a glass i doubt . besides the drink is small , you 've chang'd your gill , i wish you'd kept it in your hogs-head still . yet , upon better thoughts , small drink is fit to cool the stomack , though not help the wit ; and that might be thy case : for certainly those salt bits i had sent thee made thee dry , or sick , which made thee drink small drink , and strain to cast them undigested up again . twelve lines return'd the very same , that i must call the hickup , rather than reply ; or , by rebounding of my words , i dread there is some eccho in thine empty head : or rather thou my cockril art , and so the young one learneth of the old to crow . nay , my brave bird , thou darest spur and peck , i wish that shrovetide hazard not thy neck . now prithee chick beware , for though i find that thou art right and of the fighting kind , yet thou art not my match , and soon wilt feel my gout lies in my toe , not in my heel . take this advice before you mean to fight , get your comb cut , and leave your treading quite . thy barber , or his wife , if he should fail , has skill to clip thy wings , and trim thy tayl ; and thereby hangs another tayl , i find thy subtile nose hath got my breech i' th' wind . if thou canst catch poor farts that prison break , a notable bumbayliff thou wilt make . hark , hark , saist thou , he let a fart ! what though ? it breaths forth no sedition , sir , i trow ; nor is there any statute of our nation that sayes , in five miles of a corporation if any outed-man a fart should vent , that you should apprehend the innocent . if you so soon could smell the pouder-plot , what had you said if i had bullets shot ? fye man ! our mouths were stopped long ago . and would you have us silent too below ? but i displaid my bum before thine eyes unkindly thou saist , i say otherwise ; for there thou mightst have thy resemblance took , dead mens blind cheeks do very wanley look . and for the crack it gave , that did but mind thee to strive to leave a good report behind thee . as for the gall which in your ink appears , that in our sufferings we are volunteers ; i 'le not say much , i have more wit than so , ' t is scurvy jesting with edg-tools i know : but sir , 't is cruelty in you , to whip your brothers back which you did help to strip : yet thus your grandsire levi did before , who kild those , whom his cov'nant had made sore . and you know who they were that gave the blow , and then cry'd , prophesie who smote thee so ? we durst not keep our livings for our lives , but they must needs go whom the devil drives . yea , but we left our harvest , left our sheep , and , would not work , in one , nor th' other keep . i answer . no great harvest yet appears , i 'm sure your churches hang but thin with ears . and though the foxes breed , what need you care , when-as your shepherds such fox-catchers are . for pardon , sir , my serious soul now cryes , your knocking me did make this froth to rise . once for my age , profession and degree , to fool thus is enough , and twice for thee . thus great estates b'imprudent owners may , when stak'd at ticktack , soon be plaid away . let 's wind this folly up in this last sheet , and friendly part , as we did friendly meet . yet , to requite thy legacy to me , accept this litany i send to thee . may thy rich parts with saving grace be joyn'd , as diamonds in rings of gold enshrin'd ; may he that made thy stars , create a sphear of heavenly frame of life , and fix them there ; may that blest life credit conformitie , and make e'ven puritans to honour thee . maist thou to christ such store of converts brings , that he whose place thou fill'st , for joy may sing . may god love you , and you love god again ; and may these prayers of mine not be in vain . london , printed in the year , . the tragedy of christopher love at towerhill, august , wild, robert, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing w ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : or : ) the tragedy of christopher love at towerhill, august , wild, robert, - . broadside. s.n., [london? : ] incorrectly identified as w at : . imprint suggested by wing. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. eng love, christopher, - -- poetry. a r (wing w ). civilwar no the tragedy of christopher love at tower hill august . . wild, robert b the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the b category of texts with fewer than defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - olivia bottum sampled and proofread - olivia bottum text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the tragedy of christopher love at tower hill august . . prologue . new from a slaughtred monarchs herse i come , a mourner to a murthr'd prophet's tombe : pardon , great charles his ghost , my muse had stood yet three years longer , till sh'had wept a flood ; too mean a sacrifice for royall blood . but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heaven doe by thunder call for her attendance at love's funerall . forgive great sir , this sacriledge in me , the 〈◊〉 tear he must have , it is his fee ; 't is due to him , and yet 't is stol'n from thee . argument . 't was when the raging dog did rule the skies , and with his scorching face did tyrannize , when cruell cromwell , whelp of that mad star , but sure more firery than his syre by far ; had dryed the northern fife , and with his heat put frozen scotland in a bloody sweat : when he had conquered , and his furious traine had chas'd the north-bear , and pursu'd charle's waine into the english orb ; then 't was thy fate ( sweet love ) to be a present for our state . a greater sacrifice there could not come , then a divine to bleed his welcome home for he , and herod , think no dish so good , as a iohn baptists head serv'd up in blood . act i. the philistins are set in their high court , and love , like sampsons , fetch'd to make them sport : unto the stake the smiling prisoner's brought , not to be try'd , but baited , most men thought ; monsters , like men , must worry him : and thus he fights with beasts , like paul at ephesus . adams , far and huntington , with all the pack of foysting hounds were set upon his back . prideaux and keeble stands and cries a'loe ; it was a full cry , and it would not doe . oh how he foyl'd them , standers-by did swear , that he the judge , and they the traytors were : for there he prov'd , although he seem'd a lambe , stout , like a lyon , from whose den he came ! act ii. it is decreed ; nor shall thy worth , dear love , resist their vows , nor their revenge remove . though prayers were joyn'd to prayers , & tears to tears , no softnesse in their rocky hearts appears ; nor heaven nor earth abate their fury can , but they will have thy head , thy head , good man . sure some she sectary longed , and in hast must try how presbyterian blood did tast . 't is fit she have the best , and therefore thine , thine must be broach'd , blest saint , its drink divine . no sooner was the dreadfull sentence read , the prisoner straight bow'd his condemned head : and by that humble posture told them all , it was an head that did not fear a fall . act iii. and now i wish the fatall stroke were given ; i 'm sure our martyr longs to be in heaven , and heaven to have him there ; one moments blow makes him tryumphant ; but here comes his woe , his enemies will grant a months suspence if 't be but for the nonce to keep him thence : and that he may tread in his saviours wayes , he shall be tempted too , his forty dayes : and with such baits too , cast thy self but down , fall , and but worship , and your life 's your own . thus cry'd his enemies , and 't was their pride to wound his body , and his soul beside . one plot they have more , when their other fail , if devils cannot , disciples may prevail . le ts tempt him by his friends , make peter cry good master spare thy self , and do not die . one friend intreats , a second weeps , a third cries your petition wants the other word : i 'le write it for you , saith a fourth ; your life , your life sir , cries a fift ; pity your wife , and the babe in her : thus this diamond 's cut , by diamonds onely , and to terrour put . me thinks i hear him still , you wounding heart ; good friends forbear , for every word 's a dart : 't is cruell pity , this i do professe , you 'ld love me more , if you did love me lesse : friends , children , wife , life , all are dear i know , but all 's too dear , if i should buy them so . thus like a rock that routs the waves he stands , and snaps a sunder , sampson-like these bands . act iv. the day is come , the prisoner longs to go , and chides the lingring sun for tarrying so . which blushing seemes to answer from the skie , that it was loath to see a martyr die . me thinks i heard b●headed saints above call to each other , sirs , make room for love . who , when he came to tread the fatall stage , which prov'd his glory , and his enemies rage . his bloud ne're run to his heart , christs blood was there reviving it , his own was all to spare : which rising in his cheeks , did seem to say , is this the bloud you thirst for ? tak 't i pray . spectators in his looks such life did see , that they appear'd more like to die than he . but oh his speech , me thinks i hear it still ; it ravish'd friends , and did his enemies kill : his keener words did their sharp axe exceed , that made his head , but he their hearts to bleed : which he concludes with gracious prayer , and so the lamb lay down , and took the butchers blow : his soul makes heaven shine brighter by a star , and now we 're sure there 's one saint christopher . act v. love lyes a bleeding , and the world shall see heaven act a part in this black tragedie . the sun no sooner spide the head o' th' floore , but he pull'd in his own , and look'd no more : the clouds which scattered , and in colours were , met all together , and in black appear : lightnings , which fill'd the air with blazing light , did serve for torches all that dismall night : in which , and all next day for many howers , heaven groan'd in thunder , and did weep in showers . nor doe i wonder that god thundred so when his bonarges murthered lay below : witnesses trembled , prideaux , bradshaw , keeble , and all the guilty court look'd pale and feeble . timerous ienkins , and cold-hearted drake hold out , you need no base petitions make : your enemies thus thunder-struck no doubt , will be beholding to you to goe out . but if you will recant , now thundring heaven such approbation to loves cause hath given . i 'le adde but this ; your consciences , perhaps , ere long , shall feele far greater thunder-claps . epilogue . but stay , my muse growes fearfull too , and must beg that these lines be buried with thy dust : shelter , blessed love , this verse within thy shroud , for none but heaven dares takes thy part aloud . the author begs this , least if he be known , whilst he bewailes thy head , he loose his own . finis . the loyal nonconformist; or, an account what he dare swear, and vvhat not. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. 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ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng loyalty oaths -- early works to . dissenters, religious -- england. broadsides -- england -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the loyal nonconformist ; or , an account what he dare swear , and what not . i fear an oath , before i swear to take it ; and well i may , for 't is the oath of god : i fear an oath , when i have sworn , to break it ; and well i may , for vengeance hath a rod. and yet i may swear , and must too , 't is due both to my heav'nly , and my earthly king : if i assent , it must be full and true ; and if i promise , i must do the thing . i am no quaker , not at all to swear ; nor papist , to swear east , and mean the west ; but am a protestant , and shall declare what i cannot , and what i can protest . i never will endeavour alteration of monarchy , or of that royal name , which god hath chosen to cōmand this nation , but will maintain his person , crown & fame : what he commands , if conscience say not nay , ( for conscience is a greater king than he ) for conscience-sake , not fear , i will obey ; and if not active , passive i will be . i 'll pray that all his subjects may agree , and never more be crumbled into parts ; i will endeavour that his majestie m●y not be king of clubs , but king of hearts . the royal oa● i swear i will defend ; but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ivy which doth hug it so , i swar that is a thief , and not a friend , and about steeples fitter for to grow . the civil-government i will obey ; but for church-policy i swear i doubt it ; and if my bible want th' apocrypha , i 'l swear my book may be compleat without it . i dare not swear church-government is right as it should be ; but this i dare to swear , if they should put me to 't , the bishops might do better , and be better than they are . nor will i swear for all that they are worth , that bishopricks will stand , & doomsday see ; and yet i 'l swear the gospel holdeth forth christ with his ministers till then will be . that peter was a prelate they aver ; but i 'l not swear 't when all is said and done but i dare swear , and hope i shall not err , he preach'd a hundred sermons to their one . peter a fisher was , and he caught men : and they have nets , & in them catch men too ; yet i 'l not swear they are alike , for them he caught he sav'd : these catch , & them undo . i dare not swear that courts ecclesiastick do in their laws make just and gentle votes ; but i 'l be sworn that burton , pryn and bastwick were once ear-witnesses of harsher notes . archdeacons , deans & chapters are brave men , by canon , not by scripture : but to this , if i be call'd , i 'll swear , and swear agen , that no such chapter in my bible is . i 'll not condemn those presbyterians , who refused bishopricks , and might have had 'em : but mistris calamy i 'll swear doth do as well as if she were a spiritual madam . for holy vestments i 'll not take an oath which linen most canonical may be ; some are for lawn , some holland , some scotscloth ; and hemp for some is fitter than all three . paul had a cloak , and books , & parchments too ; but that he wore a surplice i 'll not swear , nor that his parchments did his orders shew , or in his books there was a common-prayer . i owe assistance to the king by oath ; and if he please to put the bishops down , as who knows what may be , i should be loth to see tom beckets mitre push the crown . and yet church-government i do allow , and am contented bishops be the men ; and that i speak in earnest , here i vow where we have one , i wish we might have ten . in fine , the civil power i 'le obey , and seek the peace & welfare of the nation : if this won't do , i know not what to say , but farewel london , farewel corporation . r. w. printed in the year , . dr wild's humble thanks for his majesties gracious declaration for liberty of conscience, march . . wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing w a interim tract supplement guide c. .f. [ ] interim tract supplement guide c. .f. [ ] ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books; tract supplement ; a : [ ]; a : [ ]) dr wild's humble thanks for his majesties gracious declaration for liberty of conscience, march . . wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.). [s.n.], london : printed in the year, . signed: iter boreale [i.e. robert wild]. verse: "no, not one word, can i of this great deed ..." with reference to charles ii's declaration of march . item at a : [ ] imperfect: torn at foot with loss of imprint. reproduction of original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng england and wales. -- sovereign ( - : charles ii) -- poetry -- early works to . dissenters, religious -- england -- early works to . great britain -- politics and government -- - -- poetry -- early works to . great britain -- history -- charles ii, - -- poetry -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - robyn anspach sampled and proofread - robyn anspach text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion d r wild's humble thanks for his majesties gracious declaration for liberty of conscience , march . . no , not one word , can i of this great deed , in merlin , old mother shipton read ! old tyburn take those tychobrahe imps , as silger , who would be accounted pimps to the amorous planets ; they the minute know , when jove did cuckold old amphitryo , ●en mars and made venus wink and glances , their close conjunctions , and mid-night dances . when costive saturn goes to stool , and vile thief mercury doth pick his fob the while : when lady luna leaks , and makes her man throw 't out of window into th' ocean . more subtle than the excise-men here below , what 's spent in every sign in heaven they know ; cunning intelligencers , they will not miss to tell us next year , the success of this ; they correspond with dutch and english star , as one once did with charles and oliver . the bankers also might have , had they gone , what planet governe'd the exchequer , known . old lilly , though he did not love to make any words o●'t saw the english take , five of the smyrna fleet , and if the sign had been aquarius , then they 'd made them nine when sagitarius took his aim to shoot at bishop cosin , he spyed him no doubt ; and with such force the winged arrow flew ; instead of one church stagg he killed two ; glocester and durbam when he espy'd , let lean and fat go together he cry'd . well wille lilly thou knew'st all this as well as i , and yet wouldst not their lordships tell . i know thy plea too , and must it allow , prelates should know as much of heaven as thou : but now friend william , since it s done and past , pray thee , give us phanaticks but one cast , what thou foresaw'st of march the fifteenth last ; when swift and sudden as the angels flye , th' declaration for conscience-liberty ; when things of heaven burst from the royal breast , more fragrant than the spices of the east . i know in next year's almanack thou'lt write , thou saw'st the king and council over-night , before that morn , all sit in heaven as plain to be discern'd , as if 't were charles's waine , great b , great l , and two great aa's were chief under great charles to give poor fan's relief : thou sawest lord arlington ordain the man. to be the first lay metropolitan . thou saw'st him give induction to a spittle , and constitute our brother tom-doe-little . in the bears paw , and the bulls right eye , some detriment to priests thou didst espye ; and though by sol in libra thou didst know which way the scale of policy would go ; yet mercury in aries did decree . that wool and lamb should still conformists be . but hark-you will , steer-poching is not fair ; had you amongst the steers found this march-hare , bred of that lusty puss the good old cause , religion rescued from informing laws ; you should have yelpt aloud , hanging's the end , by huntsmens rule , of hounds that will not spend . be gone thou and thy canting-tribe , be gone ; go tell thy destiny to followers none : kings hearts and councils are too deep for thee , and for thy stars and doemons scrutinie . king charles return was much above thy skill to fumble out , as 't was against thy will. ●rom him who can the hearts of kings inspire , not from the planets , came that sacred fire of soveraign love , which broke into a flame ; from god and from his king alone it came . to the king . so great , so universal , and so free ! this was too much great charles , except for thee , for any king to give a subject hope : to do thus like thee , would undo the pope . yea , tho his vassals should their wealth combine , to buy indulgence half so large as thine ; no , if they should not only kiss his toe , but clement's podex , he 'd not let them goe . whil'st thou to 's shame , thy immortal glory , hast freed all-souls from real purgatory ; and given all-saints in heav'n new joys , to see their friends in england keep a jubilee . suspect them not , great sir , nor think the worse ; for sudden joys like grief , confound at first . the splendor of your favour was so bright , that yet it dazles and o'rewhelms our sight ; drunk with her cups , my muse did nothing mind ; and until now , her feet she could not find . greediness makes profa'ness i' th' first place ; hungry men fill their bellies , then say grace . we wou'd make bonfires , but that we do fear the name of incend'ary we may hear . we wou'd have musick too , but 't will not doo , for all the fidlers are conformists too . nor can we ring , the angry churchman swears , ( by the king's leave ) the bells and ropes are theirs . and let 'em take 'em , for our tongues shall sing your honour louder than their clappers ring . nay , if they will not at this grace repine , we 'l dress the vineyard , they shall drink the wine . their church shall be the mother , ours the nurse . peter shall preach , judas shall bear the purse . no bishops , parsons , vicars , curates , we , but only ministers desire to be . we 'l preach in sackcloth , they shall read in silk . we 'l feed the flock , and let them take the milk. let but the black-birds sing in bushes cold , and may the jack-dawes still the steeples hold . we 'l be the feet , the back and hands , and they shall be the belly , and devour the prey , the tythe-pigg shall be theirs , we 'l turn the spit , we 'l bear the cross , they only sign with it . but if the patriarchs shall envy show to see their younger-brother joseph go in coat of divers colours , and shall fall to rend it , ' cause it 's not canonical : then may they find him turn a dreamer too , and live themselves to see his dream come true . may rather they and we together joyn in all what each can ; but they have the coyn : with prayers and tears such service much avail : with tears to swell your seas , with prayers your sails ; and with men too , from both our parties ; such i 'm sure we have , can cheat , or beat , the dutch. a thousand quakers , sir , our side can spare ; nay , two or three , for they great breeders are . the church can match us too with jovial sirs , informers , singing-men and paraters . let the king try , set these upon the decks together , they will dutch or devil vex . their breath will mischief further than a gun. and if you lose them , you 'l not be undone . pardon dread sir , nay pardon this coarse paper , your license 't was made this poor poet caper . iter boreale . an essay upon the victory obtained by his royal highness the duke of york, against the dutch, upon june , by the author of iter boreale. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an essay upon the victory obtained by his royal highness the duke of york, against the dutch, upon june , by the author of iter boreale. wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.) printed by a. maxwell for fabian stedman ..., london : . reproduction of original in huntington library. broadside. attributed to robert wild. cf. nuc pre- . in verse. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng james -- ii, -- king of england, - . broadsides - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an essay upon the late victory obtained by his royal highness the duke of york , against the dutch , upon iune . . by the author of iter boreale . gout ! i conjure thee by the powerful names of charles and iames , and their victorious fames , on this great day set all thy prisoners free , ( triumphs command a goal-delivery ) set them all free , leave not a limping toe from my lord chancellors to mine below ; unless thou giv'st us leave this day to dance , thou' rt not th' old loyal gout , but com'st from france . 't is done , my grief obeys the sovereign charms , i feel a bonfire in my joints , which warms and thaws the frozen jelly ; i am grown twenty years younger ; victory hath done what puzled physick : give the dutch a rout , probatum est , 't will cure an english gout . come then , put nimble socks upon my feet , they shall be skippers to our royal fleet , which now returnes in dances on our seas , a conqueror above hyperbole's . a sea which with bucephalus doth scorn less than an alexander should be born on her proud back ; but to a loyal rein yields foaming mouth , and bends her curled main : and conscious that she is too strait a stage for charles to act on , swell'd with loyal rage , urgeth the belgick and the gallick shore to yield more room , her master must have more . ingratefull neighbours ! 't was our kinder isle , with her own bloud , made your geneva stile writ in small print [ poor states and sore perplext ] swell to the [ high and mighty lords ] in text ; and can ye be such snakes to sting that breast , which in your winter gave you warmth and rest ? poor flemish frogs , if your ambition thirst to swell to english greatness , you will burst . could you believe our royal head would fail to nod those down who fell before our tail ? or could your amsterdam by her commands , make london carry coals to warm her hands ? a bold attempt ! pray practise it no more ; we sav'd our coals , yet gave you fire good store . it is enough ; the righteous heavens have now judg'd the grand quarrel betwixt us and you . the sentence is — the surface must be ours , but for the bottom of the sea , 't is yours : thither your opdam with some thousands , are gone down to take possession of your share . methinks i hear great triton sound a call , and through th' affrighted ocean summon all his scaly regiments , to come and take part of that feast which charles their king doth make ; where they may glut revenge , quit the old score , and feed on those who fed on them before ; whom when they have digested , who can find whether they 're fish , or flesh , or what 's their kind ? van-god , van-ling , van-herring will be cry'd about their streets ; all fish , so dutchified . their states may find their capers in their dish , and meet their admirals in butter'd fish. thus they 'l imbody , and encrease their crew ; a cunning way to make each dutch-man two . and on themselves , they now must feed or fast ; their herring trade is brought unto its last . to the king . great sir , belov'd of god and man , admit my loyal zeal to run before my wit. this is my pens miscarriage , not a birth ; her haste hath made her bring blind puppies forth . my aims in this attempt , are to provoke , and kindle flames more noble , by my smoak ; my wisp of straw may set great wood on fire , and my weak breath your organs may inspire . amongst those flags y' have taken from the dutch , command your denham to hang up his crutch : he is a man both of his hands and feet , and with great numbers can your navy meet , his quicker eye your conquest can survey ; his hand , york's temples crown with flourishing bay , waller ( great poet and true prophet too ) whos 's curious pencil in rich colours drew the type of this grand triumph for your view , ( the fishers ( like their herrings ) bleeding new ) with the same hand shall give the world the sights of what it must expect when england fights . that son and heir of pindars muse and fame , your modest cowley , with your breath will flame , and make those belgick beasts , who live , aspire to fall your sacrifice in his pure fire . he shall proclaim our iames great neptune's wonder . and , like a iove , fighting in clouds and thunder . licensed iune . . roger l'estrange . lindon , printed by a. maxwell for fabian stedman , at his shop in st. dunstans church-yard in fleetstreet , . the loyal non-conformist, or, an account what he dare swear, and what not. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing w interim tract supplement guide c. .f. 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[ ] attributed to robert wild. verse: "i fear an oath, before i swear, to take it ..." reproduction of original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng loyalty oaths -- poetry -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the loyal non-conformist , or ; an account what hedareswear , and what not . i fear an oath , before i swear , to take it ; and well i may , for 't is the oath of god : i fear oath , when i have sworn , to break it ; and well i may , for vengeance hath a rod. and yet i may swear , and must too ; 't is due both to my heav'nly and my earthly king : if i assent , it must be full and true ; and if i promise i must do the thing . i am no quaker , not at all to swear : nor papist , to swear east , and mean the west : but am a protestant , and shall declare what i cannot , and what i can protest . i never will endeavour alteration of monarchy , or of that royal name : which god hath chosen to command this nation ; but will maintain his person , crown and fame , what he commands , if conscience say not nay , ( for conscience is a greater king than he ) for conscience sake , not fear , i will obey ; and if not active , passive i will be . i'ii pray , that all his subjects may agree , and never more be crumbled into parts : i will endeavour that his majesty may not be king of clubs , but king of hearts . the royal oak i swear i will defend ; but for the ivy which doth hug it so , i swear that is a thief , and not a friend ; and about steeples fitter for to grow . the civil government i will obey , but for church policie i swear i doubt it : and if my bible want th' apocrypha , i swear my book may be compleat without it . i dare not swear church-government is right as it should be : but this i dare to swear , if they should put me to 't , the bishops might do better and be better than they are . nor will i swear for all that they arc worth ; that bishopricks will stand , and doomsday see . and yet i 'll swear the gospel holdeth forth ; christ with his mysteries till then will be . that peter was a prelate , they aver ; but i 'll not swear 't when all is said and done : but i dare swear , and hope i shall not err , he preach'd a hundred sermons to their one . peter a fisher was , and he caught men ; and they have nets , and in them catch men too : yet i 'll not swear they are alike ; for them he caught he sav'd ; these catch , and them undo . i dare not swear that courts ecclesiastick do in their laws make just and gentle votes : but i 'll be sworn that burton , pryn and bastwick , were once ear-witnesses of harsher notes . archdeacons , deans and chapters are brave men by canon , not by scripture ; but to this , if i be call'd i 'll swear and swear agen , that no such chapter in my bible is . i 'll not condemn those prechyterians who refused bishopricks and might have had ' cm : but mistress calamy , i 'll swear , does do as well as if she were a spiritual madam . for holy vestments i 'll not take an oath , which linnen most canonical may be : some are for lawn , some holland , some scotch-cloath , and hemp for some is fitter than all three . paul had a cloak , and books , and parchments too ; but that he wore a surplise i 'll not swear : nor that his parchments did his orders show , or in his books there was a common-prayer . i own assistance to the king by oath ; and if he please to put the bishops down , ( as who knows what may be ) i should be loath to see tom beckets mitre push the crown . and yet church-government i do allow , and am contented bishops be the men : and that i speak in earnest , here i vow where we have one i wish we might have ten. in fine , the civil power i 'll obey ; and seek the peace and wellfare of the nation : if this won't do , i know not what to say ; but farewell london , farewell corporation ; london , printed anno domini , mdc lxx . a poem upon the imprisonment of mr. calamy in newgate. by robert wild, d.d. author of the late iter boreale. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing w a interim tract supplement guide c. .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books; tract supplement ; a : [ ]) a poem upon the imprisonment of mr. calamy in newgate. by robert wild, d.d. author of the late iter boreale. wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.). s.n., [london : ] imprint suggested by wing. verse: "this page i send to you sir, your newgate fate ..." reproduction of original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng calamy, edmund, - -- poetry -- early works to . act of uniformity ( ) -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a poem upon the imprisonment of mr. calamy in newgate . by robert wild , d. d. author of the late iter boreale . this page i send you sir , your newgate fate not to condole , but to congratulate . i envy not our mitred men their places , their rich preserments , nor their richer faces : to see them steeple upon steeple set , as if they meant that way to heaven get . i can behold them take into their gills a dose of churches , as men swallow pills , and never grieve at it : let them swim in wine while others drown in tears , i 'le not repine ; but my heart truly grudges ( i confess ) that you thus loaded are with happiness ; for so it is : and you more blessed are in peters chain , than if you fate in 's chair . one sermon hath preferr'd you to such honour , a man could scarce have had from bishop banner ; whilst we ( your brethren ) poor erraticks be , you are a glorious fixed star we see . hundreds of us turn out of house and home , to a safe habitation you are come . what though it be a goal ? shame and disgrace rise only from the crime , not from the place . who thinks reproach or injurie is done . by an eclipse to the unspotted sun ? he only by that black upon his brow allures spectators more ; and so do you . let me find honey , though upon a rod , and prize the prison , where the keeper's god : newgate or hell were heaven if christ were there , he made the stable so , and sepulchre . indeed the place did for your presence call ; prisons do want persuming most of all . thanks to the bishop and his good lord mayor , who turn'd the den , of thieves into a house of prayer : and may some thief by you converted be , like him who suffer'd in christs company . now would i had fight of your mittimus ; fain would i know why you are dealt with thus . jaylor , set forth your prisoner at the bar , sir , you shall here what your offences are . first , it is prov'd that you being dead in law ( as if you car'd not for that death a straw ) did walk and haunt your church , as if you 'd scare away the reader and his common-prayer . nay 't will be prov'd you did not only walk , but like a puritan your ghost did talk . dead , and yet preach ! these presbyterian slaves will not give over preaching in their graves . item , you playd the thief , and if 't be so , good reason ( sir ) to newgate you shall go : and now you 're there , some dare to swear you are the greatest pick-pocket that ere came there : your wife too , little better than your self you make , she 's the receiver of each purse you take . but your great theft , you act it in your church , ( i do not mean you did your sermon lurch , that 's crime cononical ) but you did pray and preach , so that you stole mens hearts away . so that good man to whom your place doth fall , will find they have no heart for him at all : this felony deserv'd imprisonment ; what can't you nonconformists be content sermons to make except you preach them too ; they that your places have , this work can't do . thirdly , 't is prov'd , when you pray most devout for all good men , you leave the bishops out : this makes seer sheldon by his powerful spel conjure and lay you safe in newgate-hell : would i were there too , i should like it well . i would you durst swaft punishment with me ; pain makes me fitter for the company of roaring boyes ; and you may lie a bed , now your name 's up ; pray do it in my stead , and if it be deny'd us to change places , let us for sympathy compare our cases ; for if in suffering we both agree . sir , i may challenge you to pity me ; i am the older goal-bird ; my hard fate hath kept me twenty years in cripple-gate ; old bishop gout , that lordly proud disease , took my fat body for his diocess , where he keeps court , there visits every l 〈…〉 and makes them ( levite-like ) conform to him , severely he doth article each joint , and makes inquiry into every point : a bitter enemy to preaching ; he hath half a year sometimes suspended me : and if he find me painful in my station , down i am sure to go next visitation : he binds up , looseth ; sets up and pulls down ; pretends he draws ill humours from the crown : but i am sure he maketh such ado , his humors trouble head and members too : he hath me now in hand , and ere he goes , i fear for hereticks he 'le burn my toes . o! i would give all i am worth , a fee , that from his jurisdiction i were free . now sir , you find our sufferings do agree , one bishop clapt up you , another me : but oh ! the difference too is very great , you are allow'd to walk , to drink and eat , i want them all , and never a penny get . and though you be debar'd your liberty , yet all your visitors i hope are free , good men , good women and good angels come and make your prison better than your home . now may it be so till your foes repent they gave you such a rich imprisonment . may for the greater comfort of your lives , your lying in be better than your wives . may you a thousand friendly papers see , and none prove emptie , except this from me . and if you stay , may i come keep your door , then farewel parsonage , i shall ne're be poor . finis . on the death of mr calamy, not known to the author of a long time after. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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[s.n.], london, : printed in the year . in verse. attributed to wild by wing and nuc pre- imprints. item at reel position : incorrectly identified as wing ( nd ed.) p . item at reel position : is a reproduction of the original in the harvard university library. item at reel position : is a reproduction of the original in the society of antiquaries. item at reel position . : is a reproduction of the original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng calamy, edmund, - -- poetry. broadsides -- england -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - emma (leeson) huber sampled and proofread - emma (leeson) huber text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion on the death of mr calamy , not known to the author of a long time after . and must our deaths be silenc'd too ! i guess 't is some dumb devil hath possest the press ; calamy dead without a publication ! 