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A54662
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A satyrical vision or tragy-comedy as it was lately acted in the city of Bristol, discovered in a dream / by E. Phileroy.
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Phileroy, E.
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1684
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Wing P1985; ESTC R365
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Saints who must and will Command They then in Shoals appear whose noise appalls Much worse then Twenty Jrish Funeralls The Hidcous Clamour of great Nilos fall If but to them Compared was but small In fine these Phaetons the world would burn And once more all into Confusion turn Asirea in great hast descends from Heav'n Hearing thâ— irrevocable Vote was giv'n And being seated in her Splended Chair Summons these Miscreants forthwith to appear And thus accosts them Oh ye Sons of Hell That only do in Villany Excell To the Black-Book whether you will or not You 'r come and must abide your Fatal Lot Your Shameless actions now might shame the Devil That scorn not to be thought the Summe of Evil Oh Impious Age devoted unto ill Void of all Good and is Resolved still To persevere When wilt thou taste thy fill T is you that prosecute a Villany Which would create a Blush i' th Sun to see For if that Transmigration er'e was true T is now t is now most palpable in you For Hell you Claim and take it as your due Oh! Times Oh! Manners which Antiquity In all ' its Periods nere the like could see Nor will Posterity beleive that Er'e Such horrid Actions perpetrated were You have resolv'd to seek out nothing less Then th' very Quintessence of Wickedness Fearing to come behind the Age before In villanies you now have Studied more And for applause will act them o're and o're Hence then dull Plotters Hence ye Romish Crew Make Room for Nobler Sinners that out do As far the Devils as the Devils you Draw near ye Blood-Hounds you that fain would bring States to Confusion Ruine to a King Draw near and for your merits mount the Tree To which your Fathers Coppy makes you Free And since you were Ambitious you shall have The Gates confer'd upon you for a Grave And you that did in so much honour Live Wâ—â—â—â—ams 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 argo pares As Councel to maintain Prerogative Justice hath seiz'd upon you make no doubt That you shall have therefore I Spew you out But you brave Hero's you that did Repel These factious Zealots and these broods of Hell You that at Helm i' th worst of times did stand Resolving to defend your Native Land And with your Lives maintain great Charles Command Blaze forth great Stars for you shall each appear A Constellation in our Hemisphere Hence then Geneva Trash you 'r out of date When these Bright Rays appear you dissipate Shine on Brave Souls and let these Villains see Maugre their Hellish Arts and Treachery That you shall shine thus to Eternity And now I go methinks I hear the Skys Eccho your praises in sweet Harmonies I Constitute you all my deputies But when these Brats of Hell shall once expire I 'le make the Devils rage the Damn'd admire The Flames which These shall add unto Their fire This said she in great hast ascends the Skys And unto the Celestial Mansions Flys No sooner gone but faces we might see As sad as greif could paint or Masery Some howld and cry'd curst be this Fatal Day Let dismal Clouds and darkness come and may It e're in Times Book be enrolled thus Black Hideous Fatal Inauspicious The Judges sate the First with dismal Crys And trembling that un nervd his quaking Thighs Appeard Earledom the Devils Enchiridion he That was his Factor for Iniquity This is the Hieroglyphick of all Vice The Scum and Spawne of Fiend now in disguise Some took him for some Noble-man and I First thought there might be some Affinity By 's name and faith he 's Great in Villany His sentence was to teach the Stones to Swim To Cut the Water fill seives to the Brim His odious Name when mention'd should imply The Summe and Abstract of Iniquity In fine if e're he should appear again To be the Perfect Subject of Disdain The next was order'd for to drink good Store Without Delay of un mixt Helebore Fin When the next came there issued joyful Crys Such as did reach the Star-enamel'd Skys O Let that Day for ever Banish'd be Dies And ever hid in dull Obscurity Let naught but ill-presaging Owls appear Let it be curs'd and quite forgot i' th Year T was thought sufficient for the next Dirg that He Should Penannce do in his Wives Shist whilst she Firks him as Pluto Nol Eternally The next Appearence was a Speaking Toast A Living Spunge Haleo that all his Brains had lost The Sentance he receiv'd in Short was thus That he should punish'd be with Tantalus Some say the Devil 's unto Black inclin'd But faith he 's Brown Brow All us and sometimes White we find Yet that this difference reconcil'd might be T was order'd that they still be One not three Since in Black Crimes they all so well agree What Prodigy in Nature next doth move Bless us Coleman A Horned Beast with Teeth above Monster of Nature Let him never be Admitted into Mans Society Let him be Pimp unto his Rampant Whore Let him Contented Fool attend the Door Till Time and Memory shall be no more A Wife ' Heavens bless us with a Parboild Face A Gypsie Varnish to prevent Disgrace Next comes of Tygers or of Panthers brood Whose Dreadful Healths are Morning draughts in Blood Replenish villainâ— that Hell do's Inspire Cis. May Heaven once more Vomit such fleakes of fire As might make thee and all the Damn'd admire T' was order'd that when Rising Stars should Spread Their Golden flames and Sol withdraw his Head For Barking Owls Ambiguous Bats that he Without delay should a Companion be And hooted quite from all mens Company Desert comes next and he must Merit Well Therefore with Staly he was sent to Hell Meritus And there 't was thought would teach him to Rebel Twice Sacred Powers assist my Trembling Quill You that do ever haunt the Sacred Hill Oh! be propitious Oh lassist my Pen To anatomize the Deeds of worse than Men. The next Appearance was the Stygian King That Prince of Acheron who with him did bring A Leash of Beagles Leycors Wats Jack who their Game so well Pursu'd that to be fire-brands of Hell They well deserv'd He therefore did desire They might be added to his hungry fire And since they serv'd so well without delay He beg'd that he might them their Wages pay T' was soon agreed since they were known to be Th' exact Perfection of all Villany With that he Seiz'd them and with his Nimble wings So have I seen how from the Trembling strings The piercing Arrows quickly fly away He breaks the boundless Air without delay With that Exalted voices Reach the Skies Which was succeeded with Resounding Cries If that in Hell there no more Torments be Wee 'l not come there because we them must see These Ningdum Cor Flindg Gle c. by some Mungrel Bats Succeeded were That of this Factious Crew brought