Aires Lowest Region The King-fish hath no foes but the Sword-fish And Thrasher that good Kings had none I wish Then Brittains bless the Lord from Pope and Sect Who hath you freed by Princes six select O Europe praise Jehovah King of Kings Who Kings you gave who Gods pure word you brings By him they rule he gives them Crowns and Birth And under him they 'r th' Atlas of the earth That Protestants should boast could Foes abide Th' had Europes greatest Monarch on their side One o' th best works for 's Church our God could do Let 's daily drink of Praise one cup or two Now he may make King Charles the Corner-stone As ever Brittain rul'd of as high Throne But Bankrupt States like Brokers base were bent To patch their Crack't States though three Realms they rent They acted were by our vvorst Foes and Rome To bring our King and Kingdoms to their Doom Where most perfections meet in one such things As much excells as Diamonds brass Rings Thus the worlds Soveraign Angels doth excel More then Heaven Earth Men Beasts which here do dwell Thus Souls the body bodies that are mixt Surmount the Elements in one place fix't All Creatures sensibles and Rational Surpass the sensless and meer Animal Ashwerus Medes and Persians their Kings call That 's Sovereign power in one which can do all So sure as their Law Monarchy sole Heir Of Governments the rest but Bastards are Desired Accomplishments meet all in this All Powers Force Vertues do each other kiss The two Estates did make so much ado All with Pythagorists Curse number two New Lords new Laws new Gods nevv Troubles bring As was in Layish Israel when no King And in the Persians five dayes liberty Which made them love their Kings hate Anarchy So when we had a thousand Kings and more As many Jarrs who should be King them o're They tyr'd us all and made us loudly thump And cry God save the King and hang the Rump Since quietly in Brittain France and Spain Yea through the world Dead Kings revive again And one succeeds the other with much ease Death one Uncrowns the other crown'd in peace O King of Kings whilst Sun and Moon doth reign Let 's ne're want Kings to guide King Charles his Wain And may he live thrice o're his years again What is a Commonwealth but common woe Where each mans wealth 's made common unto moe A Common-wealth's a Common Lottery Where fifty Blancks for one good chance we see A Common-wealth's a Common Weathercock Which whirles about with every winde and knock Whilst Phaebus past twelve signes i' th Zodiack As many changes nigh made Brittains Quake When Lords were all cashiered and honest men None left but Fools and Slaves and Traytors then What was a Commonwealth but a Fragment A Scrap Fagg-end a Rump of Parliament 'T is a false Mirror cannot represent The peoples understandings wills consent A Bedlam Babel what do you call it Where Rowlands will is rul'd by Randals wit And such as have nor t'one nor t'other Are rul'd by the Whimsies of another When many go to Feast or Funeral From the vote Major Minor carries all Then Commonwealth's a Common Juglers Box A Hoca Poca Major Minor Vox A Commonwealth's a state Hermophradite Where He 's by day vote She 's unvote by night Democritus laughs into a Horaclite To think for mastry how she-States did fight Nay what 's a Common-wealth but Common Whore With Nobles Honors prostrates to each Boor. Our Common-wealth it was a Common Pander To Sects and Factions which about did wander A Common-wealth's a common Pestilence Where Passions vote ' gainst Reasons Common sence That ours was Ante-Christ who can deny Whose Horns gor'd Christ whose Heads did him defie Mark what Greeks said of Greece who saw 't flourish When Kings Greece rul'd by many rul'd perish When first these Fiends of Hell you guess their names By Greeks we 're courted like two Cyprian Dames The Nations round jear'd Greeks which fear'd their fames Scorn'd Greece when Greece burnt Greece with civil flames By Fiends are meant Free-States and Common-wealth Since these Greeks rul'd we Trojans had no health Our Rulers Bedlam Regelments by moe Teem'd with as mad Effects as e're brought woe Then worst of Rebels is Republican Though Independent Presbyterian Where e're had Zimries peace against their Masters Who ' rose and fell not by some sad disasters Hence let no new Sectarian Schelies Lead you to Traytors Dire Ends and Follies The world a Chaos were of huge variety Wer 't not to order brought by Monarchy Jah ruleth all the Angels Michael Who all the Rebels cast from Heaven to Hell The Sun rules Stars Sphears Sphears Imperial All causes end in one the cause of all In the Malignant Church false Heads we see I' th Militant Triumphant