Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	alderman_n	lord_n	mayor_n	5,732	4	9.6939	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89198	A mode the cities profound policie, in delivering themselves, their city, their vvorks and ammunition, into the protection of the Armie.	Wither, George, 1588-1667, attributed name.	1647 (1647)	Wing M2311; Thomason 669.f.11[69]; ESTC R209816	1,547	1

A MODE THE Cities profound Policie in delivering themselves their City their VVorks and Ammunition into the protection of the ARMIE BRave Citizens you have done well To make your slaves your Masters Your policie it doth excell Your Groomes will be your Tasters My Lord Mayor and the Aldermen Your Gownes must make them breeches And if you doe retort agen They 'l make you eat your Speeches O brave Common-Counsell men O brave Trained-Bands When do you thinke to get again The staffe in your owne hands 2 Th' Apprentices did vapour much They 'd bang the Army soundly And yet their valour proved such They durst not go to 't roundly Massey was made the Generall Of all your mighty Forces But when he on the Foe should fall He wanted men and horses O brave Common-Counsell men O brave Trained-Bands When do you thinke to get again The staffe in your owne hands 3 Wher 's Hollis now and Stapleton Jack Maynard and Clotworthy And where is Prynne and Poyntz now gone To purge them of the scurvy And Glyn and Lewis have left all Within at six and sevens And Waller 's gone to Glocester-Hall To visit Mrs. Stevens O brave Common-Counsell men c 4 The Souldiers now even where they wish Will in your Citie quarter And 'fore you tast of every dish And for your wives will barter Your dainty ducks whose soles nere treads Upon the earth that bears them They now will towse upon your beds Your Antlers nothing scares them O brave Common-Counsell men c. 5 Sir Thomas now will make his peace Even as his owne selfe listeth And meanes to stew you in your grease The Army with with him twisteth New halters manie for to hang Those that meant to oppose him Tell truth do not your hearts cry twang That ere at first you chose him O brave Common-Counsell men c. 6 And now the Royallists will sing Aloud Vive le Roy The Commons will imbrace their King With an unwonted joy And where 's now all your coine and toile 'T is vanish'd into aire You may get more if that you moile Now at S. Bartholmews Faire O brave Common-Counsell men c. 7 If Fairfax now his Soveraigne bring To London to his People Each Parish bells for joy shall ring Till they knock down the steeple And we Sir Thomas his renown VVill like S. Georges hallow Tom May shall all his acts write downe Or Withers that Apollo O brave Common-Counsell men c. 8 The Scots doe whine that they have lost Their hopes at once deare Jockey Thy fine Presbyterie quite is crost The English doe but mock yee The coine that is behind of pay For selling of the King You 'l have the cleane contrary way Sir Thomas will it bring O Brave Common-Counsell men c. 9 The Trained Bands alas are tyr'd Their works they cannot man them And therefore have the Army hyr'd Who like to chaffe doe fan them The Tower too great a trouble was They wanted a Constable And therefore they did bring 't to passe Sir Thomas might be able O Brave Common-Counsell men c. 10 Case now doth doubt calamitie Will seize on the Presbyterie Calamie doubts the case will bee So as to see 't were pitie The Synod now doth greatly doubt That Bishops and the Service Will now once more be brought about Before it please Tom Gervice O brave Common-Counsell men c. 11 Overton now may walke abroad Stone walls are weak to hold him As Lilburne that same Demie-god Prophetickly hath told him And you may goe and shake your eares Who had and could not hold it What you had strove for many yeares And got you now have sold it O brave Common-Counsell men c. 12 You need not now to Westminster To march with Fife and Drumme The Army so your goods preferre They will supplie your roome The Modells now and you may lie Abed till noone and please yee The Armie will your place supplie All this is done to ease yee O brave Common-Counsell men c. 13 And now what doe ye lack fond men Alas you wanted knowledge Who would have thoght when you had been So long at Gotham Colledge You should not know to bargaine well But so to maime your Charter The after-Ages will you tell You did not wisely barter O brave Common-Counsell men O brave Trained-bands When doe you think to get againe The staffe in your own hands FINIS Printed in the Yeere 1647.