Titus tell-troth, or, The Plot-founder confounded a pleasant new song, to the tune of, Hail to the myrtle shades.

Titus tell-troth, or, The Plot-founder confounded a pleasant new song, to the tune of, Hail to the myrtle shades.

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Titus Tell-Troth: OR, The PLOT-FOUNDER Confounded. A Pleaſant New SONG.

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Titus Tell-Troth: OR, The PLOT-FOUNDER Confounded. A Pleaſant New SONG.

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To the Tune of, Hail to the Myrtle Shades.

[...]HAil to the Knight of the Poſt; To Titus the Chief of the Town; Titus who vainly [...] did boaſt of the Salamancha-Gown; Titus who ſaw the world o're, from the Tower [...] of Valadolid, Yet ſtood in the White-horſe Door, and ſwore to it, like the Creed.

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Titus at Watton in May,

To Titus at Iſlington;

And Titus the ſelf ſame day

Both Here and There again.

Titus who ever ſwore Truth,

His politick Plots to maintain,

And never yet bawk'd an Oath,

When call'd to the Teſt again.

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Then Titus was Meekeſt of all,

When Never a Peny in's Purſe,

And oft did on Pickering call,

His Charity to Imburſe.

But when He ſwore Damnable Oaths,

And Lying eſteemed no Sin,

Then Titus was One of thoſe

Whom the Devil had entred in.

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Then Titus the Frown of Heav'n,

And Titus a Plague upon Earth;

Titus who'l ne'r be Forgiven,

Curs'd from his Fatal Birth;

Titus the Curſe and the Doom

Of the Rich and the Poor Man too;

Oh Titus, thou Shred of a Loom,

What a plague doſt thou mean to do?

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Titus an Orthodox Beast,

And Titus a Presbyter Tall;

Titus a Popiſh Prieſt,

And Titus the ſhame of all;

Titus who ne'r had the skill

The Wiſe with his Plots to deceive;

But Titus whoſe Tongue can kill;

Whom Nature has made a Slave.

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Titus the Light of the Town,

Where Zealots and Whigs do reſort;

Titus the Shame of the Gown,

And Titus the Scorn of the Court;

Titus who Spew'd out the Truth,

To Swallow the Covenant;

Yet never bluſh'd at an Oath,

Whom Lying has made a Saint.

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Yet Titus believed cou'd be

Againſt any Popiſh Lord;

Whilſt ſtill againſt S—y

The Witneſs and Truth's abhorr'd;

So Titus got Credit and Gold

For Lying, nor thought it a Sin;

But againſt Diſſenters bold

The Truth is not worth a pin.

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Thus Titus Swore on apace,

'Gainſt thoſe whom he never did ſee;

Yet Titus with brazen Face

Wou'd our Preſerver be.

But as Titus the foremoſt in Truſt

Diſcover'd this Myſtery:

May Titus ſo be the Firſt

That leads to the Triple-Tree.

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LONDON: Printed for ALLEN BANKS, 1682.

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Titus tell-troth, or, The Plot-founder confounded a pleasant new song, to the tune of, Hail to the myrtle shades.

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1682

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— Titus tell-troth, or, The Plot-founder confounded a pleasant new song, to the tune of, Hail to the myrtle shades.,

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