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B04999 The Riddle of the Roundhead. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of, Now at last the riddle is expounded. 1681 (1681) Wing R1439; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[180]; ESTC R36788 1,022 1

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THE Riddle of the Roundhead An Excellent New BALLAD To the Tune of Now at last the Riddle is Expounded 1. NOw at last the Riddle is Expounded Which so long the Nation has Confounded For the Roundhead Begins the Game again Which so well they play'd in Forty four Now with greater hope For the fine Sham-Plots will ne'er give over Till they piously have routed King and Pope 2. Anthony that Worm of Reformation Who of Commonwealths has laid Foundation Which the Nation So hotly does pursue Let him be rewarded in the Tower For his Merits due By that busie Plotting head laid lower We may perhaps escape what might ensue 3. Perkin makes fine Legs to th' shouting Rabble Who to make him King he thinks are able But the Bauble Is only shew'd for use The silly Idiot serves but for a Tool still For Knaves to work their Feats And will remain a dull mistaken Fool still For all their damn'd Cabals and Wapping Treats 4. The most zealous Parliament devoted For the Publick good devoutly Voted Pray note it That the Duke must ne'er be King And like honest faithful Loyal Subjects His Majesty implore To sign their pious and Religious Projects Or else the threaten'd King must Reign no more 5. The renowned Work of Reformation To be carry'd on throughout the Nation In a passion They Vote the Canons down Acts and Statutes all must be confounded Law and Justice too To make way for the proud Rebellious Roundhead That they once more the Nation may undo 6. Lords and Bishops both are useless Voted And the Factious Crew who gravely Plotted Are noted For Lords and Commons too Whigs and Brumighams with Shams and Stories Are true Protestants And Protestants are Masquerad●s and Tories The Modern Reformation of the Saints 7. Old Queen Bess that made the best Indentures Good King Jemmy too against Dissenters He ventures To turn them out of doors To take in Quakers Puritans and Ranters The Parliament implores To build a Kirk of Whigs and Covenanters And make a Lawful Race of Sons of Whores 8. Rowley now with Wisdom and grave Reason To prevent the swift approaching Treason In season Put a period to their strife In Oxford all their Stratagems confounded The Roguish Joyner too And may no better Fate attend the Roundhead That wou'd the Church and Monarchy subdue 9. Oxford Loyal Youths who scorn to Sham us With a perjur'd Bill of Ignoramus Or name us For Loyal Traytors known Soon found a flaw i' th' bottom of the Joyner By Justice and the Laws Of Church and Commonwealth and Undermine Who fell a Martyr in the Good Old Cause 10. Now for shame ye Zealots be confounded Boast no more Allegiance since a Roundhead Is grounded Upon the Holy Sham How dare ye talk of Loyalty a Hater Of Justice King and Laws Since the Whiggish Protestant is found a Trayto● And dies a Martyr in the Good Old Cause LONDON Printed by N. Thompson 1681.