one must be All Arts are Handmaids to Theology Whose wonders men and Angels stupifie All Books but empty Pamphlets are to it Which God hath spoke and with his finger writ In Fire in Air Earth Water and in Hell The rule of one doth sway and bear the Bell Fire above Air Air Earth earth waters fix't Gives life and doth consume all bodies mixt Ducks have their Drakes Cranes have their Kings they say All feathered Creatures their chief Males obey But o're them all the Eagle bears the sway Base Locusts Grashoppers Insects and Flies Who have no King by their confusion dyes Others live long as th' Ant and Royal Bee A Guard who keeps lives dyes in Majesty Their Hives Walls Combs Cities Holes Houses are Stings are their Arms one rules in peace and war O're Papers Venice Brown Lombard Horn Demy Royal Cap super Royal Perial Imperial Heards have their leaders Rams their flocks of Sheep All Beasts to th' Lion like Jackals do creep O're Stones the Carbuncle o're Mettals Gold Of which Kings Crowns are made for which they 'r sold O're all the scaly Monsters in the Sea The Whale's the Tyrant him they must obey By Nereus sons when caught in Greenland sound Leviathan's priz'd at five hundred pound The Basilisk a Crown on 's head doth wear To shew o're Serpents he doth Domineer O're every sort of creature Kings to fit Requires a Tome their Nomenclators wit Each Master rules as Monarch Politique His Children Servants as King Despotique One entire Nation in the world throughout O're it be Kings if you can finde without If you 'l believe Saint Hugh who pearcht in tub He was in Hell there 's but one Belzebub Thus from the highest Heavens to the lowest pit The worlds Grand Monarch Monarchy hath writ In his vast Volume of the world that here Men might their God and his Vicegerent fear That none might Witchcraft of Rebellion draw From Devils presidents and call it Law Since Michael down from Heaven those Rebels threw Shew me one Rebel thriv'd of Rebels crew By all the Laws of God our Charlemain Is plac't in 's Throne obey your Sovereign
Mark how our Statists natures Course pervert When they the rule of many would assert Suppose more Gods than one to rule the world It soon to Antique Chaos would be hurl'd Were Satan Gog and Magog heads o th' Kirk If Christ help not with Saints they 'd make mad work Parelii shone whilst Edward Fourth did fight Paraselenes did the Romans fright But rul'd so many Suns and Moons i' th sky You wonld believe Doomsday vvere very nigh Make Pompey's Rivals in grand Cesars Thrones Millions they 'd turn to Skulls and dead mens bones Priests in each Tovvn set many Sects to preach The vvayes to Hell sooner then Heaven they 'l teach Of many Doctors Patient be at cost Take all their Physick sure thy life is lost To many Lawyers put a doubtful case ' T vvill look like Barred Pictures Protean face Who loves a rule by many let him try He shall have plagues enough in 's family Set Generals o're each army tvvo or moe They 'l thrive like ours vvho did to Hayty go Three Colonels each Regiment lets loop Four Captains to each Company and Troop Five Admirals in chief one Fleet command Ne're shall Victoria light upon their hand Siz Pilots set o're every Snip you have Then Port in Seas they 'l sooner finde a Grave Seven Lords t' each Mannor t' each Family Eight Husbands to one Wife as vvell agree Nine Heads t' each body such a comely sight The Devil out of 's wits perchance would fright Ten Rams Bulls Bucks to lead your Herds and Flocks Would Horn each others pate with bloody knocks Fancy there were in each Hive eleven Kings A cruel Fight you 'd see with deadly stings Twelve Cocks o' th Game set free out of your pens They 'l fight till death for Lordship o're your Hens Thus topsie turvey they the World do turn And all the Creatures which at Monarchs spurn These wilde Conceits like their mad rules th' have left Them Skip Bear Steal I 'le answer for your theft In all the world shew me one Commonwealth Without a Sovereign Power had peace or Health Acted by Artificial Kings and men Or to a Babel all return'd again What did our Slaves States do in twelve years space But Sword mens wills o're those in highest Place Without Chymerian Kings was no conclusion Unless in jarring Factions and Confusion If such with Native Kings you shall compare You men they Kings in cloth of Aras are Then are Republicans the worst of Traytors May Cities Gates yield unto such Heads Quarters Kings but in Nonage have Superiors Assemblies ever are inferiors To Consuls Projectors and Dictators To Generals Presidents Prolocutors Thus had the old Lacaedemonians Their Ephori Censors th' Athenians And Cosmosses the