Stephen Colledge's ghost to the fanatical cabal

Stephen Colledge's ghost to the fanatical cabal

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Stephen Colledge's GHOST TO THE FANATICAL CABAL.

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Stephen Colledge's GHOST TO THE FANATICAL CABAL.

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FRom the unfathom'd Bowels of thoſe cells,

Where death and everlaſting horror dwells,

I come with timely notice to prevent

A reſtleſs and eternal diſcontent,

Leaſt you (my once belov'd) too late repent.

What e're the great deſigning Grandees ſaid,

My willing ſoul officiouſly obey'd,

I was an active Puppet and was proud,

To ſqueak out Treaſon to the liſtning Croild,

Whilſt S—behind the Curtain fate,

And taught my buſie babling tongue to prate,

But now my Quondam Tutor give that o're,

And truſt your vain projecting head no more;

Though with deliberation you aſſayl,

Think how the Silver ſlime betrays the Snail.

Tell Dr. Titus and without offence

To his imaginary Reverence.

'T were better that the truth had been expos'd

As naked as himſelf and as diſclos'd:

It was imprudence in him and a freik

To ſtretch the Plot ſo far to make it break.

Poor Implement to ſome deſigning head,

And then by fairer promiſes betray'd.

Let M—curb ambition leaſt it grow,

And only ſwell him High to hurl him low,

The Eagles lawful brood can only gaze

Like unconcern'd Spectators at the Rayes,

Too weak his eyes, his countenance too down

To look againſt the Luſtre of a Crown.

Now for the ſcribling Tribe, my laſt advice,

Is ſeaſonable Caution to be nice,

Too boldly in their function they tranſgreſs,

Too fatally Licentious is the Preſs.

The giddy and believing Rout they pleaſe

With Mercuryes and Impartiallities,

Whilſt into the unpleaſant Doſe is thrown

Proteſtancy to make the Cup go down;

I fill'd a Bumper to the Riſing Sun,

And drank Sodition till I was undone.

But now my conſcious ſoul repines in vain,

Repentance only aggravates the pain,

The fatal Doom can never be retriev'd,

Murther may ſooner hope to be repriev'd.

How durſt theſe parched Lips pronounce ſuch things

Againſt the beſt & worthieſt of Kings?

I muſt that ſacralegious Arm condemn,

Dares ſpoile his temples of the Diadem,

That Ornament was Heavens ſole gift, & why

Did we Supream Authority deny?

With what ill Genius were we poſſeſt

To force his Royal Brother from his breaſt

No ſooner we Petition'd, but he'd give;

Till we incroach'd upon Prerogative,

Then when he ſaw what Myſteries were meant,

He, tender of his honour, did reſent;

And pull'd our Battel Architecture down,

Erected in defiance to his Crown.

But hold, approaching day peeps through the Skie,

And whiſpers to the guilty Ghoſts to fly.

My date of time's expir'd, and I muſt go,

The Cock with his third Summons tells me ſo,

Now muſt I ſtalk and like a Goblin rove

Through wayleſs paths and melancholy Groves.

Down to the deep Abyſs where diſcord reigns,

And Treaſons puniſht with eternal pains.

There, no kind Ignoramus can reſtore

My drooping Vitals and allay the ſore,

Inſtead of Acclamations and applauſe

Which my attempting raſhneſs us'd to cauſs

Nought but the Yells of furies now I hear,

And crawlling Snakes ſhall hourly hiſs deſpair.

This, this will be your Doom if you proceed,

Your Polliticks will fail you when you need,

Divine ſeverity muſt be your fate

With a Relentleſs Never for the Date.

FINIS.

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Printed for A, Tagner, 168 [...].

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Stephen Colledge's ghost to the fanatical cabal

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1681

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Printed for A. Turner,. [London?] :: 1681.. (In verse.) (Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.)

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