Yovr servant sir, or, Ralpho to Hudibras descanting on Wilds poetry

Yovr servant sir, or, Ralpho to Hudibras descanting on Wilds poetry

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YOVR SERVANT SIR, OR Ralpho to Hudibras Deſcanting on Wilds Poetry.

YOVR SERVANT SIR, OR Ralpho to Hudibras Deſcanting on Wilds Poetry.

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LOe, now comes he, that came not yet,

Who cares not though his Maſter fret;

As Shoomaker ſo hath Tranſlator,

In ſtirrup Foot; ſo Imitator

Of Hudibras is little Ralph,

But ſervant hath more wit bit'h half.

This Doughty Knight by Puny Squire

Out done is, as a ſimple Syre

Is by his wiſer Son ſurpaſſed,

So much doth Ralph exceed this raſh head,

As doth the Quiriſters Sol fa-la-mi,

Old Hopkins Rhimes when ſung by Calamy.

Brave Squire againſt proud Knight doth vant,

And proves as ſtout a Combatant,

With Oberon as was Pig-wiggin

Whoſe head was arm'd with Achorn Piggin:

Here may be ſeen, as in a Glaſs,

The Muſhrom wit of Hudibras,

Who can't avoid in beſt of writing

Such ſtinking ſtuffe as that of ſh—

The Squire hath got the quicker ſight

Mounted on back of Giant-Knight.

HAh, are ye come? Welcome Sir Hudibras,

For all you are my Maſter, y' are an Aſs.

Parturient Montes ſith you make a blunder,

Not in Wild Squibs, but Lightning joynd with Thunder,

I queſtion if you are as you pretend

Unto the Biſhops and the Church, a friend,

For by thoſe words a man that hath no eyes,

May plainly ſee you do Hiperbolize:

A Biſhop's calmly urgent, makes no ſtir,

Nor Thumps the Cuſhion like a Presbyter,

He ſpits no fire, nor Wildly throws about

Hell and Damnation amongſt the rout;

Flint breaks on Pillows: Tis not Pulpit Thunder

But mild perſwaſion melts mens hearts aſunder.

Sugar and Hony excelleth gall or Verjuice,

A Barnabas wins more then Boanerges:

Such fiery Zealots by their Frantick fits

Drive others (like themſelves) beſides their wits.

You play with th' Organs, and their virtue ſhow,

As if you thought there were no Devil below:

After which your more ſordid ſtile is held on,

(Sans Reverence to the name of Paules or Sh [...]ldon)

Gainſt Calamy, by Metaphor deſcrying

Your malice to a man that lies a dying,

To kick a worm what glory may be found?

That's dead in Law, and proſtrate on the ground,

Is he a bird of prey ? (buzzard or Kite)

Mute had been better far then plainly ſh—

See how the Term with his condition ſutes,

Preachers when ſilenc't, what are they but Mutes?

Thus do I (like your ſelf) quibble at quicquid

In Buccham venerit, or Mute or liquid:

Not that I hate you, yet you muſt not think

That Wits whole Maſs is lodged in the chinck

Of your own Scull, Sir, but that Ralph your man

Hath ſomewhat likewiſe in the little pan

Of's Pe [...]i [...] [...]i [...]m is not ſuch an Aſs

As ſtill to be outvi'd by Hudibras.

To wake the Biſhops you do make a Roare,

And tell them nought but what they knew before.

How they ſhould be a ſleep I much do wonder,

Since you compare them unto fire and Thunder,

Though what you ſay of Calamy be true,

Yet tis not meet to lance old ſores a new,

To write a crime thats paſt on th'Actors Front,

Whilſt that Amnestia remains upon't.

The King hath pardon'd ſuch, then why ſhould we

Stir up again their ſtinking memory?

But if they Act again thoſe faults a new,

Then Dun and Devil (a Gods name) take your due.

Now leave we Calamy, and come to trace

Thee Hudibras throughout thy Wild-gooſe Chaſe,

In other manner then doth True de Caſe,

Who leaſt he ſhould be thought for to tranſgreſs

Ends (Poetaſter-like) The King God bleſs —

Whoſe ſacred name ſhould not be made a Sallad

For Bread and Butter, ſuch mean fare's a Ballad.

And here I muſt confeſs that Wild hath hit

On ſev'ral pritty paſſages of wit;

Although your Knight-ſhip's pleas'd at's lines to flout,

Saying his Verſes (like him) have the Gout:

The difference twixt you both is not a pin,

Squibbing and Squirting (Sir) are neer a kin.

Tis true, his rhimes too much abuſive bee,

But thine's the more Profaner Ribaldry;

In down right words he Jerks at Calamy,

Thou at the Prelates by an Irony:

Two Cocks well matcht, for his Invention ſprung

From Tap and Spigot, thine flows from the bung.

His Verſe is vain enough, ſince wanton lines

Become Knights Errant, rather then Divines,

Being ſhrewdly vext for that he cannot handle

In Church a Text, he dies like ſnuff of Candle;

Much diſcontented ſince that none will mind him

And being dead, hath left a ſtinck behind him.

But Hudibras tis ſtrange what ſhould thee move

To take i'th Aſhes of deceaſed Love;

That ſon of Thunder by ſome men admir'd,

Vollies whereof were heard when he expir'd.

Thy Rav'nous Muſe too, wanting better Cates

Muſt feed on Peters Quarters ore the Gates.

Such Darts gainſt their dead Carcaſſes being hurld,

May chance to vex 'em in the other world;

And cauſe their Ghoſts to haunt thee in the night,

Enough to ſcare a poor Romantick Knight

Out of his wits, if ſuch a thing ſhould be

Thou wouldſt be rob'd of all thy Poetry:

And if thy rhiming faculty once fail

Thou'lt ſhortly after die for want of Ale.

Or if thou doſt hold on to vex Wild thus,

Thou'lt make him furious as Archilocus,

Whoſe keen Iambicks may thy credit blaſt.

And force thee through a Rope to breath thy laſt.

FINIS.

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Yovr servant sir, or, Ralpho to Hudibras descanting on Wilds poetry

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1663

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