Cromwell by Alfred B. Richards
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playing at dice, &c. Their arms are piled in a corner._
_1st Cav._ [_Sings_] Noll's red nose, In a bumper here goes To Beelzebub his own master; With the pikes at his flank Of our foremost rank, And the devil to find him plaster, Fairfax and Harrison, On them our malison. But drink and sing A health to the KING-- Gentlemen! steady, Fill, now be ready. _All._ He _shall_ have his own again! [_Shouting and huzzaing._] _A Cav._ A _toast_! gentlemen. "Noll's nose a-fire, and the devil's youngest daughter to baste it with aqua-vitae!" _All._ Ha! ha! _A Cav._ Would that Goring's moonrakers might come across the snuffling organ and cut it off. We would have it by way of _pavillon_. Thou, Frank |
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