't is great injustice to our english nation : for had this prophet's funeral been known , it must have had an universal groan ; afflicted london would then have been found in the same year to be both burn'd and drown'd ; and those who found no tears their flames to quench , would yet have wept a showre , his herse to drench . methinks the man who stuffs the weekly sheet , with fine new-nothings , what hard names did meet . the emp'ress , how her petticoat was lac'd , and how her lacquyes liveries were fac'd ; what 's her chief woman's name ; what dons do bring almonds and figs to spain's great little king : is much concern'd if the pope's toe but akes , when he breaks wind , and when a purge he takes ; he who can gravely advertise , and tell where lockier and rowland pippin dwell ; where a black-box or green-bag was lost ; and who was knighted , though not what it cost : methinks he might have thought it worth the while , though not to tell us who the state beguile , or what new conquest england hath acquired ; nor that poor trifle who the city fired ; though not how popery exaits its head , and priests and jesuits their poyson spread ; yet in swoln characters he might let fly , the presbyterians have lost an eye . had crack — 's fiddle been in tune , ( but he is now a silenc'd man as well as we ) he had struck up loud musick , and had play'd a jig for joy that calamy was laid ; he would have told how many coaches went ; how many lords and ladies did lament ; what handkerchiefs were sent , and in them gold to wipe the widows eyes , he would have told ; all had come out , and we beholden all to him , for the o'reflowing of his gall . but why do i thus rant without a cause ? is not concealment policy ? whose laws my silly peevish muse doth ill t' oppose for publick losses no man should disclose ; and such was this , a greater loss by far , one man of god then twenty men of war ; it was a king , who when a prophet dy'd , wept over him , and father , father cry'd . o if thy life and ministry be done my chariots and horsemen , strength is gone . i must speak sober words , for well i know if saints in heaven do hear us here below , a lye , though in his praise , would make him frown , and chide me when with iesus he comes down to judge the world. — this little little he , this silly , sickly , silenc'd calamy , aldermanbury's curate , and no more , though he a mighty miter might have wore , could have vi'd interest in god or man , with the most pompous metropolitan : how have we known him captivate a throng , and made a sermon twenty thousand strong ; and though black-mouths his loyalty did charge , how strong his tug was at the royal barge , to hale it home , great george can well attest , then when poor prelacy lay dead in its nest ; for if a collect could not fetch him home , charles must stay out , that interest was mum . nor did ambition of a miter , make him serve the crown , it was for conscience sake . unbrib'd loyalty ! his highest reach was to be master calamy , and preach . he bless'd the king , who bishop him did name , and i bless him who did refuse the same . o! had our reverend clergy been as free to serve their prince without reward , as he , they might have had less wealth with greater love : envy , like winds , endangers things above ; worth , not advancement , doth beget esteem . the highest weathercock the least doth seem . if you would know of what disease he dy'd , his grief was chronical it is reply'd . for had he opened been by surgeons art , they had found london burning in his heart ; how many messengers of death did he receive with christian magnanimity ! the stone , gout , dropsie , ills , which did arise from griefs and studies , not from luxuries ; the megrim too which still strikes at the head , these he stood under , and scarce staggered ▪ might he but work , though loaded with these chains , he pray'd and preach'd , and sung away his pains ; then by a fatal bill he was struck dead , and though that blow he ne're recovered , ( for he remained speechless to his close ) yet did he breath , and breath out prayers for those from whom he had that wound : he liv'd to hear an hundred thousand buried in one year in his dear city , over which he wept , and many fasts to keep off judgments , kept ; yet , yet he liv'd , stout heart he liv'd , to be depriv'd , driven out , kept out , liv'd to see wars , blazing-stars , torches which heaven ne're burns , but to light kings or kingdoms to their urns. he lived to see the glory of our isle , london consumed in its funeral pile . he liv'd to see that lesser day of doom , london , the priests burnt-sacrifice to rome ; that blow he could not stand , but with that fire as with a burning fever did expire . thus dy'd this saint , of whom it must be said , he dy'd a martyr , though he dy'd in 's bed . so father ely in the sacred page sat quivering with fear as much as age , longing to know , yet loth to ask the news how it far'd with the army of the iews . israel flies , that struck his palsie-head , the next blow stunned him , your sons are dead ; but when the third stroke came , the ark is lost , his heart was wounded , and his life it cost . thus fell this father , and we well do know he fear'd our ark was going long ago . the epitaph . here a poor minister of christ doth lie , who did indeed a bishoprick deny . when his lord comes , then , then , the world shall see such humble ones , the rising-men shall be : how many saints whom he had sent before , shouted to see him enter heavens door : there his blest soul beholds the face of god , while we below groan out our ichabod : vnder his burned-church his body lies , but shall it self a glorious temple rise ; may his kind flock when a new church they make , call it st. edmundsbury for his sake . london , printed in the year . an exclamation against popery, or, a broad-side against rome occasioned by his majesties last gracious speech, when he was pleas'd to express his willingness to maintain the truly antient protestant religion / by r.w. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an exclamation against popery, or, a broad-side against rome occasioned by his majesties last gracious speech, when he was pleas'd to express his willingness to maintain the truly antient protestant religion / by r.w. wild, robert, - . broadside. printed for t.g., london : . in verse. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng charles -- ii, -- king of england, - . popish plot, . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - john latta sampled and proofread - john latta text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an exclamation against popery : or , a broad-side against rome . occasioned by his maiestie's last gracious speech , when he was pleas'd to express his willingness to maintain the truly antient protestant religion . by r. w. d. d. licensed , november the th . . plot on , proud rome ! and lay thy damn'd design as low as hell , we●ll find a countermine : wrack thy curst parts ! and when thy utmost skill has prov'd unable to effect thy will ; call thy black emissaries , let 'em go to summon traytors from the shades below , where infant treason dates its monstrous birth ; is nurst with care , and after sent on earth : to some curst monks ; or wand'ring iesuites cell ; where it thrives faster , than it did in hell ! call bloody brutus up , lean cassius too ; let faux , and catesby both , be of the crew ! — nay , rather than want help , let your bulls run ; and damn the devil , if he do not come ! yet after all your plots , and hatchings , we , ( so long as charles , and 's senators agree ) will warm our hands at bone-fires , bells shall ring ; and traytor 's knells no longer toll , but sing . we doubt not rome , but maugre all thy skill , the glorious god of our religion will , in spite of all thy art , preserve it still ! and his peculiar care of it to shew , defend in health , it s great defender too ! i' th' interim , do thou new crimes invent , and we 'll contrive as subtle punishment . 't is autumn now with us ; and every tree , instead of fruit , may bend with popery . 't would be a novel , tho no hated sight , if every bough should bear a iesuite ! we 'll meet your plots with pikes , dangers with swords ; and stead of long cravats , we 'll lend you cords . each stab in private , we 'll with use return : and whilst one hangs , the other he shall burn ; till tybourn's long impoverish't squire appear gay as the idol , fills the porph'ry chair . yes , mighty charles ! at thy command we 'll run through seas of rebels blood , to save thy crown . our wives , estates , and children too , shall be but whet-stones to our swords , when drawn for thee . we 'll hack and slash , and shoot , till rome condoles ; and hell it self , is cloy'd with traytors souls : 'till godfrey's wronged ghost ( which still does call for shoals of rebels to attend his fall ) cryes out , dear protestants , no more pursue their guilty blood , my manes have had their due ! this , mighty monarch ! at thy beck or nod , shall be effected , as thou wer 't a god ; with so much readiness , thy royal tongue shall hardly speak , e're we revenge the wrong on thy curst enemies ; who whilst they state thy death , shall feel themselves th' intended fate ; and by a quick reverse , be forc't to try the dire effects of their own treachery . poor scarlet harlot , could'st thou stand in want of a genteel , and generous gallant , whose noble soul to baseness could not yield ; but wou'd have try'd thy int'rest in the field , we had not thus thy policies condemn'd ; but thought thee worthy of a foe , or friend : both which , with equal estimate thou 'lt find , vvere alwayes valu'd by an english mind . but thou of late , so treacherous do'st grow , that we should blush , to own thee either now . base , and perfidious too , thou dost appear ; sland'rest a pope , and spoyl'st an emperor . vvhat ! is the eagle from the mitre flown ? is there of caesar nothing left in rome ? must that renowned city , here-to-fore fam'd for her vertues , well as for her pow'r ; instead of consuls , vagabonds imploy ? and suborn felons monarchs to destroy ? bribe men ( thro vvant made boldly desperate ) to fire-ball cities , to their grov'ling fate ; vvhil'st hellish iesu'ts porters garbs profane ; assist the fire , and bless the growing flame ! must romes great pope , whose piety should run as an example , thro all christendome ; vvhose signal vertues , arguments should be of his admir'd infallability ? does he hire ruffains , iustices to kill ; and send the murd'rers pardons at his vvill ? bids them in hereticks blood their hands embrue ; tells them withal , 't is meritorious too ! — if this thy practice be , false rome fare-wel ! — go , teach thy doctrine to the damn'd in hell ! where , by black lucifer's destructive pride , thou may'st in part thy future fate decide : whil'st from our city we thy imps remove , to shake their heels in some cold field or grove . since both by ours , and all mens else , esteem , they 're fitter to converse with beasts , than men. finis . london , printed for t. g. . oliver cromwells ghost, or, old noll newly revived wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) oliver cromwells ghost, or, old noll newly revived wild, robert, - . p. s.n., [london : ?] caption title. signed: r.w. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng cromwell, oliver, - -- poetry. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - judith siefring sampled and proofread - judith siefring text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion oliver cromwells ghost : or old noll newly revived . rows'd from infernal caverns void of light , where traytors souls keep an eternal night : through the earths friendly pores at last i come to view the fate of mangled christendome . treason , and blood , ruin , and usurpation , deceipt , hypocrisie , and devastation ; envy , ambition , and untam'd desire , still to gain more , still to be mounted higher : wars , ianglings , murders , and a thousand more vices like these , you know were heretofore . the only grateful bantlings , which could find , a kind reception in my gloomy mind — — but now alas i 'm chang'd — the pondrous guilt of treason , and the sacred blood i spilt ; those crouds of loyal subjects i made groan , under pretence of strickt religion , when i my self , to speak the truth , had none : too weighty for my strugling soul did grow , and prest it downwards to the shades below , where it these twenty years has silent lain , tormented with variety of pain , too great for fleshly mortals to sustain . nor had it budg'd as yet — but that the fame of plots , conspiracies , and murders came to the infernal gates so fast , that i , for others good , forgot my misery : and whilst the busie daemons were imploy'd in culling out a bloody regicide , i bilkt my keeper , and with wondrous pain , once more i mount my native soyl again ; where to my grief , more villanies i view , than heav'n e're pardon'd , or than hell e're knew . since lucifer's like rome's destructive pride , both damn'd himself , and all his imps beside : though old in artful wickedness i be , yet rome , i now resign the wall to thee : thou in this single plot , hast now done more , than mankind , helpt by hell , could do before . what! was thy swell'd ambition grown so wide , that nought but kings could satisfie thy pride ? must monarchs , whom the heav'n it self do's prize , now become morsels for thy gaping vice. methought , though hot with gluttony thou burn , a pious justice might have serv'd thy turn ; especially when , ( to content you more ) spitted on 's sword , and pickled in his gore ; but now your aim we better understand , he was the whet — you gap'd for all the land. strange cormorant ! that in her monstrous breast , could at one meal three butcher'd lands digest . ye powers ! i thought my countries innocence , ( when in fierce whilwinds you had born me hence ) and by the pow'r of your most just command , restor'd the scepter to the owners hand ) would have sufficient bin to wall you free from the assaults of such an enemie . i little thought , when last i took my leave , and sadly entred my unwelcome grave , that e're the porphry idol could command so great a friendship in our native land ; as by that means to hope to circumvent , with black design , both king and government . but yet take heed ye romish idiots , that have a hand in these most hellish plots ; who by your base contrivance , hope to bring ruin to nations , death unto a king beware , i say , by my example , do , for there 's a god above do's all things view : tho wrapt in clouds amongst the skies , he dwells , yet he discerns you in your closest cells ; see's your contrivances , and whilst you poor conceipted traytors think your selves secure , he your clandestine plots does plainly view , and will divulge them , and their actors too . trust my experience , one , who if you will believe , what all the world says of him still , had no small share of pride , ambition , wit , courage and conduct too to manage it . by which i wrought my curst designs so high , i could have match'd my brewers family with the best blood in brittain . right or wrong , or life or death , attended on my tongue : all the three kingdoms truckled to my will — but what of this ? — i was a traytor still . nay , so intemperate was my folly grown , i boldly offer'd at the sacred crown ; which though i mist , — yet by a holy cheat , at last i gain'd to fill the tott'ring seat ; and made ten thousand souldiers arm'd , appear with roaring guns , to plead my title there . not doubting but that happy seat should be transfer'd from me to my posteritie . but all was insignificant , when death unkindly robb'd me of beloved breath : my titles all forsook me , and my race , instead of them , inherit my disgrace . this is the fate of traytors here ; but know , that could you think what they endure below , i 'm sure you would be loyal ; but the pope by prating jesuits , has so rais'd your hope , that i in vain those tortures now should tell , you 'l know them when i meet you there — farewel . r. w. d. d. the poor distressed people of holland their humble thanks and acknowledgement for his majesties gracious favours profer'd them in his late declaration wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) the poor distressed people of holland their humble thanks and acknowledgement for his majesties gracious favours profer'd them in his late declaration wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.). s.n., [london : ] in verse. reproduction of original in: lincoln's inn (london, england). library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng dutch war, - -- poetry. broadsides -- london (england) -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the poor distressed people of holland , their humble thanks and acknowledgement for his majesties gracious favours profer'd them in his late declaration . great sir , whilst you these favours do create for us , you do our thanks anticipate : there are no merits on our part , can claim the least from you , ingratitude 's our shame . what poets talk achilles spear could do , jove's threats and smiles are verified in you ; if you but say you 'l kill or cure 't is done , 'twixt charles and jove there 's no comparison : you having conquer'd by your powerful armes , straight by your kindness salve your captives harms ; making your conquests double , by these arts , you 've won the field , and gain'd your enemies hearts . had you dealt with us as th' israelites of old with the deceitful gibconites , have sold us and our families for slaves , then we had known a precedent for your clemencie . our lives and liberties to you we owe , and you to us a fathers pity show , when we'd forgot those hands that did us feed , and gave's relief in greatest time of need . yet whilst you such unheard of favours show , from guilty breasts some jealous fears do flow , and run in murm'ring streams , these whine and cry , no favour 's offer'd but there 's reason why ; but let such narrow souls repine in vain , we think your grace as boundless as your main : great princes like to gods no merits know , from pity or their will their favours flow ; since , royal sir , you 'r pleased to declare us your free subjects , it shall be our care to render double loyalty to you by our obedience , and our actions too . what our industry hath brought from foreign 〈◊〉 is ready to attend your royal commands , each active hand prepared is to bring their richest treasure to great britain's king ; no bank , or publick faith , being so secure as is the faith-defenders promise , sure . your actions are so just , it may be se'd astraea from this world to yours is fled ; so will your land e're long be stil'd the burse , and only treasury of the universe . thus you 'l by chymick policy attain what lully and old hermes ne're could gain , whilst the elixer of your favours can attract the india's to your ocean , and make the thames , influenc'd by your beams , as once pactolus , run in golden streams . our hoogen moogen's too will think it meet to prostrate themselves and ships before your fleet , and lay their treasures at your royal feet . thus with these favours you the world affright , conquering your enemies , e're they come to fight ; each monarch trembles , and of you's afraid , that with a word their countries can invade : they oft have felt the force of britains sword , but ne're the pow'r magnetick of your word ; the one at random strikes at any part , but this ne're fails to force and win the heart : so shines your virtues that the whole world must own that you 're both charles le grand , and charles le bone. nescit fama virtutis mori . the recantation of a penitent proteus; or, the changling as it was acted with good applause in st. maries in cambridge, and st. pauls in london, . the first part. to the tune of the second part, and by the same hand. to which is added, the poring doctor, or the gross mistake of a reverend son of the church, in bowing at the name of judas, at st. pauls, novemb. . . wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : or : ) the recantation of a penitent proteus; or, the changling as it was acted with good applause in st. maries in cambridge, and st. pauls in london, . the first part. to the tune of the second part, and by the same hand. to which is added, the poring doctor, or the gross mistake of a reverend son of the church, in bowing at the name of judas, at st. pauls, novemb. . . wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.) s.n., [london : ] attributed to wild by wing and nuc pre- imprints. imprint from wing. verse - "oh i am almost mad, 'twould make". a satire on richard lee who adhered to the parliament untill when he recanted his anti-royalist opinions in his 'cor humiliatum et contritum'(wing l ). reproductions of the originals in the harvard university library and british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng lee, richard, - . -- cor humiliatum et contritum -- early works to . ballads, english -- th century. great britain -- history -- restoration, - -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - john latta sampled and proofread - john latta text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the recantation of a penitent proteus or the changling , as it was acted with good applause in st. maries in cambridge , and st. pauls in london , . to the tune of doctor faustus . attend good people , lay by scoffs and scorns , let roundheads all this day pull in their horns , but let conformists and brave caviliers unto my doleful tone prick up their ears . take from my neck this robe , a rope's more fit , and turn the surplice to a penance-sheet , this pulpit is too good to act my part , more fit to preach at tyburn in a cart : there i deserv'd t' have taken my degree , and doctor dun should have presented me , there with an hempen - hood i should be sped , and his three-cornered cap should crown my head . here i am come to hold up guilty hand , and of the beast to give my self the brand , here by confessing i have been i' th wrong , i come to bore my self through my own tongue . in learning my poor parents brought up me , and sent me to the universitie , there i soon found bowing the was to rise : and th' only logick was the fall'cies . in stead of aristo●les organon , anthens and organs i did study on , if i could play on them , i soon did find , i rightly had p●eferment in the wind , i followed that hot sent without controul , i bow'd my body , and i sung fa sol ; i cozen'd doctor couzens , and e're long a fellowship obtained for a song . then by degrees i clim'd until i got good friends , good cloths , good commons , and what not i got so long , until at length i got a wench with child , and then i got a blot . before the consistorie i was try'd , where like a villaine i both swore and ly'd , and from the whore i made , i was made free , by purging of my self incontinent lee . b●t as i scorn'd to father mine one brat , 't was done to me as i had done with that . the doctors all when a doctor i would be , as a base son , refus'd to father me , with much adoe , at length by art and cunning , my tears and vows prevail'd with peter gunning , me to adopt and for his love and care , i will devout my self to peter's chaire . cambridge i left with greif and great disgrace , to seek my fortune in some other place ; and that i might the better save my stake ▪ i took an order and did orders take . amongst conformists i my self did list a son o' th church as good as ever pi●t . but though i bow'd , and cring'd , and crost and all , i only got a vicaridge very small . e're i was warm ( and warm i ne're had been in such a starved hole as i was in ) a fire upon the church and kingdom came ; which i strait help't to blow into a flame . the second part. my conscience first like balaams ass , was shie , boggled , and winc'd , which when i did espie ; i cudgel'd her , and spur'd her on each side , until the jade her paces all could ride . when first i mounted on her tender back she would not leave the protestant dull rack . till in her mouth the covenant bitte i got , and made her learn the presbyterian trot. 't was an hard t●ot , and freted her ( alas ' t●e ●ndeo●nd●● amble easier was , i●●●ght her that , and out of that to fall to the ●●ntroy of prelaticall . i rode her once to rumford with a pack of arguments for covenant on her back . that journey she perform'd at such a rate the committee gave me a rich peice of plate . from hatfield to st. albans i did ride , the army cal'd for me to be their guide , there i so spur'd her that i made her fling not only dirt but blood upon my king. when cromwell turn'd his masters out by force ; i made the beast draw like a brewers horse , under the rump i made her were a crooper , and under lambert she became a trooper . when noble monk the king did home conveigh , shee ( like darius steed began to neigh. i taught her since to organ pipes to prance , as bankes his horse could to a fiddle dance , now with a snaffle or a twyned thred to any government shee 'l turn her head i have so broke her she doth never start , and that 's the meaning of my broken heart . i have found out a cunning way with ease to make her cast her coat when e're i please ; and if at rack and manger she may be , her colts tooth shee will keep most wanton-lee . i le change as often as the man i' th moon ; his frequent changing makes him rise so soon , to eat church plum-broth e're it all be gone , i 'le have the , devils spoon but i le have one. for many years my tongue did lick the rump ; but when i saw a king was turn up trump , i did resolve still in my hand to have one winning card , although 't were but a knave . if the great turk to england come , i can make gospel truckle to the alchoran ; and if their turkish saboaths should take place . i have in readiness my friday face . if lockt in iron chest ( as we are told ) a loadstone their great mahomet can hold : the loadstone of preferment ( i presage ) to mahomet may draw this iron age. the congregation way best pleas'd my mind ; there were most shee s , and they most free and kind . by chamber practise i did better thrive then all my livings though i skimmed five . mine eyes are open now my sins to see , with tears i cry good people pardon me , my reverend fathers pardon i do crave , and hope my mothers blessing yet to have . my cambridge sins , my bugden sins are vile , my essex sins , my sins in ely-isle , my leicester sins , my hatfield sins are many , but my st. albans sins more red then any . to charles the first i was a bloudy foe , i wish i do not serve the second so , the onely way to make me leave that trick , is to bestow on me a bishoprick this is st andrews eve and for his sake a bishoprick in scotland i could take ; and though a metropolitan there be ; i 'de be as sharpe and full as arch as he . now may this sermon never be forgot , let others call 't a sermon , i a plot , a plot that takes if it believed be , if not i shall repent unfeigned lee i must desire the crack-fart of the nation , with reverence to let fly this recantation , our names ty'd taile to taile make a sweet change mine onely is stange lee , and his le-strange . finis . alas poore scholler, whither wilt thou goe: or strange altrations which at this time be there's many did thinke they never should see. to the tune of, halloo my fancy, &c. wild, robert, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text s in the english short title catalog (stc ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a stc estc s this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) alas poore scholler, whither wilt thou goe: or strange altrations which at this time be there's many did thinke they never should see. to the tune of, halloo my fancy, &c. wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.) : ill s.n., [london : ] by robert wild. imprint from stc. (written in early and very possibly printed before the end of the legal year on march.)--stc. a ballad. in two parts. woodcut illustrations at head of each part. reproduction of original in the british library. eng ballads, english -- th century. a s (stc ). civilwar no alas poore scholler, whither wilt thou goe: or strange altrations which at this time be; there's many did thinke they never should see. to t wild, robert c the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the c category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - daniel haig sampled and proofread - daniel haig text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion alas poore scholler , whither wilt thou goe : or strange altrations which at this time be ; there 's many did thinke they never should see . to the tune of , halloo my fancy , &c. in a melancholly studdy none but my selfe , me thought my muse grew muddy , after seaven yeares reading and costly breeding , i felt , but could finde no pelfe : into learned raggs i 'ue rent my plush and sattin , and now am fit to begg in hebrew , greeke and lattin , iu●●●●d of aristotle , would i had got a patten : alasse poore scholler whither wilt thou go ? cambridge now i must leave thee and follow fate , colledge hopes doe deceiue me , i oft expected to haue beene elected , but desert is reprobate : masters of colledges have no common graces , and they that have fellowships have but common places , and those that schollers are , they must haue hansome faces : alas poore scholler whither wilt thou goe ? i haue bow'd , i haue bended , and all in hope , due day to be befrended , i haue preach'd , i haue printed what ere i hinted , to please our english pope ; i worshipt towards the east , but the sunne doth now forsake me , i finde that i am falling , the northerne winds doe shake me , would i had beene upright , for bowing now will breake me : alas poore scholler , whither wilt thou goe ? at great preferment i aymed witnesse my silke , but now my hopes are maimed , i looked lately , to liue most stately , and haue a dairy of bell-ropes milke : but now alasse , my selfe i must not flatter , bygamy of steeples is a laughing matter , each man must have but one , and curates will grow fatter . alas poore scholler , whither wilt thou goe ? the second part , to the same tune . into some country uillage now i must goe , where neither tith nor tillage ▪ the greedy patron and parched matron , sweare to the church they owe : yet if i can preach and pray too on a sudden , and confute the pope at adventure without studdying , then ten pounds a yeare besides a sunday pudding . alas poore scholler whither wilt thou goe ? all the arts i haue skill in , divine and humane , yet all 's not worth a shilling , when the women heare me , they doe but ieare me , and say i am profane : once i remember , i preached with a weaver , i quoated austine , he quoated dodd and cliver , i nothing got , he got a cloke and bever . alas poore scholler whither wilt thou goe ? shipps , shipps , shipps i discover , crossing the maine , shall i in and goe over turne iew or atheist , turke or papist , to geneva or amsterdam : bishoppricks are voyde in scotland , shall i thither , or follow windebanke and finch to see if either doe want a preist to shrive them , o no tis blustring weather . alas poore scholler whither wilt thou goe ? ho , ho , ho , i have hit it , peace goodman foole , thou hast a frame will fit it , draw thy indenture , be bound at adventure , an apprentice to a free-schoole ; there thou may'st command by william lillies charter , there thou mayst whipp , stripp and hang and draw and quarter , and commit to the red rod , both will . and tom. and arthur . i , i , 't is thither , thither will i goe . finis . the grateful non-conformist; or a return of thanks to sir john baber knight, and doctor of physick who sent the author ten crowns wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : or : ) the grateful non-conformist; or a return of thanks to sir john baber knight, and doctor of physick who sent the author ten crowns wild, robert, - . sheet ([ ] p.) [s.n.], london : printed in the year . attributed to robert wild by wing. verse - "ten crowns at once! and to one man! and he". a satirical attack on sir john baber, m.d., who was often employed by charles ii to negotiate with puritans and other non-conformists. reproductions of the originals in the british library and bodleian library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng baber, john, -- sir, - -- poetry -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the grateful non-conformist ; or , a return of thanks to sir john baber knight , and doctor of physick who sent the author ten crowns . ten crowns at once ! and to one man ! and he as despicable as bad poets be ! who scarce had wit , if you requir'd the same , to make an anagram upon your name ; or to out-run a badger , or prepare an epitaph to serve a quinb'rough-may'r : a limping-levite , who scarce in his prime could woo an abigail , or say grace in rime : ten crowns to such a thing ! friend , 't is a dose able to raise dead ben , or dav'nant's nose ; able to make a courtier turn a friend , and more then all of them in victuals spend . this free free-parli'ment , whose gifts do sound full five and twenty hundred thousand pound , you have out-done them , sir ; yours was your own , and some of it shall last when theirs is gone . ten crowns at once ! and now at such a time , when love to such as i am , is a crime greater than his recorded in jane shore , who gave but one poor loaf to the starv'd whore : what now to help a non-conformist ! now , when ministers are broke , that will not bow : when 't is to be unblest , to be ungirt ; to wear no surplice , does deserve no shirt : no broth , no meat ; no service , no protection ; no cross , no coyn ; no collect , no collection : you are a daring knight , thus to be kind : if trusty roger get it in the wind , he 'll smell a plot , a presbyterian plot , especially for what you gave the [ scot : ] and if the spiritual court take fire from crack , they 'l clap a parritor upon your back , shall make you shrug , as if you wore the collar of a cashiered red-coat , or poor scholar . what will you plead , sir , if they put you to ' t ? was it the doctor or the knight did do ' t ? did you , as doctor , flux some usurer , and with your physick his dull silver stir ? or did your zeal you a knight-templar make , to give the church the booties you should take ? or , was it your desire to beg applause , or shew affection to the good old cause ? was 't to feed faction , or uphold the stickle between the old church and new conventicle ? no , none of these ; but i have hit the thing , it was because you knew i lov'd the king. ten crowns at once ! sir , you 'l suspected be for no good protestant , you are so free : so much at once ! sure you ne'er gave before ; or else , i doubt , mean to do so no more : this is enough to make a man protest religio medici to be the best . the christians for whose sakes we are undone , would have cry'd out , o'tis too much for one either to give or take ! what needs this waste ? o how they love to have us keep a fast ! five private meetings ( whereat each four men in black coats and white caps ( you 'l call them then a teem of ministers ) have tugg'd all day , deserving provender , but scarce got hay ; where i my self have drawn my part some hours ) have not afforded such return as yours , i 'd wish them watch , and keep me sober still ; not want of guilt in them , nor want of will in me , but want of wine does make me lame , or else i 'd sacrifice them to the flame of an high-blazing satyr ; here 's a man who ne'er pretended at your rates , yet can more freely feed us with coyn and good dishes than they , yet that is their alms , sighs and wishes . o for a rapture ! how shall i describe the love of thousands to their reading tribe ? who so maintain'd them when they lost their places , they did not lose one pimple from their faces ; but after all , full fraught with flesh and flagon , came forth like monks , or priests of bell and dragon : one would have judg'd , by their high looks and smells , they had layn-in in cellars , not in cells ; where they grew big and batten'd : for without doubt some that went firkins in , came hogsheads out . but ours in two years time are skin and bones , and look like granhams , or old apple-johns : one lazarus amongst us was too much ; but er 't be long , we all shall look like such ; and when that comes to pass , the world shall see who are the ghostly fathers , they or we : and then our bellies , without better fare , will prove as empty as their noddles are . though we be silent , our guts won't be so ; but make a conventicle as they go : peace , colon , peace , and cease thy croaking din ; thou art condemd'd to be a chitterlin . nigardly puritans ! blush at the odds betwixt their bonner's , and our meagre dod's ; you give your drink in thimbles , they in bowls ; your church is poor st. faiths , but theirs is powls : and whilst you priests and altars do despise , your selves prove priests , and we your sacrifice . but why do i permit my muse to whine ? i wish my brethren all such cheeks as mine ; and those that wish them well , such hearts as thine . my noble baber ! i have chosen you for my physician , and my champion too : give me sometimes but such a dose , and i will ne'er wish other cordial till i die : and then proclaim you a most valiant knight ; shew but such metal , though you never fight . finis . london , printed in the year . a gratulatory verse upon our late glorious victory over the dutch by the author of iter boreale. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w a estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) a gratulatory verse upon our late glorious victory over the dutch by the author of iter boreale. wild, robert, - . broadside. printed at london and re-printed at edinburgh, [edinburgh] : . attributed to wild by wing and nuc pre- imprints. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a gratulatory verse upon our late glorious victory over the dutch , by the author of iter boreale . gout ! i conjure thee by the powerful names of charles and james , and their victorious fames , on this great day set all thy prisoners free , ( triumphs command a goal-delivery ) set them all free , leave not a limping toe from my lord chancellors to mine below ; unless thou giv'st us leave this day to dance , thou' rt not th' old loyal gout , but com'st from france , 't is done , my grief obeyes the sovereign charms , i feel a bonfire in my joints , which warms and thaws the frozen jelly ; i am grown twenty years yonger ; victory hath done what puzled physick : give the dutch a rout , probatum est , 't will cure an english gout . come then , gut nimble socks upon my feet , they shall be skippers to our royal fleet , which now returns in dances on our seas , a conqueror above hyperbole's . a sea which with bucephalus doth scorn lesse than an alexander should be born oh her proud back ; but to a royal rein yields foaming mouth , and bends her curled main : and conscious that she is too strait a stage for charles to act on , swell'd with loyal rage , urgeth the belgick and the gallick shore to yield more room , her master must have more , ingrateful neighbours ! 't was our kinder isle , with her own blood , made your geneva stile writ in small print [ poor states and fore perplext ] swell to the [ high and mighty lords ] in text ; and can ye be such snakes to sting that breast , which in your winter gave you warmth and rest ? poor flemish frogs , if your ambition thirst , to swell to english greatness , you will burst . could you believe our royal head would fail to nod those down who fell before our tail ? or could your amsterdam by her commands , make london carry coals to warm her hands ? a bold attempt ! pray practise it no more , we sav'd our coals , yet gave you fire good store , it is enough ; the righteous heavens have now judg'd the grand quarrel betwixt us and you . the sentence is — the surface must be ours , but for the bottom of the sea , 't is yours : thither your opdam with some thousands , are gone down to take possession of your share . me thinks i hear great triton found a call , and through th' affrighted ocean summon all his scaly regiments , to come and take part of that feast which charles their king doth make ; where they may glut revenge , quit the old score , and feed on those who fed on them before ; whom when they have digested , who can find whether they 're fish , or flesh , or what 's their kind ? van-cod , van-ling , van-herring will be cry'd about their streets ; all fish , so dutchifi'd . their states may find their capers in their dish , and meet their admirals in butter'd fish , thus they 'l imbody , and encrease their crew , a cunning way to make each dutch man two , and on themselves , they now must feed or fast ; their herring trade is brought unto its last . to the king . great sir , belov'd of god and man , admit my loyal zeal to run before my wit , this is my pens miscarriage , not a birth ; her haste hath made her bring blind puppies forth . my aims in this attempt are to provoke , and kindle flames more noble , by my smoak ; my wisp of straw may set great wood on fire , and my weak breath your organs may inspire , amongst those flags y'have taken from the dutch , command your denham to hang up his crutch . he is a man both of his hands and feet , and with great numbers can your navy meet , his quicker eye your conquest can survey , his hand , york's temples crown with flourishing bay , waller ( great poet and true prophet too ) whos 's curious pencil in rich colours drew the type of this grand triumph for your view , ( the fishers ( like their herrings ) bleeding new ) with the same hand shall give the world the sights of what it must expect when england fights , that son and heir of pindars muse and fame , your modest cowley , with your breath will flame , and make those belgick beasts , who live , aspire , to fall your sacrifice in his pure fire . he shall proclaim our james great neptune's wonder , and like a jove fighting in clouds and thunder . printed at london , and re-printed at edinburgh , . thrēnodē, or englands passing-bell gilbert, thomas, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing g estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) thrēnodē, or englands passing-bell gilbert, thomas, - . sherburne, edward, sir, - . wild, robert, - . [ ], p. [s.n.], london : m.dc.lxxix [ ] in verse. first word of title in greek characters. attributed by wing and nuc pre- imprints to thomas gilberts also variously attributed to sir edward sherburne or robert wild. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. england's passing-bell--the bill of request--romanzi--the postscript. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng great britain -- history -- charles ii, - -- poetry. