Lampoons

Lampoons

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Lampoons. Over the Lord D—rs Door.

Over the Lord S—rys Door.

To the Speaking-Head.

Anſwer.

The Ghoſt.

A Dialogue between a Loyal Addreſſor, and a Blunt Whiggiſh Clown.

Lampoons.
Over the Lord D—rs Door.

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UNhappy Age, and we in it,

When Truth doth go for Treaſon;

Every Blockhead's Will for Law,

And Coxcombs Senſe for Reaſon.

Religion's made a Paud of State,

To ſerve the Pimps and Panders,

Our Liberty a Priſon Gate,

And Iriſh-men Commanders.

O wretched is our Fate!

What Dangers do we run,

We muſt be Wicked to be Great,

And to be Juſt, undone.

'Tis thus our Soveraign keeps his Word,

And makes the Nation Great;

To Iriſh-men he truſts the Sword,

To Jeſuits the State.

Over the Lord S—rys Door.

IF Cecil the Wiſe,

From his Grave ſhould ariſe,

And look the fat Beaſt in the Face,

He'd take him from Maſs,

And turn him to Graſs,

And ſwear he was none of his Race.

To the Speaking-Head.

I'M come my future Fate to ſeek,

Speak then, Coeleſtial Blockhead ſpeak.

Anſwer.

Had'ſt thou not conſulted with the Witch at Rome,

Thou need'ſt not thus, like Saul, to Endor come

To ſeek out (Brother Solid-head) thy doom,

The Hearts of all thy Friends are gone;

Gazing they ſtand, and grieving round thy Throne,

And ſcarce believe thou art the Martyrs Son.

Thoſe whom thou favoureſt, merit not thy Grace;

They, to their Intereſt, Sacrifice thy Peace,

And will in Sorrow make thee end thy days.

Tempt not thy Fate too far, do not rely

On force or fraud; Why ſhould'ſt thou Monarch, why,

Live unbelov'd, and unlamented dye?

The Ghoſt.

A Papiſt dy'd, as 'twas Jehovah's Will,

And his poor Soul went trudging down to Hell!

Where, when he did arrive, juſt at the Entry,

He found a Maſtive Devil ſtanding Centry,

With flaming Eyes, and Face as black as Soot,

A Muſqueteer with a great Cloven Foot:

And who goes there? I, a poor Papiſt Ghoſt,

That's come to dwell upon the Stygian Coaſt.

Stay where you are, and do not preſs ſo hard,

For I muſt call the Captain of the Guard;

He gave me Orders to let none come in,

But only ſuch as ſhould have leave from him.

The Captain call'd, accordingly came forth,

A Devil of integrity and Worth,

Who all in nobleſt Scarlet being dreſt,

With a moſt delicate fine Embroider'd Veſt,

He asks the Ghoſt, with a great Voice, as loud

As mighty Thunder, breaking from a Cloud,

What was the bus'neſs? Sir, I am come to dwell,

If you will pleaſe to give me leave, in Hell.

Damn you, you whorſon Dog, ſaid he to him,

I love my Maſter, and you ſhan't come in;

For if above you Eat your God, I fear,

Should you come in, you'd Eat the Devil here.

A Dialogue between a Loyal Addreſſor, and a Blunt Whiggiſh Clown.

UNgrateful Wretch! Canſt thou pretend a cauſe

To fear the loſs of Liberty and Laws?

Has not the King been at a vaſt expence

To raiſe the Gallant Troops in thy Defence?

Did he not promiſe in a Proclamation,

To rule by Law at's Coronation?

Clown.

Put has he not already damn'd the Teſt

And ſure that Princes Word is but a jeſt,

Who Rules an Army, and Obeys a Prieſt;

Nor can his Solemn Oath make us much ſafer;

His Sword is Steel, his God is but a Wafer.

FINIS.

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Lampoons

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1687

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A49181

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56272

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— Lampoons,

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1 sheet (2 columns)

s.n.,. [London? :: 1687?]. (Broadside.) (Caption title.) (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.)

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