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A87366	A speech made to his Excellency the Lord General Monck, and the Council of State, at Goldsmiths Hall in London, the tenth day of April, 1660. At which time they were entertained by that honourable company. After a song in four parts, at the conclusion of a chorus, enter a sea-captain.	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?	1660 (1660)	Wing J1062; Thomason 669.f.24[59]; ESTC R211804	1,236	1

A SPEECH Made to his EXCELLENCY THE Lord General MONCK AND THE COUNCIL of STATE Goldsmiths Hall in London The tenth day of April 1660. At which time they were entertained by that honourable Company After a Song in four parts at the conclusion of a Chorus Enter a Sea-Captain LEt me make one too are you grown so stout To contrive Peace and leave the Seaman out Have you in those large Bowls which Plenty gave yee Drank off the Ocean and swallow'd the Navy You never think upon our Rocks and shelves So you may snudge in quiet by your selves Are not you Britains Is not Navigation The only Guard and Glory of the Nation Can you have Treasure brought without a Fleet What is it gilds Cheapside and Lumbard Street But our Sea trade By our cutting the curl'd Ocean ye hold Commerce with all the World VVhence come your costly Carpettings and VVorks That grace the Chambers of triumphant Turks But from beyond-Sea Whence comes all your gold For which by some both Law and Gospel's sold But from beyond-Sea And wise men of trust Beleeve if ever we have Peace agen it must Come from beyond-Sea And d'ye goe about To make a Peace and leave the Main-Mast out But where 's my Admiral Oh! I have spy'd him His Merits are so cleer no Clouds can hide him I must go droll with him though What Chear hey Up to the Ears in Custard here 's a fray Compounded without bloudshed these would be Good bitts upon a March George or at Sea When in the fury of tempestuous weather Wee and our meat were pickled up together Here are pure Quarters Plenty keeps her spring In London 'T is a City for a King I came just now ashore to speak with you Directly up to Goldsmiths-Hall I knew VVhere I should find you out You love to settle VVith honest Hearts and Men of the best Mettle They love St. George and yet they highly set A value on St. * Dunstan they 'r well met They both did put the Devil in a dump One had him by the Nose tother the Rump And thereby hangs a tayl When I came hither My business and my boldnesse mixt together Made me thrust in Where crowd you cry'd they all Quoth I to speak with my LORD GENERAL I 'm one of his Sea Captains presently The Master and the generous Company All bad me welcom and did strongly woo Me to bid you so and this * Council too In these or such like words they bad me say The Sunn 's not welcomer to a dark day Than you unto this City for you are Temp'rate in Undertakings Stont in Warr Prudent in Councils Quick when Dangers call Secret in great designs Honest in All 'T would make the greatest Rebell quite renounce ill To see but such a Souldier such a Council God prosper both and may you never cease Till you have brought home the bright Princesse Peace That long-lost Lady Could we make a Crown As rich as that was worn by Solomon Rather than we would lose her or displease her I mean fair Peace wee 'd give that Crown to scize her If any other Speech be printed pretended to be spoken in Goldsmiths Hall they are Counterfeits and none true but this Tho. Jordan London Printed for H. B. at the Gun in Ivy-lane 1660. * St. Dunstan was a Patron of the Goldsmiths * To the Council of State