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - angela lea sampled and proofread - angela lea text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : or , englands passing-bell . psal. : . turn us o god to thee again , for we too long have swerv'd : cause thou thy face on us to shine , and we shall be preserv'd . quarles eleg. offended iustice often strikes by turns , edom beware , for thy next neighbour burns : london , printed in the year m. dc . lxxix . to the reader . reader , perhaps my melancholly quill may dote ; but let melpom'ne weep her sill . bear with her weakness , grudg not at her tears ; it springs not from her envy , but her fears : she is no hired naenia ; her moans are like to purchase little else than stones . then give her leave to mourn upon these rocks ; to ease her troubled heart to stones and stocks . her sad abodings do not imprecate : but wish and warn thee to anticipate : and if there may no loyal method be form'd to prevent thy hanging - destinie immure thy soul within those gracious arms , that may protect thee from the syrenes charms . england's passing-bell . i am no prophet , no , nor prophet's son ; yet dare pretend unto a vision ; pretend , say i ? nay , 't is no meer pretence , pretences do but juggle conscience . i pray for peace , yea , i could die for 't too a willing sacrifice , if that would do . but what i do foresee , i dare foretell , god is now ringing englands passing-bell , the sound is in mine ears , the doleful toul strikes strange amazement on my trembling soul. she gasps for breath , her optick nerves are crackt . eyes sunk into their holes , her spirits rackt on fatal tenters , and her pulses beat to her oppressed soul a faint retreat . alas the day ! these threatning symptoms call her friends to mind her of a funeral . o thou the god of life , commiserate thy foolish peoples self-undone estate ! calm all these paroxismes , and allay those mortal heats ; so will i ever pray . ' wake sottish island ! let thy ruins teach thy sons and daughters to bewail the breach . where are thy noahs , daniels and iobs ? are these the men , that in their linsie robes chant their devotions ? th' angels of the quire , whose very noses threat their shirts with fire ; whose bacchanalian zeal's a flame they stole not from the altar , but maeonian coal . are these the men , that with their pipes can do the counter-wonder on a iericho ? ah! poor bewitched land ! how long wilt be before thy banisht wits return to thee ? the cup is in thine hand , hath toucht thy lips ; thou wring'st thy mouth at some distasteful sips : fain would'st thou plead , enough ; ay , so would i , or drink it in thy stead , and for thee die . but what e're be the hopes that buoy thy mind , unless i dream , the dreggs are yet behind . on whose unhappy heads this lot shall fall god knows , the wrathful fate doth threaten all . let him that thinks he 's with a bargain blest , know , the last nail may double all the rest . there are some few within thee that begin to smite the thigh , and to confess their sin . others that think it safer to compound , to shark and shuffle while the cup goes round . but if i know ought of thy constitution , or of the products of a revolution , compose the present frights , and 't will appear the frogs now quasht will be as bold as e're . these brows of brass , these iron sinews may shine like the gold , and bend like kneaded clay , whilst an hot furnace , preaching to the sence , applys the terrour of a providence ; but once withdraw the coals , and you may see these metals have not lost their propertie . but as for ionas , who 's now tarsus bound , let him remember who a ionas found . let demas know too , that his present world will cheat his fond love , when he shall be hurl'd by an ejectment from that dear possession , that lay in right of heaven's sequestration . and iudas may be sure , his treacherous kiss shall be repay'd with lips as foul as his . haman must also know , the gibbet's up ; where mordecai should dine , there he may sup . 't was not for lack of eyes the iews were grown so strangely blind , that nought but babylon could make them see ; nor is 't for lack of eyes i grope at noon , and fall , and cannot rise ; but 't is this babylon the mystical hath blinded me ; nay , which is worst of all , she is my mated incubus , and hence i 'm rid by her bewitching influence . o pity me , all ye that ever saw a sampson snared by a delilah ! were moses here , sure he would sigh with me for their dear sakes ; whose sin and slaverie was once like mine : or could i but produce a ieremy , his eye should be the sluce to weep me out a bitter lamentation , and to condole a bleeding dying nation . with tears of blood i could sit down and mourn on my dear children's most unhappy urn ▪ thousands of sprightly youth , whose breasts and bones were richly fill'd , have breath'd their fruitless moans under that wrathful hand that did dispense the bloody arrows of the pestilence . sure death had never such a table spread in any age , for ought we hear or read . how greedily he fed on rich and poor , as though he never meant to feast it more ! wit , wealth , or beauty , honour , sex or age , made no distinction in his mortal rage . o cruel death ! could not thy heart relent at those dear infants that thy fury rent from tender mother's breasts ! could not their groans have pierc'd thy heart , that might have pierced stones ? heaps upon heaps of choicest friends i saw ; our glory 's now become our golgotha . could not the ancients venerable hairs , ( the silver symbole of their age and cares ) have aw'd thy bold attempt ? or pleaded pity , who were the eyes and pillars of the city . nor could thy sacrilegious hands forbear to rob our churches of their common-prayer . th' affrighted levite durst not for his head , appear between the living and the dead . on him ( poor soul ! ) thou charged'st the extent of his own law , of five miles banishment . o king of terrours great ! how could'st thou quell the sacred vertue of his powerful spell , against thy sudden stroak ? or who should care for his forsaken flock , whose fleece they are ? now was not this enough ? but must it be but the praeludium to thy tragedy ? whence is 't , thou wert in combination found with mars and neptune , for a vantage ground ? what! had poor mortals over-matcht thee ? or hadst thou a fit to hear the cannons roar ? to toss their shatter'd bones , and serve them in , as carved messes , unto triton's shrine ? or was 't to prove how far thy pow'r would do , to feast not only worms , but fishes too ? was ever blood so prodigally spent ? whole hecatombs seem'd little to present . neptune himself could not but blush to see thy greedy altar's anthropophagie . did not the passing-bell go sad enough ? that cannons hellish mouths must speak how rough and grim a ghost thou art ? for this , will i ne're hope to bribe thee when i come to die . o death ! what is my sin , that still i hear those ruthful sighings to torment my ear ? behold the fatherless and widows eyes , the woful relicts of thy sacrifice . would god , say they , our dearest blood had run in those dear veins , from which our blood begun ; then had we been as happy as the dead , and ne're have pin'd for lack of daily bread . ah me ! methink with grief and shame i see the hostile rage of the proud enemy insulting on our shores , who durst not peep , had they not found us in so dead a sleep . then might philistims with advantage come , when sampson's shorn , and lull'd with opium . oh! then who could but rent his heart to see our glory led into captivity ? those floating eulwarks , and of royal race , the envy of the world , that ne're gave place to a superiour , nor could e're be mated by those of whom they were both fear'd and hated ; that like a thunder , brake the thickest clouds of bold assaults , and scatter'd all the crouds of martial force , that could command their way , and dash their foes like pots of glass or clay . with what reproach and ignominious boasts led they their captive prey to foreign coasts ! then farewell royal charles ! yet this shall be our joy and triumph still , that here is he by whose great name th' rt call'd ; let shadows go , ( the substance being come ) sith't must be so . might here my sorrows end , i 'd ne're lament as one undone ; but ah ! my fate is bent to rack my guilty bones , and to devise new methods , that her fury may comprize all the sad stories of the ages past , as though this scene were to us both the last . from plague and sword , my mournful eyes i roul on that amazing mirrour , which my soul so trembles to behold ; my strength , my crown , my hope , my magazeen , which now was grown from troy novant , to troy le grand , is now my troy l'extinct ; thus must the mighty bow when god will humble them , and lick the dust when once he smites ; for sure this god is just . but oh! th' unhappy day that dawn'd in flames , flames that contemned all the floods of thames . what! could no engins art nor power prevail ? were samson's foxes turned tayl to tayl ? 't was some strange god , no doubt , that should require so chargeable an offering made by fire . london and sodom may sit down together , and now condole the ashes of each other . for sin they perisht both , and both by fire , but here 's the odds ; efficients did conspire in different methods ; that from heaven came , this from beneath : a black and hellish flame , a spark of faux's cell , infernal coals matur'd for service in some stygian holes . how did the hungry flames devour their prey ! and lick up stones like straw ! and force their way through all obstructions , nature , art , or might had rais'd to check their desolating flight ! with what stupendious terrour did they roul from street to street , disdaining all controul ! as though the lungs of wide-mouth'd aeolus had been in sacred oath to drive them thus ! what horrour , think you , what distractions then seiz'd on the heart of our poor citizen ! what bitter cries , complaints and lamentations ! while some bewail their own loss , some the nations ! some die for very grief , and others curse the late indulgence of a faithful nurse . alas ! no tongue nor pen can e're express the hurries , hazards , and the sad distress . was ever grief like mine ! deeps call to deeps : and what one judgment spares , the second sweeps . this scald , i doubt , i shall bear in my face unto my grave , with grief and sore disgrace . and now , if plague and sword , and fire wont do to melt the heart , and let the captive go ; i dread the thoughts of some impendent scourge , more like to be a poyson than a purge . good god! avert whatever it may be ; avenge not on us our iniquitie . sin has gone big ; but ah ! we knew it not : she 's now in travel , and her reckonings out ; the fore springs come , which threatens what may be the birth , if god permit deliverie . lord strangle thou the monster in the womb , and let the mothers bowels be its tomb. but if my wandring muse should chance to fly within the compass of that royal eye , whose very aspect gives her life or death , and for whose sake this die she ventureth ; she will confess 't is bold to soar so high , to trip on crowns ; the beams of majesty may shine too hot for such icarian wings , and melt the copper of her feeble strings . she has no wanton nor prestigious lyricks to fawn on kings with flattering panegyricks . but her true loyal heart she 'l ne're betray , though she can't vent it in the courtiers way . nor will she e're bethink her sworn allegiance , or boggle at her duty of obedience ; although the persians have contriv'd their snare , and made it criminal if found at prayer . pardon , dread sov'raign , if some rambling fit transport her honest zeal , and so commit a sin poetical ; her pegasus is saddle-gall'd , and therefore hobbles thus . she gads eccentrick ; hence it is she hovers on every pinacle that hope discovers ; under these gracious wings my dove may find protection , if propitiously inclin'd . i hate those tongues , whose morsels make them loyal , to serve their int'rest on the favour royal. i only wish their lips may never shew those bloody teeth that just within them grow . nor that those hooded moths may ever sit so near the crown as to dishonour it . i 'le ever pray the king may know his friends , and fully understand his flatterers ends . the kingdom groans , although her king be come ! why ! what 's the matter ? sure he 's welcome home . alas ! she 's sick , and of some strange disease , which neither kings nor parliaments can ease , until that god , whom th' athiest doth contemn , do purge the blood of our ierusalem . i 'le say no more here , but god save the king , from whom , or whatsoe're may mischief bring ! and what if i let loose my scribling fancy , to give a piece of her poor chronomancie unto her honourable senate , who if god incline their hearts , great things may do . o sirs ! ye are our wise physicians , and ye have the sickest nation now in hand that e're had men : the first step to a cure is to know the cause of what we do endure . the cause is complicated both in civil and spiritual respects ; a twisted evil , deep labyrinths we 're in ; our strong foundations do shake and tremble ; dismal desolations seem to attend us : lord ! avert this cup , and let thy bloody en'mies drink it up . ye 're our physicians , sirs ! oh! cast the state of your sick patient , and prevent that fate her enemies threaten , and her fears suggest , and all posterities shall call you blest . o cast abroad your wise and prudent eyes , and pity , pity england's miseries . let not the canaanite reproach and laugh to see us breaking of that golden staff on our own shoulders , which might else have been our rod to rule , and reins to hold them in . our costly pills indeed have purg'd the purse , but our disease is growing worse and worse . poor england's hour is come ! a trinitie of wrestling int'rests in her bowels lye . two opposites might happy union know , if well concenter'd in some tertio . three contradictories will never be espoused in a fair consistencie . those that consult the peace and good of state , i think ( as case stands ) must accommmodate . sirs ! pity those poor hearts that cannot see with any other eyes than those that be their own ; some squeamish stomacks turn at cheese , which i won't give for all our coquus fees. were all confin'd to one dish , and no other , you 'd poyson me with what you feed my brother . when you can pare all bodies to one stature , and club the elements into one nature , and make all faces of the same complexion , ( which will scarce be ev'n at the resurrection ) then may you find all consciences agreed in nice punctilio's , and our judgments freed from quaint idea's , which not understood , have bred us this dissenting brotherhood . religion is that primum mobile of states and kingdoms , yea , their int'rests be mov'd in their politick circungyrations , upon this golden pole , the soul of nations . lord ! so co-ordinate each gliding sphere , as that their motions may not interfere . two parallel lines are never like to greet , till capricorn with sultry cancer meet . if each would stoop to other , you might see our tabernacl's handsome canopie . our first is up ; where are the builders now ? come ! shut the roof , and let the rafters bow . is it impossible such storms should rise from hell or rome , as may convince our eyes ? our walls will tumble if they want a cover ; why ! 't is but mud , though it be varnisht over . all ope ' at top ? nay , ev'ry thief may enter , and scale our naked walls ; who 's mad to venture his life and fortunes on such guards , and let his iewels hazard such a cabinet ? well! in this naked case , i 'le pray , i 'le sing to him that is both walls and covering . alas ! poor london ! who can see thine ashes , and not sit down and score those angry lashes thy righteous judg hath in just wrath inflicted for that whereof thou hadst been long convicted ? thy prophets were not dumb , but thou wert deaf : they warn'd in season ; but thy unbelief was warning-proof : like knotty crooked wood , they rul'd and hew'd thee for a common good , until their hearts did ake , and arms did tire ; at last thou art condemned to the fire . thou could'st out-face the frowns of pestilence . daring provoked justice to commence in hotter plagues : that cup is fill'd thee now , that hath abasht thy proud and shameless brow ▪ old sodom was in our young london found , yea , more than sodom did in her abound , and now if any will of london hear , to sodom he may go , and find her there . in thee was found the blood of martyrs , yea , the murder'd blood of royal majesty . oaths , drunk'ness , lust , and ravenous oppression , pride and deceit , the spots of high profession . in thee was found the woman iezebel , with those infernal locusts that compell her proselytes to commit fornication ; which were sad omens of thy desolation . and now , my daughter , may we come to treat with that poor rag that 's left ? or art too great yet to incline thy stubborn ear ? remember in sixty-six thou hadst a hot september . he that thy remnant , like a smoaking brand , then snatcht out of the fire , with the same hand can crush what he hath sav'd ; nay , look thou to it , lest perad venture he indeed may do it . true penitentials might have prevented that fearful breach that 's now in vain lamented . the buckets of thine eyes had checkt the flames , if well appli'd , 'fore all the pow'rs of thames . but epimetheus doth but aggravate and rake the wound ▪ by being wise too late . yet for the future , if thou wilt be wise , and re-espoused , thus i do advise . thine ashes steept in penitent tears may make thee a lie to wash thy shame away . thou hast been in the smoak , ( and wash thou must ) ; both in the smoak of fire , and smoak of lust. wash therefore , make thee clean , and thou shalt be as in the days of thy virginity . thy bricks are fallen , wilt thou change them for the hewen stone ? and turn the sycomore into the cedar ? yea , and be it so ! and let thine ashes to a phoenix grow ! but yet i doubt , thy pregnant hopes may prove a babel's project , unless god above unite thy languages , and undertake both to begin , and a full end to make : be both thy builder , and thy corner-stone , and raise thee in a modell of his own . lord ! rear thy london's walls , and purge her blood , and let her know thou hast chastiz'd for good . make her thy sion , thine emanuel's land , and let her ruins be under thine hand . the world is god's great wheel , his providence the hand that turns it ; its intelligence , the wheel's in motion ; but the rising side will still pursue their chase , till they bestride the whole circumference ; and then beginning to take their turn again they fall a whining ; complain of envy , pride , revenge , oppression , which just before was but their own ambition . rebeccah's twins ! we catch each others heel , and ne're observe the dog that 's in the wheel . lord ! shall we e're have wit enough to know to poise our selves in aequilibrio ? sure god hath set his ministers for lights in a blind , giddy world ; the rechabites of an apostate age ; but sure i am , there are too many of the seed of cham , yet can canonical adoption lurch , and so are naturaliz'd sons of the church . the clergy's gods inheritance ; but these are pliny's insects , worms that spoil the bees , those sweet industrious creatures ; aesop's dogs , that starve the ox , but will not touch the hogs , whose blushing carbuncles , and purple faces , are no crown iewels , nor the churches graces . will a debauched clergy e're invest your cause with an applauded interest in sober minds ? will a sulphureous zeal , in things confest indifferent , ever heal our dismal breaches ? or what ! do you hope to make us your peace-offring to the pope ? but i have better thoughts ; yet pray take heed lest you and we both offer'd be indeed . while we contend for shadows , there are those that will their greedy clutches interpose , and seize that morsel , which preserv'd , might be the medium of our correspondencie . what! are we artick and antartick ? must the mother separate the babes she nurst ? did one womb bare us ? and what ! are we now no nearer kin at all , than i , and thou ? sirs ! is 't not bold enough to set your post by gods ? to introduce a ragged host of ceremonies , borrowed of that groom , ( for the most part ) that keeps his stall at rome ? but would you back to egypt shuffle too , in hopes to feast it on their flesh-pots ? you may chance to change your wood for worser timber ; nay , there 's a red sea too , as i remember , 'twixt us and them , where pharoah and his host were buri'd once : although his restless ghost still haunt our shores , and with his magick strive to serve his capias on 's , dead or alive . are egypt's leeks such dishes ! let me tell ye , their tale of bricks may chance to fill your belly ! sirs ! you that bear so stiff from scylla , may in a charibdis cast your selves away . 't will vex you sure ( yet help it while you can ) when you are plac't behind the veteran . turn capuchins then , if your guts will bear it ; though you have won it , let your lord-danes wear it . your rubrick , articles , and canon-law , you may set back with the apocrypha . some mendicancy of unbounded order may be your monitor , and my recorder . nay , were it not for our faith 's great defender , whose prudent jealousie hath been so tender in this important case , they 'd run us down e're this , ( for ought i know ) miter and crown . this piece of logick i can't understand , no bishop , if no ceremony ; and no king , if there no lordly bishop be ; i must confess they 'r parables to me . nay , in the fancy of my jealous reason its consequence speaks little less than treason . but be it so , i never will impeach you , nor yet presume for 't is in vain ) to teach you what 's the conclusion of your syllogism ( if i might urge this piece of catechism ) but this ? no ceremony , then no king ; and what 's a ceremony but a thing so adiaph'rous , that his lordship may pro libitu , impose or throw away ? this papal oracle in its essaies was practically known in becket's daies . and is the crown then but a ceremony ? will you believe st. thomas and his chrony who had near prov'd it once ? shall th' scepter be but a poor pinacle of a bishops see ? i dread those politicks that do advise to perch the miter on state-dignities ! nay , let the crosiers staff and lawn-sleeves lye some orbs beneath the sphere of majesty . and may i now presume to speak a word to those my brethren , that are thus abhor'd ? ye are the salt , sirs ! that hath lost its savour with men , at least , and therefore lost their favour . but like unsav'ury salt , though ye are cast , it may be 't is their mouths are out of taste . if so , they may come or 't , when they have try'd that cellar which they have so magnify'd . for my part , i think yours to be the cheaper , and far the better too , for the house-keeper . but sith 't is so , that out at doors you must , and trampl'd on be , both by law and lust , i hope you will not murmur , but reflect , and own that hand , that doth these heels direct . although your eager spirits have been fed on those crude humours that the times have bred , which have dissolv'd your sweet consistencies into that brine , which now leaks at your eyes : yet when this brine is boil'd and scum'd , who knows how the good steward may of it dispose ? rome ! rome ! thine hour is coming though't be long ; thy mattens sung , turn to thy even song . thou struggl'st hard to grasp within thy wings the churches dowry , and the crowns of kings ; to brood those chickens thou didst never hatch , that so thou maist thy prey at pleasure catch . thou crouchest low a favourite to be , and boastest highly of thy loyalty . but yet these visards thou dissemblest with , are cut one inch too short to hide thy teeth . we can't forget thy love in eighty-eight , when thy kind visit cast us on that streight . the poor waldenses , and cold piedmont have felt thy mercy , with sharp comments on 't . let ireland's tears , and england's long experience produce their records of thy vow'd allegiance . thy sacrifices in queen maries daies ; thy faith and service prov'd so many waies to her successors ; faux's loyalty in that unparallel'd conspiracy ; thy secret hit at our late soveraign's head , which at one blow struck his three kingdoms dead ; the dismal ashes of our city royal ; all these bespeak thee trusty , kind , and loyal . but hark ! in london's dust these coals that rest may sindg thy plumes , and chance to fire thy nest. muntzer no doubt had play'd the man , if we had better fee'd his sacred fealty . our happy war , with its triumphant feats ; our lingring treaties , and undoing cheats ; our beggar'd subject , yet indebted prince , are of your loyal hearts clear evidence . whole volumes here each word doth comprehend ; more i could say too , had i time to spend . england's a vine , a sowre and barren one ; her judgments come , god seems to cut her down . had i a stentor's lungs , i 'd stretch them here , to rouze those stupified souls , that fear but what they feel , whose dreams are sweeter to 'um than life or gospel , till their dreams undo ' um . we have undone our selves ; i 'le say no more , for 't is not words that will our paths restore . 't is sport enough for gath and askelon , to see our emulous zeal to carry on their grand designs , and with what art we spin our selves a halter to be hanged in . what! hath their curfue ring'd us all to bed ? shall they that strike us thus , next strike us dead ? good god! what ails us ? are we all run mad ? is there no sober party to be had ? o bring us so far to our selves , as we may once devolve the care and cure on thee ! nay , may a bethlem bring us to our wits , to bethlem let us go to cure these fits. but let it not ( as some would have it ) be the bethlem we were in 'bout forty-three . i am for peace , let false and bloody minds be cyrus-like , rewarded in their kinds ▪ but i 'm condemn'd , it 's like , by good and bad ; my muse is peevish , froward , bold and mad . 't is true , she 's apt to speak her fears , but so as she may timely caution friend and foe . let none be grieved at her sad presages , or think her melancholly spirit rages . when times of laughter come , she 'l laugh with you ; and when you sing , she 'l strike in consort too ▪ but oh ! let not her counsel be her crime , though it may seem to you born out of time . we know who 't was that breath'd on israel's bones , he that can form him children out of stones . he that sav'd peter on the raging seas will save his church too , when and how he please . then be content , let faith and patience be your life , your refuge , and your victorie . the riddle . there was a man , ( l 've heard my grandsire say ) that had two sons that in his bosom lay : the first was bat , a sober loving youth , but through much weakness , very slow of growth ; the other ned a lusty jocund child , but that he prov'd extreamly high and wild these grew together ; ned was father's boy ; who knew it well , and therefore did imploy his wits and interest against his brother to get his birth-right : yea , sware to his mother to be his guardian , and as tender of him as she could be , who did so dearly love him . so 't was agree'd through much ado ; but ned grew proud and high , which great dissentions bred . in short , the house fell into such a flame of strife between the master and the dame , that all the neighbourhood began to ring ; some wept to hear it , other some did sing . among the rest there was one neighbour cross , who 's alway wont to gain by others loss . this cross ( they say ) had an old servant been unto the house these children lived in , but justly long before had been cashier'd for sev'ral urgent causes that appear'd . this villain , seeing these broils thus begun , hopes now to reel the yarn that he had spun ▪ vvorks with both parties , but at such a distance , that neither was the neer for his assistance : how e're it was , at length 't was thus agreed ; ned must away , and so the house be freed . then cross with bat and 's mother would collogue ; but they defie him for an arrant rogue . some say , had it not been for such as he , these sparks had never fir'd the family . few of his neighbours have a good word for him ; no more but ned swears that he doth abhor him ▪ thus scann'd on all hands , he must hide his face , and act his part by those that are in place ; and so he did , until the house did grow too hot for father , ned , and mother too . thus bat is left alone , shakes every limb , for fear of what was now attending him . by secret packets then he did implore his father's powerful presence , to restore his dving hopes : the father mounts his steed , his wings are impt with pity , joy , and shee l . but with the father home comes busling ned , calls all his own , his mother being dead . ( though bat were promis'd , ned should never more presume to set his foot within the door . ) bat over-joy'd to see his father come , rings out the bells to bid him welcome home . ned makes some offers to capitulate ; being forc'd thereto , but after some debate , the bus'ness comes to this , poor bat must be what ned will have him , nay , for ought i see he 'd rather that he might not be at all , poor love , you 'l say , and but this brother all . the father being griev'd to see this strife between his children , looks him out a wife to rule the stubborn lads ; the mother law takes bat in hand , and swears she 'l whip him raw . the bed's prepar'd , where both these boy 's must lye , to lull them into uniformity . ned leaps in first , and with him spot his cur , he puts off ne're a rag , cloak , boots , nor spur. poor bat would fain lye down too by his brother : he shuts in one foot now , and then the other ; intreats for room , but ned begins to thunder , that if he would lye there , he must lye under . hard terms , you 'l say , but melancholly bat ( had that been all ) would scarce have stuck at that , but through disorders and excess in drink , ( which was his life ) his very skin did stink ; his clothes were all with mire and vomit drest , that bat crys out , sure ned ! th' hast foul'd thy nest. is this the fashion thou intend'st to lye ? thy dog may like it well , but so can't i. but weeps , and bids good night , and looks about for some dark corner , where to cry it out . but ned 's offended thus to hear him roar , and bid's his mother turn him out at door . now bat must wander ; yet i 've heard him say , that while he lives he 'l do no worse than pray for father , mother , and for ned , all three , and for the rest of his dear family . where 's cross this while ? has he been idle ? no : he hands his fails as every wind doth blow . when ned was come , thought he , there 's none that can be so well spar ▪ d , to be his gentleman as i ; by this , and one trick more , i know i shall be chosen for his bed fellow ; then art shall fail me , if it be not sed , in few days more , cross is as good as ned. and to this end , he first accuses bat of frenzv , murder , theft , and who knows what ! which ned lik'd well ; on whose report it was ( some say ) that bat's ejectment came to pass . howe're it was , it seems that ned and cross were well enough agreed , though 't were too gross to hold an open correspondencie which might to their designes destructive be . these tragedies premis'd , cross thinks he may begin to scrape , and make some fresh essay to prove his loyalty ; but some cry out , nay , he 's a thief ; others reply , no doubt but we may trust him now ; he has been try'd , 't is bat ' s the greater thief , cross is be-ly'd . but most affirm , that bat's the honest man ; and cross's cringing is but to trepan . these were shrewd rubs , at last , in the smooth run of cross's hopes ; but what is thus begun can't linger now , for when the ulcer's gone unto a rotten suppuration , it struggles hard for vent , and so did this , resolving to attempt it , hit or miss . first , he engag'd th' unhappy family in an unlucky brawl , with two or three of their malignant neighbours ; some say 't was the ghost of an old grudg reviv'd , a mass of scurrilous reproaches , and such things as soon produc'd these bloody quarrellings ; but that which did these furious feuds advance ( most say ) was claim to an inheritance . however 't were , cross serves his interests here ; nay , boasts it too , that he had brew'd the beer wherewith he hop ▪ d shortly to entertain such other friends as once came out of spain . most of the family were griev'd to see this cursed villain 's pride and treachery ▪ it were too sad and tedious to tell all those defeats and mischiefs that befell this poor divided house , how mogonde swagger'd . and sharkt and robb'd , till both were almost beggar'd ; the stables plunder'd , and the garners fir'd by such accomplices as cross had hir'd . and is 't not strange , that such a rogue as he should thus bewitch so brave a family ! well! ned may know , if ever he be wise , what clouds they are that thus be-night his eyes . the bill of request . there is a woman ( sir ) and she a friend that lyes in travell , and is like to end her own life and her babes at once ; her case is often spread before the throne of grace ; her midwives also have almost undone her , and left her worse than when they first began her ▪ 't will cost her bitter throws ( poor heart ) i doubt , if ever she have strength to weather't out . your prayers are desir'd for such an one , that you would mind her case before the throne . pray give this bill to one that is devout among the priests , if you can find him out . romanzi . 't was when the heaven 's winged charioteer was swiftly racing in his high carier through cancer's hot ascendent , whose fierce beams exhal'd from parched earth those sweating steams which left her surface , ( like a niobe bak't to a crust ) curst with an atrophie . and when , besides the torrid influence of aestive rays , the dire malevolence of three coelestial heroes did conspire in their trine-aspect , to incense the fire . that i descending from the lofty brow of a steep hill , where just beneath did grow a shady grove , which the fair dryades had lately chosen for their chap'l of ease ; and fast by , neptune comb'd his powder'd locks in the course teeth of sharp and craggy rocks . i heard ( methought ) the sighs of deep despair from off the grove , refract the gentle air . at these strange eccho's being mov'd , i stood amuz'd a while , at length drew to the wood ; where the first words that met my ear , were these , after a sigh : ay! they do what they please ! would ever men , that were not worse than mad , ( yea , mauger all those cautions we have had ) have done as we have done ? but 't is too late , now that the steed is gone , to shut the gate . to whom reply'd another , with an oath , nay now , no doubt , but we shall thrive forsooth ▪ our en'mies we have thrice quite overthrown , and forc't their mourning widows to atone our grace and favour ; men could ne're have done more bravely , and have won what we have won . old noll the tyrant would have gnasht to see the rich successes of his enemy in his old field , recounting what it cost him , yo do what we have done ; yea , what it lost him in not improving what his tyrannie had gain'd , when he had brought them on the knee . but what ! we could not chuse but prosper thus , while god and man did so encourage us . indeed the oracle spake plain , methought , but that we deem'd it as a thing of nought , an accident in london ' s first oblation , whose gifts and whose devotions acceptation was witnessed by fire ; i think she may expound the omen now without a key . provisions we had store , but wisely cookt ; great wages too , but that t is most on 't bookt . such care our commissaries had , it 's sed our very powder-casks were ballasted . in short , most honestly 't was rigg'd and man'd , like to go through what e're we took in hand . well , well , marinus ! said the other , you can jest it out , as you are wont to do . iest ! said marinus , could i get my pay , it were a jest indeed , the merriest day that i , or my poor wife and babes have seen since the first hour that we divorc't have been . i would redeem their pledg , and set them free from thy contentious , parish-charitie . the other griev'd to hear this well known story , breaks this discourse : where 's then , says he , the glory of your great victories ? the glory , said marinus ; nay , you may see , when those that undermine us have done their shuffle and begin to cut , into whose hands the master-trumps are shut . there 's nothing vext me more than this , that we must thus adventure life and liberty to take a prize , which then must be conducted by us their convoys , as they were instructed . — take you monsieurs ! must our vict'ry make courtiers of you , and us slaves for your sake ? is this the way to raise our countrey credit ? and to eternalize his fame that did it ! hold ! said the other , now you seem to rage ; passion can hardly keep due equipage . passion ! quoth he , i take him for an ass , or for an angel , that in such a case can rule his passions ; but i 'le say no more , sith i can't say but what was known before . the other whom by his discourse i take to be a country-man , reply did make : it is observ'd , said he , though but by few , we never thriv'd since that black bartholomew ; then pluckt we out our eyes , and thought to see by a canonical ophthalmistry . but now we 'r into ditch , who ever't were that led us thus : but hark methink i hear the pixie laugh ; but we shall cry ( i doubt , or something worse ) before we scramble out . ho! said marinus , if it be but so , turn something in and out , and that will do . turn something in and out ! said th' other , ay , were that but done , we might hit out the way . but how shall this be done ? be done ? said he , why ! 't is half done already ! out there be coats turn'd enough ; might they again turn in body and sleeve , our hopes might here begin . what hath this beetle brow'd suspicion spy'd in them or theirs , it 's still so evil ey'd ? since that most black and dreadful day of bats , that pip't our fathers off to bring these rats ? that 's not the business , said the country-man , there 's still a jealous head , though nothing can be prov'd ; i doubt , from that kind principle , on which cain on his righteous brother fell : they must be lords , and rule like kings ; but not by canon law , but by their cannon-shot . but what ! let these alone , a few years more may this mad priesthood to their wits restore . but there 's a cloud which hath been gathering about these six years ; if it chance to wring it self upon our shores , our case may be the parallel of a sad germanie . besides those home-bred vipers which we hug in our own breasts , where they have drawn the dug so dry , that now they draw our very blood : and here 's the curse ; it is not understood . not that we do bethink our sov'raign lord the utmost that our lands or lives afford . but when our plough-shares must perverted be into stilletoes for an enemie : this makes me fret , and wish my limber goad ( in a just call ) might do as shamgar's did . our senators ( they say ) are in a maze ; they stare on us , and we on them do gaze . but 't is no wonder ; 't was once so with saul ; we fight with god , and therefore needs must fall . our foes are greedy , early , strong and wise , they 're on their way , e're we can find our eyes . our eyes are lockt up in a pix ( they say ) where 't will be hard to get without the key . lord help us ! sir our story 's like to be our poor posterities dismal tragedy ▪ thus we sit here , and in complaining spend our wretched hours and thoughts , and to what end ? the eccho . thine house is foul ; lord , wilt thou sweep ? we weep ; lord sweep ; but with what broom ? fast then , and throw the shrub away . the postscript . reader ! 't is now almost six years twice told my muse conceiv'd ; so that this brat's born old ▪ yet even then it had nativity ; but ever since hath mist epiphany ; i took it for still born , and buried it , as smother'd by an epileptick fit . but since that time , it seems its ghost hath walkt ; and with some friends familiarly talkt . i do not know whereof it might complain ; but this they say , they 'l dig it up again in hopes to make the bones and dust to speak , which so long lay in silence , and to break the nap of this poor dormouse . i confess it 's not grown out of season , more or less ; much of what then did look like prophesie , late actions have turn'd into history . so that to read aright , thou must begin eleven years back , and think how things were then . yet some things here thou'lt find , which i have reason enough to think will ne're be out of season . and once more may i speak but what i think , you 'l find the bitterest cup is yet to drink . the ball is up , by that the game is out , those that survive will wish for death , i doubt : when that curst fox that 's now unkennel'd shall turn head against the chase ▪ we stand or fall . ah me ! methinks i see the bloody field ; but here 's my comfort ; heaven is my shield . i smell the battel , and you 'l shortly see how you are juggl'd to your destinie . when god shall heal the sickness of this nation , and purge her blood by an evacuation , yea , when our veins shall weep their fountains dry , and shed those crimson tears , which from the eye might have been better spar'd ; then shall we know with what a god england hath had to do . finis . notes, typically marginal, from the original text notes for div a -e ☞ ☜ ☞ ☜ eccho . weep . rome . ay. iter boreale attempting somthing upon the successful and matchless march of the lord generall george monck, from scotland, to london, the last winter, &c. veni, vidi, vici. by a rural pen. wild, robert, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing w c). