The Description of Giles Mompesson, late knight censured by Parliament the 17th of March, A⁰ 1620

The Description of Giles Mompesson, late knight censured by Parliament the 17th of March, A⁰ 1620

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The deſcription of GILES MOMPESSON late Knight cenſured by Parliament The 17th of March. A0. j620.

The deſcription of GILES MOMPESSON late Knight cenſured by Parliament The 17th of March.
A⁰. j620.

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This craftie GILES through faire & falſe pretēces

Committinge, for redreſsinge foule offences

From Tapsters tubs, from Innes moiſt droppīge quill

And other crafts, with Coyne his cofers fills

For greedie gaine hee thruſt the weake to wall,

And thereby gotte himſelfe the divell and all,

His name MO-EMPSONS Annagrame doth mak

And Empſons courſes alſo did hee take;

Oppreſsion ſore hee vſed where hee went

As yet not thinkinge of a Parliament

[...]

Your ſigne ſhall downe for [...]

Ye Patent for Innes

But Parliament once call'd then Giles was brought

Ʋnto account, contrary to his thought:

There to the Serjeants ward hee was committed,

Which made him much to feare, hee ſhould be fitted

For all thoſe former wrongs, that hee had done;

Which from his keeper made him here to runne;

Hee outlawde therefore was and bāniſh't quite

And alſo judg'd to be no more a Knight:

Not only ſo but jnfamous inroul'd,

Although (before) hee Iustice ſeat controul'd.

Shrift for thy ſelfe

Nowe beinge cenſur'd banniſhed and gone,

With pensive ſpeech, thus may hee mourne alone;

Woe worthe the time when first on Innes I thought

For private gaines when I their hindrance ſought;

Thoſe Monopolies curſed bee with ſhame,

Which have my reputation thus made lame:

My Honours which hath turn'd to other styles

From Sr. Mompeſson vnto poore lame Giles;

Yett haultinge nowe before, me thinks I ſee

Some in the way of haultinge after mee.

Hoe fellowe Giles stay for us yett a while

For heere wee come, although behinde a mile.

E [...]pton & Dudley

In [...]i [...]ſt [...]ea [...] of Kings Henry liſt

By Parliament to death [...] [...]ſt.

All you which Monopolies ſeeke for gaines,

And faire pretences turne to other straines;

Example take by Giles Mompeſsons fall,

Least honie ſweet ſoone turne to bitter gall.

Which to prevent, ſee that you vndertake

None other thinge, but ſuch as ſure may make

A benefite to common wealth and Kinge;

Which will you wealth and honour alſo bringe.

For why you knowe, our gracious Kinge is bent

To give his faithfull subiects all content;

Where love is dive, hee lovingly doth ſhow't,

Where mercies meete by pardon many know't,

By rendringe Iuſtice vnto great and ſmall,

The ſmale ones trippe & great ones downe right fall,

Oh what more needs a Loyall Subiect crave

Then mercy, love, and justice choice to have.

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The Description of Giles Mompesson, late knight censured by Parliament the 17th of March, A⁰ 1620

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1620

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21152

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— The Description of Giles Mompesson, late knight censured by Parliament the 17th of March, A⁰ 1620,

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