Dagon's fall, or, The whigs lamentation for the death of Anthony, King of Poland to the tune of, Philander, &c.

Dagon's fall, or, The whigs lamentation for the death of Anthony, King of Poland to the tune of, Philander, &c.

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DAGON's FALL OR, The WHIGS Lamentation for the Death of Anthony King of Poland. Ag〈…〉 Ld shaftsbury

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DAGON's FALL OR, The WHIGS Lamentation for the Death of Anthony King of Poland.
⟨Ag [...] Ld shaftsbury⟩

To the Tune of, Philander, &c. ⟨3. feb. 1683/2⟩

[1]

AH Cruel Bloody Fate!

VVhat canst thou now do more?

Alass! 'tis now too late

Poor Toney to restore:

VVhy should the flattering Fates persuade,

That Toney still should live,

In England here,

Or in Holland there,

Yet all our hopes deceive.

[2]

A Noble Peer He was,

And of Notorious Fame;

But now He's gone (alass!)

A Pilgrim o're the Main:

The Prop and Pillar of our hope

The Patron of our CAUSE;

The Scorn and Hate

Of Church and State,

The Urchin of the Laws.

[3]

Of matchless Policy

Was this Renowned Peer,

The bane of Monarchy,

The Peoples Hope and Fear,

The Joy of all True-Protestants,

The Tories Scorn and Dread;

But now He's gone

VVho curst the Throne,

Alass! poor Toney's dead.

[4]

For Commonwealth He stood,

Pretending Liberty;

And for the Publick Good

VVould pull down Monarchy:

The Church and State he would divorce,

The Holy CAUSE to wed:

And in time did hope

To confound the Pope,

To be himself the Head.

[5]

A TAP in's side he bore,

To broach all forts of Ill,

For which Seditious Store

The Croud ador'd him still:

He spit his Venom through the Town,

VVith which the Saints possest,

VVould preach and prate

Gainst Church and State,

VVhile He perform'd the rest.

[6]

VVhen any change of State,

Or Mischief was at hand,

He had a working Pate,

And Devil, at command:

He forg'd a PLOT, for which the Heads

Of Faction gave their Votes;

But now the PLOT

Is gone to pot,

VVhat will become of Oates?

[7]

Under the fair pretence

Of Right, Religion, Law,

Excluding the True Prince,

The Church would overthrow:

With such Religious Shams he brought

The Rabble on his side;

And, for his sport,

The Town and Court

In Parties would divide.

[8]

Now what's become of all

His squinting Policy

VVhich wrought your Dagon's Fall,

From Justice forc'd to flie?

Old and Decrepid, full of pains,

As he of Guilt was full:

He fell to Fate,

And now (too late)

He leaves us to condole.

[9]

Now, learn ye Whigs in time,

By his deserved Fall,

To expiate his Crime,

E'r Fate revenge you all;

For Rights, Religion, Liberty,

Are but the Sham-pretence

To Anarchy;

But Loyalty

Obeys the Lawful Prince:

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LONDON: Printed by Nath. Thompson, at the Entrance into the Old-Spring-garden near Charing Cross, Anno Domini, 1683.

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Dagon's fall, or, The whigs lamentation for the death of Anthony, King of Poland to the tune of, Philander, &c.

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1683

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Printed by Nath. Thompson ...,. London :: 1683.. (Caption title.) (In verse.) (In double columns.) (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.)

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