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w c estc r this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) iter boreale attempting somthing upon the successful and matchless march of the lord generall george monck, from scotland, to london, the last winter, &c. veni, vidi, vici. by a rural pen. wild, robert, - . , - p. printed on st george's day, for george thomason, at the rose and crown in st pauls church-yard, london : . a rural pen = robert wild. in verse. text and register are continuous despite pagination. reproduction of original in the university of illinois (urbana-champaign campus). library. eng albemarle, george monck, -- duke of, - -- poetry -- early works to . great britain -- politics and government -- - -- poetry -- early works to . a r (wing w c). civilwar no iter boreale. attempting somthing upon the successful and matchless march of the lord generall george monck, from scotland, to london, the l wild, robert b the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the b category of texts with fewer than defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - daniel haig sampled and proofread - daniel haig text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion iter boreale . attempting somthing upon the successful and matchless march of the lord generall george monck , from scotland , to london , the last winter , &c. veni , vidi , vici . by a rural pen . london , printed on st george's day , for george thomason , at the rose and crown in st pauls church-yard . iter boreale . attempting somthing upon the successful and matchless march of the lord generall george monck , from scotland to london , the last winter . i. the day is broak ! melpomene be gone ; hag of my fancy , let me now alone : night-mare my soul no more ; go take thy flight ; where traytors ghosts keep an eternal night ; flee to mount caucasus , and bear thy part with the black fowl that tears prometheus heart for his bold sacriledge : go fetch the groans of defunct tyrants , with them croke thy tones ; go see alecto with her flaming whip , how she firks nol , and makes old bradshaw skip : go make thy self away . — thou shalt no more choak up my standish with the blood and gore of english tragedies : i now will chuse the merriest of the nine to be my muse , and ( come what will ) i 'll scribble once again : the brutish sword hath cut the nobler vein of racy poetry . our small drink times must be contented , and take up with rhymes . thy're sorry toys from a poor levites pack , whose living and assessments drink no sack . the subject will excuse the verse ( i trow ) the ven'son's fat although the crust be dow , ii. i he who whilcom sat and sung in cage my kings & countries ruines , by the rage of a rebellious rout : who weeping saw , three goodly kingdoms ( drunk with fury ) draw and sheath their swords ( like three enraged brothers ) in one anothers sides , ripping their mothers belly , and tearing out her bleeding heart ; then jealous that their father fain would part their bloody fray , and let them fight no more , fell foul on him , and slew him at his dore . i that have only dar'd to whisper verses , and drop a tear ( by stealth ) on loyall herses , i that enraged at the times and rump , had gnaw'd my goose-quill to the very stump , and flung that in the fire , no more to write but to set down poor britains heraclyte ; now sing the tryumphs of the men of war , the glorious rayes of the bright northern star , created for the nonce by heaven , to bring the wisemen of three nations to their king : monck ! the great monck ! that syllable out-shines plantagenet's bright name or constantin's . 't was at his rising that our day begun , be he the morning star to charles our sun : he took rebellion rampant , by the throat , and made the canting quaker change his note his hand it was that wrot ( we saw no more ) exit tyrannus over lambert's dore : like to some subtile lightning , so his words dissolved in their scabbards rebels swords : he with success the soveraign skill hath found , to dress the weapon , and so heal the wound . george , and his boyes ( as spirits do , they say ) only by walking scare our foes away . iii. old holofernes was no sooner laid , before the idols funeral pomp was paid , ( nor shall a penny ere be paid for me ; let fools that trusted , his true mourners be . ) richard the fourth , just peeping out of squire , no fault so much as , th' old one was his sire ; for men believ'd — though all went in his name , he 'd be but tennant , till the landlord came : when on a sudden ( all amaz'd ) we found the seven years babel tumbled to the ground ; and he , poor heart , ( thanks to his cunning kin ) was soon in querpo honest dick agen . exit protector . — what comes next ? i trow ▪ let the state-hunsmen beat again . — so-ho cries lambert , master of the hounds , — here sits that lusty puss , the good old cause , — whose wits shew'd oliver such sport ; that , that ( cries vane ) let 's put her up , and run her once again : she 'l lead our doggs and followers up and down , whilst we match families , and take the crown . enter th'old members ; 't was the month of may these maggots in the rump began to play . wallingford anglers ( though they stunk ) yet thought , they would make baits , by which fish might be caught ; and so it prov'd ; they soon by taxes made more money then the holland fishing trade . iiii. now broke in aegypts plagues ( all in a day ) and one more worse then theirs ; — we must not pray to be deliver'd : — their scabb'd folks were free to scratch where it did itch ; — so might not we . that meteor cromwell , though he scar'd , gave light ; but wewere now cover'd with horrid night : our magistracy was ( like moses rod ) turn'd to a serpent by the angry god . poor citizens , when trading would not do , made brick without straw , & were basted too : struck with the botch of taxes and excise ; servants ( our very dust ) were turn'd to lice ; it was but turning souldiers , and they need not work at all , but on their masters feed . strang catterpillers eat our pleasant things ; and frogs croakt in the chambers of our kings . black bloody veins did in the rump prevail , lik the philistims emrods in the tayle . lightning , hail , fire , and thunder aegypt had , and england guns , shot , powder , ( that 's as bad ) and that sea-monster lawson ( if withstood ) threatned to turn our rivers into blood . and ( plague of all these plagues ) all these plagues fell not on an aegypt , but our israel . v. sick ( as her heart can hold ) the nation lies , filling each corner with her hideous cries ; sometime rage ( like a burning fever ) heats , anon dispair brings cold and clammy sweats ; she cannot sleep , or if she doth she dreams of rapes , thefts , burnings , blood , & direfull theames , tosses from side to side , then by and by her feet are laid there where the head did lie : none can come to her but bold empiricks , vvho never meant to cure her , but try tricks : those very doctors who should give her ease , ( god help the patient ) was her worst disease . th' italian mountebank vane tels us sure , jesuites powder will effect the cure : if grief but makes her swell , martin & nevil conclude it is a spice of the kings evil . bleed her again , another cries ; — and scot saith he could cure her , if 't was — you know what : but giddy harrington a whimsey found , to make her head ( like to his brains ) run round . her old and wise phisitians who before had well nigh cur'd her , came again to th' dore . but were kept out — which made her cry the more , help , help , ( dear children ) oh! some pitty take on her who bore you ! help for mercy sake ! oh heart ! oh head ! oh back ! oh bones ! i feel they 've poyson'd me with giving too much steel : oh give me that for which i long and cry ! something that 's soveraign , or else i dye . vi . kind cheshire heard ; and like some son that stood upon the banck , straight jump'd into the flood , flings out his arms , and strikes some strokes to swim , booth ventur'd first , and midleton with him , stout mackworth , egerton , and thousands more , threw themselves in , and left the safer shore ; massey ( that famous diver ) and bold brown forsook his wharfe , — resolving all to drow , or save a sinking kingdom : — but , o sad ! fearing to lose her prey , the sea grew mad , rais'd all her billowes , and resolv'd her waves should quickly be the bold adventurers graves . out marches lambert , like an eastern wind , and with him all the mighty waters joyn'd . the loyal swimmers bore up heads and breasts , scorning to think of life or interests ; they ply'd their arms and thighs , but all in vain ; the furious main beat them to shore again ; at which the floating island ( looking back , spying her loyal lovers gone to wrack ) shriekt lowder then before , — and thus she cries , " can you ye angry heavens , and frowning skies , " thus countenance rebellious mutineers , " vvho if they durst , would be about your ears : " that i should sink , with justice may accord , " vvho let my pilot be thrown over-board ; " yet 't was not i ( ye righteous heavens do know ) " the souldiers in me needs would have it so : " and those who conjur'd up these storms themselves , " and first engag'd me 'mongst these rocks & shelves , " guilty of all my woes , erect this weather , " fearing to come to land , & chusing rather " to sink me with themselves . — o! cease to frown , " in tears ( just heavens ! ) behold ! my self i drown : " let not these proud waves do 't : prevent my fears , " and let them fall together by the ears . vii . heaven heard , & struck th' insulting army mad , drunk with their cheshire tryumps , straight they newlights appear'd ; and new rosolves they take , had a single person once again to make . who shall be he ? oh! lambert , without rub , the fittest divel to be belzebub . he , the fierce friend , cast out o' th' house before , return'd , & threw the house now out of dore : a legion then he rais'd of armed sprights , elves , goblins , fairies , quakers , & new lights , to be his under-divels ; with this rest he soul and body ( church and state ) possest : who though they fill'd all countries , towns , & rooms , yet ( like that fiend that did frequent the tombs ) churches , and sacred ground they haunted most , no chappel was at ease from some such ghost . the priests ordain'd to exorcise those elves , were voted divels , and cast out themselves : bible , or alchoron , all 's one to them , religion serves but for a stratagem : the holy charms these adders did not heed , churches themselves did sanctuary need . viii . the churches patrimony and rich store , alas ! was swallowed many yeares before : bishops and deans we fed upon before , they were the ribs and surloyns of the whore : now let her legs ( the priests ) go to the pot , ( they have the pop's eye in them ) spare them not : we have fat benefices yet to ear , ( bell , and our dragon-army must have meat ) let us devour her limb-meal , great & samll , tythe calves , geese , pigs , the pettitoes & all : a vicaridge in sippets , though it be but small , will serve a squeamish sectary . though universities we cann't endure , ther 's no false latine in their lands ( be sure . ) give oxford to our horse , and let the foot take cambridge for their booty , and fall to 't . christ-church i 'll have ( cries vane ) disbrow swops at trinity ; king 's is for berry's chops ; kelsey , take corpus chrifii ; all-souls , packer ; carve creed , st iohn's ; new colledge , leave to hacker ; fleetwood cries , weeping maudlin shall be mine , her tears i 'll drink insteed of muscadine : the smaller halls and houses scarce are big enough to make one dish for hesilrig ; we must be sure'to stop his mouth , though wide else all our fat will bei'th ' fire ( they cry'd : and when we have done these , we 'l not be quiet lordships , and landlords rents shall be our diet . thus talk'd this jolly crew , but still mine host lambret , resolves that he will rule the rost . xi . but hark ! me thinks i hear old boreas blow , what mean the north winds that they bluster so ? more storms from that black nook ? forbear ! ( bold scot ) let not dunbar and worcester be forgot : what ? would you chasser w' us for one charls more ? the price of kings is fall'n , give the trade o're . and is the price of kings and kingdoms too , of laws , lives , oaths , souls , grown so low with you ? perfidious hypocrites ! monsters of men ! ( cries the good monck ) we 'll raise their price agen . heaven said amen ; and breath'd upon that spark ; that spark ( preserv'd alive i' th' cold and dark ) first kindled and enflam'd the brittish isle , and turn'd it all to bonfires , in a while : he and his fewel was so small , no doubt , proud lambart thought to tread , or piss thē out . but george was wary ; — his cause did require a pillar of a cloud as well as fire : 't was not his safest course to flame , but smoak ; his enemies he will not burn , but choak : smal fires must not blaze out , lest by their light they shew their weakness , and their foes invite : but furnaces the stroutest mettals melt ( and so did he ) by fire not seen but felt : dark-lanthorn language , and his peep-boe play , will-e-wispt lambert's new-lights out o' th' way . george , and his boys , those thousand ( ostrange thing ) of snipes and woodcocks , took by lowbelling . his few scotch-coal kindled with english fire , made lambert's great newcastle heaps expire . x. scotland , ( though poor , and peevish ) was content to keep the peace , and ( o rare ! ) mony lent ; but yet the blessing of their kirk was more ; george had that too ; and with this slender store he & his mirmidons advance — kind heaven prepar'd a frost to make their march more even , easie , and safe ; it may be said that year of th' high-ways , heaven it self was overfeer , and made november ground as hard as may ; white as their innocence , so was their way : the clouds came down in feather-beds , to greet him and his army , and to kiss their feet . the frost and foes both came and went together , both thaw'd away , and vanish'd god knows whither . whole countries crowded in to see this friend , ready to cast their bodies down , to mend his road to westminster ; and still they shout , lay hold of th' rump , and pull the monster out : a new one , or a whole one ( good my lord ) and to this cry the island did accord . the eccho of the irish hollow ground heard england , & her language did rebound . xi . presto — iack lambert , and his sprights are gone to dance a jigg with 's brother oberon : george made him , and his cut-throats of our lives , swallow their swords , as jugiers do their knives . and carter disborough to wish in vain , he now were waggoner to charls his wain . the conquerour is now come into th' south , whose warm air is made hot by every mouth ; breathing his wellcome , and in spight of scot , crying , — the whole child ( sir ) divide it not . the rump begins to stink ; alas ! ( cry they ) w' have rais'd a divil which we cannot lay ; i like him not — his belly is so big , there 's a king in 't , cryes furious hesilrig , let 's brib him ( they cry all ) carve him a share of our stoln venison . — varlet , forbear , in vain you put your lime-twiggs to his hands gorge monck is for the king , not for his lands . when fair meanes would not doe , next foul they try , vote him the city scavenger ( they cry ) send him to scowr their streets — well , let it be , your rumpships wants a scowring too ( thinks he ) that fonl house where your worships many year have laid your tayl , sure wants a scavenger : i smell your fizle , though it make no crack , you 'ld mount me on the cities galled back , in hope she 'l cast her rider : if i must upon some office in the town be thrust , i 'll be their sword-bearer - and to their dagger i 'll joyn my sword : — nay ( goodrump ) do not swagger : the city feasts me , and as sure as gun ) i 'll mend all englands commons e're i 've done . xii . and so he did : one morning next his heart he goes to westminster , and play'd his part , he vampt their boots ( which hewson ne're could do ) with better leather , and made them go upright too . the restor'd members ( cato like no doubt ) did only enter that they might goe out , they did not mean within those vvalls to dwell , nor did they like their company so well : yet heaven so blest them , that in three weeks space they gave both church and state a better face , they gave booth , massey , brown , some kinder lots ; the last years traytors , this years patriots : the churches poor remainder they made good , and wash'd the nations hands of royal blood , and that a parliament ( they did devise ) from its own ashes ( phoenix-like ) might rise ; this done , by act and deed that might not fail , they past a fine , and so cut off th' entail . xiii . let the bells ring these changes now from bow down to the countrey candlesticks below , ringers hands of ; the bells themselves will dance in memory of their own deliverance : had not george shew'd his mettle , and said nay , each sectary had born the bell away : down with them all , they 'r christned ( cry'd that crew ) tye up their clappers , and the parsons too ; turn then to guns , or sell them to the dutch , nay , hold ( quoth george ) my masters , that 's too much ; you will not leap o're steeples thus , i hope , i 'll save the bells , but you may take the rope . thus lay religion panting for her life , like isaac , bound under the bloody knife ; george held the falling weapon , sav'd the lamb : let lambert ( in the briars ) be the ram . so lay the royal virgin ( as 't is told ) when brave st george redeem'd her life , of old . oh that the knaves that have consum'd our land , had but permitted vvood enough to stand to be his bonfires ; — vve'd burn every stem , and leave no more but gallow-trees for them : xiv . march on , great heore ! as thou hast begun , and crown our happiness before th'ast done : vve have another charls to fetch from spain , be thou the george to bring him back again : then shalt thou be ( what was deny'd that knight ) thy princes , and the peoples favourite . there is no danger of the winds at all , unless together by the ears they fall , who shall the honour have to waft a king , and they who gain it , while they work , shal sing . me-thinks i see how those tryumphant gales , proud of the great employment , swel the sails ; the joyfull ship shal dance , the sea shall laugh , and loyal fish their masters health shall quaff ; see how the dolphins croud & thrust their large and scaly shoulders , to assist the barge : the peacefull kingfishers are met togother about the decks , and prophesie calm weather , poor crabs & lobsters are gone down to creep and search for pearls and jewels in the deep ; and when they have the booty — crawl before and leave them for his welcome to the shore . xv . methinks i see how throngs of people stand scarce patient till the vessel come to land , ready to leap in , and if need require with tears of joy to make the waters higher : but what will london do ? i doubt old paul with bowing to his soveraign will fall . the royall lyons from the tower shall roar , and though they see him not , yet shall adore : the conduits will be ravish'd , and combine to turn their very water into wine : and for the citizens , i only pray they may not overjoy'd all dye that day . may we all live more loyal and more true , to give to caesar and to god their due . we 'l make his fathers tomb with tears to swim , and for the son , we 'll shed our blood for him : england her penitential song shall sing and take heed how she quarrels with her king . if for our sins — our prince shall be misled , we 'll bite our nails rather then scratch our head . xvi . one english george out-weighs alone ( by odds ) a whole committee of the heathen gods ; pronounce but monck , and it is all his due ) he is our mercury , mars , and neptune too . monck ( what great xerxes could not ) prov'd the man that with a word shackled the ocean ; he shall command neptune himself to bring his trident , and present it to our king . oh do it then great admiral . — away , let him be here against st george's day ; that charls may weare his dieu et mondroit , and thou the noble garter'd honi soit . and when thy aged corps shall yeild to fate , god save that soul that sav'd our church and state : there thou shalt have a glorious crown , i know , who crown'dst our king and kingdoms here below . but who shall find a pen fit for thy glory ? 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and lay thy damn'd design as low as hell , we 'll find a countermine : wrack thy curst parts ! and when thy utmost skill has prov'd unable to effect thy will ; call thy black emissaries , let 'em go to summon traytors from the shades below , where infant treason dates its monstrous birth ; is nurst with care , and after sent on earth : to some curst monks , or wandring iesuits cell ; where it thrives faster than it did in hell ! call bloody brutus up , lean cassius too ; let faux and catesby both , be of the crew ! — nay , rather than want help , let your bvlls run , and damn the devil , if he do not come ! yet after all your plots , and hatchings , we ( so long as charles and 's senators agree ) will warm our hands at bone-fires , bells shall ring ; and traytor 's knells no longer toll , but sing . we doubt not rome , but maugre all thy skill , the glorious god of our religion will , in spite of all thy art , preserve it still ! and his peculiar care of it to shew , defend in health , it s great defender too ! i' th' interim , do thou new crimes invent , and we 'll contrive as subtil punishment . 't is autumn now with us ; and every tree , instead of fruit , may bend with popery . ` t would be a novel , tho no hated sight , if every bough should bear a iesuite ! we 'll meet your plots with pikes , daggers , with swords ; and stead of long cravats , we 'll lend you cords . each stab in private , we 'll with use return : and whilst one hangs , the other he shall burn ; till tybourn's long-impoverish'd squire appear , gay as the idol , fills the porph'ry chair . yes , mighty charles at thy command we 'll run through seas of rebels blood , to save thy crown . our wives , estates , and children too , shall be but whetstones to our swords , when drawn for thee . we 'll hack , and slash , and shoot , till rome condoles ; and hell it self is cloy'd with traytors souls : 'till godfrey's wronged ghost ( which still does call for shoals of rebels to attend his fall ; ) cries out , dear protestants , no more pursue their guilty blood , my manes have their due ! this , mighty monarch ! at thy beck or nod , shall be effected , as thou wer 't a god ; with so much readiness , thy royal tongue shall hardly speak , c're we revenge the wrong on thy curst enemies ; who whilst they state thy death , shall feel themselves th' intended fate ; and by a quick reverse , be forc'd to try the dire effects of their own treachery . poor scarlet harlot , couldst thou stand in want of a genteel , and generous gallant , whose noble soul to baseness could not yield ; but wou'd ha●e try'd thy int'rest in the field , we had not thus thy policies condemn'd ; but thought thee worthy of a foe , or friend : both which , with equal estimate thou l't find , were always valu'd by an english mind . but thou of late , so treacherous do'st grow , that we should blush , to own thee either now . base , and perfidious too , thou do'st appear ; sland'rest a pope , and spoyl'st an emperor . what! is the eagle from the mitre flown ? is there of caesar nothing left in rome ? must that renowned city , here-to-fore fam'd for her vertues , well as for her pow'r ; instead of consuls , vagabonds employ ? and suborn felons , monarchs to destroy ? bribe men ( thro' want made boldly desperate ) to fire-ball cities , to their grov'ling fate ; whilst hellish-iesuits porters garbs profane ; assist the fire , and bless the growing flame ! must rome's great pope , whose piety should run as an example , thro' all christendom ; whose signal vertues , arguments should be of his admir'd infallability ? does he hire ruffains , iustices to kill ; and send the murd'res pardons at his will ? bids them in hereticks blood their hands embrue ; tells them withal 't is meritorious too ! — if this thy practice be , false rome fare-well ! — go , teach thy doctrine to the damn'd in hell ! where , by black lucifer's destructive pride , thou may'st in part thy future fate decide : whil'st from our city we thy imps remove , to shake their heels in some cold field or grove . since both by ours , and all mens just esteem . they 're fitter to converse with beasts than men. a new song on the hellish popish plot ; sung by belzebub , at a merry-meeting of the devils . i. come brother devils , with full bowls let us refresh our thirsty souls . if there be joy in heaven when men repent ; why should not we as merry be , when thousands to our regions are sent . ii. and first let 's give unto christ's vicar the supremacy o' th' liquor . we 'l drink his health , and may his kingdoms grow ; the farther he extends his see , the larger our dominions are below . iii. of heaven and hell popes have the keys , and damn or save whom e'r they please : 't is sign they are our friends , if this be true ; they send to th' skies their enemie , and let in here only their popish crue . iv. next to our friends the priests of mass , a bumper round about shall pass . as many proselyte● to hell they win , as we trepan in tempting man. by helping to indulgencies for sin . v. before the day of doom , 't is said , we devils must be bound and laid : but if the popish-priests on earth may dwell , from tempting wee may well be free ; they 'l do more harm than all the arts of hell. vi. yet after death these saints are made , and divine honour to them 's paid : to them for help the common people cry , oramus vos , servate nos , whilst in these flames they here tormented lye . vii . but since the name of saints they gain , who for their church have felt the pain of transitory earthly fires ; then sure much more that name the priests may claim , who for their church eternal flames endure . viii . oft have i try'd the british-land to re-inslave to romes command if in that lesser world i had my hopes i 'd sing old rose , and fuddle my nose ; the universe should quickly be the popes ix . early and late what pains i take for th' catholick religion 's sake , did they but know , me too they 'd canonize : my cloven-foot and horns they 'd put among those reliques that they highest prize . x. first to conspire , guy faux i mov'd though fatal to himself it prov'd . after that upwards to the firmament it could not rent the parliament , him downwards to this place the powder sent . xi . and at this time to kill the king , and popery again to bring , many i 've tempted ; if i' th' first they fail , a counterplot still they have got , i hope their next attempt may yet prevail xii . the french are ready to send o're their armies to the brittish-shore . to set fresh forces on the english ground i have again perswaded spain , although in eighty-eight their strength it found . xiii . the english papists too i 'le arm , and they shall rise at the allarm : one blow these forces shall together joyn , if charles they kill , i have my will , against the protestants they shall combine . xiv . how do i long to see that day , when bibles shall be took away , and popish legends in their places laid ; when the beads motion shall be devotion and in an unknown tongue prayers shall be said . xv. with joy i think upon the time , when whoring shall be thought no crime ; when monks and fryers ev'ry place shall store . when marriage all a sin shall call , and images for god they shall adore . xvi . but by their own accomplices i hear that all detected is . th' impeached traitors into goal are thrown , their arms are found hid under ground , and all their letters to the king are known . xvii . th' unwelcom news by staley came , who hansel'd tyburn for the same . with his own hand , had he been longer lived in open day the king to slay , raviliae-like , he says he had contrived . xviii . o that these puny rogues i 'd got . that did relent and spoil the plot : if it were possible , more cruelty i would invent them to torment , than e're was exercis'd on godfery . xix . but since we can't come at these men ; let 's swinge the rest for trusting them . each of you take his tort'ring instrument ; with hangmans noose when life they lose , on the conspirators our spleen wee 'l vent . xx. in the mean while 't is best i think , to make an end of all our drink : that when they 're come , and in the height of pain their teeth they gnash , and throats would wash , nothing to cool their tongues may here remain . on the burning of several cart-loads of popish books , at the royal exchange . welcome blest day , that happily didst save our church and nation from a threatned grave : a day ! must never marks of hononr want , whilst there survives one grateful protestant ; but in our callender shall stand inrol'd through every age , with characters of gold. as once proud haman , with a curs'd decree , had sign'd god's peoples general destinie , so cruel factors now of hell and rome , resovl'd on england's universal doom : but heaven's bright eye revea'ld the hellish plot , which had it prosper'd boldly might have shot at the celestial throne , put out the sun , and made the world back to its chaos run , though deep as hell they laid the black designe , fate blasts their projects with a countermine : and then the desperate vndertakers be like haman , sentenc'd to the fatal tree : thus pharaoh perish'd , israel scap'd free . and shall such mercies ever be forgot ? no , no — were we so thankless , they would not permit it ; whose new treasons still we see revive their old ones to our memorie . the cockatrice on the same eggs doth brood ; rebellion's venom is their natural food . rome's founder by a wolf , ( 't is said ) was nurs'd , and with his brother's blood her walls at first he cemented : whence ever since we finde her off-spring of a ravenous , bloody kinde . long since with temporal arms and flags unfurl●d she tyranny o're conquer'd nations hurl'd and now with spiritual thraldom grasps the world . sooner the aethiop may blanch his skin , and devils cease from tempting men to sin ; sooner shall darkness dwell in the suns beams and tybur mix with our thames purer streams , than the slie iesuit his old arts will leave , or cursed nets of treasoncease to weave . but now behold ! methinks a gallant sight . doctrines of darkness yonder brought to light : boone-fires in earnest ! where rome's pamphlets fry , and popish authors pass their purgat'ry . unto the fire their books most justly came , which first were wrote to set us in a flame . as in the air the burning papers flew , we might in emblem that religion view , which makes a while a glorious glittering blaze , and with gay pomp inviteth fools to gaze ; pretends directly towards heaven to fly on whings of flaming love and charity : but waite a while , approach a little nigher its glory fades , grows faint , and does expire . what at first view appear'd so warm and bright , like painted fires , yields niether heat , nor light , but grose and earthly down it comes again , and with its blackness , where 't doth touch doth stain . was it for this the monk in his dark cell , with nitrous earth , and brimstone stoln from hell , first compos'd gun-powder , that it might be the future engine of their butchery ? at one sad stroak to massacre a land , and make them fall , whom heaven ordain'd to stand ? or could the bold , but silly traytors hope , great britain e're would truckle to the pope ? erect and lofty still her genius stands , and defies all their heads , and all their hands . nor shall their strength or policy , e're reach our ruine , if our crimes op'e not the breach : still we are safe , till our transgression merits the dreadful reformation from such spirits . they dig in vain , nor need our nation fear dark-lanthorns , whilst god's candlesticks are here . " the purple-whore may lay her mantle by , " until our sins are of a scarlet-dye . lord ! may they never to that bulk proceed , nor fester so within , that we should need italian horse-leeches to make us bleed . may reviv'd london never more become the priests burnt-offering to insulting rome . with guarding mercies still our soveraign tender , and be thou his , as he 's thy faiths defender . the catholick ballad : or an invitation to popery . to the tune of . since pop'ry of late is so much in debate , and great strivings have been to restore it , i cannot forbear openly to declare , that the ballad-makers are for it . we 'l dispute no more then , these heretical men have exposed our books unto laughter , so that many do say , 't will be the best way to sing for the cause hereafter . o the catholick cause ! now assist me my muse , how earnestly do i desire thee ! neither will i pray to st. bridget to day , but only to thee to inspire me . whence should purity come , but from catholick rome ? i wonder much at your folly ? for saint peter was there , and left an old chair , enough to make all the world holy . for this sacred old wood is so excellent good , if our doctors may be believed , that whoever sits there needs never more fear the danger of being deceived . if the devil himself should ( god bless us ) get up though his nature we know to be evil , yet whilst he sat there , as divers will swear , he would be an infallible devil . now who sits in this seat , but our father the pope ? which is a plain demonstration , as clear as noon-day , we are in the right way , and all others are doom'd to damnation . if this will not suffice , yet to open your eyes , which are blinded with bad education ; we have arguments plenty , and miracles twenty , enow to convince a whole nation . if you give but good heed , you shall see the host bleed , aud if any thing can perswade ye , an image shall speak , or at least it shall squeak in the honour of our lady . you shall see without doubt the devil cast out , as of old by erra pater ; he shall skip about and tear like a dancing bear , when he feels the holy water . if yet doubtful you are , we have relicks most rare , we can shew you the sacred manger ; several loads of the cross as good as ere was to preserve your souls from danger . should i tell you of all , it would move a stone-wall , but i spare you a little for pity , that each one may prepare , and rub up his ear , for the second part of my ditty . now listen again to those things that remain , they are matters of weight , i assure you , and the first thing i say , throw your bibles away , 't is impossible else for to cure you . o that pestilent book ! never on it more look , i wish i could sing it out louder : it has done men more harm , i dare boldly affirm than th' invention of guns & powder . as for matters of faith , believe what the church saith , but for scripture , leave that to the learned ; for these are edge-tools , & you laymen are fools , if you touch them you are sure to be harmed . but pray what is it for , that you make all this stir ? you must read , you must hear , and be learned : if you 'l be on our part , we will teach you an art , that you need not be so much concerned . be the churches good son , and your work is half done , after that you may do your own pleasure : if your beads you can tell , and say ave mary well , never doubt of the heavenly treasure . for the pope keeps the keys , and can do what he please , and without all peradventure , if you cannot at the fore , yet at the back-door of indulgence you may enter . but first by the way , you must make a short stay at a place called purgatory , which the learned us tell , in the buildings of hell , is about the middlemost story . 