The ballad.

The ballad.

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The Ballad. On the Bishops

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The Ballad.
⟨On the Bishops⟩

1.

ASsist me some good spright with a hie, with a hie,

Whilst I sing of a flight with a ho.

Of in Auspicious Fowles,

All sillier than Owles.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

2.

Not so grave as Owles they be with a hie, &c.

Nor so wise in time you'l see with a ho.

These Birds when they'r Install'd,

All Magpies they are call'd.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

3.

The platter faced Owl with a hie, &c.

Like a wise sober Fowl with a bo.

Is bashful in the Light,

And preys only in the Night.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

4.

But our PRELATICK PIES with a hie, &c

Not so modest nor so wise with a ho.

On Church and State they prey,

In the open face of day.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

5.

Peaceful Ssorks men believe with a hie, &c.

In Republicks only live with a ho.

But this chattering SƲCK-EGG-PIE,

Thrives best in Tyrany.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

6.

'Tis a strange dapple thing with a hie, &c.

Against the people for a King with a ho.

Be he Mogul or be he Turk,

It's all one they'll do his work.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

7.

'Tis as he shall them incline with a hie, &c.

For all their Right Divine with a ho.

If he'll make his people slaves,

They'll be his humble Knaves.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

8.

They say Protestants they are with a hie, &c.

Yet they wish a POPISH HEIR with a ho.

And it's plain they lye in the lurch,

To give up State and Church.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

9.

Some say they are Learned Elves with a hie, &c.

And read Fathers like themselves with a ho.

Silly School-men they run o're,

And desire to know no more.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

10.

Thus with their own dull Load with a hie, &c.

They jogg along the Road with a ho.

In a Track like Carriers Horse,

Each Nose in t'others Arse.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

11.

It is small Learning when they with a hie, &c.

Learn but what others say with a ho.

And never step aside,

To learn any thing beside.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

12.

Without knowledg in our Laws, with a hie, &c.

They wou'd run down our Cause with a ho.

By obedience implicite,

To a King that does solicite.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

13.

To Rule they would be content with a hie, &c.

By the Old Testament with a ho.

Against Magna Charta they

Bring Scripture into play.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

14.

Their Auditors they abuse with a hie, &c.

With old Laws of the Jews with a ho.

Meant by God no more for ours,

Than they for higher Powers.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

15.

To the Hab [...]as Corpus Bill with a hie, &c.

They'd oppose all their skill with a ho.

All good Laws they would prevent,

One and all not content.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

16.

Let the Old Roman see with a hie, &c.

Claim Infallibility with a ho.

But to ours it does belong,

To be always in the wrong.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

17.

Our MAGPY's a strange creature with a hie, &c.

Of a base Mungril nature with a ho.

'Tis call'd a Lord it's cleer,

But as true it is no Peer.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

18.

The right Rev. BƲGGERRING LORD with a hie, &c.

MAGPY of Waterford with a ho.

By a Common Jury try'd,

By a common Hang-man dy'd.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

19.

He acts a Lord for life with a hie, &c.

But no title has his Wife with a ho.

Jus Divinum is his Word,

For which we care not a Turd.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

20.

They are Tapers without light with a hie, &c.

They present to your sight with a ho.

Rich alters to your eyes,

Without a Sacrifice.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

21.

This Taffety and Lawn with a hie, &c.

From the Whore of Rome did spawn with a ho.

For which they and all their Fry,

Would still keep very nigh.

With a high trony nonny nonny no.

22.

Let the MAGPIES then to Rome with a hie, &c.

From whence they all do come with a ho.

They do all the Popes work

And like Ravens cry YORK, YORK.

With a hie trony nonny nonny no.

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The ballad.

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1681

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B01859

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Wing B600

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[10]

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99884919

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ocm99884919

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182681

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— The ballad.,

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1 sheet ([1] p.).

s.n.,. [London :: 1681]. (Imprint from Wing.) (Verse: "Assist me some good spright with a hie, with a hie ...") (In ms. at foot: 4. Feb. 1681/0; under title: On the bishops.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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