The Protestant-FLAYL: An Excellent New SONG.  
To the Tune of, Lacy's Maggot; Or, The Hobby-Horse.  

[1]  
LIsten a while, and I'll tell you a Tale  
Of a New Device of a Protestant flail,  
With a Thump, Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump.  
This flail it was made of the finest wood,  
Well lined with Lead, and notable good,  
For splitting of Bones, and shedding the Blood  
Of all that withstood,  
With a Thump, Thump, etc.   

[2]  
This flail was invented to thrash the Brain,  
And leave behind not the weight of a grain,  
With a Thump, etc.  
At the handle-end there hung a Weight,  
That carried within unavoidable Fate,  
To take the Monarch a rap in the Pate,  
And govern the State,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[3]  
It took its Degree in Oxford-Town,  
And with the Carpenter went down,  
With a Thump, etc.  
If any durst his Might oppose,  
He had you close, in spite of your Nose,  
To carry on clever the Good Old Cause,  
And down with the Laws,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[4]  
With this they threatened to forestall  
The Church, and give the Bishops a Mawl  
With a Thump, etc.  
If King and Lords would not submit  
To the joiner's wit whiles the House did sit,  
If this in the right place did hit,  
The Cause it would split,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[5]  
Two handfuls of Death, with a Thong hung fast.  
By a Zealot who hanged himself at last,  
With a Thump, etc.  
With a moving head both stiff and stout,  
Found by the Protestant Joiner out,  
To have at the King & the Laws t'other bout,  
And turn them both out,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[6]  
Ivi●sibly 'twould deal his Blows,  
All to maintain the Good Old Cause,  
With a Thump, etc.  
Woven Liberty and Freedom bring  
To every thing except the King,  
At Monarchy it had a fling,  
And took its swing,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[7]  
This flail was made of the Newest Fashion,  
To heal the Breaches of the Nation,  
With a Thump, etc.  
If Faction any difference bred,  
'Twould split the Cause in the very Head,  
Till Monarchy reeled, and Loyalty bled,  
And were knocked in the Head,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[8]  
When any Strife was in the State,  
This flail would end the whole Debate,  
With a Thump, etc.  
'Gainst Arbitrary Power of State,  
And Popery which the Zealous hate,  
It would give them such a Rap on the Pate.  
They must yield to their Fate,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[9]  
It had a thousand Virtues more,  
And had a Salve for every Sore,  
With a Thump, etc.  
With this they thought to have maintained,  
The Loyal Tribe, and Royalists brained:  
But the joiner was hanged, and the flail was Arraigned  
And the Conquest Regained,  
With a Thump, etc.   

[10]  
May Tony and all our Enemies,  
Meet with no better fate than his,  
With a Thump, etc.  
May Charles still Live to rule the State,  
And York whom all Dissenters hate,  
To be revenged upon their Pate,  
By timely fate,  
With a Thump, Thump, Thump a Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump.    

LONDON: Printed for A. Banks, MDCLXXXII.