Good Admonition. OR, Keep thy head on thy shoulders, And I will keep mine.  
To the tune of, Merrily and cherrily, &c.  
 

THough Wenthworth's beheaded,  
Should any repine?  
there's others may come  
To the Block besides he.  
Keep thy head on thy Shoulders,  
I will keep mine;  
For what is all this to thee or to me?  
Then merrily and cherrily  
let's drink off our beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   

What means our brave Gallants  
So fast for to fly:  
Because they are afraid  
That some danger might be,  
They cared not for seeing  
The Deputy die,  
But what is all this to thee or to me:  
Then merrily and cherrily  
let's drink off our beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   

Since that Finch, and Windebancke  
First crossed the Seas,  
To shun some great danger  
Its thought they foresee;  
there's many hath catched  
The Running Disease,  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily and cherrily  
Let's drink off our beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   

Although some by running,  
To scape had the hap,  
Which formerly feared  
They punished should be,  
Yet others as cunning,  
Were catched in the trap,  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily and cherrily  
Let's drink off our beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   

A man to do evil  
And have too much Grace,  
He thinks it's a wonder  
Most strange for to see,  
So little in person,  
Yet great by his place:  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily and cherrily  
let's drink off our wine.  
keep thy head on thy shoulders,  
I will keep mine.   
 

WHat strength hath an infant  
To do any harm  
So long as the keeper  
Doth it ever see?  
It's fit that a Suckling  
Were led by the arm  
But what is all this to thee or to mé●  
Then merrily and cherily  
Let's drink off our wine,  
keep thy head on thy shoulders,  
I will ke●pe mine.   

Though Jermin and others  
Were loath to rehearse,  
What they thought in England,  
Here acted should be,  
Let Davenant write down  
Their travels in verse,  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily and cherrily  
let's drink up our beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   

Since no Canterbury,  
Nor old woman's tale,  
Or dissimulation  
Will credited be,  
The Popish Supporters  
Begins for to fail,  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily and cherrily  
let's drink off our wine,  
keep thy head on thy shoulders  
I will keep mine.   

Though some with much patience  
Have suffered long,  
Who after much trial  
Are lately se● free:  
And others be punished  
Which did them such wrong,  
But what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily, &c.   

Suppose that the masspriests  
And Jesuits all,  
Which troubled our Nation  
Should banished be;  
we'll never be daunted  
At Babylon's fall,  
For what is all this to thee or to me,  
Then merrily, &c.   

Let never be sorry  
For that which is past,  
That each man in's calling  
Most jocund may be  
Still hoping long looked for  
Will come at the last,  
And times at more certain,  
We shortly shall see,  
Then merrily, &c.   

If that all false traitors,  
Were banished our Land,  
And that from all Popery  
It once might be free,  
Then England and Scotland  
Might join hand in hand,  
Then times will prove better to thee 〈◊〉 to me  
So merrily and cherily  
we'll drink wine and beer,  
Let who as will run for it,  
We will stay here.   
FINIS.   

LONDON.