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A49155
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A Looking-glass for the Lord Chancellor, or, A Brief summary of some of his notorious crimes
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1688
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Wing L3027A; ESTC R32883
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A LOOKING-GLASS FOR The Lord Chancellor OR A Brief Summary of some of his Notorious Crimes WHat horrid guilt surpriz'd the Man That in each cause still won the day Who always us'd to lead the Van And knew no Justice to Obey That he should leave the glorious Court The Splendid Place of his Resort Where he had all things at Command To fly into another Land It was because a Monarch Great A Mighty Prince a Protestant Was come to Rectify the State Of England by a Parliament Which Settlement he did abhor Who was a Traytor to the Crown Advis'd the King the Laws to mar To pull the Rights and Charters down He always sided with the Times Being guilty of Notorious Crimes Gave Counsel to himself and fled For fear the Law should reach his Head. Tho Vengeance suffer'd not to fly But fill'd his Conscience full of guilt And loudly after him did Cry For all the Blood that he had Spilt Being Apprehended back was brought For all the Evil he had wrought Committed Pris'ner on Tower-Hill His Dream in order to fulfill Which Dream Presag'd his fatal Woe That first Advanc'd he should be high Ev'n next unto the Crown but two At last be Hang'd in shame to dye The two first hath already been As Oats did at the Bar declare When wrongfully he Sentenc'd him Who bid him of the Third beware The King may cry Alas Alas By 's Evil Counsel I 'm undone Which I too often did Embrace A Fatal Shaking to my Throne The Citizens may Curse the Day That ever Nature gave him Breath And loudly Cry Away away With such a fellow from the Earth Who doomed was unto Disgrace Before the Parliament was brought Upon his knees when in his place Great Misdemeanours he had wrought Who smother'd the whole Popish Plot That Godfrey's Death might be forgot VVho did Invade our Charters Right And in our Ruine did delight VVho abhorred all Petitioning VVhen we His Majesty did Intreat Insinuating to the King To pull us down we were too great He also as says the Records VVhen on the Bench gave his Consent To Bail out all the Popish Lords Altho Impeach'd by Parliament VVho did against Lord Russel plead And Sentenc'd him to Death severe A Valiant Protestant indeed Against whom nothing was found clear He VVorthy Cornish doom'd to dye Tho he 'd commited no Offence And like a Villain Treacherously His Jury ' gainst him did incense VVhen Noble Essex in the Tower VVas Murther'd by a Barbarous hand He to the utmost of his Power Did its Discovery withstand Nay more this barb'rous Murther he VVhich never ought to be forgot Proof ' gainst Lord Russel made to be That he was guilty of a Plot. He Murther'd Innocents in th' VVest And did the bood of Thousands spill Caus'd those inhumane deaths to taste VVho had been far from doing ill This Bawling fellow made a sport Of Scoffing Men out of their own And got a Name at last in Court By Bawling Jefferies to be known Innumerable were his Crimes Half which this Paper can't relate For all his Evils done at times He must be Sacrific'd to th' State. The Man that Judg'd in every Cause And yet did Justice unto none Must stand Indicted by our Laws And as a Pris'ner Plead his own A Fatal Fall from Bench to Bar The just demerit of his Crimes VVhich will his Honour greatly mar By Changing Laws has Changed Times He needs not Counsel for to Fee His Judges all will do him Right He Council for himself may be And keep his Guineâ—s out of sight Untill the Hangman do appear To do him Justice on Tower-Hill VVhere greatest Shouts will fill the Sphere VVhen Jefferies doth his Dream fulfill FINIS