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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87065	The Hang-mans lamenration [sic] for the losse of Sir Arthur Haslerigge, dying in the Tower. Being a dialogue between Esquire Dun, and Sir Arthur Haslerig with their last conference in the the Tower of London a little before sir Arthurs death.		1660 (1660)	Wing H650; Thomason E1869_3; ESTC R209729	5,397	17

The Hang-mans Lamentation For the losse of Sir Arthur Haslerigge dying in the TOWER Being a Dialogue between Esquire Dun and Sir Arthur Haslerig With their last Conference in the Tower of London a little before sit Arthurs DEATH rinted for Tho V●re and VV. G●l●e●●son 1660 A Discouse between Esquire DVN AND Sir ARTHUR HASLERIG Enter Esquire DVN O The Lamentation of a bad Maket Sir Arthur I am Dun and undone Hazelrig Why noble Esquire thou art a man of parts and of brave dexterity Dun. Yes I warrant you and you had béen a man of parts too had I but had my own will according to expecta●ton Hazel Nay doubtless thou art a man of the times and counts all fish that comes to net with thee Dun. I I sir Arthur if I had caught you in my net you had be●n a fine fish had you not do you think Ha●el Yes for you to have served me as the Fishermen do Herrings Dun. Why how is that sir Arthur Ha. Truely hang them in a string but I thinke I was a little more cunning then the rest for I slip my neck out of the co●er as the saying is in pvdding time D. Did ye so gad it I had catcht you there I would have known how you got out a●●●● Ha● I Dun you are a man of your hands 't is 〈…〉 Dun. Yes sir Arthur for rick and sl●p with the ●e●● Ha. Nick and ship Dun what does that mean D. I that 's well remembred sir Arthur 't was my desire bad you come to Charing Cross I had taught you what it meant Ha. W●ll Dun thou dost but jest I am s●●e on it D. It is your pleasure to say so fir but I must tell you all that were there did be●●y believe that I were in carrest Ha. Nay if it be so let me tell you Esquier your Angle was too short to catch me with your bait D. Nay nay sir Arthur had you béen once on the hook my Line was so strong ye had been hang'd ere ye'd broke it H. Faith Dun I believe thou 'st have given any thing I had been there D. In troth sir Arthur I must deale p●ainly with you I would have given you a slip for a tester and that had béen sufficient for a man of your Coate one would think H. I that 's true Dun a great many more thought so besides thee that my deserts did merit as great a thing as that D. I Sir and a great many did think 't was pitty but you had it too H. Why Dun think'st thou I had no more guts in my brains to act a Traytors part but to come under thy hands D. Nay sir Arthur I know you are a running Sophister the Mines and the Colepits were not come by with nothing H. Why truly Dun I must confess all the lands parks livings and spacious places seem'd no more to me then a mol● in my glad Dun. Why I Sir Arthur you were like the glatton exprest in the Proverbs your eyes were bigger then your belly Ha. No no Dun thou art mistaken for when I had got all these Revenues I was like the Dogg in Esors Fables even at Porchmouth I left the flesh and lept at the shadow Dun. I that was when you were so hungry and ravening after great Estates that a Town or a Castle could but give you a breakfast Hazel Why truely Dun I must confess again to thee I never slept contentedly no longer then I had purchast either parks or Livings Dun. Why I Sir Arthur that all the world knows but what would you have done with the Abby at Westminster had you ass●●m'd the heighth of your ambition Hazel I would have pul'd it down to have built me stables Dun. Then what would you have done ●●i●● the Parliament house the méeting● ace of your mischie●s Ha. I would have bound it about with a band of brafs that when I dyed I would have laid my bones there that so long as the dusty Relicks did remain they should never want a Rump Hazelrig to make up their ambitious number Dun. What then you would have willingly sate in the house alive or dead Ha. Yes faith Dun as willing as ever I went to bed Dun. I but what would you have made the Nation to have been 〈◊〉 Ha. What should it have been then an everlasting Common-wealth I tell thee Dun. A Common wealth do you say introth so the people believ'd you for you made every ones wealth common to your self Ha. Alas Dun I could not help it for Covetousness so oversway'd me I thought I could have swallowed Mountains for England was too little for my horses to run in Dun. What the● it séems it was the nature of the beast was it Ha. I truely Dun or the nature of my prone ambion for all my delight was in mony land and horses D. I and all my hopes was at last I should have horst you too but now I think to the contrary H. You find to the contrary why are you any looser by me D. You know I am sir Arthur and a great sufferer too H. Wherein I marvel speak it plainly D. Sir Arthur the City can justifie how long I have waited for you from time to time from Sessions to Sessions and wiring at all times to do my ●nty now you go about to depri●● me of my Fees which you know have béen my ●ue for these many years H. Nay Dun that 's nothing I did not require you to wait for me D. Nay sir Arthur that 's nothing to the purpose for I did it out of tender respects so you which was according to my duty sir Arthur H. Why Mr. Dun where did you wait then Dun. Why I watted at the Sessions house ●ndée● Sir Arthur with my Slip and other Instruments about me for the worke Ha. Nay now understand your mind Esquire ha ha you wait for the velvet coare and the breeches D. Hold good Sir Arthur hear we once more I have got many a fair pound with velvet Coles and Bréeches not long agoe from sveral of your friends therefore I pray you Sir Arthur deny me not the same ●avour from your self H. Why I tell-thee Dun once again that they are not thy fees nor thy due except I were hang'd D. Alas Sir that 's a thing quickly done you shall nere be troubled with that ●le do it while you stand still H. O fye fye was ever a man troubled with such a fellow as thou art D. I a hundred in their times Sir Arthur H. Why I ●●ll thee Dun for the luckre of my velve● Cote and Breeches thou 'dst perswade me to be hang'd whether I will or no. D. Indéed Sir let me tell you there were eight hang'd at ●haring Cross whether they would or no and I hope your worship wi●l no refuse it to hinder me of a small Fée H. Why man thou talkest as if hanging was nothing D. Indéed no more it is not Sir Arthur for choaking is all