't is a monstrous hot place , and a mark of disgrace , in the torment on 't long to endure : none are kept there but fools & poor pitiful souls , who can no ready money procure . for a handsom round sum you may quickly be gon , for the church has wisely ordaind , that they who build crosses and pay well for masses , should not there be too long detaind . so that 's a plain case , as the nose on ones face , we are in the surest condition , and none but poor fools and some niggardly owls , need fall into utter perdition . what aileth you then , o ye great and rich men , that you will not hearken to reason , since as long as y' have pence , y' need scruple no offence , be it murther , adultery , treason . and ye sweet-natur'd women , who hold all things common , my addresses to you are most hearty , and to give you your due , you are to us most true , and we hope we shall gain the whole party . if you happen to fall , your penance is small , and although you cannot forgo it , we have for you a cure , if of this you be sure to confess before you go to it . there is one reason yet , which i cannot omit , to those who affect the french nation , hereby we advance the religion of france , the religion that 's only in fashion . if these rea●ons prevail , ( as how can they fail ? ) to have popery entertain'd , you cannot conceive , and will hardly believe , what benefits hence may be gain'd . for the pope shall us bless ( that 's no small happiness ) and again we shall see restored the italian trade , which formerly made this land to be so much adored . o the pictures and rings , the beads & fine things , the good words as sweet as honey , all this and much more shall be brought to our door , for a little dull english-money . then shall justice and love , & whatever can move be restored again to our britain . and learning so common , that every old woman shall say her prayers in latin. then the church shall bear sway , & the state shall obey , which is now lookt upon as a wonder , and the proudest of kings , with all temporal things shall submit and truckle under . and the parliament too , who have tak'n us to do and have handled us with so much terror , may chance on that score ( 't is no time to say more ) they may chance to acknowledge their error . if any man yet shall have so little wit as still to be refractory , i swear by the mass , he is a meer ass , and so there 's an end of a story . a continuation of the catholick ballad inviting to popery ; vpon the best grounds and reasons , that could ever yet be produced . to an excellent tune , called , the powder-plot . from infallible rome , once more i am come , with a budget of catholick ware , shall dazle your eyes , and your fancies surprize , to embrace a religion so rare . oh! the love and good will , of his holiness still , what will he not do for to save ye : if such pains and such art , cannot you convert , 't is pity but old nick should have ye . now our priests are run down , and our iesuits aground and their arguments all prove invalid : see here he hath got , an unheard of new-plot , to proselite you with a ballad . then lay by your jeers , and prick up your ears , whilst i unto you do display , the advantage and worth , the truth and so forth of the roman catholick way . if you did but behold the faith and the gold , of which holy church is possest ; you would never more stray , in the heretical way , but flie to her lap to be blest . the pope is the head , and doth peter succeed , ( pray come away faster and faster ) he succeeds him 't is true , but would you know how , t is only in denying his master . he 's infallible too , what need more ado , and ever hath truth in possession : for though once mob ioan , ascended the throne , the same was no breach of succession . our church and no other , is the reverend mother of christians throughout the whole earth ; though older they be , perhaps far than she , yet they must owe unto her their birth . our faith is so great , so sound and compleat , it scorneth both scripture and reason ; and builds on tradition , sometimes superstition , and oft-times rebellion and treason . our strict purity , is plain to each eye , that catholick countries view ; for there to suppress , the sins of the flesh , sodomy is in use ; and the stews . our zeal has been felt , whereever we dwelt , on all that our doctrine deny : if we have a suspicion , we make inquisition , and straight the poor hereticks fry . in vain they may plead , or their scriptures read , we value them all not a pin : the best argument , that we can invent , is with fire and sword to begin . a most godly way , whatever they say , since it their salvation o●tains , makes them orthodox , with blows and with knocks , and hammers faith into their brains . a god we can make , of a thin wafer-cake , and eat him up when we have done : but a drop of the cup , lay-men must not sup , for the priest guzles that all alone . we have terrible bulls , and pardons for gulls , holy water to scar-crow the devil ; with consecrate swords , take them on our words , they shall make the great turk be civil . we have saints great store , and miracles more , with martyrs a great many from tyburn ; pretty nuns that dwell , mewd up in a cell , as chast as night-walkers of holbourn . we have holy blood , we have holy wood , a ship-load , or some such matter : we have holy bones , and some holy stones , would make an old ladies chops water . we have holy men , seen but now and then , monks , abbots , and capuchin friars , with merits so great , they can buy one a seat in heaven , or else they are liars . then all you that would sure salvation procure , and yet still live as you list ; do but mutter and pray , and say as we say , and your catholicks good as e're p — . we are brisk and free , and always agree , allowing our selves to be jolly ; and the puritan tricks , of dull hereticks . we count but fanatical folly. swearing and whoring , drinking and roaring , all those are but venial transgressions : the murthering of kings , and such petty things , are easily absolv'd in confession . a little short penance , doth wipe away sin , and there 's an end of all trouble ; which having dispatcht , you may fall to 't agen , and safely your wickedness double . bring a good round sum , sins past and to come , shall presently be forgiven ; but this you must know , before you do go , the excize runs high upon heaven . for we have the price , of every vice , assest at a certain rate ; so near at a word , we do them afford , not a penny thereof we can bate . but if you 're content , a while to be pent , and in purgatory purged ; a smaller spell , shall preserve you from hell , and keep you from being scourged . though you have liv'd a devil , in all kind of evil bequeath but a monastery , and angels your soul , without controul , to abraham's bosom shall carry . nor need you to fear , who have bought lands dear that were holy churches before ; we 'l lend them for life , but for your souls health at your death you must them restore . thus popery , you see , will kindly agree , if you will it but embrace . but if you delay , there 's somany i' th way , that you will hardly get a good place . the critical time , is now in the prime , see how holy mother does smile , and spreading her arms , to preserve you from harms , so gladly would you reconcile . to which purpose behold , do but tell out your gold , and all things in readiness be ; for the next year , his holiness ( we hear ) doth intend a jubilee . you that pardons would have , or indulgence crave , to rome , to rome be trudging , and do not contemn , good advice from a friend , nor take his ballad in dudgeon . on rome's pardons , by the e. of r. if rome can pardon sins , as romans hold , and if those pardons can be bought and sold , it were no sin , to adore and worship gold. if they can purchase pardons with a sum , for sins they may commit in time to come , and for sins past ; 't is very well for rome . at this rate , they are happiest that have most , they 'l purchase heaven at their own proper cost : alas , the poor ! all that are so , are lost . whence came this knack , or when did it begin ? what author have they , or who brought it in ? did christ e're keep a custom-house for sin ? some subtile devil , without more ado , did certainly this sly invention brew , to gull'em of their souls and mony too . written by stephen colledge , the day before he dyed . wrongful imprisonment hurts not the innocent . what if i am into a prison cast , by hellish combinations am betray'd , my soul is free , although my body's fast : let them repent that have this evil laid , and of eternal vengeance be afraid ; come racks and gibbets , can my body kill , my god is with me , and i fear no ill. what boots the clamours of the giddy throng ? what antidotes against a poysonous breath ? what fence is there against a lying tongue , sharpen'd by hell , to wound a man to death ? snakes , vipers , adders do lurk underneath : say what you will , or never speak at all , our very prayers ( such wretches ) treason call . but walls and bars , cannot a prison make , the free-born soul enjoyes it's liberty ; these clods of earth it may incaptivate , whilst heavenly minds are conversant on high , ranging the fields of blest eternity : so let this bird sing sweetly in my breast , my conscience clear ; a rush for all the rest . what i have done , i did with good intent , to serve my king , my country , and the laws , against the bloody papists i was bent , cost what it will , i 'le ne're repent my cause : nor do i fear their hell-devouring jawes . a protestant i am , and such i 'le die , maugre all death , and popish cruelty . but what need i these protestations make , actions speak men far better than their words : what e're i suffer for my country's sake , not cause i had a gun , or horse , or sword , or that my heart did treason e're afford : no , 't is not me ( alone ) they do intend , but thousands more , to gain their cursed ends. and sure ( of this ) the world 's so well aware that here it 's needless more for me to say , i must conclude ; no time have i to spare , my winged hours fly too fast away , my work ( repentance ) must i not delay . i 'le add my prayers to god , for englands good , and if he please , will seal them with my blood. o blessed god! destroy this black design of popish consults ; it 's in thee we trust , our eyes are on thee , help , o lord ! in time , thou god of truth , most merciful and just , do thou defend us , or we perish must : save england lord , from popish cruelty , my country bless , thy will be done on me . man's life 's a voyage , through a sea of tears , if he would gain the heaven of his rest , his sighs must fill the sails ( whilst some men steers ) when storms arise , let each man do his best , and cast the anchor of his hopes ( opprest ) till time , or death , shall bring us to that shore , where time nor death , shall never be no more . laus deo : s. c. from my prison in the tower , aug. . . amen . london's fatal fall : being an acrostick , &c. written ( as a second poetical diversion ) the th . of september , . l o ! now confused heaps only stand o n what did bear the glory of the land. n o stately places , no edefices , d o now appear : no , here 's now none of these , o h cruel fates ! can ye be so unkind ? n ot to leave , scarce a mansion behind . l et england then lament , and let her keep a dismal day , let every soul to weep t o wash away those sins , that thus provoke e ternal heavens all-consuming stroke . l et penitential tears quench out the fire y et reigning in our lusts , let that expire . e lse we can have no blessed confiden●e , n or hopes in heavens merciful defence . g race is the best inducement too to move l ove from the god of mercies , god of love. a sighing heart becomes this tragedy , n ero's may laugh at it , so must not we . d on 't soon forget this greatest accident , s ince iulius caesar enter'd into kent . g reatest of men or cities , now ye see l ay subject unto heavens just decree . o let us then be careful to prevent r eligiously , such future punishment . y esterday though not thought of , yet ye see n othing to day but sad extremity : o bdurate hearts might melt to see a flame , w hich made e'en bells themselves to do the same . b arbarians may weep to see a city e steem'd so much , destroy'd , ( ah pitty ! pitty ! ) c onduits not now , but gutters , ran with wine . o ils also did unto the like combine . m ortality ne'er men so fast did mow , a s the consuming flames did housen now . t roy's flames were fatal , what did those begin ? r ape was the cause of that , and that was sin. a nd we have hellen's too too many , that g od knows , our guilt ( i fear ) do aggravate . i ncontinency's ( in our sinful time ) c all'd by fond man , a failing , not a crime ; k nowledge by will is so disfigured , s atan now as a saint is worshipped . t hen this it is , ( we cannot but confess ) o btrudeth judgments on our happiness . r epent then , god will ( if we sinno more ) y ield us more blessings unto those before . a qvadrvple acrostick on london . l-o ! what a chaos this unhappy fal — l , o-nly a dismal sight , and signs of w — o , n-ow metamorphis'd , ovid writeth o — n ▪ d-emocritus had wept too ( doubtless ) ha — d o-nly melpomene's the singer wh — o n-ow each , a stoick look too putteth o — n. l-ends us instead of englands capital — l. o-ffers our opticks objects , things are s — o n-o such , not to , but from , confusio — n. d-estiny rais'd an object then so sa — d. o-rders my muse , and best becomes it to — o. n-othing but clouds appear , the sun is go — n. london anagram , nolo . dolo . the explication . though now i am unwilling , woes attend me , so i grieve by force , let heaven send such detriment no more , for now i find , grief will alone depose the noblest mind , thus this will highest spirits subjugate , they must ( though most unwilling ) yield to fate . london's epitaph . here lies the flower ( as you may understand ) not of a family , but of a land ; a beauteous lady , nations did her court , and all the world unto her did resort : she had a vast estate ( as may appear ) and many sisters , but made none her heir ; no , she ( that they the more might sadly mourn ) has all , consumed with her in her urn . but from those ashes all her sisters crys are , that another phaenix yet may rise ; and all hopes are , heaven yet will send unto'em such another in the end. vpon the fifth of november . hail happy hour , wherein that hellish plot was found , which , had it prosper'd , might have shot at the celestial throne ; at whose dread stroke atlas had reel'd , and both the poles had shoke : and tellus ( sympathizing in the woe ) had felt an ague and a feaver too : hell-gates had been set ope , to make men say , saint peter's vicar hath mistook his key . methinks i see a dismal gloomy cell , the lobby-porch and wicket unto hell , the devil's shop , where great had been his prize , had he prevail'd to make his wares to rise . say , gentle drawer , were they casks of beer ? or was old bacchus tunn'd and firkin'd there ? nay , then the pope's turn'd vintner : friends , behold what mortal liquor 's at the mitre sold ! fire-spewing aetna with good cause may fear that her distemper springs from too much beer : and old enceladus may well confess that all his belching's caus'd by drunkenness . had wretched dives begg'd a drop of this , to allay his heat , the fool had ask'd amiss : his hapless rhet'rick might have done him wrong , 't would have tormented , not have could his tongue . had heber's wife but known this trick of thine , she 'd spar'd her milk , & given the captain wine . strange , sure , had been th' effects ; it would have sped our lawful king , and left the pope instead . right drunkenness indeed , which , for a space , steals man away , and leaves a beast in 's place . 't had caus'd a general intoxication . the stag'ring , nay , the downfal of the nation . oh murth'rous plot ! posterity shall say , his holiness o're-shoots caligula . the pope by this and such designs ( 't is plain ) out - babels nimrod , and out-butchers cain . about this time the brave mounteagle , whose firm love to his religion rather chose to break the roman yoke , than see the reign of deceas'd mary , wheel about again , receiv'd a letter in a dubious sense , it seem'd a piece of stygian eloquence : the characters look'd just like conj'ring spells ; for this bout hell here spoke in parables . the pope's and devil's signets were set to 't , th clo●en mitre and the clo●en foot. but shall our state by an unlook'd-for blow receive a mortal wound , and yet not know the hand that smote her ? shall she sigh and cry , like polyphemus , out is quench'd mine eye ? is england by the angry fates sad doom condemn'd to play at hot-cockles with rome ? no , man of myst'ries , no , we understand thy gibb'rish , though thou art confounded , and have found thy meaning ; heav'n can read thy hand . thus were our senate like to be betraid by a strange egg which peter's cock had laid : for had the servant hatch'd it , the device had prov'd to us a baneful cockatrice . now like proud h●man being stretch'd upon the heightned pegs of vain ambition , above pride's highest ela , how he took poor mordechai's advancement , and could brook hanging , instead of honouring ; that curse which made him set the cart before the horse : just such was faux , his baffled hopes bequeath no comforts now , but thoughts of suddain death . like haman's fate , he only could aspire to be advanced fifty cubits higher . what phoebus said to th' laurel , that sure he said to the gallows , thou shalt be my tree . but didst thou think , thou mitred man of rome , who bellowest threatnings and thy dreadful doom , and like perillus roarest in thy bull curses and blasphemies a nation full , at one sad stroke to massacree a land , and make them fall , whom heaven ordain'd to stand . no , though thy head was fire and thou could turn thy ten branch'd antler to a powder-horn ; still we are safe , till our transgressions merit a reformation from such a spirit as comes from thence : our nation need not fear dark lanterns , whilst god's candlestick is here . the purple whore may lay her mantle by , until our sins are of a scarlet-dye . those horns alone can sound our overthrow , and blow us up , which blew down iericho , christ bless this kingdom from intestine quarrels ; from schism in tubs , and popery in barrels . the devil pursued : or , the right saddle laid upon the right mare . a satyr upon madam celliers standing in the pillory , by a person of quality . alas ! what has this poor animal done , that she stands thus before the rising sun , in all the heats of infamy and disgrace , the sure remarks of a bold brazen-face ? truly for no great hurt , nor for much harm ; only inventing to spill royal blood , to keep it warm ; fire cities , burn houses , and devast nations ; ruine us in all our several stations . but who would think it from the woman fine , a thing whom nature it self hath made divine , that she should act such horrid barbarous things , as to design to stab statesmen , and to murder kings ? but here she still appears for her ill acts , like second storms after thunder-claps . philosophers tell us , the best things corrupted are the worst , and from their own fine species are ever curst . when once we take to ill and vices road , we then paint our selves much like the toad ; since vice not only horrid is from the being of nature , but also from the thing it self , and from its own feature . who makes us look at once , and that several ways , like squinting people , from their false optick rays . this teaches us therefore how a strange a thing is religion , that makes one a vulture , the other a raven , and the other a widgeon ; to be so very false , in the instructing those to commit such horrid acts , and with them close : as what is opened and presented here , by a popish midwife , called madam cellier . go to therefore , all ye papists and men of the red letter , would you but seriously consider of it , yon would do much better than plot such secret villanies against the state , the direful operations of your ungodly hate . on the murther of sir edmondbury godfrey of westminster : an hasty poem . o murder ! murder ! let this shreik fly round , till hills and dales , and rocks and shores rebound ; send it to heav'n and hell ; for both will be astonish'd and concern'd as much as we . first send to endor where of old did dwell an hag , could fates of kings and kingdoms tell ; if that cannot be found , to ekron go , to pluto's oracle and hell below . there serve this hue and cry , for there 't was hatch'd , ( except the priests their gods have over-match'd . ) methinks belzebub , if he be out-done in his grand misteries ; and rome needs none of his black arts , but can out-devil hell , his envy and revenge this plot should tell : and by disclosing in his own defence , not only vindicate his innocence , but hasten their destruction , and prevent . loss of his trade , ( the jesuits intent ) unless he fears them , as indeed he may ; when once in hell , none shall command but they . but if this tragedy be all his own , and roman actors ( taught by him ) have shown how they can play all parts he can devise ; female or male , with or without disguise : and need no cacodoemons prompting art or whisper , but can fill up any part ; fast , pray and weep , swear and forswear , decoy , trapan , kiss , flatter , smile , and so destroy , stab , pistol , poyson kings , un-king , de-throne , blow up or down , save , damn , make all their own . knows not he then , tho' founder of the stage , the laws of theatres in every age. that th' actors , not the author of the play , do challenge the rewards of the first day . make then their names renown'd , and come to hide such children of thy revels and thy pride ; send to their father , and thy eldest son that lucifer of rome , what feats they 've done : that he may make their names be understood , written in kalenders of martyrs blood. but if the fiends below be deaf and dumb , and this conjuring cannot overcome ; they and their imps be damn'd together : i to gods on earth will send my hue and cry. arise just charles , three kingdoms soul and mine , great iames thy grandfather could well divine ; and without spell the bloody riddle spell , writ by like s●●●etaries of rome and hell. and if thy proclamation cannot do , we pray gods spirit may inspire thee too . if thy prophetick vsher did not err , the mass would enter by a massacre . the wounds thy godfrey found were meant for thee , and thou ly'st murder'd in effigie . in gods kings kingdoms cause this knight was slain , let him a noble monument obtain ; erected in your westminsters great hall , that courts of justice may lament his fall : and may ( when any papist cometh near ) his marble statue yield a bloody tear . yet let him not be buried , let him lie , the fairest image to draw justice by . there needs no balm or spices to preserve the corps from stench , his innocence will serve . ye lords and commons joyn your speedy votes , a pack of blood-hounds threaten all your throats . and if their treason be not understood , expect to be dissolv'd in your own blood. o vote that every papist ( high and low ) to martyr'd godfry's corps in person go ; and laying hand upon his wounded brest , by oath and curse his ignorance protest . but oh the atheism of that monstrous crew , whose holy father can all bonds undo : whose breath can put away the heavi'st oath ; who fears no heaven nor hell , but laughs at both therefore a safer vote my muse suggests , for priests and iesuits can swallow tests as hocus pocus doth his rope or knife , and cheats the gaping farmer and his wife . oh vote each sign-post shall a gibbet be , and hang a traytor upon every tree . yet we 'l find wood enough for bone-fire-piles , t' inlighten and inflame our brittish isles upon the approaching fifth november night , and make incendiaries curse the light . november fires septembers may reveal , one burn ( we say ) another burn will heal . lastly , and surely , let this hue and cry reach heaven , where every star looks like an eye to that high court of parliament above , whose laws are mixt with justice and with love ; whither just godfry's souls already come , and hath receiv'd the crown of martyrdom ; where murder'd kings and slaughter'd saints do cry , their blood may never unrevenged lie . ye saints and angels hate that scarlet whore , whose priests and brats before your shrines adore , and in their massacres your aid implore : staining your altars with the precious gore : pour down your vials on their cursed heads , and in eternal flames prepare their beds . and thou judge jesus hang'd and murder'd too , by power of rome and malice of the iew , in godfry's wounds thine own to bleed anew . oh rend thy heavens ! come lord and take thy throne , revenge thy martyrs and thine own . the loyal protestants new litany . from the romish whore with her triple crown , fom the plot she hath hatch'd , and her babes now disown , though they dy'd with a lie in their mouth is well known . libra nos domine . from such as presume to speak ill of queen bess , from a popish midwife in a sanctified dress , adorn'd with a wooden ruff for a crest . libra nos , &c. from iudas the purse-bearers protestant face , from any more of his machiavel race , that henceforth may ever succeed in his place . libra nos , &c. from a doctor that durst prepare such a dose that would take a protestant prince by the nose , ( although it be spoken under the rose . ) libra nos , &c. from a papist that curses the catholick whore , although in his heart he the same do adore , and still his contriving more plots than before . libra nos , &c. from a jesuit drest up in masquerade , that understands his blood-thirsty trade , that can neither by justice or mercy be laid . libra nos , &c. from bum●kin and citt that at random do range ; and for a sham-plot do true honesty change , though come off by the lee , methinks it is strange . libra nos , &c. from such a hard fortune as barely to write but only for bred from morning till night ; that would more than a crack-farts courage affright . libra nos , &c. from those that sedition do dayly invent to render a breach and gross discontent betwixt our great king and loyal parliament . libra nos , &c. from such as do dayly possess us with fears , and yet at the same do prick up their ears , which care not which course our council now steers . libra nos , &c. that the rhomish whore may be stript of her dress , and cast in the pit that is call'd bottomless ; that her plots , loyal subjects no more distress . quesimus te domine . that queen besses enemies run the same fate as lately they did in the last eighty eight , may never one want to peep through a grate . quesimus , &c. that the purse-bearer iudas his protestant face may never resume his former high place , except for to fall in eternal disgrace . quesimus , &c. that the doctor beyond sea in spight of his skill , may never return , but keep close there still ; or else may he die by his own poysonous pill . quesimus , &c. that popish curr in honest disguise , that curses us all before he do rise , may his plots be confounded though never so wise . quesimus , &c. that such whose hands are still dipt in blood , and intend to make second noah's flood , that all such may perish , and all of their brood . quesimus , &c. that such as do render the plot for a fable , and make it the talk of each coffee-house table ; to enter heaven gates may they never be able . quesimus , &c. that such as are forced to write but for bread , may be by the dayly providence fed , much rather than those who will plot till they 're dead . quesimus , &c. that seditious spirits may now be supprest , and that in true earnest , not only in jest , that such may never more feather their nest. quesimus , &c. that those who do dayly possess us with fears , may fall themselves together by th' ears ; and quit us all from that cloud which appears . quesimus te domine . the jesuit ierk'd : a satyr . ascend , alecto , from thy den , and come just as thou look'st in that infernal home , hell , fury , fire , my fancy , for i have more cause than poet e're had yet , to rave : thou art my muse , thy snakes my lawrels are , inspir'd by thee , i 'll rome's intrigues declare : then to thy intermitted task retire , and pay the iesuits their arrears of fire . a iesunt old satan's envoy is , sent to succeed the snake of paradice ; for when the fatal stroke of adam's loss , was healed by the great theanthropos , and that first argument of hellish power , was quite confuted by a saviour : then baffled lucifer no answer had , till he a iesuit his rejoynder made , by whom he hopes compleatly to renew the battel , and once more mankind undo ; plotting his old dominion to make good by false implicit faith , or fire and blood : that catches fools , and these destroy the wise , thus all mankind are equally his prize . " shut your eyes close , believe me , and you 'l see , " th' ignatian crys the way t' eternity : " deny all reason , misbelieve your sense , " church cannot erre , be that your confidence : " pin on your sleeve your faith , and tho' you 'r blind , " take but fast hold , and follow us behind ; " our open eyes the way for both will find . this wine and wafer now are common food , but a few words shall make e'm flesh and blood ; and though they still the self same things appear , yet is christ's very blood and body here : such plain impostures , such bold cheats as these , can surely none but fools or madmen please . the snake of paradice play'd fairer far with adam's wife , and more upon the square ; he call'd an apple , apple , bid her see how fair the fruit , desireable the tree : the iesuit's tricks would ne're have ta'ne with eve , she saw and felt before she did believe : besides he told her that 't would make her wise , but these the gros●est ignorance advise . and thus we lose our selves b' a greater cheat , than what the devil us'd in eve's defeat : thus we our sense and reason lay aside , to take an old ambitious pope for guide . thus we turn stocks and ideots , and then become good cath'licks , ceasing to be men ; as if the only way to save our souls , were to be easie slaves , or senseless fools . to all this fond credulity we 're hurld , by slavish fears about a burning world ; so ( to be sure ) to feel no torment there , first strip our selves of all our senses here ▪ now my alecto , let 's advance and view the frauds that lurk under religious shew ; for though to heaven their fair pretences swell , the root lies deep and dark , as is thy cell : no heathen law-giver , no pagan priest , could e're with such mysterious wiles infest the superstitious multitude , for they are still most apt to fear they know not why ; no cabalist of state could e're trapan with such firm subtilety as rome's divan . and first , lest holy church should chance to float without a last appeal in endless doubt ; you must with dumb obedience still repair unto rome's holy apostolick chair , that , that 's infallible and cannot erre . this bold assumption keeps more in awe , than numa with his feig●'d egeria ; for though it seems at point of faith to aim , 't is to be uncontroulibly supream , get universal def'rence , and create a close dependance on the roman seat : branding on all damnable heresie , that dare oppose the apostolick see , or rome's political divinity . rome's doctrine is a secular device , mere trick of state in rev'rend disguise , th' ambitious spawn of latter centuries . and tho' it proudly boast an ancient line from peter , 't is of basest origine ; a priestly brat , by them ingendred on ignorance , fear , and superstition ; these three compleatly make the triple crown , and still support old rome's imperial throne . how slily do the priests by help of these make men believe , and then do what they please ; how solemnly they dazle vulgar eyes with fine mysteriovs holy vanities : whose ceremonious pomp strikes awful dread in fools that by their eyes and ears are led : but should i here endeavour to declare the num'rous gimcracks of the romish fair , their mystick idols , consecrated bawbles , feign'd miracles , and monstrous holy fables ; how dead saints relicks cure the gout and ptisick , and are like aegypts mummy , us'd for physick ▪ how they can scare the devil with a stench , as young tobias did to get the wench . in telling this i might as tedious be , as the return of their next jubilee ; but these are petty trifles , petty toys , tricks to catch women , gaping fools , and boies ; they have devices of a larger size , traps to ensnare the wary and the wise. and if you chance to boggle at the bait , they curse , and cry damnation be your fate , and then you swallow it at any rate . oh! what a melancholly dismal story they roar in dying ears of purgatory ; that rather than the affrighted wretch will bu●● so long , he 'll all his gold to masses turn . thus ecclesiastick chymists ( you 'd admire ) make real gold by a fictitious fire . next extream unction comes from whence the prie● gets the most good by greasing in the fist ; but of all cheats that necessary are unto salvation , aur●cular confession bears the bell , and seems to me next to infallible supremacy . it wears a holy vail , but underneath is shame and slavery far worse than death : the priest may tyrannize without controul , that knows the guilty secret of the soul. so when the gentle sex confession makes that they have often sinn'd upon their backs , how easily the priest comes in for snacks , and shrieves the pretty pen'tent alamode , no trick like a iure divino fraud . thus are their chiefest doctrines plain device , pimp to their pride , their lust and avarice ? in holy apostolical disguise . in short , the whole mysterious cheat doth lye , in superstition and idolatry , two spurious graffs set in the tree of life , religion , by whose luxurious branches 't is o'regrown to such a monstrous disproportion ; that first the planters would it quite disown . religion like a modest rural maid , no artificial dress , no fucus had , but was in native innocency clad . till in rome's court she ceased to be such , thence sprang her infamy and first debauch ; there laying plain simplicity aside , she grew to lazie wantonness and pride : yet still some modesty confin'd her home , nor rambled she beyond the walls of rome ; till proud of her successful charms , she grew ambitious greatest monarchs to subdue ▪ so by deceitful arts sh' enlarg'd her power , and made them slaves that she had serv'd before ▪ then wisely some the vassalage forsook , others repin'd , as weary of the yoke ; she jealous lest her universal sway should lessen , and her former fa●e decay ; mongst others , did the schoolmens pen employ to vindicate her truth and honesty , ( schoolmen who ransack sciences and arts , to prove with pains that they are fools of parts ) so these her honour justify'd in words , as bully iesuits plot to do with swords ; but both in vain , for 't is concluded on , their mistress is the whore of babylon . shift , shift the scene , alecto , fury , fiend , wake all thy snakes and make this tragick end ; by hellish art raise up in dark cabal , the pope , a iesuit , and cardinal : thy self place in the middle raving wood , with poysons , pistols , daggers , fire and blood. now let this scene start into sudden sight , by gloomy flashes of sulphureous light ; there let his holiness's face appear , full of deep counsel , weighty thought , and care , whilst each of you in awful silence hears the sacred oracle with humble ears . was it for this my ample power was giv'n , for this have i the keys of hell and heaven ? in vain i boast of a supremacy , and call my chair the universal see : a little nest of hereticks cut off from europe's earth , at all my power doth laug● who though they kindly could decline to be a bar to ballance gallick tyranny , yet still oppose my holy monarchy . false agents heartless traytors , have you so often swore by sacramental vow , or to convert this island , or undo ? was your commission scant , did i deny plenipotentiary villany ? have not i null'd divine and humane laws , that without let , you might promote the cau●● heaven's laws , though fix'd by an eternal seal , stoop and are liable to my repeal . moses once broke these tables , often i , not to prevent , but fix idolatry . thus had your large commission no restraint , nor did you apostolick blessing want ; nay more the blackest crimes in you were merit , for which all others endless flames in herit : so treasons , murders , perjuries , became sure monuments of your eternal fame ; so nature's course was chang'd , yet nothing's done t' advance the catholick religion . be gone , slave , fly , delude with crafty words , if they prove vain , use poyson , fire , and swords ; make better work on 't , or i swear by th' mass , and the divinity of holy cross — these chance unlucky words broke all the spell , they vanisht , and alecto sunk to hell. on the murther of sir edmondbury god frey . are these the popes grand tools ? worshipful noddies ! who but blund'ring fools would ever have forgot to burn those letters that reveal'd their plot ? or in an ale-house told that godfrey's dead , three days before he was discovered ; leaving the silly world to call to mind that common logick , they that hide can find ? but see their master pollicy on primrose hill , where their great enemy like saul upon mount gilboa doth lye , fal'n on his sword , as if he himself did kill . but oh , the infelicity ! that blood was fresh , and gusht out of the wound , this so congeal'd that not one spot was found : no , not upon his sword , as if it wou'd tell us 't was guiltless of its masters blood ; some carkasses by bleeding do declare , this by not bleeding , shews the murtherer . but to its broken neck i pray what can our polititians say ? he hang'd , then stab'd himself , for a sure way . or first he stab'd himself , than wrung about his head for madness , that advis'd him to 't ; well primrose , may our godfrey's name on thee ( like hyacinth ) inscribed be : on thee his memory shall flourish still , ( sweet as thy flower , and lasting as thy hill ; ) whilst blushing somerset to her eternal shame , shall this inscription bear : the devil 's an ass , for jesuits on this spot broke both the neck of godfrey , & their plot. a passionate satyr upon a devillish great he-whore that lives yonder at rome . a pox on the pope , with his damn'd bald pate , what a stir hath this toad made here of late ; such a noise and a horrible clamour is here with this whore , a plague of god on her . must the kingdom and state be at a loss , leave their sweet peace to lye under a cross ? must church and church-men be expos'd to scorns , tost up and down by a beast with ten horns ? must christians that know no more but one god , worship ten thousand , or be scourg'd with a rod ? must beads , and a cross , and a relick from ione , make us fall down to prayers right or wrong ? must hobgoblin mass , that 's learn'd of old-nick , complement god for the well and the sick ? must water bless'd by a conjuring monk , scoure away sins from a pockyfi'd punk ? must souls be pray'd out , the devil hath got , at so much per mass , else there they must rot ? must sinners be sav'd by old sinning gulls ? i 'll ne're beg your pardon , those are damn'd bulls . must we , canibal-like , eat up our god , or else must we not in heaven have aboad ? must fire and wood burn all that won't bow , worship s. doll , and the devil knows who ? must ignorance be our guide to glory , then heaven i 'm sure is but an old story . must all men be blind that open their eyes , that priests may do what they please with their wives● must killing of kings , and princes to boot be marks that the pope is sound at the root ? must a conclave of rogues , and jesuit priests , perswade all the world to worship the beast ? must the pope order all by sea and by land , who must turn out , and who is to 〈◊〉 must those be intrusted that swear and receive what e're you impose , that they may deceive ? must iudas be saved that eat of the sop ? no , by the mass , he deserved the rope : must such be employed at sea and at shore , that would subvert all to set up the whore ? must those be good that designed to seem such ? who in parliament time subscrib'd to the church : must we all be undone by a damn'd popish crew , some that is about us , and some we ne're knew ? must the king and his friends see and know this , and yet be advised that nothing's amiss ? must this be the trap , then the devil take it , our hogs we 've brought to a blessed market . vpon the execution of the late viscount stafford . i. shall every jack and every jill , that rides in state up holbourn hill by aid of smithfield rhymes defie the malice of mortality ? and shall lord stafford dye forgot ? he that would needs be such a sot , to dye for love of a damn'd plot ? no , viscount , no ; believe it not . ii. diana's temple , all in flame , advanc'd th' incendiaries name ; ruffians , and bauds , and whores , and theives , in ballad records live new lives : and shall a lord because a traytor , in such an age so given to flatter , want that which others , saints to him , ne're want to fame them , words , and rhime . iii. oh sir ! the papishes , you know have much more gratitude than so ; for this same lord that brake the laws of god and man , to serve their cause , shall live in pravers , and almanacks beyond what ballad-monger makes ; and some years hence , you 'l see , shall work such miracles , would turn a turk . iv. blest is that man that has a box to save the saw-dust in , that sokes his tainted blood , or can besmeare one corner of his muckinder : oh! then , some ages hence they 'l cry lo , stafford's blood , and shed for why ? for nothing but because he sought to kill his prince , and sham the plot. v. now they that dye for crimes like these , the papists send to heaven with case : for they secure 'em safe from hell , which once believ'd , the rest is well . a strange belief , that men should think that were not drunk with worse than drink ; that such rewards as deifying , by treason should begain'd and lying . vi. the man that for religion dyes , has nothing more before his eyes : but he that dyes a criminal , dyes with a load , and none can call religion that which makes him dream , obduracy can hide his shame . vii . the pope may do what he conjectures as to the business of his pictures , the colours ne're can hide the crimes , stories will read to after times . and 't will be found in the hangman's hands , will strangely blur the pope's commands . viii . had he but shewed some christmas gambles , and headless took st. denis rambles : the plot had been a damnable thing , and down had gon the scaffolding ; but 'cause his lordship this forgot , men still believe there is a plot. ix . where was st. dominick asleep ? where did st. frank his kennel keep ? that on a business so emergen , they did not brisly teize the virgin ? to let his lordship play a prank her grace becoming , and his rank ? x. but they that heaven and earth command , you see sometimes they 're at a stand ; for truth to tell ye , should the saints be bound to hear all fools complaints ; their lives would be as void of mirth in heaven , as formerly on earth . xi . now ballad●wise before he 's dead , to tell ye what the sufferer said ; he both defended , and gain-said , held up his hands and cry'd , and pray'd , and swore he ne're was in the plot , no , by his vicountship . god wot . xii . come , come , sir , had it not been better to have dy'd to death common debter ? and that upon your lasting stone , this character had been alone ? here lies a very honest lord , true to his king , true to his word . xiii . but those of your religion , are now a days so damn'd high flown , you think that nothing makes a saint but plot refin'd , and treason quaint ; and heaven accepts no offerings , but ruin'd kingdoms , murdered kings . xiv . now you that knew who were his judges , who found him guilty without grudges , who gave him over to the block , and how he sham'd to save the stroak , if you believe the speech he made ye , le'strange , and p — ton's shame degrade ye . xv. thus us'd all arts that could cajole , you may be sure , his silly soul ; and were those promises perform'd , with which his conscience they had charm'd , who would betray a cursed plot , to be when dead , the lord knows what ? xvi . but if those jolly promises do send thee into little ●ase , as certainly they must undo thee , what ever fools and knaves said to thee ; then phlegeus like in hell condole , and curse them that betray'd thy soul. xvii . now god preserve our noble king , and bless all them that thus did bring unto the block that silly head , that car'd not what it did or said . and all good men may heaven defend , from such a vile untimely end. the lord stafford's ghost , &c. from stygian shade , lo , my pale ghost doth rise , to visit earth , and these sublunar skies ; for some few moments i'm in mercy sent , to bid my fellow-traytors to repent : repent before you taste of horrid fate , your guilt confess , before it be too late . i am not here arriv'd on earth , to tell the hidden secrets that belong to hell : nor am i sent to publish or declare ▪ who are tormenters , whom tormented there . for now i know that it is heavens decree , these things to mortals still shall secrets be ; who have fantastick dreams , and nothing know , of what is done above , or yet below : but i have seen with my immortal eyes , things that with horror do my soul surprize ; too late alas ! too late , i see my sin , with strange chymera's i 've deluded been , by a curs'd brood , who sounded in my ear , dye obstinate , no chains of conscience fear : upon us firmly let your faith be built , we can and do absolve you from your guilt ; and after this , you need no more repent , for you a martyr dye , and innocent . o cursed men ! who on wretches thus intrude , and thus poor souls , eternally delude : whilst they believe what these deluders say , li●e is snatch'd from them , and they drop away ; and falling down , by charon death they 're hurl'd into the mansions of a dismal world , where conscience stands , and stares them in the face , shewing a table of eternal brass : in which in noted characters are wrot their whole lifes crimes , which living they forgot . with conscience these have an eternal strife , and curse the vain delusive dreams of life : with torment now their crimes read o're and o're , and waking , see they did but dream before : too late , and than too late , what plague is worse ? they see their folly , and themselves they curse ; they curse themselves , because they did believe , and doubtly curse those who did them deceive . when to the fatal scaffold i was brought , i said , and did what i was bid , and laught , tho' conscience said , i did not what i ought . stoutly the guilt , as i was bid , deny'd , and for the cause , i rome's great martyr dy'd . i that religion then esteemed good , and gladly would have seal'd it with my blood , because i then no better understood . let not the world to vain delusions flye , i did for treason , not religion , dye . tho' on the scaffold i would not confess , my ghost , alas ! too late can do no less . let all complotters warning take by me , the world we may delude , but god doth see ; tho' what we did should never come to light , it can't be hid from the almighty's sight : give god the glory , and confess your crime , confess your horrid treason while you 've time ; publick confession shews you do repent , and is the best way to grow innocent . i see too late , i have been led astray , and by error , far from truth , was led away ; for that religion never can be good , that would erect it self by humane blood. i pin'd my self upon anothers sleeve , and blindly i did as the church believe ; what my delusive guides did bid me do , that i believ'd was holy , just , and true. with zeal i acted , and hop'd for applause , of men and heaven , in so good a cause : but oh! i sigh , and now my airy ghost , shivers to think what blessings i have lost : the broadway to destruction then i took , and vertues road my blinded zeal mistook . but you my friends , who yet are left behind , now to your selves , and to your souls be kind ; open her eyes , and be no longer blind , pry my sad end , do you your errors find . confess your crimes before it be too late , confess , confess , before you yield to fate : before from life , and from the world you go , before that you descend to shades below , before your souls taste of eternal woe . truth cannot dye , it stronger is than death , remains when mortals have resign'd their breath ; to amazed souls with conscience she appears , to aggravate , and to encrease their fears . confess her while you live , though drawn to sin , repentance with confession doth begin . believe no longer that accursed brood , who on the necks of kings have proudly trod , nor him who thinks himself an earthly god. those hectoring jesuits who so zealous be , who think to rule the world by policy ; who to the gallows seem with joy to come , to be the martyrs , and the raints of rome . when life is fled , and they are gon from hence , in tumbling down are waked into sense ; where all amaz'd , and wondring where they 've bin , they howl , and cry , and wish to dye agin . beware i say , be fool'd no longer here , for rhadamanthus is a judge severe . hark! i am call'd , i must descend below , but let me prophesie before i go : see the bright star● which o're your heads doth shine , i can as well as gadbury divine ; what the bright stream of radient light doth mean , which every night so frequently is seen . hear me , o rome ! though in your cause i dy'd , nigh is the setting of your pomp and pride : that star doth shew , that day is near at hand , that rome no longer shall the world command , and many years it hath not now to stand . by that bright stream , which still points to the east , the everlasting gospel's light 's exprest : which just is breaking forth , and doth bespeak , that its most glorious day 's about to break ; when peace , and truth , and righteousness shall stand , everlasting pillars set in every land , and christ in power alone the world command . then shall the world shine with eternal glory , and perhaps , may then leave pvrgatory . the ghosts of edward fitz harris , and oliver plunket , who were executed at tyburn for high treason , &c. fitz harirs . i groan and languish to relate my countries present case and state , which now lies under pressures great . i have been in my time a thing , that would have done ought 'gainst the king , whereby i popery in might bring . i boggled not shams to devise , whereby to charge upon ( with lies ) the presbyterians plotting guise . tho' they in truth for ought i knew , had naught under design or view but what was loyal , just , and true. in order this sham-plot to vent , i a damn'd libell did invent , 'gainst both the king and government . plunket . tush , fellow martyr , tush i say , you do what misbecomes your way , rome's plottings if you do betray . for what man ever think you , got a pardon for being in the plot , that to the last deny'd it not ? or ever heard you was there one that was o' th roman church a son , but went on as he had begun ? d' ye think you ever sav'd shall be , if you retract not what you say , and holy church don't justifie ? i as a priest pronounce you damn'd , you shall be into hell now cram'd , if you persist in things forenam'd . and there in endless torments lye , whilst all our rogueries i deny , and thereby into heaven fly . fitz. if heaven sir , you think to win , by persevering in known sin , you will i doubt fall into th' gin. for if one crime that unrepented be damnable , how you 've prevented your fate i know not , but contented am , that you should a papist dye , and so by telling many a lye , to heav'n reach , but i , poor i , will make a free and true discov'ry of what i know at large or by of this vile plot which i decry ; ●ost heartily confessing , that 〈◊〉 truly sorry am , for what ●●ve done , t' advance the romish plot. ●or now at last i plainly see ●omes religion's damn'd heresie ●ept up , and carryed on by cursed cruelty . ●or else how comes it pray about , our friends to 'th cause have been so stout toth ' very last , to brave it out ? 