It was a question whether he More worshipful; till antiquaries (After they 'ad almost por'd out their eyes) Did very learnedly decide The business on the horfe's fide, And prov'd not only horfe, but cows, 465 475 4.80 From foreign parifhes and regions, Of different manners, fpeech, religions,. Came men and mastiffs; fome to fight. 4853 For fame and honour, fome for fight. And now the field of death, the lifts, Were enter'd by antagonists, F 2. And And blood was ready to be broach'd, Shall faints in civil bloodfhed wallow 490 495 500 Of faints, and let the Caufe lie fallow? The Cause, for which we fought and swore 505 Then because quarrels still are seen 510 And Ver. 495.] Oeftrum fignifies the gad-bee or horfe-fly. Ver. 497.] Sir W. Waller was defeated at the Devifes. Ver. 503, 504.] Mr. Walker obferves, "That all "the cheating, covetous, ambitious perfons of the ❝land, were united together under the title of the "Godly, the Saints, and fhared the fat of the land "between them;" and he calls them the Saints who were canonized no where but in the Devil's Calendar. And we that took it, and have fought, 515 For if Bear-baiting we allow, What good can Reformation do? The blood and treasure that 's laid out Is thrown away, and goes for nought. 520, Are these the fruits o' th' Proteftation, The prototype of Reformation, Which all the faints, and fome, fince martyrs, Wore in their hats like wedding-garters, When 'twas refolv'd by either House 525 Six Members' quarrel to efpouse? Did they, for this, draw down the rabble, With zeal and noises formidable, And make all cries about the Town Join throats to cry the Bishops down ? 530 Who Ver. 513, 514.] The Prefbyterians, in all their wars. against the King, maintained ftill, That they fought for him; for they pretended to diftinguifh his political perfon from his natural one; his political perfon, they faid, muft be, and was, with the Parliament, though his natural perfon was at war with them. Ver. 530.] Good Lord (fays the True Informer, P. 12.) "what a deal of dirt was thrown in the Bi26 fhops' faces !-what infamous ballads were fung! "what a thick cloud of epidemical hatred hung fud"denly over them! fo far, that a dog with a black. "and white face was called a Bishop.". Who having round begirt the palace 535 540 And fell to turn and patch the Church ; Some cry'd the Covenant, instead 545 Of pudding-pies and ginger-bread; And fome for brooms, old boots, and fhoes, Bawl'd out to purge the Common-House : A Gofpel-preaching Ministry; 550 And fome for old fuits, coats, or cloak, No Surplices nor Service-book : A ftrange harmonious inclination Of all degrees to Reformation. And Ver. 553, 554.] Those flights, which feem most extravagant in our Poet, were really excelled by matter of fact. The Scots (in their Large Declaration, 1637, p. 41.) begin their petition against the Common Prayer-book thus :-" We men, women, and children, and fervants, having confidered, &c." Foulis's Hift. of Wicked Plots. And is this all? Is this the end To which these Carryings-on did tend? 555 Till both turn'd bankrupts, and are broke? 560 Did Saints, for this, bring in their plate, And crowd as if they came too late? For when they thought the Cause had need on't, Did they coin pifs-pots, bowls, and flaggons, 565 Int' officers of horse and dragoons? And into pikes and mufqueteers Stamp beakers, cups, and porringers? 570 Juft like the dragon's teeth being sown. The Brethrens' offerings, confecrate, Like th' Hebrew calf, and down before it 575 And laid themselves out and their lungs; |