To each Gentleman Soldier in the Company 〈◊〉 Captain John Hulls, Captain in the YELLOW Regiment of Trained Bands of London.  

THOUGH your great Actions I need not rehearse,  
(They speak your Worth beyond my homespun Verse,)  
Yet Custom once a Year obliges me  
T'applaud your long-experienced Loyalty:  
Wherefore, Great Sirs, all that's desired by me,  
Is, that my Offering may accepted be;  
Being made unto you with a free good Will,  
Although I can't pretend to th' Poet's Skill.   

When the Bold French (last Year) had an Intent  
Us to Invade, the YELLOW Regiment  
First took up Arms, meaning thereby to show  
All Loyal Subjects what they ought to do  
For their dear Country, and its Warlike King,  
Whose Valour through th' whole Universe doth ring.   

When the Six Reg'ments Marched unto Hyde-park,  
(Each Man accoutred like a Warlike Spark)  
You were the Van, the Place of Honour due  
(Brave Heroes of the YELLOW) unto you:  
Th' admiring Crowd afforded you Applause,  
Crying, Behold the Glorious YELLOW Boys,  
Whose Loyalty has ever steadfast been  
Unto our most auspicious King and Queen,  
William and Mary whose great Worth will be  
Recorded unto all Posterity.   

And when their Majesties were pleased to say  
They'd grace the Triumph of the Lord Mayor's Day,  
The YELLOW then was pitched upon to be  
Their chiefest Safeguard and Security.   


Thus upon all Occasions you are free  
To signalise your Zeal and Loyalty  
To your Dear Country and His Majesty.   

For which long may you live, until you see  
All Enemies to England's Monarchy  
Fall down before your Arms and Loyalty.    

May sacred Heaven always propitious be  
To Great King William and his Consort Mary,  
Is the good Prayer, and shall be to the End,  
Of your most faithful Marshal and your Friend   
Thomas Hawki●●