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A56427 The Parliaments thanks to the Citie for their kinde complyance with them in all their treasons from time to time committed against His Maiesties honor, crowne and dignitie. Dedicated to the loyall and treacherous citizens; the valiant and cowardly citizens; the wise and foolish citizens; the wealthy and poor citizens; the square and Round-headed citizens; the honored, and the horned citizens. By Mercurius Melancholicus Mercurius Melancholicus, fl. 1648. 1648 (1648) Wing P525A; ESTC R221403 1,810 1

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THE PARLIAMENTS Thanks to The Citie For their kinde complyance with them in all their Treasons from time to time committed against His Maiesties Honor Crowne and Dignitie DEDICATED To the Loyall and treacherous Citizens the valiant and cowardly Citizens the wise and foolish Citizens the wealthy and poor Citizens the square and Round-headed Citizens the honored and the Horned Citizens BY Mercurius Melancholicus YOu Loyall Citizens J call you as you were Jn times of old till now For many a hundred yeer What is the reason now you are Disloyall growne And have forsaken quite The Royall English Crowne You Treacherous Citizens J call you as you are How comes it so to passe that you with Indas share Blot out your Dagger now your Arms their chiefest grace Iack Straw in stead shall put his Thatching-Knife in place You Valiant Citizens I call you as you were Time out of mind untill this present Conquering yeare It pities me to see how hartless you are growne That dare not budge nor stir for to preserve your owne You cowardly Citizens I call you a● you are Our miseries they increase be sure you shall have share How beardless boyes doe tread the world will laugh to see Your honor in the dust with shame and Obloquie You wise grave Citizens J call you as you were Whilst you your selves maintain'd your Priviledges cleare My heart doth burst to see your King your Laws your Rights Abus'd infring'd o'rethrowne all by your oversights You foolish Citizens J call you as you are Of Goods of Rights of Lives you shall be stripped bare Where are your eyes become you cannot see at all How neare you are unto a lamentable fall You wealthy Citizens I call you as you were Whil'st in protection you were of your Soveraigne deare But now the case is alter'd the clean contrary way Your Riches are become the plundring Souldiers prey You poore base Citizens I call you as you are Jn what a case are you how mean how vile how bare What you your selves have got nor you nor yours enjoy Dam-me it 's mine will sweare some upstart Souldiers boy The second Part. To the same Tune Square-headed Citizen● J call you as you were Whil'st you the helme of Iustice most equally did steere But now your giddy heads have turn'd you all so round Of Law or of R●lig●on we can have nothing found Round-headed Citizens I call you as you are For by your orbed forms You put all out of square The Kingdom quite undone your selves shall not escape Expect no further bliss but Murder Theft and Rape You honored Citizens I call you as you were Whil'st you reserv'd a strength to keep your selves from fear But all your Hold's are lost by your grave wisedomes pates If you your Houses keep It 's more then is your fates You horned Citizens I call you as you are What cockolds could endure Corrivalls thus to share Content I doe confess It is a Wittalls part Let nothing J have said pray strike you to the heart Farewell kinde Citizens all things but Horns are deare And no one may we thanke but you for this same geare A Challenge From KENT And the Counties of Surrey Sussex Essex and Hertford-shire TO The Citie of LONDON for her treachery ready to be undone TAme cowardly Kuckoldly Citizens that for your Treachery and Disloyalty are grown shameless before men perjur'd before God Traytors to your King Robbers and murderers to your Countrey a Reproch to your Religion a dishonour to your Nation and a hissing to the whole VVorld the chief Protectors upholders and Abbetors of Traytors Murderers Theeves and Schismaticks and a Pay-master unto them that are over head and ears in Blood Tyranny Rapine and Oppression That have made London once the Phaenix of the world that burn'd in Loyall flames to Soveraignity till it renew'd it's Honor with it's Age and its Prosperity with its Peace a Citie at unitie with it self that fear'd God honoured the King were obediently governed by his Lawes and became Rich and happy in all blessings whatsoever Till you with the superfluity of your Moneybagges have waged Traytors in Rebellion against your lawfull King to the undoing of all the Kingdom turned your Citie once the Paragon of Beaut● into the Pa●tern of Deformity your Phaenix into an Owle to be whooted at by all Nations and made the crowne and Pride of England by your treachery to be the Scare-crow and scorn of the world WEE the long abused People of England that now justly take up Arms to redeem our King Religion Lawes and Liberties of the Subject from the Tyranny and Arbytrary cruelties of a Factious and over-awing Prvalent Party VVill and require you the Citizens of London as you will recover your crack'd credits to doe the like with all convenient speed Else we shall doe our utmost to stop all Provisions from comming to your Citie and use the uttermost of our indeavors to reduce both you and your Citie to the Obedience of his Majestie and all criminaries whatsoever to the tryall of the knowne Lawes of the Land God save the King FINIS Printed in the Yeer when the city stincks for fear 1648.