〈◊〉 wonder how you durst presume , god's sacred name in mouth t'assume , to justifie your lyes , and rome . and thereby weakly to keep up the credit of your damn'd pope , tho 't cost you hell for 't , and a rope . i do confess i justly dye for serving you and popery , in villanies i blush to say . my judges freely i forgive , being one no way deserv'd to live , no , nor the grace of a reprieve . 't was favour great indeed , i think , for th' king to give me , on the brink of my sad fate , time e're i sink . wherein i reconcil'd might be to the enraged diety , for crimes against his majesty . and might my countries danger tell , and what had surely it befell , ( viz. ) all protestants that therein dwell . oh! that this time allotted me , whereon depends my eternity , may tend to extirpate popery . may i therein do all such things , as may attone the king of kings , which is the thing true comfort brings . and likewise warn poor england yet , in this dark day , e're it be too late , to avoid both french and popish ▪ state. and may it , as one man , oppose it self to ruin by its foes , and strive to save it self from threat and woes . may now my soul lie down in peace , and ne're hereafter may it cease , to praise the god of infinite grace . pl. what long harangues , sir , have you mad● you 've made me by 'em quite afraid , to persevere in what i said . i do confess likewise , that i concern'd was much i' th villany , for which i am condemn'd to die. and that from popish treachery , england was like reduc'd to be . to french and romish tyranny . but this i always took for truth , that what comes out o' th' churches mouth , is oracle from north to south . and when i knew the church had given power to go on with the old leaven , i thought it surely come from heaven . but now i doubt i was mistaken , and fear rome babel will be shaken , if england throughly awaken . i am in truth in doubt , we shall e're long receive a lasting fall , ne're more to vex the world at all . and though i dye o' th' church of rome , yet i believe those things will come upon her , which will be the final doom . fitz. sir , if you do these things believe , your self you wretchedly deceive , if that you quickly don 't receive . the protestants religion 's good , which i almost conform to cou'd , but for my having sought their blood. pl. if then sir , you are not convinced which is the right , pray do not mince it , but leave to time for to evince it . and let us hearttly both joyn , and in our prayers now combine , i' th' words of the ensuing line . both. may god long bless the king , we pray , and all plots 'gainst him still bewray . popish and factious , and let all men lay amen . the answer of coleman's ghost , to h. n's . poetick offering . rise nevil , rise and do not punish me , with the vain sight of your idolatry . you may with equal reason call upon the good saint i●arus or phaeton , who do the sacred name deserve as far , as some who blush in roman kalendar : with like ambition i design'd to know no other triumphs but of things below ; and rather labour'd how there might be given , french crowns , postponing all the crowns of heaven . favour'd in this , because kind heaven declines my high intr●gues , and baffles my designs . none with more covetous zeal pursu'd our cause , or fell a more due sacrifice to laws . in that sad day when strangled life expir'd , and the just flames my bloody limbs requir'd , whilst my hot soul in hasty flight retires , from tyburns only purgatory fires . immortal shapes crowd on in troops to view , my plotting soul and stopt me as i flew , such spirits who incarnate ever mov'd in their by-paths , and never quiet lov'd . the cunning machiavel drew near and fear'd , screek't a● the sight of me and disappeard . shewing how weak all human plots are laid , where hopes and souls have always been betray'd . scylla and marius wondring at our crimes , pityed the near misfortune of our times , sigh'd at those streams of blood which were to run , and curst our tables of proscription . fierce cataline our villany decry'd , to whom the bold cethegus soon reply'd , how new rome imitates and yet exceeds in dire conspiracies our puny deeds ! great caesars ghost with envy lookt on me , that for romes sake i aim'd at more than he , to conquer all the isles of britanny , yet blam'd the cruelties which were to come , from that dictator which now reigns at rome . spiritual dictator ! who more controuls than he , and claps his fetters on our souls ? he told me old romes walls had longer stood , if romulus had spar'd his brothers blood and that romes happiness grew always worse , when it resembled the fierce wolf its nurse . ah , my good friend , how clearly do i find , in this new state the faults of human kind . nothing procures so high a place above , as universal charity and love , infus'd and manag'd by the heavenly dove heav'n is quiet kingdom which we call your injur'd scriptures true original , there no false comments on the text appear , nor must trents swurio●s council dom●●eer . sometime with me , dear nevel , you must grant , the church triumphant to be protestant . if against them on earth romes malice thrives , 't is not romes cause prevails , but their ill lives . so babylon of old vext israel , and wicked men raise enemies from hell. as once on earth i did your good attend , so now for love i am your ghostly friend : let your soul hate all bloody ways and things , to subvert states and laws , to murther kings . or you are sure to equal my disgrace , and without mercy you may name your place . a dialogue between the pope and the turk , concerning the propagation of the catholick faith. pope . hail mighty monarch ! by whose aid i hope i shall subdue , and for the future make afraid the whole heretical crew ; you will both wise and grateful prove while you with me combine , who always have shew'd you my love , and now your good design . tvrk . what mean these ambiguities with which to me you come ? is th' oracle of doubtful lies from delphos gone to rome ? your kindness i ne're understood , whatever you pretend to him , to whom you ne'er did good , how can you be a friend ? pope . ungrateful man ! do you forget how i did once betray the grecian-empire , which as yet your scepter doth obey ? i did the greeks to florence call , and kept them there with me : and you were master made of all , before we could agree . tvrk . this manifests your wickedness and makes your cause yet worse ; i see no reason you to bless , though greece hath cause to curse : you prove your treachery indeed , but not your love to me , you 'd ne're have helpt me in my need , if they 'd submitted t' ee . pope . i think i stood your friend ( good sir ) when iames did aspire : i both did keep him prisoner , and poyson'd him for hire ; then against france 't was i did send for your victorious arms , with promise that i would defend your kingdoms from all harms . tvrk . two hundred thousand florens , when you did my brother's work , you had : the benefactor then was not the pope but turk ; 't is true , me once you did invite your int'rest to advance ; not cause you lov'd me , but for spite against the king of france . pope . though still ingratitude you pay for kindnesses good store , if you 'l be rul'd , i 'le on you lay one obligation more ▪ i 'le raise your empire yet so high , that you shall straitway yield that i pull down , and only i do monarchies rebuild . tvrk . for all your talk , i still do fear that while you make a pother , and with one hand pretend to rear , you pull down with the other : but what is 't now that i must do , my kingdoms to extend ; that i may see at last that you are really my friend ? pope . why first i 'le give you all those lands that 'gainst me do rebel , go take them strait into your hands , i 've curst their kings to hell ; i freely to the king of spain the british islands gave : he wanted strength those isles to gain , which i am sure you have . tvrk . you 're generous sir , and at one word great territories grant , which if men gain not by the sword , they must for ever want : so while you saintship give to some , and frankly heaven bestow , i doubt ( what ere 's decreed at rome ) their portion is below . pope . whether heav'n and hell are in my gift i do not greatly care , ( let learned men those questions sift ) sure earthly kingdoms are ; i can from antient deeds declare what pow'r belongs to me : the greatest kings are what they are by my authority . tvrk . i 've often heard what tricks you use to help you in your needs , sometimes you do the world abuse with forged books and deeds : sometimes you kingdoms give away ( as now you do to me ) hoping that thus obliged , they your vassals still will be . pope . if i your benefactor be , i hope you won't think much , ( when i 've rais'd you to high degree ) to honour me as such : if vniversal monarchy you do receive from me , the vniversal pastor i may be allow'd to be . tvrk . i understand your kindness now , me thus you will advance , if unto you i 'le cringe and bow , and after your pipe dance ; then you 'l unto me be so kind , that you will crack your brain , some place i' th alcoran to find , that shall your pride maintain . this honour more you 'l on me heap . whenever i you meet , that on my knees i strait must creep , to kiss your worships feet . when ere your pride i do oppose , you 'l curse me strait to hell ; my subjects too shall ne're want those shall stir them to rebel . you still unto me plagues will send as you have done to others ▪ from priests i must my self defend , worse than aspiring brothers : where you set foot no prince is free , but strait must be your slave , good sir , pray cease to treat with me ; i other business have . on sir john oldcaste , lord cobham , who suffered ' december . romes old new fraud in cobhoms fate we view ; the hereticks must still be traitors too ; all popish sham-plots are not hatch'd of late long since thir int'rest cnllid in the state ; for god ; and for the king the prelates cry'd but only meant thir own revenge and pride . had the sly meal-tub fadg'd , or irish oathes been jury-proof , old churches hated foes ere now , had been old-castled , hang'd and burn'd ; and loyalst patriots into rebells turn'a . but midwife time at last brings truth to light , for after death each man receives his right . then sleep , brave hero ! till last judgments day raisins to glory thy twice martyr'd clay romes malice , and thy innocence display ignoramus : a song . to the tune law lies a bleeding . [ ] since popish plotters , join'd with bog-trotters , sham plots are made as fast , as pots are form'd by potters , against these furies there no such cure is , as what our law provides , our true and loyal iuries . the action and paction thar breeds our distraction , is secretly contrived by the popish faction . who sham us and flam us , trepan us , and damn us , and then grow enraged when they hear ignoramus . [ ] traytors are rotten , yet not forgotten , nor meal tub devices , which never well did cotten , at evr'y season inventing treason , and shams that none believed that had or sense or reason with fetches and stretches , these notorious wretches would get loyal subjects into their bloody clutches . they sham us , and flam us , &c. [ ] if wicked tories could pack their iuries , that would believe black , white , and all their lying stories then by art stygian whig's prov'd a widgeon , and should be hang'd for plotting against the popes religion . they 'd hear a , and swear a thing that was a meer a gross lie as e'r was told , and find it bella vera . then sham us and flam us , &c. [ ] this ignoramus , for which they blame us , and to the pit of hell , so often curse and damn us , are men by tryal . honest and loyal , and for their king and country ready are to dieall , they show it and vow it , honest men to know it , their loyalty they hold , and never will forgo it . they sham us and flam us , &c. [ ] at the old-baily where men don't dally and traytors oft are try'd , as coleman , whitebread , staley , was late indicted , witnesses cited , a loyal protestant , who spight of rogues was righted , offences commences 'gainst all mens senses , 'cause the honest jury believed not evidences . they sham us and flam us , &c. [ ] for which a villain who for ten shilling to hang a protestant shall be found very willing . now at this season and without reason , shall call the jury traytors , and the law make treason in fashion is passion , curses and damnation , how quiet should we be , were rogues sent to their station ▪ they sham us , and flam us , &c. [ ] 'las what is conscience i th' iesuits own sence . for the church one may lie , and forswear without offence ▪ now what a lurry , keeps barking tory , 'cause he is not able the innocent to whorry ! doth wrangle and brangle , 'cause he cannot intangle , nor bring honest tony to the block or triangle . they sham us and flam us , &c. i 'll tell you what , sir you must go plot , sir , and get better witness e'r wise men go to pot sir , when such abettors , protestant haters would damn their souls to hell to make them wicked traytors ; we mind it and wind it , and are not now blinded , for what we now reject , no honest iury ' le find it , they sham us and flam us , they ram us and dam us , when according to the law , we find ignoramus . a song . [ ] a pox on whigs we 'l now grow wise let 's cry out guard the throne , by that we 'l damn the good old cause , and make the game our own : religion , that shall stoop to us , and so shall liberty , we 'l make their laws as thin as lawn , such tory rogues are we. [ ] when once that preaching whineing crew are crush'd and quite undone , the poor we 'l banish by our laws , and all the rest we 'l burn . then abbey-lands shall be possest by those whose right they be , we 'l cry up laws , but none we 'l use , such tory rogues are we. [ ] the name of protestant we hate , the whigs they know it well , and since we can't it longer hide let 's truth genteely tell . now dam me is good manners grown , and tends to gallantry , we 'l s — the nation out of doors , such cursed rogues are we. [ ] what care we for a parliament , no mony comes from thence , would they but give us coyn enough , we 'l spend the nations pence . these two-penny states-men all shall down , a goodly sight to see , to finish all , we 'l plunder 'um too , such sons of whores are we. [ ] we 'l build more universities , for there lies all our hope , and to th' crape gown we 'l cringe and creep supposing 't were a pope ; ●y what he will we 'l him believe , if true or false it be , ●nd while he prays we 'l drink his health , such tory rogues are we , [ ] what pimping whig shall dare controule , or check the lawful heir , we 'l take the rascal by the pole , and pox of all his hair. then here goes honest iame's health , come drink it on your knee , ●zowns we 'l have none but honest so●ls , such tory rogues are we. [ ] these crafty whigs are subtle knaves to give them all their due , and yet we bauk'd the popish plot , though they had sworn it true . for this you know who we may thank , but mum for that , yet we are bound to pray and praise him for 't , such tory rogues are we. [ ] when all these zealous whigs are down , we 'l drink and fall a roaring , and then set up the tripple crown , 't will saint us all for whoreing . when we have quite inslav'd 'um all , our selves cannot be free , then prithee devil claim thy own , 〈…〉 we 'l chuse their sheriffs and juries too and then pretend 't is law , we 'l bring more irish o're to swear 'gainst those they never saw : we 'l seize their charters then they must come beg 'um on their knee , if this won't do we 'l call the french , such cursed rogues are we. on the death of the plot . alas ! what thing can hope death's hand to 'scape , when mother-plot her self is brought to crape ? the teeming matron at the last is dead ; but of a numerous spawn first brought to bed : the little shamms , abortives , without legs , ( she laid , and hatch'd , as fast as hens do eggs. ) but they no sooner peep'd into the light , than they kick'd up , and bid the world good night . the bantlings dyed always in their cradle , and th' eggs , tho' kept in meal-tubs , still prov'd addle . she liv'd to see her issue go before her ; and some made ( tyburn-saints ) who did adore her . but what is strange , and not to be forgot , the plotters liv'd to see the death of plot : and o — if now he will his credit save , must raise thee up like lazarus from the grave . men , who their sences have , do more than think thee dead , when it is plain thou now do'st stink . well fare thee dead ; for living thou mad'st work , for heathen , iew , for christian , and for turk , for honest men , and knaves , for wise , and fool , and eke for many a witless , scribling tool ; who now sit mute , pick teeth , and scratch the head , now th' idol-mother-plot of plots is dead . but loath these are to believe news so sad , and swear they think that all the world are mad : but blame them not for being so much vext , to lose the uses of a gainful text. these swear she 's in an epileptick fit , and p — will bring her out of it . let them think on , and their dear selves deceive , when i shall see her rise , i will believe , and not before ? in the mean time from me , accept , for her , this slender elegy . i do confess she does deserve the rhimes of all the ready writers of the times : but with wet eyes they do in silence mourn , as if they 'd drown the ashes in her urn. but here she lies whom none alive could paint , old mother plot , the devil and the saint . a popish-protestant , hermophradite , an hidden piece that none could bring to light. a mother , and a monster rare , who had a numerous issue , and without a dad ; a very strange , and an unnatural elf , who hatch'd , brought forth , and then eat up her self ; who 's dead , and stinks , yet whole , and will not was , is not now , yet ne're shall be forgot . an uncouth mystery of a medley fame , a plot , a mother-plot without a name . finis . books printed for iohn how , at the sign of the seven stars , at the south-west corner of the royal exchange , in cornhil . the present state of london . the protestant school-master , being plain and easiy directions for spelling and reading english , and an account of all the plots , treasons , murders and massacres , committed by the papists , on the protestants in most countrys in europe , for near years . catastrophy mundi , or merlin reviv'd , with mr. lilly 's hiroglyphicks . romes follies , or the amorous fryars : a play. 〈…〉 poems on several occasions . written by the e. of r. dr. wild and others of the choicest modern wits . the second part . london , printed for iohn how , at the seven stars at the south-west corner of the royal exchange in cornhill , . dr. wild's poem . in nova fert animus , &c. or , a new song to an old friend from an old poet , upon the hopeful new parliament . we are all tainted with the athenian itch , news , and new things do the whole world bewitch . who would be old , or in old fashions trade ? even an old whore would fain go for a maid : the modest of both sexes , buy new graces , of perriwigs for pates , and paint for faces . some wear new teeth in an old mouth ; and some carve a new nose out of an aged bum. old hesiod's gods immortal youth enjoy : cupid , though blind , yet still goes for a boy ; under one hood hypocrite ianus too , carries two fa●es , one old , th' other new. apollo wears no bea●d , but still looks young ; diana , pallas , 〈◊〉 , all the throng of muses , graces , nymphs , look bri●k ▪ and gay , priding themselves in a perpetual may : whiles doting saturn , pluto , priserpin● , at their own ugly wrinkles rage and grin ; the very furies in their looks do twine . snakes , whose embro●dered skins 〈◊〉 their shine ; and nothing makes great iuno chafe an●●cold , but ioves new misses slighting her as ●●ld . poets , who others can immo●tal 〈◊〉 , when they grow gray , their 〈…〉 ; and seek young temples , where they may , 〈◊〉 green ; no palsie ●and , may wash in hypocrene ; 't was not terse clarret , eggs , and 〈◊〉 , nor gobbets crown'd with gre●k or span●● wine , could make new flames in old ben iohnsons v●ins , but his atto●ps prov'd l●nk and languid strain : his new inn ( so he nam'd his youngest pla● , prov'd a blind ale-house , cry'd down the first day : his own dull epitaph — here lies ben iohnson , ( half drunken too ) he hick●upt — who was once one ▪ ah! this sad once one ! once we trojans were ; oh , better never , if not still we are . rhymes of old men , iliack passions be , when that should downward go , comes up we see , and are like iews-ears in an elder-tree ; when spectacles do once bestride the nose , the poet's gallop turns to stumbling prose . sir , i am old , cold , mould ; and you might hope to see an alderman dance on a rope , a iudge to act a gallant in a play , o● an old ●luralist preach twice a day ▪ of 〈…〉 taylor make a valiant knight , 〈…〉 of a iesuite ; as a● old ●ald-pate ( such as mine you know ) sh●●ld make his hair , or wit and fancy grow ; 〈◊〉 is there need that such a block as i s●ould now be hew'd into a mercury . when winter 's gone , the o●d his foot may spare , and to the nightingales resign the air. such is the beautiful new face of things : by heavens kind influences , and the kings , joy should inspire ; and all in measures move , and every citizen a virgil prove . each protestant turn poet ; and who not should be suspected guilty of the plot if now the day doth dawn , our cocks forbear to clap their wings and crow , you well may swear , it is their want of loyalty , not wit , that makes them sullen , and so silent sit . galli of gallick kind — i 'le say no more , but that their combs are cut , and they are sore ; yet to provoke them , my old cock shall crow , that so his eccho round the town may go . upon the new parliament . my landlord underprop't his house some years , was often warn'd — 't would fall about his ears ; for the main timber , that above , and under , by every bla●t was apt to rend asunder . this year he gently took all down , and then what of the old prov'd sound , did serve agen . may all the new be heart of english oak , and the whole house stand firm from fatal stroke , and nothing in 't , the founder e're provoke . my grandam , when her bees were old and done , burnt the old stock , and a new hive begun ; and in one year she found a greater store of wax and honey than in all before . variety and novelty delights ; old shooes and mouldy bread are gibeonites . when cloaths grow thread bare , & breeds vermin too , to long-lane with them , and put on some new : when wine turns vinegar — all art is vain , the world can never make it wine again . 't is time to wean that child , who bites the breast ; and chase those fowls , that do befowl the nest. when nolls nose found the rump began to smell ; he dock't it , and the nation lik'd it well . cast the old-mark't and greazy cards away , and give 's a new pack , else we will not play ; nothing but pork , and pork , and pork to eat ! good landlord give 's fresh commons for our meat . trent council thirty years lay sows'd in pickle , until it prov'd a stinking conventicle . and now old rome plays over her old tricks , this seventy-nine , shall pay for sixty-six : out of the fire , like new refined gold , how bright new london looks above the old ! all creatures under old corruptions groan , and for a new creation make their moan : the phoenix ( of her self grown weary ) dyes unto succession a burnt-sacrifice : old eagles breed bad hawks , and they worse kites , and they blind buzzards ( as old pliny writes ) , deans , prebends , chaplins think themselves have wrong , when bishops live unmercifully long ; and poor dissenters beg they may ascend into a pulpit from the tables end . and who hath not by good experience found best crops are gained by new-broken ground . and the first feed — oats sifted clean and sound ? but yet old friends , old gold , old king , i prise : old tyburn take them who do otherwise : heaven chase the vulture from our eagles nest , and let no ravens this march-brood molest ; another . break , sacred morn , on our expecting isle , an● make our albion's sullen genius smile ; his brightest glories let the sun display , he rose not with a more important day since charles return'd on his triumphant way : gay as a bridegroom then our eves he drew , and now seems wedded to his realms anew . great senate , hast , to joyn your royal head , best council by the best of monarchs sway'd : methinks our fears already are o're blown , and on our en'mies coast their terrour thrown . darlings of fame , you brittish bards that wrote of old , as warmly as our heroes fought , aid me a bold advent'rer for the fame o' th' british state , and touch me with your flame ; steep my rude quill in your diviner stream , and raise my daring fancy to my theam . give me th' heroick wings — to soar as high as icarus did , i would like icarus die ! now i behold the bright assembly met , and 'bove the rest our sacred monarch set , charm'd with the dazling scene , without a crime , my thoughts reflect on th' infancy of time , and wrap me in idea's most sublime . i think how at the new creation , sate th' eternal monarch in his heaven 's fresh state ; the stars yet wondring at each others fires , and all the sons of glory rankt in quires . hail , awful patriots , peers by birth , and you the commons , for high vertues , noble too ! the first by heav'n , in this assembly plac'd , and by heav'ns voice , the peoples votes , the last . as various streams from distant regions fall , and in the deep their general council call ; conveying thence supplies to their first source , and fail not to maintain their rowling course : our senate thus , from every quarter call'd , and in compleat assembly here install'd , shall deal their influence to each province round , and in our isle no 〈◊〉 spot be found . iustice as plenteous as our thames shall flow , in peace the sailer steer , and peasant plow . from forreign wrongs safe shall our publick be , and private rights from home oppressors free : degrees observ'd , customs and laws obey'd , dues , less through force , than fear of scandal paid . proceed , brave worthies then to your debates ; nor to decree alone our private fates , but to judge kingdoms and dispose of states . from you their rise , or downfall , they assume , expecting from our capitol their doom ▪ you form their peace and war , as you approve they close in leagues , or to fierce battel move . and though the pride of france has swell'd so high a warlike empire's forces to d●fie , to crush th' united lands confed'rate pow'r , and silence the loud belgian lion's roar ; yet let their troops in silent triumph come from vanquisht fields , and steal their trophies home , take care their cannon at iust distance roar , nor with too near a volley rouze our shore ; left our disdaining islanders advance with courage taught long since to conquer france , seizing at once their spoils of many a year , and cheaply win what they oft bought too dear : their late success but juster fear affords , for they are now grown worthy of our swords . howe're 't must be confest , the gallick pow'rs can ne're engage on equal terms with ours . in nature we have th' odds , they dread , we scorn , the english o're the french are conqu'rers born. the terrour still of our third edwards name rebukes their pride , and damps their tow'ring fame ; nor can the tide of many rouling years wash the stain'd fields of cressey and po●ctiers . a pointed horrour strikes their bosoms still , when they survey that famous , fatal hill , where edward with his host spectator stood , and left the prince to make the ●onquest good . the eagle thus from her fledg'd young withdraws , trusts 'em t' engage whole troops of kites and daw● . nor has the black remembrance left their brest , how our fifth harry to their paris prest , whilst france wept blood for their hot dauphins jest , we fore't their cavalry their foot t'ore-run , as tides withstood , bear their own billows down : such was the virtue of our ancestours , and such , on just resentment , shall be ours ; our temper'd valour just pretence requires , as flints are struck , before they shew their fires . vpon the prentices-feast at merchant-taylors-hall . the busie town grew still , and city fops had bid adieu to melancholly shops , had left their lonesome cell● , and did repair to drink , to whore , to feast , or take the air , i knew not which ; but being young i follow'd the shouting croud , and most devoutly hollow'd . at length arrived at a place they call the cockscombs-court or merchant-taylors-hall , where the starv'd prentices kept carnival , i enter'd ; where in most prodigious sort tables were placed al-a-mode at court , i saw a monster as i entered in ( at first i took him for a rowling pin ) 'till bowing with a grave majestick grace drew up his chaps ; and said , sir take your place ; and so i did , for at a loyal dinner there is no difference 'twixt saint and sinner : in one place sat an hungry irish teague , and in another a fly cunning whigg ; in drouzy murmurs eccho'd round the hall the different voices of the festival : at length the young shop beagles enter'd in , and made a most confused hideous din ; they yelp and bawl upon the hunting strain as if they meant to kill the bucks again , till monumental pasty did arise , which stopt their tongues and feasted all their eyes , the sharp set prentices could scarce forbear while dr. crape did say a puny prayer , which he made hast to do ; but kept his eye divinely fixt upon a pudding pye , least some base sneaking rascal should convey the schollars well beloved bit away . he having said , they all did cease from prating , left speaking nonsence , and all fell to eating . one crys god save the king ! rips up a pye , but trayterous steam did put out every eye . and then he damns the cook , and calls him so● to serve a pasty up that was so hot ; another gently tastes , and then he swore in all his life he ne're eat buck before ; another his long silence 'gan to break , but 's mouth was fill'd so full he could not speak ; a fourth ( whom they deem'd to be i' th right ) declar'd 't was better for to eat then fight . at length their hungry paunches being full , with fill'd up glasses , and with empty scull , bending their marrow-bones unto the ground , with hoarse huzza's the loyal health went round . how many converts wine and age do make ? when forc'd the earthly region to forsake , the aged sinners whine in pious tone ; so every drunkard is a loyal drone . i ( who as loyal am , as tite , as true as any of the drunken tory crew ) of all the modern healths ne're drank but this the best , the loyallest , his majesties . but now was forc'd to drink all healths of fame a catalogue , alas ! too hard to name ; for which base fact , i 'm markt a fallen star in every presbiterian callender ; but if they call me sot and fool , and say i was a rogue ; it was but for a day ; i drank a papist health , and since 't was so i had a mental reservation too ; i in deceit to some a fool did show , tories to all are naturally so ; free from the peoples censure and disdain i 've cast my tories skin , and now am whigg again . a rejoynder to the whiggish poem upon the tory-prentices-feast at marchant-taylors-hall . well ! tory poets answers come at last , the tory sots never write verse in hast ; or else the cur got drunk like snoaring sow , lay under board , and never wak't 'till now ; but if the noise the yelping beagles keep did waken him , his verse i 'm sure 's asleep . i 'le swear , i thought ( when first i looked on his poem ) he had sent me back mine own : it began alike ; alike almost throughout , 't was only mine was turn'd the inside out : 't is a damn●d ●rick the tory tools have got , to kill an enemy with his own shot : had he not imped me , he 'd been to seek for an exordium another week ; for of the to●y poets i must say it 's a witty rogue can write a verse a day but gaffer-goose-cap , who tould you such stories , his majesty sent bucks to feast the tories ? you might as well have said the king was drest in royal robes , and came to be your guest . but you may speak amiss , amiss may do , it had been treason if i had said so ; tories may murder fame , may honour kill , may slander kings , and yet be loyal still , their loyalty consist in doing ill , you may 't is like by these your verses lewd , make the mistaken to●y multitude believe i treason spake , and that i swore , and i may safely say , you 'l drink and whore , but this for truth they all do know before . that noble-men were priests , i ne're said so ; but doctor crape-gown's may , for ought i know ; 't was scandalum magnatum , if i do in jest but speak one word 'gainst stewards of the feast ; though lords be high , yet prentices are low , and lowsie taylors still were counted so : you may say what you please , but without doubt i may speak treason against the rugged-rout ; and silly fops 'cause they 've all whiggs abhorr'd , shall have as good a title as a lord ; and prosecute for scandal whom they please : such lordly things are lordly prentices . no , silly citts ! for ever doom'd to shops , keep still your antient titles , fools and fops . this sham won't take ; i 'm loyal still and true , although i 'm scandaliz'd by traiterous you ; disloyal tories ! you the traytors are ; whilst loyal baxter , curtis , loyal care. bravely maintain their soveraigns right in truth , without e're feasting of the snotty youth , true whiggs ne're stoopt to such mean tricks as these , to feast the hungry sniveling prentices . illustrious charles ! by all that 's great and high ! ( tho i am branded with disloyalty ) no fawning courtier e're shall so much glose as i 'le detest thine and thy nations foes ; no charles the third , nor budding embryo-king shall be the subject for my muse to sing . whilst thou do live ; let traiterous tories sooth , and raise sedition in the factious youth ; long may'st thou live and flourish in thy throne , whilst all these little kings shall basely tumble down . an answer to the tories pamphlet called , the loyal feast : to the tune of sauney will never be my love again . tories are tools of irish race , and well belov'd by blades of the town ; they 've irish hearts , but an english face , and dammee and huzza is all their tone . with abhorring and addressing their time is spent , quaffing and cursing , though all in vain : but the main thing they fear is an honest parliament for tory will still be a rogue in grain . . tories are made like bristol cans , round and hollow , but i 'le tell you more anon ; the word is , dammee iack ! meet me at sams ; there 's honest roger , and flat-footed tom , huffing and swearing in silk so fine , black-coats , red-coats , lord and swain ; e're long they 'l petition caesar to resign , for tory will still be a rogue in grain . . these are the lads that fight the pope's cause , and all resolved , like pious good men , to hang by nothing but the right line and laws , if the pope and his crew return not again ; bristol's tears and england's woes , with scotland's groans , do tell us plain , they will not take the oaths they impose , for tory will still be a rogue in grain . . these are the babes that wou'd shirk off the plot , and under the name of the churches true sons , swear , lye , and sham , to have it forgot ; but a pox take the fops they talk not to nuns . they 'll swear ( but who'll be thus deceiv'd ) that godfrey murder'd himself 't is plain ; but the devil on 't is , they can't be believ'd , because the tory's a rogue in grain . . but hark ! sure i hear the noise of a feast , mars and his sons with a glorious show , the thing 's very true , though i took it for a jeast : but here pray observe how they march'd from bow , o! the vast number , and well accourt'd too : these bonny-boys , with their glistering train ; but yet the hir'd feathers , and fagot merchants knew , that tory will still be a rogue in grain . . the board being spread with store of flesh and fish , the fat kid , wine , and other things besides ; the french mode observ'd , to garnish every dish , and each course serv'd up with crucifix and bread : oaths rot the whiggs , with huzza's flew about ; but slavery and oppressions , there lay the main , and all to please the image of the rout , for tory will still be a rogue in grain . . many fine shows , and other pleasant games , were offer'd after all , to please spectators eyes ; the chiefest of which was londons fatal flames ; may curses still attend those that mischief devise : these are the saints that plead common-good , our persons to secure , but their intent is plain , to crown us with slavery , and christen us in blood ; for tory will still be a rogue in grain . . god save the king , and the true royal iames , monmouths duke , and tony , englands friend , and all the honest souls tho' i omit their names ; may mischief in earnest their enemies attend : but for those rogues , that truths do oppose , and for romes cause , have play'd their shams in vain ▪ let shame and confusion be plagues to all those , that are such tories and rogues in grain . the informers lecture to his sons , instructing them in the mysteries of that religion . come children , come , and learn your fathers trade ▪ though all else fail , here 's good advantage made ▪ come , come away , and learn my precepts all , they 'l make you rich , you 'l get the devil and all ▪ your very breath shall do 't , my art is such , no lawyer with his tongue gets half so much : time ●'re till now did open such a door to wealth , to those who had spent all before . no trade like this , no gains can clearer be ; there 's none have to glory more then we : the gainfull'st trade comes short , the richest ●ails , merchants themselves may here to us strike sails . the nimble cut-purse always works in fears , he ventures neck and all , we but our ears : the souldier ventures hard for spoils , and so gets them by force , we don't strike a blow : the high way men oft meet with many a prey , and yet we drive a richer trade then they : for jugler-like we need not bid them stand , blow but a blast , our money 's in our hand : the paritor , though he be near of kin , in such a way of trading ne're has bin : the pilfering thief 's in danger of the stocks , and curtizans and whores may fear the pox ; this marres their markets , makes them work in fear , but in our calling no such dangers are . we need not fear , no dangers in our eye , at least if we can scape the pillory : and truly this we need not fear a jot , hundreds that have deserv'd it , have it not , and if we had , for all their mocks and jears , for twenty pound who would not loose his ears ? we neither preach nor pray , we take no pains , preaching and praying bravely us maintains : they preach and pray , we swear , yet who gets more ? we thrive by swearing , preaching makes them poor . we sail with tide , against the stream they row , swearing's the all-a-mode in fashion now . why should we labour ? will not swearing do ? that gets both money and preferment too . some swearers formerly did money give , and yet it is by swearing that we live. and perjury's but a small fault ; what more ? and better too than we , have been forswore : and what a crime is this ? is this so bad ? 