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B06027 The work goes bonnely on St. Serfe, Thomas, Sir, fl. 1668. 1661 (1661) Wing S6322A; ESTC R204238 6,309 18

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this day seven-night May 29. is the Anniversary of the Birth of our most gracious Soveraign King CHARLES the Second which by Act of Parliament is to be set apart and solemnized through his Majesties Dominions a Proclamation for that purpose is already in the Press and let us add one Faggot to the Bonfire that the 29. of May was the day 1549. that the Book of Common Prayer was first established as sure as on that day His Majesty this time twelvemonth after nineteen years absence came in triumph to Whitehall whom God in mercy to these unhappy happy Kingdoms grant long to reign over us and a Blister on that tongue that will not say AMEN And to put a greater lustre on the Bonny Work some Loyal and Ingenious spirit hath composed this Madrigal which I could wish were apted to the tun of The Work goes bonnily on In time our reverend Hang-man Jocky Dunmoor may have such another divertisement by its mother and then the Work without doubt will go bonnely on The Execution of the COVENANT Burnt by the Common-Hang-man Edward Dun PRESBYTER May 22. 1661. Published for the use of Dr. B. and Mr. Notcrof and the rest of the Rigid Presbyterians THe News I pray What doth this Throug infer Do ye not know DVN is turn'd PRESBYTER Well then I see the Brethren in spite Of BISHOPS have obtained a PROSELITE One that will soon be on the Rigid Score And be a cause of turning many more Make him an ELDER then Indeed ye shall For he is one that may advance you all That he is now a BROTHER you must grant For I did see him take the COVENANT Take it indeed yet you must understand 'T was but to give 't the Honour of his Hand But to be bold and come a little nigher He took it true but threw it in the Fire In which he shew'd himself a CHRISTIAN right To let the Works of Darknesse come to light Bark then PHANATICKS who like Demophon Glow in the shade and Freeze still in the SUN Howle Millenaries Independents too And Anabaptists that Heretick Crew Of Presbyterian By-blowes If these Flashes Be Sacred to you Come and Urn the Ashes For We esteem the Reliques of these Sheets Too dirty and debaucht to pave our Streets This Mouth-Granado from that Scotch-witch came To set three Glorious Kingdoms in a flame A Covenant No 't was a Conspiracy Plotted by Brethren in Iniquity Bold Assassin's that durst attempt all ill And Holocaust whole Kingdoms to Self-will Mend mend for shame your Brother else will look To hang the Authors as he burn't the Book But he presumes or hopes ye'l rather turn Than follow your black Juncto to the Urn. While I thus thinking am who would desire Where it to Roast a RUMP a fitter fire In which it now hath pleas'd the Fates to grant The Dissolution of the COVENANT ADVERTISEMENTS THe Race of the Town of Jedburgh is to be run the first Wednesday of June being the fifth day of June The Cup of Ten pounds Sterling price set down at the expence of the said Town the Saddle by the Earl of Lothian at the value of four pounds Sterling A Fair at Selkirk the fourth of July and all the people are to have the liberty of the Common fourty eight hours before the Fair and as much after and all Goods at half Customs This is a most excellent Market for Horses of all sorts both for Hunting Coursing and the great Saddle and for excellent Milk-cows and Fat-oxen and great Flocks of Sheep the world can afford no better On the eleventh of June six Brewster wives great with childe are to run from the Thicket Burn to the top of Arthur Seat for a Groaning Cheese of one hundred pound weight and a Budgell of Dunkel Aquavitae and a Rumpkine of Brumsweek Mum for the second set down by a Dutch-Midwife The next day after sixteen Fish-wives are to Trot with from Muslburgh to the Cannon-cross for twelve pair of Lambs Harrigals Edinburgh Printed Anno Dom. 1661.