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The Essex ballad to an old tune new reviv'd.
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1680
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Wing E3341; ESTC R31448
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The ESSEX BALLAD To an old Tune new reviv'd IN Essex much renown'd for Calves And giving Verdicts in by halves For Oysters Agues and for Knaves of Faction One Peer and Men of Worship four With Gentlemen some half a score Did draw in ten Dutch Ells of Bore to Action The Squire whose Name does famous grow As Marcus Tullius Cicero And keeps true Time with Sir A A As freely gave himself his Hand As once his Voice to rule the Land By such as should not understand too rashly The Rout that erst did roar so loud A M and a H Are of their Choice now grown so proud you 'd wonder And these State-Tinkers must be sent To stop the Leaks of Government Grown crazy now and almost rent in sunder His Honour first set all his Hands Each Members next in order stands The Rabble without If 's or And 's subscratch it The Cause not obsolete though old Like Insects lay in Winter cold And warm Petitions they were told would hatch it Corn bore a price in Cromwel's days Nor did we want a vent for Bays Nay even Calves were several ways advanced And then we fear'd not wicked Plots The Godly serv'd to cut our Throats Though Agents for the Pope as Oates and Prance said Those Reasons did so much prevail That they petition'd Tooth and Nail To have the Soveraign strike Sail and stand by While th' Parliament had sate some years To drive out Pope with Presbyters And try the Babylonish Peers and Danby For how can Corn and Wool be dear Since Popish Lords drink little Beer Eat Fish and very seldom wear our Woollen Nay even their Horses are afraid Of Treason in the Manger laid And the King's Evidence dismay'd their Pullen These Greivances with others many Too long for Ballad of a Peny Drove on a Herd of Clowns to any adventure Those Brands which in the days of Yore Uumanufactur'd Parchment bore And when Farms lett sign'd heretofore Indenture In Hieroglyphick rows were set Like Oriental Alphabet And least the King should quite forget the Senate Their Hinds lay whip and whistling by Humbly to councel Majesty And what they could not read would try to Pen at The Milk-maid hop'd old comfort 's in 't Since Bodkins once did Breeches Mint And straight subscrib'd their Butter-print to Creamer But these were all but single gains And hardly worth their toyl and pains The Cause wants vigour and disdains a Dreamer This dallying therefore to prevent An Anti-popish Bull was sent The Emblem of the Government to baiting Where Butchers Tinkers Ostlers go Tapsters and Broom-men all a row And Carters for the sport left Ho and Haiting Th' unanswerable Scotch-Cloth Men Taps Sives Chairs and Coney-skin Beggers and Boys all throng'd and then Egyptians This Honourable Covey met Hedge draws the Members Setting-Net And gets from all without Regret Subscriptions When this great Council was dismiss'd They found that several Yards of Fist Were wanting to compleat the List and order'd Seven Elders to disperse the Deed To those of the Geneva Creed Brethren to such as on the Tweed are border'd These trudg'd a Conventicling To pray the Lord and beg the King The Congregation sign'd the thing Sans Scruple Those Scholars that could write they bribe To prompt and proxy every side And these did personally subscribe Cextuple But now the time draws on apace And Member itches for his place The Knights and Gentlemen five brace assemble And brought the Muster-Roll to Court Though Charles did hardly thank 'em for 't But made 'em with a sharp retort to tremble Now God preserve our King and Queen From Pyebald Coats and Ribons green Let neither Knave nor Fool be seen about 'em And those that will not say Amen Let 'em Petition once again For every one the Shire has ten to rout ' em FINIS Printed at LONDON in the Year 1680.