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A44869 A Hew and cry after blood & murther: or an elegie on the most barbarous murther of Thomas Thinn, esq with some thankful ejaculations to heaven, for the miraculous escape of his Grace the Duke of Monmouth from the hands of the bloody Russians 1682 (1682) Wing H3271; ESTC R221108 1,752 1

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A Hew and Cry after Blood Murther OR AN ELEGIE ON The most barbarous Murther of Thomas Thinn Esq With some thankful Ejaculations to Heaven for the Miraculous Escape of his Grace the Duke of Monmouth from the Hands of the Bloody Ruffians WHil'st with hot Scent the Popish-Tory Crew A Presbiterian Sham-plot do pursue Behold a New and true Plot of their own Against a worthy persons Life made known Blood after blood for God's fresh Vengeance Calls Now Monmouth's friend a second Victim falls The bloody Villains Skill'd i th' Murtherous sin Sr. Godfrys Murther new Act or'e ag'in And now the shammers must together Plot To make the world think Thynn himself hath shot What was his Crime that thus they fought his Life Was it because deceived by a wife Or was 't because that he was Monmouth's friend He found so fatal and so sad an end In former times such Murthers Scarce were Known Are we Barbarians or fierce Scythians grown What Impious Acts are minted in our Age What tragick sceens are brought upon the stage What e're the Heathen did we now can do And tho we' are Christians call'd Surpass them too In the last end o' th' Iron Age we live A Brother won't a Brother now forgive But for some slight affront or weak offence With Sword or Pistol he is hurried hence These Murtherous Arts by Jesuites hither brought With their Religion they in secret taught For Murthers they have their Commission given And Killing is one Gate that leads to Heaven We may believe it as we do our Creed None but some hired Papists did this deed A deed so horrid barbarous and Vile That it will leave a blot upon our Isle Which will a spot for our whole Age remain Unless Strict Vengeance wipe away the stain Th'Embassador whom we Barbarian call When to his Barbarous Prince return he shall Amongst our Crimes with horror will relate This Murther Acted neer the Palace Gate And to his Prince Maliciously will say Christians can Murthers Act as well as they Hard was the Fate of this most worthy Man Whom first a wicked woman did Trepan And now more hard if that he lost his Life By Murtherous means of his disloyal Wife But God that sees and knowes the Hearts of all Will soon on guilty Heads let Vengeance fall And those black Instruments now lay'd in hold Shall all the Truth of this black Deed unfold Where Justice Runs down like an unstop'd Flood It soon will wash away the stains of Blood The Murther'd's Friends therefore on Justice cry And to its sacred Throne together fly That Vengeance may both great and small pursue O're take the Hirers and the hired too Both those who the damn'd hire for Blood receive And those who to be damn'd their money give For if strict Vengeance on such be not ta'ne Our Laws for Murther will be made in Vain So impious and so vile now Men are grown As never in our Age before was known Who cann't but go or Ride the Streets in fear When we have Bravo's and Banditti here Tories who here have shown their Murtherous Skill And know the way as well as they to kill Under our English Cloth Men must wear Buff A Coat of Mail or Armor Pistol-Proof For fear of some revenge from Jilting drabs Or else for Friendship or Religion stabs Poison or Bullet fraud or Force they take Both for reveng and for Religion's sake Justice will Visit vvhen the Murther 's past And overtake the Criminals at fast And such black deeds ly open to God s sight Who vvill the Murtherous Plots bring forth to light Then vvorthy Thyn vve shall more surely knovv Who vvas thy Barbarous Bloody secret foe When to the Bottom of this Plot vve see And if the Villains only aim'd at thee Rest novv thy soul in peace vvhilst our good King Your bloody Murtherers to Justice bring Whilst the Scar'd People on thy death debate And all thy Friends bevvail thy sudden Fate Whilst the good Duke bevvails vvith Tears his friend Afflicted to behold his sudden end But let all Loyal Hearts to Heaven pay Their Thanks that Monmouth did no longer stay That Providence vvho over him takes Care Had him diverted then from being there Who Knovvs vvhat bloody Ruffians did intend They might Perhaps have yet a further end Revenge might reach both to the Duke and 's friend But Heaven vvill hear for him the Peoples prayer And of that Noble Prince his Life take care That he may still secure and safely go And all the plots of Papists overthrovv May Heav'n preserve the King that he may run A Long long race and for his sake his Son May the Almighty Keep the good Dukes Life From Hellish Plots from Popish Gun or Knife And let himself vvarn'd now more vvatchful be Left that he fall into like Jeopardie O Heaven preserve him from a bloody end And let him take a vvarning by his Friend LONDON Printed for L. Curtiss 1681.