Carthaginians Tribunes the Romans Doegs the Venetians These rul'd the roast under some feigned name And us'd more rigor power with Kings the same And wheh these slav'd Estates were put to shift They set up Kings to help at a dead lift Thus Romans boast their Scipio's Fabius Hated as were Camillus Manlius Athenians Thrasibulus Pericles Theb's Epaminondas Thucydides With many others who have their Country As Kings who rul'd when States had them enslav'd States Mongrils like do run when Wolves draw near But Mastiffs fight so Kings when Foes appear Then needs must States yield unto Monarchy Which in great'st troubles is their Sanctuary The creatures of Assemblies were for aye Vast in their numbers greedy for their prey To borrow all they could they licenese had Protected ne're to pay to promote trade But Kings have Mordecays Josephs who bring As Kings to them like profit to their King But our Grand Hydra swallow'd Steeples down Churches Delinquents Lands and those o' th Crown To keep their Crowd of Saints Lives and Estates Of a full Million felt disastrous fates Cart loads of Coyn twice more they did divide Then David for the Temple did provide 'T is easier cheaper for 's to maintain one Then thousands which brings mischief good to none Slave States are but the fragments of some Nation Drove into Holds and Forts for their Rebellion How can they Grandeur either get or keep Like sneaking Eunuchs which in holes do creep By marriage they can ne're as Monarchs thrive A wonder 't is by shifts they hated live But Kings more Kingdoms do by Venus get Then all Free States by Mars i' th world have yet More Realms Isles then the Royal house of Spain Or Austria by their Queens our Kings did gain Some twenty Kings long canton'd Brittish Isles Mars gave them not King James but Hymens smiles O're Spain John of Gauuts Daughters heirs now Reign Our Kings by wedlock are heirs of Brittain Normandy Poictou Anjou Aquitain All France in Paris shall be crown'd again When they their Lions Harp and Flowers in France With Arms ne're Conquer'd shall through it advance Our Kings have on their side God and all right Which makes our mens like Lions in their sight The French like Lillies pale it doth affright That five to one of ours they ne're durst fight Did they e're Battle win these thousand years Unless with Scotch Swisse Mountaineers Normans Higlanders and when five to one Small numbers oft subdu'd their Nation This truth to clear we need no Tomes recite But Agincourt and Cressy Poictou Fight Alas poor sneaks when e're we them assail We needs must conquer now their old friends fail The Pope set York and Lancaster by th' ears Which lost us France brought Wars and seas of tears Else all were ours w 'had nigh five hundred years So long the world the Englishmen did fear And thought that they the bravest Nation were Had our King all of Kings and Queens as heir Most Potent Prince in all the world he were King Charles had with his Queen strong Towns so rare The next to them the names of Kingdoms bear Besides her Dowre then many Queens was more Her Grace Parts Vertues tentimes worth that o're Thus all our Noblesi Families do rise By Nuptial Bonds which States to States fast tyes True Lovers Knots tyed by Gods Hand and Word Faster joyns Crowns and Lands then Caesars Sword If we so fast as Spain and Dutch Lands take Our Mars and Venus soon great Realms may make Of Mighty Princes 't is best Husbandry Their swarms of Poor well planted out to see To th' body Politique more sad events Then natural to void no excrements Marriage five Crowns in one for us doth blend And may five more if God them please to send Fly Capon Commonwealths love Monarchy Court not gelt States hate Bastard Polarchy Brittain by Kings and Queens by Kings grew great With Kings and Kingdoms States a Hell hatcht cheat But since our zealous States plead Text and Faith Mark what for Kings ' gainst them the Scripture saith Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews And Gentiles too as Sacred Writ you shews In whom vvere all the Prophesies made good Which e're vvere made to Judah's line and blood As he by
