A Loyal congratulation to the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftsbury upon the disappointment of his, the King and kingdoms enemies by the loyal grand juries finding the bill against him ignoramus : in a short poem. 1681 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A49347 Wing L3341 ESTC R36488 15702018 ocm 15702018 104465

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 eng Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, -- Earl of, 1621-1683. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Loyal CONGRATULATION To the Right Honourable, Anthony, Earl of Shaftsbury: Upon the Diſappointment of his, the King and Kingdoms Enemies, By the Loyal Grand Juries Finding the Bill againſt him IGNORAMƲS. In a short POEM. SIR, as I in a Melancholly Mood, Upon the Bank of our Fam'd River, ſtood, Seeing the Wherries paſſing too and fro, And marking how the Tides did Ebb and Flow; How flowing high, the Waters waſh't the Wall Of our Dread Sovereigns Royal Court, White-Hall: How, when they Ebb'd and left the Kingly Houſe, They naked left the Strand, the Mud and Ouſe; What pains men took who Row'd againſt the Tide, How eaſily the Boats did with it glide. Methought I ſaw within this Wat'ry Glaſs, The Image of our Times oft-Changing Face, Which did my Melancholy Thoughts relieve, And that Times Tide would turn, ſome Hopes did give. My Lord, The World and I do ſee it now, The ſwelling Tide begins to turn with You; The God who flowing Waters doth Command, Sets them a Period, and then bids them Stand, Doth with his Power the Tydes of Malice bound, Leſt men with Waters or with Rage be Drown'd. Your Foes, whoſe Rage but now ſwell'd to the Brink, With Shame return, diſcovering as they ſink, The Filthy Bottom and the Stinking Mud That lay unſeen under the Rolling Flood. What Horrid Arts do Politicians uſe? For Int'reſt Law and Goſpel will abuſe; How they can Traytors Hug, and Villains Love, When Malice would ſome Obſtacle remove! They care not if their Inſtruments be Damn'd, The King, and all the World beſides, be Shamm'd, When their Deſign to bring about they hope, A Popiſh Succeſſor, with him a Pope, For you my Lord they'd laid a deſperate Snare, With Malice, Wicked Induſtry and Care; VVith Cunning Arts of a Soul-Damning Sin, They thought they for your Life had laid their Gin, Their Trap's Diſcover'd, and themſelves fall in. Fools not to know, there can be no Defence Againſt a Righteous God and Innocence. But Sir, they aim'd not at your Life alone, More muſt have fallen when that you were gone, They'd firſt remove the Nations Prop and Stay, Then take Religion and our Laws away; Bring in the Pope and Arbitrary Sway. But God look't down and ſaw the deep Deſign. And by Good Angels broke their Snares like twine: A Jury which upon Record ſhall ſtand, As worthy Patriots who had ſav'd their Land; Who by Falſe Oaths would never be Trapann'd. O! Let their Names for e'r Recorded be, And let them ſhine bright to Poſterity: For Precedents hereafter they'l be ſhown, For Wiſdom and their upright Juſtice known, A long time after we are dead and gone. Who by your Fall alone did think to Lame us. Will Curſe, Da •• and cry out on IGNORAMUS. Let their black Mouths be with damn'd Curſes fill'd, And let them ſtill on falſe Foundations Build; Let them with Ballads, and with Pamphlets fill The Town, e're they reach You, your Fame to Kill; Let them with their Poetick Malice ſwell, Falſly apply the Story, known ſo well, Of Abſalom, and of Achitophel; You need not care, for Heav'n has turned the Tyde, And he himſelf appeared on your ſide: For which, I fear, ſome Wretch, whoſe Mouth is bigg With Blaſphemy, will boldly call him WHIGG; And if it were within their impious Power, Swear him from Heav'n, and hold him in the TOWER. All that with you, do for Religion ſtand, VVho wiſh that Peace, may ſtill flow in this Land, VVho truly Love the King, and Government, Tho' they ſtand up for Rights of PARLIAMENT, VVho ſpawn no PLOTS, whom no Affronts can move, VVho tho' much urg'd, will never Rebels prove, VVho do no Loyalty or Duty want, And every true unbiaſs'd PROTESTANT, Have by the Factious Scriblers of the Times, Been ſtill accus'd of Black and Traytrous Crimes; And if a Man ſpeak Sence, or Law, or Reaſon, They call him VVhigg, and to his Charge lay TREASON. Methinks the Factious now their Tricks ſhould ceaſe, VVho by all ways, ſtrive to diſturb our Peace, Tho' 'tis in Vain, and they diſcover'd have been, Yet will they try their old Shams o're agen; Almighty Mony, Juſtice doth invade, And PERJURY becomes a gainful Trade: They Looſe their End, and can't the people move, VVho Love the KING, and will not Rebels prove, They hop'd you Loyal, and did it believe, The Pope's Maſqu'd Creatures, could not all deceive: That you are Lov'd, you now may well perceive, So many Joyful Fires, ſhew'd their Content, That you have Loyal prov'd and Innocent, For which great Sir, great in your Vertue now, All Loyal Hearts with Me, rejoyce for You, And if you could converſe them, You would find In theſe few Lines, the numerous Loyal's Mind. They Love You only, becauſe You prove good, And that your Loyalty they underſtood: Therefore all thoſe who Mourn'd the Doleful Fate, Do your Deliverance now Congratulate, Finding you a Sound Member of the State. And may the King to 's Favour you reſtore, And 's Royal Beams upon you Shine once more, May Envy fly, your Enemies be Sham'd And no more PLOTS of State be ever fram'd; May CHARLES long Reign with Glory and Renown, Peace and Religion our Bleſt Nation Crown, That we once more ma • ſee thoſe Days again VVhen CHARLES reſtor'd, firſt over us did Reign. FINIS.

LONDON, Printed for Charles Leigh, 1681.