The Bully Whig, or, The poor whores lamentation for the apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong to the tune of, Ah! cruel, bloody fate! &c.

The Bully Whig, or, The poor whores lamentation for the apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong to the tune of, Ah! cruel, bloody fate! &c.

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The Bully WHIG: OR, The Poor Whores Lamentation for the Apprehending OF Sir THOMAS ARMSTRONG.

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The Bully WHIG: OR, The Poor Whores Lamentation for the Apprehending OF Sir THOMAS ARMSTRONG.

To the Tune of, Ah! Cruel Bloody Fate! &c.

I.

AH! Cruel Bloody Tom!

What canst thou hope for more,

Than to receive the Doom

Of all thy Crimes before?

For all thy bold Conspiracies

Thy Head must pay the score;

Thy Cheats and Lies,

Thy Box and Dice,

Will serve thy turn no more.

II.

Ungrateful thankless Wretch!

How could'st thou hope in vain

(Without the reach of Ketch)

Thy Treasons to maintain?

For Murders long since done and past,

Thou Pardons hast had store,

And yet would'st still

Stab on, and kill,

As if thou hop'dst for more.

III.

Yet Tom, e'r he would starve,

More Blood resolv'd to've spilt;

Thy flight did only serve

To justifie thy Guilt:

While They whose harmless Innocence

Submit to Chains at home,

Are each day freed,

While Traytors bleed,

And suffer in their room.

IV.

When Whigs a PLOT did Vote,

What Peer Justice fled?

In the FANATICK PLOT

Tom durst not shew his head.

Now Sacred Justice rules above,

The Guiltless are set free,

And the Napper's napt,

And Clapper clapt

In his CONSPIRACY.

V.

Like Cain, thou hast a Mark

Of Murder on thy Brow;

Remote, and in the dark,

Black Guilt did still pursue:

Nor England, Holland, France, or Spain,

The Traytor can defend;

He will be found

In Fetters bound,

To pay for't in the end.

VI.

Tom might about the Town

Have bully'd, huff'd and roar'd,

By every Venus known,

Been for a Mars ador'd:

By friendly Pimping and false Dice

Thou might'st have longer liv'd,

Hector'd and shamm'd,

And swore and gam'd,

Hadst thou no Plots contriv'd.

VII.

Tom once was Cock-a-hoop

Of all the Huffs in Town;

But now his Pride must stoop,

His Courage is pull'd down:

So long his Spurs are grown, poor Tom

Can neither fly nor fight;

Ah Cruel Fate!

That at this rate

The 'Squire shou'd foil the Knight!

VIII.

But now no remedy,

It being his just Reward;

In his own Trap, you see,

The Tygre is ensnar'd:

So may all Traytors fare, till all

Who for their Guilt did fly,

With Bully Tom

By timely Doom

Like him, unpity'd die.

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Sold at the Entrance into the Old-Spring-Garden, 1684.

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The Bully Whig, or, The poor whores lamentation for the apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong to the tune of, Ah! cruel, bloody fate! &c.

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1684

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A30087

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Wing B5438

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ESTC R19979

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12258829

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ocm 12258829

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57715

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— The Bully Whig, or, The poor whores lamentation for the apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong to the tune of, Ah! cruel, bloody fate! &c.,

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Sold at the entrance into the Old Spring-Garden,. [London] :: 1684.. (Place of publication from Wing.)

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