power Soveraign Till Shilo came who rules as King of Kings And under Monarchy all Nations brings Prophets Apostles taught's to love and fear Them to obey pray for not scoff or jeer The Persian sages after long contest Of Arguments prov'd Monarchy the best Mecaenas and Agrippa told Augustus Your wise men all chuse one else ne're trust us For Kings our Brittains who were stout and wise Ventred their fortunes or have lost their lives So all our States-men could say Boh t' a Goose Which voge made them Leards of the other House Great Alexanders Master Aristotle Bias who carry'd all in 's Bag and Bottle And all the rest of the wise men of Greece Said one Rul'd all as Gander rul'd the Geese That if there were i' th world one Mome or Goose Lov'd many Rulers let him try 't in 's house And in such peace and order he should dwell As Locusts do worse then the Fiends in Hell Old Philo saith as Kings o're all we see And God o're them so Nations ruled be Thus stood for one the wise Pythagoras As for black Snow did Anaxagoras So all the rest as Homer and Dion With Plutarch Seneca and Zenophon So did Theodoret Basil Cyprian Chrysostom Austin and Tertullian All Counsels Fathers Latine Greek Which were most godly learned grave and meek There 's scarce one School Boy but doth know it How Kings are prais'd by every Poet How Homer Virgil and each Poet sings The noble deeds of Mighty Queens and Kings Thus Armies great of Pen and Inkhorn men I might produce to tyre your sight my Pen. For honest knowing souls too much for fools They ne're will learn till taught in Gate-House Schools That Regelment's the worst which sowes the seeds Of sects and Factions and Seditions breeds Which points the way to Moles and each base lown To creep through Heads of Factions to a crown That Tyrants and poor upstarts many more Then we could bear or keep us placed o're Which Tygers Wolves and Foxes manifold Allow'd by whom Nations were bought and sold Which kept us all in daily doubts and fear What Rule and Rulers we should have each year Made strangers far and near refuse our trade Because they thought all Rebels are stark mad Which cry'd with Harlots lewd Divide the child Such Mothers Brittain lately did beguil'd Which noblest men and Mindes and Clerks despight And in the Scum of Sects and Folks delight Which of each Draggons Tail and Hell-bred Faction Projects and Acts for Toleration Which vote free Denizons for their base ends Turks Popes and Jews and the infernal Fiends Which coyn'd Engagements Vows and Oaths so fast That millions were forsworn or first or last Nurses so many mock-controwlers sects so lewd As fill'd each City Town and house with fewd Which doth confound High low wise fools rich poor Arms Slaves ' gainst Masters shuts them out o' th door Which like to Comets poyson did distil To all below and them with Plagues doth fill Or like Saturnal Planets in their Sphere The higher still the more Malignant were Which lickt the Cub of Reformation Till Love Faith Truth were out of fashion Which kept the people in blinde Ignorance Of Fundamental Truths as in a Trance O sad that one-in hundreds scarcely knew What each one 's sworn to Church by States thus grew The first Imperious teacher of a lye By such dark souls was ever most set by That Priests and Parents all should teach an Act Was fram'd by some the most deny'd the fact 'T was Ignorance and Sects let in the Turk To Asia Greece like Crimes like Plagues will work Wo wo wo wo to Christians who profess Christs Laws then his worst Foes yet knovv much less Which did destroy like Fiends vvithout all fears All Saints good works of fifteen hundred years Though but half Crowns Gods portion to them yields They sold it all to buy the Potters Fields Which make men covvards like the heartless Hen Hence all States fight by Mercenary men VVhen our stout Henry's Edwards fought vvith French Did they not soon make foes though millions slinch An hundred times they made the Scots and France To quake vvhen they began their Martial Dance But our States Soldates did vvhat ne're vvas done Ten thousands from one troop of Negroes run VVhereby they millions lost a golden Town VVith it vvorlds richest Isle and their Renown Of Artificial men sans souls a crovvd Are States vvhich name all Villanies doth shrovvd For there 's not one hath Conscience Reason Faith All 's publick and not private each one saith That Government without all doubts the worst Which is the great'st Plague for sins accurst Which is such ugly Monster full of shame That Anomos in Scripture is its name Rac't out o' th Calendar all Holy dayes That Gods Kings Saints works none might do or praise Most fearful Fates surpriz'd their rotten bones Who Souldiers Cripples Poor reliev'd with stones God makes men great for Thousands good State Elves Careless o' th poor cry'd Ah ha ha for selves Were every twig a Pen Earth Paper Seas all Ink Men could not write all Crimes of States I think That 's the Best Rule which all distempers cures In Church and Realms keeps them their health secures Which to our sinking Ark like Noahs Dove Brought truth and Peace and th' Olive Branch of love When both our Isles were tost like Ship on Seas Charles