Te Humple REMONSTRANCES OF Rice op Meredith, op Morgan, Shentilman of Wales; To te Parliaments of Enghelandts, and and her could Lord Shenerals. Wherein is set forth; awl her troubles and crievanees, and such a way propounded to te Parliaments, that tey may (if tey please) kiff her present Remeties. AWLSO, Her makes a tiscovery of awl te chief (what you call'ems) Incentiaries and tisturbers of te peace of her peloved Country of Wales, that tey may pe prought to condign punishment. TOGETER, With a ferry brave new Ballacks or Sangs, made py her noun cousins, Shan open Shefferies', open Shenkins, etc. a ferry exshellent could Welsh-Poet, was warrant her. ORtered March te first, 1652 (being St Taffy's tay) to pe forthwith printed and published; And appointed to pe read and sung in awl te Metheglins and Strong-Alse houses, throughout Enghelandts and Wales. Topies op Tomas, Cler. LONDON, Printed by ROBERT WOOD, and are to sold at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. 1652. A Remonstrance of the Gentleman of Wales, to her plessed Parliament, and could Lord Gen. Cromwell, etc. WHereas her Countrymen in Wales have create causes to put up her scrolls of papers, to show unto your Honours, that her hath in her Countries many enemies inclining to Superstition; and a create deal of foes her do know where, that dwell hard by the Mountains, and in the Valleys, that do seek to testroy her commodities and Trafficks, and eat up her bread and sheese out of her wives and children mouths, and to devour all her other provisions, as all her Cousins can be Witnesses upon her Oaths and Books. Her do not here make her complaints against pipple pabbles, or small matters, but of a create business, wherein her must accuse a little old Jesuitical Thief, that hath long made havoc in her Countries; her I mean that hath little small eyes, long head (not a Roundhead) four legs, and a long Tail: Her do not mean Robin-Run in the hole; nor do her complain of her Welsh Goat, or Runt, which yields her butter and sheese, and do her much good by milk for her youngest shield to nourish it; yet her will never be fat, but her will be still lean of the Ribs, so that you may see her haunch bones: Nor do her mean to make Orations and complaints against Lightfoot, alias Coging-Wat; for her can chase her away with her puppy-dog which lies 〈◊〉 he● shimney corn●●, and make her run in crea● f●ights over the Mountains. These, and many other sorts of cattles, are not troublesome to her Countries, but only that a●rant Rogue and greedy companion. Mr. Little-Eyes, who as soon as her hath done any mischief, whip Sir Davy, her runs into her hole, & draws her long Tail after her; and moreover this Mr. Little-eyes hath sharp teeth, like the comb which fetch out her other enemy out of her head in the very thickest place; as may plainly appear by her knawing her pest sheeses. And this is that cunning pated Rascal, that do her Countrymen so much wrong, her may well call her a Robber of the Commonwealths Habitations; and all his Ancestors coming from Pig-houses, they are now so increased, that they eat up all her corn in her parns, and will run from her Cousin ap-morgans', to her cousin ap-Griffins house, and do most lamentable spoils, so that all her cousins and countrymen can send out no Hue-and-cry to take these her homepred enemies; neither can her without her had Grim Molkins eyes, see out her enemies by night, but when her be fast asleep with her wife and shildren, her is at her knavish pranks: O horrible! Cod bless her from a Cun I pray Cod. Her hath sufficiently described her enemy's condition & malignant nature, for her doth spoil and demolish her pest sheeses, having a notable to taste which is best; now what could subjects can deny her enemies to be Rebels and Felons; for they do daily steal, rob and devour, in spite of her nose; and her be a Felon, pecause her comes in the night. Nay, more than this, her do suspect her to be a Papist, for her hath often been seen to run and play, and make dumb adorations about the cross in the Market place, and when her have set her Sacks of parley and Malt to sell, before her Chapmen could ask her prices, her would be working with her Teeth at the bottom of the sack, and being spied, her would whip away, and run under the market cross; as it hath been known that some of these her enemies, wanting places of harbour to be delivered of their young ones, and being too nimble to be carried to Cages, they have crept into holes in Churches, behind old Crosses and Images, and there have bred up their posterities, so that some of her Enemies be naturally Papists by their pedigree: What-shall her do in these cases? her were pest ket a protection for her sheeses, for all her country is in create fears and uproars about these her enemies, and her know not what to do if her may be robbed, and have her coods eaten before her face, and behind her back, and yet have no course taken to stay and kill her domestic Enemies: Her doth therefore for redress of these grievances, fashion her Indictment into Articulus, alias Articles; and then her will make her Arse tickle; for her knows her enemies to be Traitors, and ploud-suckers of her ancient Rights, and old Religion: Therefore, her is resolved to be fooled no longer, but to rise, beat down her Enemy, and send her Guts (mark you that) to make Fiddlestrings against Bartholomew Fair; And her Ambassador shall come in all her stately manner, with Drums, Branches, and Arms of Trees, instead of rotten silken Banners which will not endure a puff of wind: Also