| Title: | Verse Satire On The Long Parliament, Anon |
|---|---|
| Dating: | [c.1640?] |
| Ref: | 50/16A-B |
[50/16A]
Let English men sit & Consult at their ease
& pull The Bishops as fast as they please
let um hang vp the Iudges [deletion] & all the Kings freinds
& talke of Religion to serve their owne ends
let um doe what they will to draw one their plott
If ere wee goe home then hang vp the scott
Let puritans rise & protestants fall.
Let Brownists gaine favour & papists loose all.
Let um dam all the patents that euer were given
& make Prinn a Saint though he neuer see heaven
Let um prove Madam Purbec to be without spot
Yet if euer we goe hom then hang vp the scott
Let the parliament sitt as long as they please
& pull downe the Bishops that had soe much ease
Till they hang vp the Iudges & men of base ends
establish Religion & & make vs all frends
And all in peeces have broken the plott
If we goe hence then hang vp the scott
Till Puritans sitt fast & Arminians fall
& throw downe preiste alter & Reliques & all
[50/16B]
Till they dame all pluralities to &c given
& send little will to hell or to heaven
And till that [deletion] black Tom be gone to the pott
If we Returne then hang vp the Scot/
When the 3 Kingdomes as vnder one king
soe in Church discipline are all agreeing
& when Wee [deletion] our peace by Covenant Setle
& find out a way the Spaniard to netle
Which being done If we [gange?] not away
Then you may hang vp &c./