Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Various
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Ogle had wealth and title got,
So layd down his commissions; The noble marquesse would not yield, But scorn'd all base conditions. The King sent us, etc. The next a worthy bishop (8) is, Of schismaticks was hated; But I the cause could never know, Nor see the reason stated. The cryes were loud, God knowes the cause, They had a strange committee, Which was a-foot well neere a yeare, Who would have had small pitty. The King sent us, etc. The next to him is a Welsh Judge, (9) Durst tell them what was treason; Old honest David durst be good When it was out of season; He durst discover all the tricks The lawyers use, and knavery, And show the subtile plots they use To enthrall us into slavery. The King sent us, etc. Frank Wortley (10) hath a jovial soule, Yet never was good club-man; He's for the bishops and the church, But can endure no tub-man. |
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