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A60907 A song upon information, to the tune of Conventiclers are grown so brief 1681 (1681) Wing S4684; ESTC R12320 941 2

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A SONG UPON INFORMATION To the Tune of Conventiclers are grown so Brief I. INforming of late's a Notable Trade For he that his Neighbor intends to invade May pack him to Tyburn no more 's to be said Such Power hath Information Be Good be Just Fight for your King Or stand for your Country's Honour You 'r sure by precise Information to swing Such Spells she hath got upon Her II. To Six Hundred and Sixty from Forty One She left not a Bishop nor Clergy Man But compell'd both Church and State to run By the Strength of the Non-Conformist The Dean and Chapter Scepter and Crown The Lords and Commons snarling By blest Information came tumbling down Fair Fruits of an over-long Parling III. 'T was This that summon'd the Bodkins all The Thimbles and Spoons to the City Hall When St. Hugh to the Babes of Grace did call To prop up the Cause that was sinking This made the Coblar take the Sword The Pedlar and the Weaver By the Power of the Spirit and not by the Word Made the Tinker wear Cloak and Beaver IV. 'T is Information from Valle-do-Leed Makes Jesaits Fryars and Monks to Bleed Decapitates Lords and what not indeed Doth such Damnable Information It Cities Burns and sticks not to boast Without any Mincing or Scruple Of Forty Thousand Black Bills by the Post Brought in with the Devil's Pupil V. This Imp with her Jealousies and Fears Puts all Men together by the Ears Strikes at Religion and Kingdoms tears By Voting against the Brother This makes Abhorrers makes Lords Protest They know not why nor wherefore This strikes at Succesūon but aims at the Rest Pray look about you therefore VI. This raiseth Armies in the Air Imagining more than you need have to fear Keeps Horse under Ground and Arms to tear The Cities and Towns in sunder 'T is this made the Knight to Newark run With his Fidus Acates behind him Who brought for the Father one more like the Son The Devil and Zeal did so blind him VII It Whips it Strips it Hangs and Draws It Pillories also without any Cause By Falsly Informing the Judges and Laws With a Trick from Salamanca This Hurly-Burly's all the Town Makes Smith and Harris prattle Who spare neither Cassock Cloak nor Gown In their Paltry Tittle Tattle VIII 'T is Information Affrights us all By Information we Rise and Fall Without Information there 's no Plot at all And all is but Information That Pickering stood in the Park with a Gun And Godfrey by Berry was Strangled 'T was from Information such Stories begun Which the Nation so much have Entangled FINIS LONDON Printed for M. R. in the YEAR 1681.