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A62652 The time-servers, or, A touch of the times being a dialogue between Tory, Towzer, and Tantivee, at the news of the dissolution of the late worthy Parliament at Oxford. 1681 (1681) Wing T1278; ESTC R4526 1,248 1

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THE TIME-SERVERS Or A TOUCH OF THE TIMES Being a DIALOGUE between Tory Towzer and Tantivee At the News of the Dissolution of the Late Worthy Parliament at Oxford The EXPLANATION of the FIGURE REader here is presented to thy View The true Effigies of a Popish Crew An Irish TORY and a Popish Priest And the Cur TOWZER to make up the jest All on the speed for Rome TORY o'ertakes The Clergy and his Company thus bespeaks Spur on Sir Priest Spur on The day 's our own It that a Papist comes t' injoy the Crown The Parliament's dissolv'd the Coast is clear No other Obstacles we need to fear Macmarra cursed be and Harris too That lets the world know what it should not do In spight of all their tricks let us but joyn Our Forces all is ours my life for thine Do you but prate and write let me alone To make the way for a Succession By other means and our Attempts shall be Rewarded both with wealth and dignity Act with thy Brains and I 'll act with my Sword Thou shalt a Bishop be and I a Lord. When that day comes-With that the Priest spurs on Bauling at every jog Succession Let things go how they will better or worse The Saddle should be laid on the right Horse I 'm for the true Successor's constant sway O' th' British Scepter let the world say Nay Let Care himself and his Fanatick Crew Say what they will Princes must have their due Princes must have their rights Religion Must always pay its homage to the Crown T is my belief I know no Deity On Earth to be ador'd but Soveraignty The question lies not how we are t' Obey Or Suffer but whose right it is to Sway The Scepter Theyr's the right the duty 's ours To be obedient to the Higher Powers Conscience that silly thing that keeps in awe The trembling Vulgar must not check the Law The Laws of Empire are most sacred things People will have their due and why not Kings The times were glorious and the Nation flourish'd When th' English Church by Mother Church was nourish'd But since 't was weaned from her Breasts we find How She is wasted languished and pin'd Revenue's gone Promotions scarce and few Not half enough for the Tantivee-Crew The times must mend we must reform the State And I will do 't or sink under my Fate Winged with all the haste I can I come To pay my Homage to the Church of Rome Towzer run on and TORY clear the way Till I a Myter get I will not stay And then he hum'd himself and spur'd again A full Tantivee speed with a loose rein And bended Body Towzer trips before As brisk now as he was in times of Yore And whiles the other bawl's Succession This barks and yelps nothing but Forty-One A cunning Cur to think to drown our fears Of future dangers with forgotten Years Well thus they troop together till they come Unto the confines of desired Rome And here the Holy-Father ready stands With smiling Countenance and reared Hands Lift up to bless them In the one is Gold The other doth a gorgeous Myter hold These as the guerdons of their merits he Allures them with And thus betray'd are we 'Twixt our known Enemies and feigned friends Ayming by serving thus their own base ends Us into Popish Slavery to bring Which God in Heaven prevent God Save the King FINIS London Printed for W.H. and are to be Sold by R. Janeway in Pater-Noster-Row 1681.