hush't all storms and they in calms did cease Which makes them like one Cornucopia In plenty excell Scicily Candia Causeth these Isles of Dogs or Devils nam'd With proudest pieces of the world be fam'd When foes would quite destroy our Nation Blur our high deeds and reputation Takes care that Neptunes sons like lacky boyes Tread on Sols heels without all foes annoyes With us the Nations trade if Charles agree Which Sun or Moon or Poles or Stars do see Where Justice mixt with Mercy doth abound Vinegar in sweet Grapes opprest is found Where Courage mixt with Faith and Love not fears To pluck the prey out of the paws of Bears Where no good useful man preferment lacks As most of late did under Mushroom facks As Phaebus light imparts to every Star So Charles gives Honors to worth near and far Which purges Locusts and Caterpillars And such as are to Kings and Realms ill-willers To th' body Politique as sad events As natural to void no Excrements If fifty years Goal-birds had been sent o're Kingdoms and Isles we'd had as many more Thus when the Gardiner evil Plants doth weed He findes much better grow good Plants and seed Which care doth take the poor abroad to plant Lest thousands dye with hunger cold and want VVhich makes all people learn the Truth VVant of such knowledge is a Kingdoms Ruth God and King Charles this work may bring to pass Do more in it b'our Kings then e're done was To know and to obey's pure Reformation This learn't and done makes glorious King and Nation The Spirit calls knowledge the Key of heaven VVith Grace Obedience it souls doth leaven Sermons won't do 't nor VVardens much forsworn This work is Gods Gods must lead the forlorn That rules the best which longest doth endure All these good things performs States faults doth cure No Star so bright i' th sky but hath its spot To have no fault is Gods no Creatures lot And let Jehovah Thunder or Rain or Shine He can't please all nor Kings though men Divine You 'l say 't is Verrue Crowns Kings Governments Then happy we in ours to all intents His comely presence meekness majesty Do Adamantine lustre far out-vye If to be highly born it is great bliss VVhat Prince for Birth may you compare with his If Heirs are blest of God Usurpers curst From Brute what King had title e're more just If wise men Princes Marriage much look on Behold his Queen the worlds chief Paragon Great Charles the Second is of our Kings first By 's Queen t' each part o' th world whose rule doth thrust Paire-Royal Nations Indies in her meets More worth then in all Mines and Golden Fleets For Royal Issue there 's no doubt of Heirs God will hear theirs and millions of our prayers If Crosses breed rare men best tutors are VVith Joseph David him you may compare For Courage Prudence Truth and Constancy Match him who can without Sycophancy He patiently endur'd heavens indignation Until he wrought his Restauration So free from pride self-ends and false renowns VVith Kingdoms ruines he refus'd his Crowns Joy'd not to have his head crown'd with your loss Stay d till God crown'd his head your joyes his Cross Foes crying sins their scandals obloquy He hides from pennance by his Amnesty He griev'd to see his Mother Church so torn By Sects so stript left Rachel like forlorn He did for her the best he thought or could VVhat modest Church-men either wisht or would He cannot scoff but pitty th' ill behaviour Of Brain-sick folk as mad as e're was Naylor For Justice Piety Religion Shew me his pear in any Region The Giddy Rabble feared less you know State ordinance then Juglers Jubeo Dead Rulers Junto Laws were Crows to scare But Just Kings winged Courts of Justice are Hence Kings in Thrones of Justice with the eye Are said to scatter all Iniquity He frequent is with God familiar In Prayers not Oaths as many thousands are Him for his bounty why should any blame VVhose Thrift and Temperance doth millions shame To Gentry Commons and Nobility He 's a rare Pattern of Sobriety To all the world he freely doth declare Rebels to God and Laws worst subjects are Debauched men though great he cannot brook On such as his worst Foes he e're did look VVhat good of him our Senate doth desire For God or Countrey done he doth require Behold your King then thousands is more tall In Grace Power Vertues higher then you all VVhen Kingship Persons Vertues thus you see All meet in one happy 's that Monarchy Not Solomon in 's Glory may compare VVith Brittish Rose and Lillies they 'r so rare Caesars best wishes Subjects votes and Praise His Head crown and to th' highest Heavens up raise Of millions Prayers as he the Subject is So may heavens Blessings showre on him and his FINIS