The Riddle of the Roundhead. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of, Now at last the riddle is expounded. 1681 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). B04999 16016314 Wing R1439 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[180] ESTC R36788 99890266 ocm99890266 182849

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B04999) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182849) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[181]) The Riddle of the Roundhead. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of, Now at last the riddle is expounded. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by N. Thompson., London: : 1681. Verse: "Now at last the riddle is expounded ..." A Tory satire on the Exclusion crisis. Reproduction of original in the British Library.

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THE Riddle of the Roundhead. An Excellent New BALLAD. To the Tune of, Now at laſt the Riddle is Expounded. 1. NOw at laſt the Riddle is Expounded, Which ſo long the Nation has Confounded; For the Roundhead Begins the Game again, Which ſo well they play'd in Forty four, Now with greater hope; For the fine Sham-Plots will ne'er give over, Till they piouſly have routed King and Pope. 2. Anthony that Worm of Reformation, Who of Commonwealths has laid Foundation, Which the Nation So hotly does purſue; Let him be rewarded in the Tower, For his Merits due: By that buſie Plotting head laid lower, We may perhaps eſcape what might enſue. 3. Perkin makes fine Legs to th' ſhouting Rabble, Who to make him King he thinks are able; But the Bauble Is only ſhew'd for uſe: The ſilly Idiot ſerves but for a Tool ſtill, For Knaves to work their Feats, And will remain a dull miſtaken Fool ſtill, For all their damn'd Cabals and Wapping Treats. 4. The moſt zealous Parliament devoted, For the Publick good devoutly Voted, Pray note it, That the Duke muſt ne'er be King; And like honeſt faithful Loyal Subjects, His Majeſty implore, To ſign their pious and Religious Projects, Or elſe the threaten'd King muſt Reign no more. 5. The renowned Work of Reformation, To be carry'd on throughout the Nation, In a paſſion They Vote the Canons down; Acts and Statutes all muſt be confounded, Law and Juſtice too, To make way for the proud Rebellious Roundhead, That they once more the Nation may undo. 6. Lords and Biſhops both are uſeleſs Voted, And the Factious Crew who gravely Plotted, Are noted. For Lords and Commons too: Whigs and Brumighams with Shams and Stories, Are true Proteſtants▪ And Proteſtants are Maſquerad • s and Tories, The Modern Reformation of the Saints. 7. Old Queen Beſs that made the beſt Indentures, Good King Jemmy too againſt Diſſenters, He ventures, To turn them out of doors; To take in Quakers, Puritans and Ranters, The Parliament implores, To build a Kirk of Whigs and Covenanters, And make a Lawful Race of Sons of Whores. 8. Rowley now with Wiſdom and grave Reaſon, To prevent the ſwift approaching Treaſon, In ſeaſon Put a period to their ſtrife; In Oxford all their Stratagems confounded, The Roguiſh Joyner too: And may no better Fate attend the Roundhead That wou'd the Church and Monarchy ſubdue 9. Oxford Loyal Youths who ſcorn to Sham us, With a perjur'd Bill of Ignoramus, Or name us For Loyal, Traytors known; Soon found a flaw i'th' bottom of the Joyner, By Juſtice and the Laws, Of Church and Commonwealth and Undermine Who fell a Martyr in the Good Old Cauſe. 10. Now for ſhame ye Zealots be confounded, Boaſt no more Allegiance, ſince a Roundhead Is grounded Upon the Holy Sham: How dare ye talk of Loyalty, a Hater Of Juſtice, King and Laws, Since the Whiggiſh Proteſtant is found a Trayto • And dies a Martyr in the Good Old Cauſe.

LONDON: Printed by N. Thompſon. 1681.