't is but turn papist , pardons may be had . whoever then is poor may thank himself , never did mortals easier get their wealth . learn lustily to swear , to damn and rant , and then my life for yours , you 'l never want . though swear you must , all swearing will not serve ; many that swear and curse , yet want and starve . there is an art in 't all men do not know , and this i 'le now to you ( my children ) show , take my directions and you need not fear , i 'le shew you how , and when , and what to swear . mark when you swear , be sure to swear for gain , 't is those that swear for nought , that swear in vain ▪ be sure inform , do this without dispute , but yet don't meddle with forbidden fruit : observe your friends , strive not against the tide , oppose not those that are o' th rising side . church men in pow'r , what e're be their offence , meddle not with , we will with them dispence . for this should be the greatest of your care , to know for whom and against whom you swear . for if you should reform all things amiss , it would undo you , meddle not with this . a thousand oaths you hear , and many a lye , meddle not yet , you 've better fish to frye ; for swearing , whoring , drinking overmuch , are genteel sins , and these you must not touch ; 't is not the mark at which you ought to aim , you 're hunts-men , mind not then so low a game . though papists , atheists , god and christ blaspheme , if you inform , you 'l sail against the stream : the pocky-nose , and the red-pimpled face , are not the persons that you have in chase . these little sins are not worth reforming , will never bring a penny for informing . fanaticks faults are of a deeper dye , and therefore mind these well , for so do i ; mind therefore their offences , yet not all , but chiefly that they do their duty call . praying and preaching , these are worse by far , than swearing , whoring , or blaspheming are : for men may swear unto their dying day , before they be compell'd a groat to pay : fanatick preaching though ne're so precise , is more infectious far than swearing is . adultery ! no doubt fanaticks love it , and are as bad as we , if we co●ld prove it . the mischief is , they sin as bad no doubt in secret , but the devil brings ours out . if you should find them guilty , for your pains shame them enough , but this is all your gains . but meddle not too much , such is our fate , press them too hard , they will retalliate . be sure with whores and harlots you dispence , for fear you give the worshipful offence . the sabbath-breakers sins are less by far , than the offences of tub-preachers are . the sodomites did many things amiss , yet ne're were guilty of such a sin as this . these meetings are more dangerous by far , than bull-baits , bear-baits or cock-fightings are : stage-plays and morrice-dances , masks and shows , wakes , may-games , puppet-plays , and such as those more harmless are ; for all their mocks and jears are innocent , if but compar'd with theirs : you need not such-like numerous meetings fear , there 's none but loyal subjects will be here . whore-house and stews which gallants do frequent , compar'd with these are far more innocent : 't is five or six crept in some hole to pray , that plot the ruine of the monarchy ; women and children have been prov'd of late , to be supplanters of the church and state. some country people , though yet out of sight , do put the king and kingdome in a fright : and those that neither sword nor staff did bear , have made a riot , put the world in fear . though france , and spain , and rome , and all conspire against our land , our city set on fire : threaten a massacre , to spill our blood , to bring in popery on us like a flood : if half a score fanaticks come to hear , they 'l put the nation in a greater fear . if silly women , and some simple men get god but on their side , where are we then ? keep them asunder , that they might not pray , or do your best to keep their god away ; for fear lest he should hear when they do cry , and should conventicle as well as they . if they storm heaven before us , 't is a venture , whether they 'l leave us any room to enter . what though for king and kingdom they do pray , if we will swear they mind it to destroy ? they plot in secret , though we do not hear it , we know it well enough , and we dare swear it . the papists are by far more innocent , for all their plots , have far less mischief meant . what those call pity , we must confess they prosecute but in a sowler dress . call it rebellion , schism , or what is bad , those that will kill a dog must say he 's mad . say they are plotting and conspiring too , and boldly swear it , if that will not do , what though your conscience give your tongue the lie , heed not your conscience for to lose thereby . praying and preaching ! this is worse by far , than all the crying sins of sodom are , these sins are acted o're and o're each day , yet no one yet his forty pound did pay : the fault is greater , and the danger 's more , to teach five sisters then to bed a score . these are but tricks of youth , yea harmless toyes , whatever god and man and conscience says . gods laws condemn these sins say they : what then ▪ we know not those , we know the laws of men. preaching and praying , say men what they will , you must regard , this water drives your mill. one sermon brings more profit ten times over , than if you should a thousand whores discover . fanatick-preachers bring more gain no doubt , than if you found so many jesuits out . swearing and whoring now is all in fashion , preaching and praying are the sins of th' nation . a jesuit's a mild and gentle man. if we compare him with the puritan : who say in doctrine they with us agree , and they are protestants as well as we , 'gainst ceremonies only they contend , which do their queasy stomacks so offend . well , be it so : e're they and we agree , we 'll make them swallow knives as well as we ▪ and though in secret corners now they sneak , e're long we 'll make them either bend or break . we 'll teach them shortly without much a do , to bow to th' altar and the image too : who e're commands , we 'll make them to obey , the bishops do 't , and therefore why not they ? we 'll bring them down betime , for there 's no doubt if times should change , they 'l be the first stand out . those that the bishops laws do now withstand , we 'll not obey , no though the pope command . 'gainst kings and kingdoms sins they rage and roar , when in their tubs they care not who they goar . in a right course therefore that you may sail , take these directions and you cannot fail . those men that will not pray and preach in jest , mark these , they are more dongerous then the rest. those that act sermons as a stage-players part , you need not fear them , they are sound at heart . those that against the nations sins exclaim , are like to bring you the greatest gain . he that doth rather chuse i' th' fire to burn , before he 'll atheist or a papist turn ; this is a stubborn rogue , and like to be a grand affronter of authority . he that doth bow , and bend , and stand , and sit , and shift his sails still as the wind doth flit , observe his leaders , and his right hand-man , ne're fear , he 'll never turn a puritan . but he that serveth god for love , not mony , without tradition or a ceremony ; as the apostles did in the days of yore , who never cross did use or surplice wore : and those that in their family would pray , and not the sabbath spend in sports and play : beware of those , for it is ten to one , they 're foully tainted , if not wholly gone : as also those that unto sermons gad , papists and atheists are not half so bad : watch those , and they will fall into your trap , and when they once are in , let none escape , with sermon , prayer , and fasting bait the net , and a full draught you will be sure to get . but venture swearers , drunkards , never fear , you need not watch them , they will ne're come there : taverns and whore houses they haunt 't is plain , you 'l meet them there , but nothing to your gain . having your prey before you , spare ye none , and whensoe're you swear , be sure swear home . i hate these quaking-fellows , that are loath to swear to purpose , these but spoil an oath . e're i 'de loose twenty pound for want of reaching , i would swear home , and swear that praying's preaching . in doubtful cases you may safely swear , for twenty pound who would not loose an ear ? and sometimes when you cannot come to see , swear those are present that are us'd to be . march on brave lads , fear not to drink and roar , while the fanatick's rich we 'll ne're be poor . we shall get mony from these rustick boars , to pay our debts , and to maintain our whores , like furies haunt fanaticks to the death , leave not while they have mony , life , or breath . to drink , to drab , to whore , to lye , to swear , it is the garb that all our tradesmen wear . hap'ly they 'l call us knaves , but 't is no shame , for any honest man to own his name . o but our names will rot they say ! what then ? let 's dye like beasts , so we may live like men. but god will plague us in a darksome den , i would we could be sure to 'scape till then . they do their duty : well , and so do we , our wives and children must maintained be . but of all men , they say , we are the worst , the fox thrives best ( they say ) when he 's most curst : many informers beggars prove to be ; and many tradesmen break , what 's that to me ? with stocks and pillory they would us fear , many for mony loose more than an ear , but ill got goods third heirs do seldom see ! we mean our own executors to be . sons ply your work while you have ought to do , for fear the parliament prove round-heads too : ●nd pray no law in england may be made ●o help fanaticks , or to spoil our trade . 〈◊〉 once the papists get the upper hand , ●ur trade will mend , though other trades should stand , 〈◊〉 this succeed ( my sons ) let 's never fear , ●hey shall to mass , as well as common-prayer . ●●an-while we 'll let them can● , we 'll sing and roar , ●nd with their money drink , and drab , and whore . an elegy upon marsh , a publick sworn informer against protestant religious meetings in the city of london , who dyed very miserably in the prison of the compter . ulter a tergo deus . go set scotch bag-pipes to the briskest notes , but let the singing-men rend all their throats , hang tyburn round with blacks , and let ketch squeeze his eyes to tears having thus lost his fees ; my self ( like a young widdow ) fain would cry , but like her too , i know not how , nor why ; muse ! get an onion quickly , or else woo some irish poet for a ha-la-loo ; oh hone ! oh hone ! tell us what didst thou ail thus to trappan thy self into a goal ? thou hadst a stout protection , and 't is said a lumping pension for good service paid : some bribes thou got'st , and many a penalty was due we trow , and why then wouldst thou dye ? thy cloven-footed masters works not done , thou shouldst have ruin'd thousands ere thou d'st gone ▪ thou shouldst have made each nonconformist bow , and left them all as poor as thou wert now ; then mounted on state with solemn pride , thou might'st to hell in guilded chariot ride : been pluto's vice-roy , and preferred more than iudas , or thy brethren all before . but now alass ! thou scarce can get i' th end to be the groom o' th close-stool chamber to the fiend ▪ but 't is in vain thus to expostulate , for poor informers warrant 's out of date ; the man of gath is fal'n that did so stickle , and swore to confound each conventicle ; grim death hath by a seizure snatcht him hence , for to receive his dear-earn'd recompence : follow the scent , and from the stygian lake , fit junk for such a wretched subject take ; black as his trade let every line appear , and each ear tingle his sad fate shall hear , not that i am of that presumptious fry , whose sawcy fingers pick-lock destiny , who snatcht fates-book , and furiously transpose , to judgments all misfortunes of their foes ; vertue may be unhappy , and sometimes success here waits upon the worst of crimes , ●t is another day , a clearer light ●ust set all these seeming disorders right ; ●et must we grant that heaven does now and then ●isibly punish irreligious men , ●nd against none its arrows oftner fly ●han these sworn enemies to piety , ● per●ecuting spirit never yet ●ut in a cloud of shame and sorrow set , ●ust god! how equal are thy punishments ●hus blasting base designs with sad events ; ●hough crafty in self woven nets is wrapt ●nd in the pit he digg'd for others , trapt , ●ark how the ravens and the scre●ch-owls cries ●ith frightful ecchoes chaunt his obsequies . whether he 's gone now dead , i shall not say , ●ut whilst alive , he took the broader way ; 〈◊〉 pythegorean tenets are not flams , ●e's grown a woolf by this , and worries lambs . an epitaph . stay reader ! and piss here , for it is said ●nder this dirt there 's an informer laid , ●f heaven be pleas'd when mortals cease from sin , ●nd hell be pleas'd when villains enter in , ●f earth be pleas'd when it entombs a knave , ●ure all are pleas'd , for marsh's in his grave . on liberty of conscience by dr. wild . no , not one word , can i of this great deed , in merlin , or old mother shipton read ! old tuburn take those tychobrahe imp● , astrologers , who would be counted pimps to the amorous planets ; they the minuit know , when iove did cuckhold poor amphitryo , ken mars , and made venus wink and glances , their close conjunctions , and mid-night dances , when costive saturn goes to stool , and vile thief mercury doth pick his fob the while : when lady luna leaks , and makes her man throw 't out of window into th' ocean . more subtle than the excise-men here below , what 's spent in every sign in heaven they know ; cunning intelligencers , they will not miss to tell us next year the success of this ; they correspond with dutch and english star , as one once did with charles and oliver . the bankers might have , had they to them gone , what planet govern'd the exchequer , known . old lilly , though he did not love to make any words on 't , saw the english take five of the smyrna fleet , and if the sign had been aquarius , then they had made them nine when sagitarus took his aim to shoot at bishop cosin , he spyed him no doubt ; and with such force the winged arrow flew , instead of one church stagg he killed two , gloucester and durham when he espy'd , let lean and fat go together he cry'd . well wille lille , thou knew'st all this as well as i , and yet would'st not their lordships tell . i know thy plea too , and must it allow , prelates should know as much of heaven as thou : but now friend william since it 's done and past , pray thee , give us phanaticks but one cast , what thou foresaw'st of march the fifteenth last ; when swift and suddain as the angels flye , th' declaration for conscience liberty ; when things of heaven burst from the royal-breast , more fragrant than the spices of the east . i know in next years almanack thou 'st write , thou saw'●t the king and council over-night , before that morn , all sit in heaven as plain to be discern'd , as if 't were charles's wain , great b. great l. and two great aa's were chief under great charles to give poor fan's relief ▪ thou sawest lord arlington ordain the man to be the first lay-metropolitan . thou saw'st him give induction to a spittle , and constitute our brother tom-doe-little . in the bears paw , and the bulls right eye , some detriment to priests thou didst espye ; and though by sol in libra thou didst know whi●h way the scale of policy would go ; yet mercury in aries did decree , that wool and lamb should still conformists be . but hark-you will , star-poching is not fair ; had you amongst the stars found this march-hare , bred of that ●usty puss the good old cause , religion rescued from informing laws ; you should have yelpt aloud , hanging's the end , by huntsmens rule , of hounds that will not spend , be gone thou and thy canting tribe , be gone ; go tell thy destiny to fools or none : kings hearts and councils are to deep for thee , and for thy stars and doemons scrutinie . king charles return was much above thy skill● to fumble out , as 't was against thy will , from him who can the hearts of kings inspire , not from the planets , came that sacred fire of soveraign love , which burst into a flame ; from god and from the king alone it came . to the king . so great , so universal , and so free ! this was too much great charles , except for thee , for any king to give a subject hope : to do thus like thee , would undo the pope . yea , tho his vassals should their wealth combine , to buy indulg●nce half so large as thine ; no , if they should not only kiss his toe , but clement's podex , he 'd not let them goe . whil'st thou , to 's shame , thy immortal glory , hast freed all-souls from reall purgatory ; and given all-saints in heav'n new joys , to see their friends in england keep a 〈◊〉 . suspect them not , great sir , nor think the worse ; for sudden joys , like grief , con●ound at fi●st , the splendor of your favour was so bright , that yet it dazles , and o'rewhelms our sight . drunk with her cups , my muse did nothing find ▪ . and until now , her feet she could not find . greediness make , prophaness i' th' first place ; hungry men fill their bellies , then say grace . we wou'd make bone-fires , but that we do fea● name of incendiaries we may hear . we wou'd have musick too , but 't will not do , for all the fidlers are conformists too , nor can we ring , the angry churchman swears , ( by the king's leave ) the bells and ropes are theirs ▪ and let 'em take 'em , for our tongue , shall sing your honour louder than their clappers ring . nay , if they will not at this grace repine , we 'l dress the vineyard , they shall drink the wine ▪ their church shall be the mother , ours the nurse ▪ peter shall preach , iudas shall bear the purse , no bishops , parsons , vicars , cur●tes , we , but only ministers desire to be . we●l preach in sackcloth , they shall read in silk . we 'l feed the flock , and let them take the mil●ust : let but the black-birds sing in bushes cold , and may the iack-daws still the steeples hold . we 'l be the fee● , the back , and ●ands , and they shall be the belly , and devour the prey , the tythe-pigg shall be theirs , we 'l turn the spit , we 'l bear the cross , they only sign with it . but if the patriarchs shall envy show to see their younger-brother ioseph go in coat of divers colours , and shall fall to rend it , 'cause it 's not canonical : then may they find him turn a dreamer too ; and live themselves to see his d●eam come true . may rather they and we together joyn in all what each can ; but they have the coyn , with prayers and tears such service much avail : with tears to swell your seas , with prayers your sails ; and with men too , from both our parties ; such i 'm sure we have , can cheat , or beat , the dutch. a thousand quakers , sir , our side can spare ; nay , two or three , for they great breeders are . the church can match us too with jovial sirs , informers , singing-men and paraters . let the king try , set these upon the decks together , they will dutch or devil vex. their breath will mischief far beyond a gun , and if you lose them , you 'l not be undone . accept dread sir , and pardon this coarse paper , your license 't was made this poor poet caper . the character of a true english-man . the free-born english , generous and wise , hate chains ; but do not government de●pise ; rights of the crown , tribute and taxes , they when lawfully exacted , freely pay . force they abhor , and wrongs they scorn to bear , more guided by their judgment than their fear , justice with them was never held severe . there , pow'r by tyranny was never got , laws might perhaps enslave them ▪ force cannot . kings are less safe in their unbounded will , joyn'd with the wretched pow'r of doing ill. forsaken most , when they 're most absolute ; laws guard the man , and only bind the brute . to force that guard with its worst foe to joyn , can never be a prudent kings design , what prince would change to be a cataline ? break his own laws , shake the unquestion'd throne , conspire with vassals to usurp his own ! let france grow proud beneath the tyrant's lust , whilst the rackt people crawl , and lick the dust : the mighty genius of this isle disdains both high-shoon slavery , and golden chains . england to ●ervile yoke could never bow ; what conquerors ne're presum'd , who dares do now ? in vain your holiness does rack your brain , no son of yours that happy isle can gain : arm'd with blest bibles , and undated law , they guard themselves , and keep the world in awe : whilst charles survives , and parliaments can sit , they scorn your tories swords , and iesuits wit. abhorrers abhor'd . abhorr'd abhorrers , horribly abhorr'd ! monsters more base than africk can afford ? what ? not petition to our sovereign lord , that parliaments might sit , and save the king and kingdom too , from those that both would bring to slavery ; first lawless chains at home , and next intollerable yokes from rome ? be gone ye fops to france , and there enslave your selves , and spurious off-spring ; for a knave is fit t'en●ender vassals ; but too brave is this rich isle , which only owneth those , that popish bondage do resolve t' oppose : was 't thou in england born , and 〈◊〉 born free ? thou profane esan● nay more vile than he ; to sell thy birthright to the french and pope , where all the acquisition thou could'st hope was wooden-shooes ; fire , fagot , and a rope ? let tyburn take thee , and thy fellow slaves , and all detesting and abhoring knaves . then charles lives sa●e , and quickly may become the head of ●ll reformed christendome : s●●ure the ●elgick fears , and ours at home . blast 〈◊〉 - de-luces , and the keys of rome . 〈◊〉 after god , to him our thanks we pay , for this ( if but well-us'd ) sure healing day ; that our gr●●t senate sits , whose joynt accord does vote abhorrers all to be abhorr'd . to the parliament . hail , glorious senate , welcom as the day to wearied pilgrims that have lost their way , night-mare'd by goblins , and long led astray . welcom ! as liberty to al●ier-slaves ; as gold to courtiers , or pardons to knaves . the half-dead genius of our trembling isle at your approach revives into a smile : each drooping protestant begins look gray , and dull october rivals sprightly may. by your sage councels we at once become a match for haughty france and treacherous rome : but first subdue the monsters here at home ▪ monsters ! that would our sacred faith and laws or'e-turn , and in their never sa●iate maws swallow ( like egypt's vermin ) each green thing , enslave our persons , and destroy our king ; that seek to strike out both our eyes , and still confine ( for sport ) our sampsons to their mill. prevent those dire designs , dispel our fears , blast the plot at the root , and by your cares secure both us , and our yet unborn heirs . may heavens blessing crown all your debates ( on which depend more than three kingdoms fates . ) may your blest union calm out jarring notes , and publick-good give birth to all the votes , from each true english heart these vows are sent , long live our king , long sit our parliament . a short reply to absalon and achitophel . in pious times when poets were well bang'd for sawcy satyr , and for sham-plots hang'd , a learned bard , that long commanded had the trembling stage in chief , at last run mad , and swore and tore and ranted at no rate . apollo and his muses in debate what to do with him , one cry'd , let him blood , that says another , will do little good ; his brains infected sure , under his nose we 'le burn some feathers of peru , who knows but that may bring him to himself again ? ay , for some time says clyo ; she was more for opiates , others for hell●bore . apollo having heard all they could say , rose up and thankt them said , he 'd try away he hop'd would do , then call'd a noble friend well verst in men , and beg'd of him to spend some time and pains upon this wretch , which he , agreeing to , went presently to work , open'd his head , saw where the maggots lurk , took many of them out , put them in sut , then added mercury and nitre to 't , mixt and infus'd them well , and after all , distil'd them in a limbeck comical , and drew a spirit very soveraign , for those are troubled with the fits o' th' brain , and gave our poets some , all he could make the peevish , squeamish , self-wil'd coxcomb take , it did him good and cur'd him of those fits : but 't was too little to restore his wits : for since he has gin o're to plague the stage with the effects of his poetick rage , like a mad dog he runs about the streets , snarling and biting every one he meets . the other day he met our royal charles , and his two mistresses , and at them snarles . then falls upon the ministers of state treats them all a-la-mode de billingsga●e : but most of all , the glory of our gown , he must be bark't at , drivil'd , pist upon . he whose soft tongue had charmes enough t' asswage the tygers fierceness , could not scape the rage of this same whif●ing cur ; poor cerberous , that taught the rogue to bark , was serv'd just thus . this vipers brood , contrary to all laws , the torn out entrails of his parent knaws . he gives no quarter , spairs no friend , nor foe , and where he once gets hold , never lets go until he breakes a tooth , which he hath done so oft of late that he hath few or none left in his mouth . nay which is worst of all on his physitian he does always fall , and find him out where e're he is , and bawl eternally , taking in evil part what he good man did by the rules of art , and for his good , assisted by a set of the most able le●ches he could get ; apo●lo vext to see there was no more e●fect of medicine , bid his friend give o're , and sent some chirurgions to him to anoint the carcase of the whelp in every joynt with 〈◊〉 of crab-tree , than which nothing ●etches the itching venome out of scribling wretches better or sooner , but i know not how it came to pa●● , w●th him it would not do . for ●ince his being anointed , he is ●un y●lp●ng with tow●er up and down the town , and crying out against an absalon and an achitop●el . the currs had got between them in their mouths a new sh●●-plot , the twentieth of the kings , ●●me say indeed it is the same that mother 〈◊〉 hid , deep in the meal-tub , only new lick't o're a●d brought to better shape by half a score of ●rish mongrels , newly fetcht from thence , the best in en●land at an evidence . a little bribe will make them swear devoutly , they 're much more famous for their swearing stoutly , then for their fighting so , this kind of cattel are better far at roguery than battel , an irish man's antiwood-cock , cares to venture nothing but his head and ears . this copper co●n will never with us pass , it looks so scurvily , nay it smells of brass ; how could you think this would be currant here , that is not so at home ? 't is cry'd down there : what then shall we do now ; saith you had best try scotland next , now it hath past the test ; come hither my dog towser , come , for i a new experiment intend to try , i 'le have thee worm'd , hold out thy venom'd tongue , what a huge worm is here ? 't is an inch long , and of the jebusite smells very strong , if this won't do thou shalt be fairly hung . oliver cromwels ghost . by doctor wild. rows'd from infernal caverns void of light , where traytors souls keep an eternal night : through the earths friendly pores at last i come to view the fate of mangled christendome , treason and blood , ruin and usurpation , deceit , hypocrifie , and devastation ; envy , ambition , and untam'd desire , still to gain more , still to be mounted higher : wars , janglings , murders , and a thousand more vices like these , you know were heretofore . the only grateful bantlings , which could find , a kind reception in my gloomy mind — — but now alas i 'm chang'd — the pondrous guilt of treason , and the sacred blood i spilt ; those crouds of loyal-subjects i made groan , under pretence of strict religion , when i my self , to speak the truth , had none : too weighty for my strugling soul did grow , and prest it downwards to the shades below , where it these twenty years has silent lain , ●ormented with variety of pain , ●oo great for fleshly mortals to sustain . no● h●d it bu●g'd as yet — but that the fame of 〈◊〉 , conspiracies , and murders came 〈◊〉 the infernal gates so fast , that i , 〈◊〉 others good , forgot my misery : 〈◊〉 whilst the busie daemons were imploy'd ●n culling out a bloody regicide , ●●ilkt my keeper , and with wondrous pain , once more i mount my native soyl again ; where to my grief , more villan●es i view , than heav'n e're pardon'd , or than hell e're knew . since lucifer's like romes destructive pride , both damn'd himself , and all his imps beside : though old in artful wickedness i be , yet rome , i now resign the wall to thee ; thou in this single plot , hast now done more than mankind , helpt by hell , could do before . what! was thy swell'd ambition grown so wide , that nought but kings could satisfie thy pride ? must monarchs , whom the heav'n it self do's prize , now become morsels for thy gaping vice. methought , though hot with gluttony thou burn , a pious justice might have serv'd thy turn ; especially when , ( to con●ent you more ) spitted on 's sword , and pickled in his gore ; but now your aim we better understand , he was the whet — you gap'd for all the land. strange cormorant ! that in her monstrous breast , could at one meal three butcher'd lands digest . ye powers ! i thought my countries innocence , ( when in fierce whirlwind ) you had born me hence ) and by the pow'r of your most just command , restor'd the scepter to the owners hand ) would have sufficient bin to wall you free from the ass ●ults of su●h an enemy . i little thought , when last i took my leave , and sadly entred my unwelcome grave , that e're the porphry idol could command so great a friendship in our native land ; as by that means to hope to circumvent , with black design both king and government . but yet take heed ye romish idiots , that have a hand in these most hellish plots ; who by your base contrivance , hope to bring ruin to nations , death unto a king. beware , i say , by my example do , for there 's a god above does all things view : tho wrapt in clouds amongst the skies he dwells , yet he discerns you in your closest cells ; see's your contrivances , and whilst you poor concei●ed traytors think your selves secure , he your clande●tine plots does plainly view , and will divulge them and their actors too . trust my experience , one who if you will believe , what all the world says of him still , had no small share of pride , ambition , wit , courage and conduct too to mannage it . by which i wrought my curst designs so high , i could have match'd my brewers family . with the best blood in brittain . right or wrong , or life or death , attend●d on my tongue : all the three kingdoms truckled to my will — but what of this ? — i was a traytor still . nay , so intemperate was my folly grown , i boldly offer'd at the sacred crown ; which though i mist , — yet by a holy cheat , at last i gain'd to fill the tott'ring seat ; and made ten thousand souldiers arm'd appear with roaring guns to plead my title there . not doubting but that happy seat should be transfer'd from me to my posterity . but all was insignificant , when death unkindly robb'd me of beloved breath : my titles all forsook me , and my race , instead of them , inherrit my disgrace . this is the fate of traytors here ; but know , that could you think what they endure below , i 'm sure you would be loyal ; but the pope by prating jesuits , has so rais'd your hope , that i in vain those tortures now should tell , you 'l know them when i meet you there — farewel . r. w. d. d. upon nothing . by the e. of r. nothing thou elder brother , eve to shade , thou had'st a being e're the world was mad● well fixt alone , of ending not afraid . e're time and place were , time and place were no● when primitive nothing , something strait begot , then all proceeded from the great united what! something , the general attribute of all , sever'd from thee its sole original , into thy boundless self must undistinguisht fall . yet something , did thy nothing power comman● and from thy fruitful emptinesses hand snatch men , beasts , birds , fire , water , air , and la●● matter , the wicked'st off spring of thy race , by form assisted , flew from thy embrace , and rebel life obscur'd thy reverend face . with form and matter , time and place did joy● body , thy foe , with these did leagues combine , to spoil thy peaceful reign , and ruin all they lin● but turn-coat time assists the foe in vain , and bribed by thee , destroys their short lived reig● and to thy hungry womb drives back the slaves aga●● thy mysteries are hid from laick eyes , and the divine alone by warrant pries into thy bosome , where thy truth in private lies . yet this of thee , the wife may truly say , thou from the virtuous , nothing takes away ; and to be part of thee , the wicked wisely pray . great negative ! how vainly would the wise enquire , design , distinguish , teach , devise , did'st not thou stand to point their blind philosophies . is , or is not , the two great ends of fate , of true or false , the subject of debate , that perfects or destroys designs of state. when they have wrackt the politicians breast , within thy bosome most securely rest , reduc'd to thee are least , tho safe and best . but nothing , why doth something still permit , that sacred monarchs should at council set with persons thought , at best , for nothing sit ? whilst weighty something , modestly abstains from princes courts , and from the states-mans brains , and nothing there like stately nothing reigns . nothing , that dwells with fools , in grave disguise , for whom they rever'd forms and shapes devise , lawn sleeves , and furrs , and gowns , when they look wife . french truth , dutch prowess , british policy , hybernian learning , scoth civility , spaniards dispatch , danes wit are seen in thee . on bow-church and steeple . or a second poem upon nothing ! look how the country-hobbs with wonder flock to see the city-crest , turn'd weather-cock ! which with ea●h shifting gale , veres too and ●ro ; london has now got twelve strings to her bow ! the wind 's south-east , and strait the dragon russels his brazen wings to court the breeze from brussels ! the wind 's at north ! and now his hissing fork , whirles round , to meet a flattering gale from york ! boxing the compass , with each freshing gale , but still to london turns his threatning tail. but stay what 's there ; i spy a stranger thing ; our red-cross brooded by the dragons wing ! the wing is warm , but o! beware the sting ! poor english-cross , expos'd to winds and weathers , ●orc't to seek shelter in the dragons feathers ! ne're had old rome so rare a piece to brag on , a temple built to great bell , and the dragon ! whilst yet undaunted protestants , dare hope , they that will worship bell ▪ shall wear the rope , o how our english chronicles will shine ! burnt , sixty six ; rebuilt , in seventy nine , when iacob hall on his high rope shews tricks , the dragon flutters ; the lord-mayors horse kicks ; the cheapside-crowds , and pageants scarcely know which most t' admire , hall , hobby-horse , or bow ; but what mad 〈◊〉 set your zealo● fire ? ( grave citizens ! ) to 〈…〉 spire on sea-coal basis ? which will sooner yield matter to burn a temple , than to build ! what the coals build , the 〈◊〉 bury ! no men of wisdom , but would dread the threatning omen ! but say ( proud dragon ! ) now prefe●r'd so high , what marvels from that 〈…〉 ? 