her shall have natural colours called Leeks, and instead of Gowns, her shall have freeze Jerkins; and instead of a horse, her shall ride upon a Red-herring; and instead of Sonnets, her shall have h●r natural Language, an echo, called Cokoo, Cokoo. And therefore her desires are to all Christian Kings and Princes, and to her Parl. and could Lord Gen. that the Principality of Wales may be defended from her enemies, & that there may be good store of Mousetraps provided, whereby her foes and enemies may be taken in their own Tevices. and their power lessoned, their ravenous minds abated, and their fierce stomaches qualified; And her further desires, That her may have 62 Canterbury Cats speedily sent to her Aid; that these her enemies, so many as are taken prisoners and alive, may be brought up in some convenient Hamper, and be committed to the Long powdering tub, to remain there without Bail or Mainprize. Mr. Mouse his Answer to her Countrey-mans Petition. It doth seem by this Petition could Countryman Jenkin, that your Welsh blood is up, you would make a good Laboror to carry Mort●r and Brick for as soon as you are angry, you are presently a top of the hous●; but as it is said when any th●ng is found gnawed, that the M●use hath been here; so he ●hat shall read this Remonstrance, and find ●herein such broken English, and so many hers in every line, may very well think that the Welshman hath been here, and hath becotten our of his brains a she Petition. You are afraid of Th●eves; that is of your own shadow; for who more Thief than your se●f: and for your sheeses they are as hard as Millstones, and stink of Goat's Milk, especially being toasted, so that the Devil would rather pe starved then boarded with sheese in Wales: Your other accu●ations are lies, and show you to pe a right Britain, tat will make a Mountain of a Molehill, as appeareth py your setting her country's wrongs and fears, in her long Pills and Petitions. Te Welch-man's Reply. WHhat toes her answer her so; compare her end call her Countryman, by her precious conscience, her will show 'tis her enemy no more favours, ten te Taylor doth her enemy, when her finds her enemy in her neck or posome: Cots body, call her her Country-mad, oh pace, oh intolerable, yea more base ten her Bass Viol which hangs in her champer: why her had pest pring te Frog, and such like Caterpillars, and say her is her Countryman as well as te louse or mouse. Her will fetch her long hook with te bike at te end of it her armour, and her beece, and her gauntlet, her touble edged sword or her pack-sword, and her pum tagger, and all h●● Country men shall march out with her in warlike proportions, and kill her enemies, if her Betitions pe not regarded, wherein her do know is true matters, and of good weights look you tere now: her made not her Betitions to pe laughed at, Cots plutra nails; terefore her will make no more ato with Betitions. Te Brotestation of Thomas ap Shink in, ap Morgan, ap Howel, etc. IN primis, Her was vow and brotest herself to live in te true faith, which was always called in te old and ancient time Protestants. Her was protest against Papists and Puritants life. Put her was pray to Cot to bless her could Parl. and Lort Shenerals, and that tey may endeavour to rite h●r from awl her enemies, tat her may live in her noun Countries in peace, tat her may live tere like a true Gentleman of Wales, and rite a hunting o'er te hills, tales, titches and follow te pawling togs' wit her pugle horn py her side, and if her can catch te Hare, to eat her to supper. A new Song made by her Cousin, etc. THere was a man, was callant man and her was born where her tid dwell Pecot her was a faliant man, as all her Country folk can tell. Was a create teal of house, was a create teal of land was hawk was house at hoor command, coushin Taffie. Her was of a shentile ploud and her come of a create pig house And every tay wear felset hood, and kill both Capon Pig and Cousin And every day her made a great pie, Taffie Taffie, pecot it was true, was tell her no lie, Coushin Taffie. Unto te poor her tid pequeath create teal of fi●tle e●ery tay, Until one (was called Teach) tid steal tis Shentilman away; O her create teal of coods her was pereaven, Taffy, Taffy, And now her must co to twel in heaven, py Cousin Taffy. Pehinde her, her tid leave a son, which tid prove a faliant man, Her kill two Spaniard wit a Cun, her came not of no coward kind; At Tilbu●y Camp a create while aco, Taffy, Taff●, Tere her was wit a thousand more, Cousin Taffy. Peaw waw, her was at Mile end Green, and at Crenwich Park pefore her Crace, And tere her was a faliant man, her was no coward in that place. Tere was create teal of horse, tere was create teal of folk, taffy, taffy Was a create teal of Cun make a create teal of smoke, cousin Taffy. At length her cot a foul mischance, her aspie a Lady passing by, Sir Cupit prick her wit a Lance, and steal pehinde her cowardly; And wit her rusty tusty Tart, Taffy, Taffy, Was miss her skin, but was pierce her heart, Cousin Taffy. Put when her had cot 'tis foul mischance, as py her you shall hear, Though Cupit prick her wit her lance, her was not tead; her was ferry near: Her send for the Sexton to towl the pell, Taffy, Taffy, Mark you, doth Sir Cupit use her well? Cousin Taffy. Well, pecot her was hold her a erit, tat her had peen better a kilt her Keese, Her would not pe in Sir Kupits coat, not for a create teal of toasted Sheese; For if ever Sir Kupit come into Wales, Taffy, Taffy, Was never come pack to preed more prawles, py Cousin Taffy. FINIS.