〈…〉 of , sometimes rev'rend , now regenerate , fauls , thy envious eyes , such glories cannot brook , but as the devil once over lincoln ▪ look : and envies poyson , will thy bowels tear sooner than daniel's dose , of 〈◊〉 , and hair ! then eastward , to avoid that wounding ●ight , thy glaring eyes upon the 〈◊〉 , light . adorn'd with monstrous forms to clear the scope , how much thou art out-dragon'd by the pope . ah fools ! to dress a monument of woe in whistling sil●s , that should in sac●loth , go ! nay strangely wise , our senators appear to build that , and a bedlam in a year , that if the mum-glass crack , they may inherit an hospital becoming their great merit ! to royal westminster , next turn thine eye ; perhaps a parliament thou mayst es●y , dragons of old gave oracles at rome ; then prophesie , their day , their date , and doom ! and if thy visual ray can reach the main ; tell 's when the duke , new gone , returns again ! facing abont ; next view our guildhall well , where revere● fox-furrs charm'd by po●ent spell of elephants , ( turn'd wrong side outward ) dare applaud the plays ; and yet hiss our the player : player ! whose wise ●eal for city , country , king , shall to all points of the wide compa●s ring whilst b●w has bells , or 〈◊〉 thames a spring ! thy roving eye perhaps from ●ague may send 's how the new league , has made old foes , new friends : but let substantial witness , credence give it , or ne're believe me , if the house believe it ! if true , i fear too late ! france at one sup , ( like pearl● dissolv'd in cloepatra's cup ) trade , empire , neitherlands has swallowed up ! but heark ! the dragon speaks from brazen mouth , whose words , though wind , are spoken in good south ! to you of ratling ●ame , and great esteem ; the higher placed , the less you ought to seem ! to you of noble souls , and gallant minds , learn to outface ( with me ) the huffing winds ! to tim'rous feeble spirits , that live beneath ; learn not of me to turn with every breath ! to those who like ( camelions ) live on air ; popular praise is thin consumptive fare ! to you who steeple upon steeple set , cut my cocks-comb , if e're to heaven you get . the conclusion . i. let gods un-erring providence protect great charles in 's throne , and all his ways direct ▪ let all his foes be scatter'd like the dust ; and let that sacred trust , ( deriv'd from god alone ) make a lasting and a happy throne . ii. let all state-traytors plots , be left i' th' lurch , that hate our soveraign , and would ruin our church . may's royal temples wear the imperial crown , till englands foes come down , with vengeance from that seat usurpt to ruin us , and make them great . finis . on the death of mr calamy, not known to the author of a long time after. wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. 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[s.n.], london, : printed in the year . in verse. attributed to wild by wing and nuc pre- imprints. item at reel position : incorrectly identified as wing ( nd ed.) p . item at reel position : is a reproduction of the original in the harvard university library. item at reel position : is a reproduction of the original in the society of antiquaries. item at reel position . : is a reproduction of the original in the british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng calamy, edmund, - -- poetry. broadsides -- england -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - john pas sampled and proofread - john pas text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion on the death of mr calamy , not known to the author of a long time after . and must our deaths be silenc'd too ! i guess 't is some dumb devil hath possest the press ; calamy dead without a publication ! 't is great injustice to our english nation : for had this prophet's funeral been known , it must have had an universal groan ; afflicted london would then have been found in the same year to be both burn'd and drown'd ; and those who found no tears their flames to quench , would yet have wept a showre , his herse to drench . methinks the man who stuffs the weekly sheet , with fine new-nothings , what hard names did meet . the emp'ress , how her petticoat was lac'd , and how her lacquyes liveries were fac'd ; what 's her chief woman's name ; what dons do bring almonds and figs to spain's great little king : is much concern'd if the pope's toe but akes , when he breaks wind , and when a purge he takes ; he who can gravely advertise , and tell where lockier and rowland pippin dwell ; where a black-box or green-bag was lost ; and who was knighted , though not what it cost : methinks he might have thought it worth the while , though not to tell us who the state beguile , or what new conquest england hath acquired ; nor that poor trifle who the city fired ; though not how popery exalts its head , and priests and jesuits their poyson spread ; yet in swoln characters he might let fly , the presbyterians have lost an eye . had crack — 's fiddle been in tune , ( but he is now a silenc'd man as well as we ) he had struck up loud musick , and had play'd a jig for joy that calamy was laid ; he would have told how many coaches went ; how many lords and ladies did lament ; what handkerchiefs were sent , and in them gold to wipe the widows eyes , he would have told ; all had come out , and we beholden all to him , for the o'reflowing of his gall . but why do i thus rant without a cause ? is not concealment policy ? whose laws my silly peevish muse doth ill t' oppose for publick losses no man should disclose ; and such was this , a greater loss by far , one man of god then twenty men of war ; it was a king , who when a prophet dy'd , wept over him , and father , father cry'd . o if thy life and ministry be done my chariots and horsemen , strength is gone . i must speak sober words , for well i know if saints in heaven do hear us here below , a lye , though in his praise , would make him frown , and chide me when with jesus he comes down to judge the world. — this little little he , this silly , sickly , silenc'd calamy , aldermanbury's curate , and no more , though he a mighty miter might have wore , could have vi'd interest in god or man , with the most pompous metropolitan : how have we known him captivate a throng , and made a sermon twenty thousand strong ; and though black-mouths his loyalty did charge , how strong his tug was at the royal barge , to hale it home , great george can well attest , then when poor prelacy lay dead in its nest ; for if a collect could not fetch him home , charles must stay out , that interest was mum . nor did ambition of a miter , make him serve the crown , it was for conscience sake . unbrib'd loyalty ! his highest reach was so be master calamy , and preach . he bless'd the king , who bishop him did name , and i bless him who did refuse the same . o! had our reverend clergy been as free to serve their prince without reward , as he , they might have had less wealth with greater love : envy , like winds , endangers things above ; worth , not advancement , doth beget esteem . the highest weathercock the least doth seem . if you would know of what disease he dy'd , his grief was chronical it is reply'd . for had he opened been by surgeons art , they had found london burning in his heart ; how many messengers of death did he receive with christian magnanimity ! the stone , gout , dropsie , ills , which did arise from griefs and studies , not from luxuries ; the megrim too which still strikes at the head , these he stood under , and scarce staggered might he but work , though loaded with these chains , he pray'd and preach'd , and sung away his pains ; then by a fatal bill he was struck dead , and though that blow he ne're recovered , ( for he remained speechless to his close ) yet did he breath , and breath out prayers for those from whom he had that wound : he liv'd to hear an hundred thousand buried in one year in his dear city , over which he wept , and many fasts to keep off judgments , kept ; yet , yet he liv'd , stout heart he liv'd , to be depriv'd , driven out , kept out , liv'd to see wars , blazing-stars , torches which heaven ne're burns , but to light kings or kingdoms to their urns. he lived to see the glory of our isle , london consumed in its funeral pile . he liv'd to see that lesser day of doom , london , the priests burnt-sacrifice to rome ; that blow he could not stand , but with that fire as with a burning fever did expire . this dy'd this saint , of whom it must be said , he dy'd a martyr , though he dy'd in 's bed . so father ely in the sacred page sat quivering with fear as much as age , longing to know , yet loth to ask the news how it far'd with the army of the jews . israel flies , that struck his palsie-head , the next blow stunned him , your sons are dead ; but when the third stroke came , the ark is lost , his heart was wounded , and his life it cost . thus fell this father , and we well do know he fear'd our ark was going long ago . the epitaph . here a poor minister of christ doth lie , who did indeed a bishoprick deny . when his lord comes , then , then , the world shall see such humble ones , the rising-men shall be : how many saints whom he had sent before , shouted to see him enter heavens door : there his blest soul beholds the face of god , while we below groan out our ichabod : vnder his burned-church his body lies , but shall it self a glorious temple rise ; may his kind flock when a new church they make , call it st. edmundsbury for his sake . london , printed in the year . upon the rebuilding the city [t]he right honourable the lord mayor, and the [n]oble company of batchelors dining with him, may th, . wild, robert, - . approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) upon the rebuilding the city [t]he right honourable the lord mayor, and the [n]oble company of batchelors dining with him, may th, . wild, robert, - . [ ] p. 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ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - daniel haig sampled and proofread - daniel haig text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion upon the rebuilding the city , ●he right honourable the lord mayor , and the ●oble company of batchelors dining with him , may th . . printed in the year , . nor could prometheus , when he would have stole from jealous iupiter a living cole to animate his well dissembled clay , either prevail , or go unplagu'd away . nor when proud nature to recruit the earth and brave heaven , brought forth giants at each birth , ( those stalking mountains , sons of slime and mud the reliques of the universal floud ) setting them all to work , as soon as born then when their highnesses , did not think scorn to tread the mortar , and were masons made and brick layers — the only thriving trade , though they design'd , with high & pointed towers to pierce & stab those clouds , whose mighty showers had drown'd their fathers , and to climb so high , till they pickt stars ( like cowslips ) from the sky , could they prevent their foolish babels fall , but were turn'd canting , wandring gypsies all . nor shalt thou better speed ( proud rome ) not thou , though thou hast carried empire on thy brow , and with thy cannons made all monarchs quake as thunder doth the trembling mountains shake : no , though thy head , thy lofty head thou raise to try thy horned strength with cynthia's . no , though thy father be the prince of th' air and with thee doth his vast dominion share ; no , though thy eagles wings thou stretch as wide as sol his beams , or neptnne doth his tyde ; no , though thy greedy cruel breed be nurst with the same milk thy founder suckt at first ; and though thy zeal ( ah , cursed zeal ! ) aspire to raise thy pope ▪ great pyramids of fire , from burned cities ; yet thy self ( proud dame ) who burnt with sodoms lust , shalt with her flame . where are thy fauxes in their dark disguise , incendiary priests , and subtile spies , who when our londons fiery tryal came , like salamanders feasted in the flame , and curst the hands that first should lay a brick tow'rds the rebuilding that grand heretick ; who when great greshams spicy nest consum'd ( though the immortal founder stood perfum'd in the rich incense ) hug'd themselves to see our monarchs martyr'd in effigie . now let them stare and startle at the fight , and bark as curs do at the moons fair light : let them not boast their charles la grand , la boon great brittain can outshine them both in one , a prince of far more gracious intents than all thy urbans , clements , innocents , upon whose head shall stand a triple crown , when thy grand tyrants shall be tumbled down . still on our thames shall noble barges ride , when tyber to a ditch shall shrink her pride . our lions still are rampant , and our rose yields her friends sweetness , prickles to our foes : our citizens shall feast in their guild-hall , and eat geese — patrons of thy capital . justice and mercy now shall guard her store , and her mock-giants she shall need no more , th' exchange that royal infant , shortly will her own and forreign language speak with skill ; and on that acre the noon sun shall see we have our newgate and old tyburn too , ready to serve their turns who turn to you . kind heaven and all the elements conspire ( and such conspiracy's we may desire ) to make our city fairer , stronger , higher , the sun gets up each morn at peep of day to oversee the work , and late doth stay before he lets the labourers retreat , as if he undertook the work by th' great . the earth gives clay , the water moistens it ; the gentle air tempers and makes it fit , and then the fire , as if it meant to make full satisfaction , and revenges take upon it self , ( though in a smother'd way as modest thieves their injuries repay ) vvorks in the brick kilne , works till it grow sick , and fainting dyes , leaving on every brick and every tyle a lasting blush — as who vvould say , for former mischiefs this i do . nor doth the sun alone the vvork o're see , but there is one as vigilant as he , a pious , loyal , wise , iust m●y'r , a lord vvho like zerubbabel with awful sword defends the trowel , whose sweet voice hath powers ( as orpheus had to raise his theban towers ) to make the teeming bowels of the earth shoot up new buildings by an easie birth . he guards the sabbaths with an holy care , and blesseth all the week by that days pray'r his magistracy lies not in his train , his stately steed , his scarlet , or his chain ; he and his sword in velvet fast asleep ▪ but watchful , god's peace and the kings to keep ; vvith a strict hand the ballance he doth hold , trying the cause how weighty , not the gold : as he with virtue meets , or with offence , so do his looks , or smiles , or frowns dispence ; his smoother chin carrying as grave a grace , as the diocesans well bearded face . boast on ( old beldame rome ) and brag — thou hast thousands of sons and daughters pure and chast , yet thou shalt find for all their single lives , but little virgin honey in their hives : those thievish drones thy fryars without wings , creep to thy nuns , and leave behind their stings . thou hast thy ioan's as well as popes — fame says , thy innocents have their olympia's . but london which the nuptial band allows , and hates to lock her virgins up in vows , can glory in her batchelor lord may'r , chast as the dove , though of the ravens hair : the widow city is his spouse — and he cares for her children and great family ; not doth he stand ( although he lyes ) alone ( he were a phenix if he were but one ) but as the moon , when she her progress goes , the court of stars , as her attendants shows : so when beloved turner please to call , great troops of batchelors adorn his hall ; none male content , and yet male virgins all ) on may's fifth day ( oh , 't was a wondrous sight ! ) three hundred virgins , virgins day and night ; virgins in breeches , virgins all as true , as she for whom saint george the dragon slew ; some hoary old , some young , but all were chast either above , or underneath the wast ; none of them had they been in scottish school , had grunted in the penitential stool ; none , had they liv'd in times of commutation , had pay'd a stone to pauls for fornication . none from an ordeal tryal need to fly that purgatory fire , of chastity ; none free of creswel colledge , not a man need fear to meet a nurse or some trappan ; none of them all , ( for ought the poet knows ) wears ( though anothers hair ) anothers nose . my lord himself , and all his guests , i think in the same cup , might without danger drink ▪ yet none ( if called lawfully ) but can beget a son , may prove an alderman . these sons of peace , and sons of mars , if charls please to take notice of his neighbours snarls came not to shew their valour in his hall , to combate custard , batter pasty wall : to try the issue of an equal bet , whether their teeth , or knives were sharper set , to take the red-coat lobsters by the back and with bold hands , their clattering armour crack but their chief errand was , to pray he would command their persons , and accept their gold. and if their votes and mine were current , he should their perpetual dictator be . but if the scarlet sphere must turn about 〈◊〉 turning round makes giddy heads i doubt 〈◊〉 his exemplar government shall stand , and teach successors how they should command . a virgin queen , and batchelor lord mayor , to england are as prosperous as rare , she made the city love the court , and he the court the city by his loyalty . he a wise imitator of his king , finds moderation is a healing thing . oh , if our churches overseers would yield ▪ and let poor labourers come forth and build , such as untempered mortar dare not use , nor for foundations , straw and stubble chuse ; though every stone across they do not lay , but some work one , and some another way , our new ierusalem should soon behold sion in glory , though it wanted gold. hard upon hard , no lasting work will make , nor can one flint another kindly break : but moderation is a cement sure , 't is that which makes the universe endure that makes our climate prove a temperate zone betwixt the torrid , and the frigid one. if we all build up pater-noster-row , we may let ave maria corner go ; black and white fryar did together stand , and may again , if wisdom might command , if not , i 'le say no more , but this will swear , bedlam and bishopsgate neer neighbours are . finis . the incomparable poem gondibert vindicated from the wit-combats of four esquires, clinias, dametas, sancho, and jack pudding wild, robert, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing w ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w estc r ocm this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons . universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. 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[s.n.], [london] printed : . attributed to wild by wing and nuc pre- imprints. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. eng a r (wing w ). civilwar no the incomparable poem gondibert, vindicated from the vvit-combats of four esquires, clinias, dametas, sancho, and jack pudding. wild, robert c the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the c category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - judith siefring sampled and proofread - judith siefring text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the incomparable poem gondibert , vindicated from the vvit-combats of four esquires , clinias , dametas , sancho , and iack pudding . {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} {non-roman} . vatum quoque gratia rara est . anglicè , one wit-brother , envies another . printed in the year , . to sir william davenant . pardon ( fam'd sir ) if in th' adventures against these cyclops , & wit-centaures , ( or hydra's rather , for they can spring at a club each man his man , seconds in draull , and seconds unto none . ) thy yet unhurt reputation ▪ by me than them should suffer farther , there , by wit-slaugher , here , wit-murder . of small aquaintance as e're writ , i am onely known unto thy wit ; that 's small enough , will denham say , and iack donne swear , upon the day , when at the arraignment of the wits , there spleen 'gainst d'avenant pasquils spits . there sits iack straw as eldest bencher , and spends no money but his censure ; he layes the book , sets sack and clarret , and with his quibbles doth pay for it . not thy book onely , but each poem , this wit-committee doth cite to 'em ; thy hot-cockler for something written , by these bumme-bayliffs hath been bitten . but you , my friend , ( not gondiberts ) forbear your sarcasmes and your flirts ; for if you play the cynick still , and bite so hard my knighted will , my woodstreet doctor , ( not a wooden ) a sure dissecter , and a good one , with hand accustom'd to knife keen , shall quaintly firk away your spleen . so that you shall not bite , nor raile , but like kinde puppies shake your taile . this may be donne , for i have seen a barker's , that 's a cynicks spleen i' th' doctors box . ( snarlers ) 't is true , the curre 's as crank as any of you , and frisks and fitchets up and down , as you , to all the clubbs o' th' town . all alike living by mishaps , ( what falls from table ) poor wit-scraps . will shew thy face ( be 't what it will ) we 'l push 'um yet a quill for quill , and let the world at latter loose , judge which was taken for a goose . upon the misplaced answer upon the preface of gondibert . lasciva est nobis pagina , vita proba . i know the reason , and 't is pat , why none of you do english that . nor will i , friends , for all our wrongs should be objected in hard tongues . ergo , lasciva est vobis pagina , vita probra . — you have found it ; pro in probra ( if there be any such adjective ) is long , it was a purpose made so , it is according to your life , so it is all your life long . now after that note in prose , to the verses . just at the threshold pray you look , preface , you say , is nose to book : very familar sure are those we suffer to play with our nose , but chief at sharp with pin , or prickle : yet these are strawes , but strawes will tickle . on the preface . room for the best of poets — jolt , ( this is the first wit-thunder-bolt . ) the sheriff's verses must amate us , they are the posse comitatus . and those that follow in this list-all , are all his men , with nere a pistoll . unlesse for cases wide as poulton's , perchance each man may have paul coulton's . what , doth he baffle hobs the nathan ? hook in , old boy , thy levi-athan . the wits they grant , though one turnes coat , and writes now contra , that pro wrote , we do not take that much in snuff , he 's still o th' weakest , penne , or buffe . but what if vvill a censure made-a o' th' poets ? he but did as strada . so did old ben , our grand wits master , in this play called poetaster . the odds is ours , we are the higher , we are knight lauriat , ben the squire . upon my conscience you wrong out knight , that he should hate the tongue of either author , for 't is sed those languages ne're hurt his head . you know full well the latian is routed in our nation : and why such stir for heathen greek ? is 't not enough brisk french to speak ? italian brave , my signiora , if sounds as high as you can rore a. he never miss'd at nose of ovid , but lov'd the nose so well approved of the court-ladies . handy, dandy , they both were spoyl'd by art d'amandi : you think they feign , that is , they lie , that spake of gondibert so high . if that their verses were much taller , waller hath since out-gondid vvaller . why do you bite , you men of fangs ? ( that is , of teeth that forward hangs ) and charge my dear ephestion with want of meat ? you want digestion . we poets use not so to do , to find men meat , and stomachs too . that is a good capacity , if you want that the more 's the pity . you have the book ▪ you have the house , and mumme ( good iack ) and catch the mouse . the knight 's return'd , your censures vanish , and takes no dungus , but good spanish . the author doth not put in mun — because it is the abreviation , or nick of his own name . now with virginia twit's no more . the slaves are dead , we do deplore : and leave i pray , your fierce bravados , slife you will end else in barbados . to sir william d'avenant . after so many poorer scraps of playes , which nere had the mishaps , to passe the stage without their claps . . when thou hadst past the pikes , and wert thy self a royall gondibert , a soldate , then a statesman pert . . there so improv'd , and grown so able , thou'rt fit for war , or council-table , could'st thou be brought to penne a fable ? . could ( knight ) thy emerited fancy , after so high dispatch beyond-sea , stoop to contrive this rare romancy ? . which all romances must adore , arcadia bow , and eglamore , and all since written , and before . . thy first penn'd albovin must lie , forgotten in his lumbardy , for gondibert is onely high . . this gondibert , and so the author , is lik'd by king , and by king's daughter , it makes them serious , and makes laughter . . he that hath swing'd the prince of condi , and beat him to a hole , like lundie , ( better imployment send him one day . ) . when that he 's weary of the launce , and hunting rebels out of france , in gondibert his thoughts advance . . and sighs , perchance , with watry sluces , to see the red-rose serve the luces , but ( will ) the world is all abuses . . thou'rt read translated in french court , the divel himself doth well report , all but these quiblers thank thee for 't . . when princes battel joyn , and hurt , are farre remov'd from friends at court , their chirurgion then is gondibert . . a leaf of thee but read , will stench the blood as well as any french chi'rgion , or chirurgion's wench . . here ladies may a simpling go , iohnson , gerrard do not shew a greater betany to view . . translate no longer for our leahs , ( good peppers ) our pharmacopaeas , of herbals here 's the prime ideas . . thou art the publique icon mornm , the ladies lay the book before um , and polexander's not o' th' quorum . . before they treat a lord , a part of thee is read , or got by heart , they 'r catechis'd in gondibert . . and if they lose the virgin-name , they onely say in joyfull shame , sweet gondibert thou wert to blame . . their paines and throwes in this do please , when that in parsley-bed it sees . bully-gondibertiades . . then let these rimers now approve , and say thou art their lash above . princes fight by thee , and queens love . upon the continuation of gondibert . ovid to patmos pris'ner sent , his book to rome without him went : and though that d'avenant was confin'd , the world to gondibert was kind ; and by his worth so pleaded we , see gondibert set d'avenant free . the power that laid the man by th'heeles , took bayle of 's feet for all the ills . his habeas corpus now is granted ; ( prethee no more of a nose scanted . ) and why good knight are we severe , because we would the stages cleare of gods invoak'd ; and pegasus ? abuse us still good poet thus . how gallant massey grown of late , as if the man were massey-plate ? but how could ever gyges ring , have hoysted davenant on the wing , when that the ring did not convey , but keep invisible , we say , the person on the place , 't is worse , the rings mistook for pacolets horse . he lay not there , no not an houre , no sooner was thy work at tower , but davenant was releas'd , we know it , the man was pardon'd for the poet . but how comes daphne in ? it followes , daphnes are alwayes neere apollos . the muses , we know are such the tower can't hold , but that do's much . nay the muse holds our muses now , scarce your prime wit can scape ; yet how , i le tell you , may be safe from danger , write as you doe sans wit in anger . friend , if you have indeed abus'd , homer and virgil as accus'd , let these withdraw the action , and make them satisfaction , ( for gondibert , i nere did see ; the book , my friends , too dear for me . ) how come you now to offend the bard of lofty fame , and name full hard ? bold britaines , they , and won't indure , but my lord bard is for thee sure . let all the mountaines meet upon 't , they 'l yeild to bard and bellamont . i thought that nose must be i' th' verse , though i' th' fag end , i' th' very a — . wash thee in avon , if thou flie , my wary davenant so high , yet hypernaso now you shall o're-fly this goose so capitall . your colours will not hold the rather , expung'd by one that drinks of neither : and yet no kin to john taylor : the author upon himself . false as foolish ! what turn felo de me ? davenant kill davenant ? no , the whole world doth see my gondibert , to be a piece of art . waller and cowley true have prais'd my book , and deservedly , nay i did for it look ; he both us robbs , that blames for this old hobs. write on ( jeer'd will ) and write in pantofle , that 's over pumpho , and for will crofts his baffle , thou maist long write , that wri●'st to them that shite . knight hold thy nose at this . one tetrastich to wipe his versifyer ▪ met at the common shoar , thee & will crofts , i send you ieffery to cleanse what 's soft : be it in head , can't he poor dwarf assaile , but he will reach , to whip you in the taile . room , room for a leather flinger , pretends to be a triple singer , on three feet , or to a third finger . who can sufficiently prepare 'um 'gainst men of trium literarum ? who 'l fall like those that rose at sarū ▪ . in triple rimes i thank a kater , who writes as if he were my mater , but proves a most fraterrimus frater . . you erre my cautious friend in planets , as in abusing of my sonnets . the swanns above , geese vaile your bonnets . . 't is right ( you say ) 't was hard in france , ten pound for a good work t' advance , you got it friend , ( but for a dance . ) . what like thy selfe , still souc'd in ale , abhorring all that 's sharp and stale ? you 'l find me salt both head and taile . indors'd tih-he , and seal'd with the caelature of the four-tassel'd cap. upon fighting will . must all be fighters that do follow camps , it was not so , my friends , not at ea'tamps . he that bought armes , and boldly cross'd the maine did honour , sure , in that adventure gain . who deserves most , the man that is well bang'd for king ? or he that ventures to be hang'd ? now impudence , thou 'rt up with old disgrace , better to want some nose , than want a face . caro de carne mine is still as 't was , when thine of flesh is batter'd into brasse . where kings have favour'd do not thou blaspheme , i onely do amand that sacred theme . will , like a basilisk , did ride and flie , and like a regulus , bold will will die . in pugnacem daphnem . num latin — as hîc ? per mare , per terras , regi obsequiosus aravi , neptunus ceduces , arma verumque vehit . belgia me sensit , retuli unde ipse leones . sensit bombardus anglica terra meus . hinc ordo ( nam gaudet equo neptunus ) equestris , et poterat parmum nobilitare leo . scilicet — — & verus campi basiliscus ad ibam , bombardet genus ah tum basiliscus erat . test is abest fateor , jam functo feste meipso , calcar adest tamen , & fama superstes erit . ad eundem , law case . leye ulpianum inter io : oakum vel quercenū & io : novi stili . ff. ff. ff. ff. tit. de abluendo cerebro parag. tuenim , vel codrus . crambe bis repetitae nolo reponere scribe nova . in daphnen causidicum . all are not martyr-soldiers , blood & goar , to will to fight is soldier-confessor , and does defie his sawcy hand and pen , that saies he ere turn'd back to any men . the nose again ! ô how they plunge that scoff ! if th'ad been whole ; they would have rubb'd it off . a little man , a man you may suppose , as much in justice to a ( little ) nose . for , with the honour'd remnant that he beares we take in snuff , these often crambed jeeres , i le give you ( pokins ) leave to be nasute , it is enough for us to be acute . and 'cause i will in equity dispose , you shall ana — eares unto your nose . the poet is angry , because censur'd by one he knowes not . some men have known some man , some men before : ha well done iack , 't was like be seen no more . 't is special to be known , not know agen . but prethee tell , who was iack pudding then ? titulus compitis londini cum licentia imponendus . quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu ? quantum ad epistolae sonum videtur esse exhibitoris tumulorum apud westmonasteriū , adeo illi digitus mercurialis , & vox stentoria , quid ni rude donati●s ! tune monstrorum remonstrator . monumentis ipsis statua major es , & praeter teipsum ( id est ) magistrum spectaculorum grandius monstrum nulla aetas iterum videbit : quid castrum backsterianum nominas ? abi ad ripam , & cum simiâ ( die quolibet iovis ) te ostenta . tune elephantos , tigridasque loqueris ? cedunt miracula , asinus locutus est . suscitasti ( stipes ) cetum pro naribus sales , ignem sulphur evomentem : abite pelamides . ( ne forte non intelligeretur vocabulum ) anglice , ( plaise-mouth'd fellowes . ) adest leviathan sed hobbianus , non hobgoblianus . americae datum . mense anni platonici . . anno bestiae . bis tibi vale . upon the author . daphne secure of the buff , prethee laugh , yet at these four , and their riff raff : who can hold , when so bold ? and the trim wit of coopers green hill , should piss now in every commō squirters quill , and his old prais'd fancies kill , denham thou'lt be shrewdly shent , to invent such drawlery for merriment ; and tak'st a heart to bear a part , with three of most unequal pitiful fire , not fit to be enter'd in the grave wit-quire , a drawing donne out of the mire . canto the second , or rather cento the first . all in the land of bembo , and of bubb , frank harris help me , on this pocky rub . how shall we doe now jack a doggs is dead to get tom coriat decent buried . t is fit the man that travell'd had so much , and rode a stride the vessell in high dutch . should have a place to lay his head , if he were but dead drunk , as he was us'd to be . is there no art ho ? nor commencement nigh ? mutton i smell , vacation pullets ply , toward trumpington , and shottover , a hill , neer bellosyte , hath at each end a mill . but what news from america ? dost hold , we shall have both our pockets full of gold , to buy us turke-pies , alas 't is hot ; good iack supply the club , and give's a pot. does not that gentleman upon the bench love smoak nor sack ? then let him have a wench . all palates pleas'd , a scot will eat no swine , men will eat men , reckabites drinke no wine . hey day ! & where are we ? what all-a-mort ? i thought we had been jeering gondibert . what is all this ? protest 't is wondrous good , but better it were farre , if understood . now 't is as plain as nose not in my face , when that i rose from stool , i lost my place . then face about , or in more homely geere , noses revert , be where your arses were . ' uds fish and egs ! that is no swearing yet , what shall we do ? we 'r in a deadly sweat . we have got in ano feavor . good kings daughter set on a posnet , make some parley-water : or , if you please , panada make in skellit ; let not men of nose come near , they 'l smell it . and let it boyle three pints unto a half , then let it coole , and give 't a durham calf ; or these calabrian swine , or padan goats , but be ye sure ( sweet princess ) of your coats : o tie 'um up behind , or skewit tuck 'um , for fear these lads from off your buttocks pluck 'um o arm your self , for they 're adventrous fellows , and commonly stav'd off with tongs or bellows . or break their heads with some good cherry-stone , 't will beat them off the pit , 't is ten to one . though they be cruel cockers , strike , they 're marr'd , and will run out , and not a man die hard . but if they should hold , astrayon has clyster , but pray what he with owl upon his fist here ? o 't is a present to be shar'd 'twixt four ! the jesses and the hood to two , no more : the eyes and beak to two — 't is fit . this have we for our old fustian , your new-made poll-davie . thus farre out of our wits , now let 's be in our senses . . the sun was sunk into the watry lap of her commands the waves , and weary there , of his long journey , took a pleasing nap to ease his each daies travels all the year . . zanthus is safely said forrage to yeild , for his bright coursers with their flaming hoofs , ( no , no , elisium is too bare a field ) they quarter where they run , in the same roofs . . yet do they seem to rest , that is , are fled , from th'inclosure of our hemisphere ; and to be down , we say , is gone to bed , but they do lie , in truth , we know not where . . when gondibert and birtha joyn'd that night , and reap'd the pleasure of expectant brides . they did not sleep , nor would they , if they might , but kept the ephialtes from her strides . . forbear to speak the rest , the modest bed , did shake to think what then was got & lost ; the curtaines blush'd , that is , were very red , while she was thaw'd , that still that night was frost . . old astragon , as fathers gladly use , a caudle brought next morning early , and joy'd his daughter , but she could not choose but snob , and made it richer , that is , pearly . . not that she wept 'cause she had chang'd her name , but teares , you know with them , are too too common . it was to think what time sh'had lost , & blames her self ; she had no sooner put on woman . i am beholding , but not to this d. donne for that . stout gnodibert grown stiffer by those teares , for she imbrac'd the man , that invers'd tree , so that for certain he nere hung his eares , but thrash'd , and took for a walnut , birtha she . where is the fustian and the bombast ? in your own doublets , sure compleat . to daphne on his incomparable ( and by the critick incomprehended ) poem , gondibert . chear up dear friend , a laureat thou must be , nay , in this name entituled to the tree . gather ( you infant-wits ) loose bayes from hence , and weare it when you write like him , high sense . homer would wish his eyes again , to see to mend his verses by thy poetry . nor would the chesher , and smooth mantuan , deny the praises of so brave a man . rather if living , he would d'avenant sing , and in alternate muse thy merit ring . ovid would be so far from minde of those , ( that he would gladly lend thee part of 's nose , sad of thy least defect ) and spight of us , for thee would write a new de tristibus . tasso and petrach , and his laura too , will throw off modesty , and the bayes wooe . apollo call a counsell , make an act , and let their verses with the cords be packt . and their names be plac●t , but never higher , on the toms , of which the club is squire . whilst thou whale gondibert shalt feast , thy dish , such as these , shabs , shruks , sea calfs , & sword fish . let the whole shoale of lesser pamphlets swim , as the wit-frye . secur'd alone in him . an essay in explanation to mr. hobbs , &c. canter . the d . . ill men and poets , are by number known , fit to consume ( qd . he ) both corn & wine ; then judge which is the bad , her 's four for one , foul play in verse my friends . but give um line . . o hopefull inigo , towardly old man , that know'st so much , that daphne nere knew letter , oxford him bred , paris brought up . who can ? ( and the globe clapt his playes ; ) who can do better ? . rime , feet of reason , was his studied art , rimes that are grasp'd by you in divels claw . rimes lycambaean , full of salt and tart — tar that will burn the fingers , shirt and straw . . to sublime reason , nature's inmate , art , did rimes as varnish to her house devise , rubbish lies under the rar'd plaister-part , that is rough reason couch'd , but not to th' wise . . now since the law must clear both us and you , your neck ▪ verses perchance y' have had already , for the first faults , you know we hang but few ; then take the book & read & old nick speed ye . on gondibert . clap on thy close-stoole apted for a — upon thy head , & march a rare mock mars . how strong the poet smells ? good sir impart ; did you not slice at name of gondibert ? with your own verses clense your tripe : ( a proper taile-clout ) wipe for wipe . cockle-de-moys for the poets hot-cockles . hot-cockles are but childrens toyes , no more , my friends , are cockle-de moys . we 'le play at both ; but who shall lie ? recant and poem late wrote high , amount unto a book . lie faire you , as you did lately , and i le spare you . reach me a ferula , perhaps the clawing hand slights our fist-claps . for wearing buff , but never fighting , fouling paper in the writing for whatsoere y' have donne be — . smell to my hand sir , what , so coy ? close , 't is best a cocle-de-moy . come donne , come neerer with your nose ; how nice ? 't is but to pluck a rose . better do thus , then go to th' crowes . has denham smelt ? he 's very ill ; let him be breath'd on cooper's hill . draw neer ( you fourth rhinoceros ) this for your verses and your prose . while it was made , i chanc'd to whistle , that take too , for your learned epistle . if mr sheriff your wits did stir up : that is two scruples more of syrup . in physick i le requite your pains , and thank you all my k ▪ in grains . if astragon hath not enough , tantablin shall afford you stuff . what 's here , church gradus without organs ? blomesbury , s. katharine's , covent , cum finsbury garden , canon , no christ-church , venery bangher , aclap . epithites that will serve foure appellative , and four proper nouns , or more . drolling , insipid , sarcustick , damned , heroick , lumbery , bombasted , fustian , hauty , pecking . upon the authors writing his name , as in the title of the booke , d'avenant . . your wits have further , than you rode , you needed not to have gone abroad . d'avenant from avon , comes , rivers are still the muses rooms . dort , knows our name , no more durt on 't ; an 't be but for that d'avenant . . and when such people are restor'd , ( a thing belov'd by none that whor'd ) my noches then may not appeare , the gift of healing will be neer . meane while i le seeke some panax ( salve of clowns ) shall heal the wanton issues , and crackt crowns . i will conclude , farewell wit squirty fegos and drolling gasmen wal-den-de-donne-dego . finis .