To the Same.

Ome say, the Duke was vertuous, gratious, good,

Some the was vertuous,

And Felton basely did, to spill his bloud.

If it be so, what did he then amiss,

In sending him the sooner to his bliss ?
All deaths seem pleasant to a good-man's Eye
And bad men onely are afraid to dye;

Chang'd he this Kingdome to possess a better,
Then is the Duke become Iohn Felton's debter.

The Lawyer.

Lawyers themselves up hold the Common weale,

They punish such as do offend and steale;

They free with subtill art the innocent,

From any danger, losse, or punishment,

They can, but will not, keep the world in awe
By mis-expounded and distorted lawe;
Alwayes they have great store of charity,

And love they want, not keeping amitye.

The Clients Transcription of the same Copy, having experienced the contrary.

Lawyers themselves uphold the Common-weale

They punish such as do offend and steale.

They free with subtill art the innocent,

From any danger, losse, or punishment;

They can, but will not keep, the world in awe
By mis-expounded and distorted lawe

Allwayes they have, great store of charity

And love they want, not keeping amitye.

YOL. I.

O

The reverend Canvase.

So lowd a lye on Sunday rung,

So thicke a troupe, so grave a thrung,
Assembled in a Church, to laugh,

At nothing? pardon heavens; when halfe
Had Gods marke on them? none so good
To satisfie the hungry croud;

With holsome doctrine; none so hardy
With an howers talke to quitt the tardy?
All silent brethren, and yet none

Can speake by inspiration?

N

Dares none so conscious of his merit,
Or presuming on the sperit,
With an edifying greeting
Gratulate this zealous meeting?
Is this a day or place (O sin!)
For such to have a canvse in?
Lord! how we sat like Queene Candace's
Eunuch, reading each other faces !
Expecting when some Philips heire
Would come to ascend the sacred chaire.
Whilst cousning Miles the bell still knockt
T' increase the number of the mockt?

But in conclusion all the cittie
Was bidden to a nunc dimitte,
And yet found no man to supply
The office of dumbe Zacharie
In our dismission, till wee tiring
The bell and pullpit both conspiring,
Deprived of sound, and vesture told us
The tenor onely preacht that calld us;

A non sequitur, by Dr. Corbett.

M

Arke how the Lanterns clowd mine eyes

See where a moone drake ginnes to rise
Saturne craules much like an Iron Catt,
To see the naked moone in a slippshott hatt,
Thunder thumping toad stooles crock the pots
To see the Meremaids tumble

Leather catt-a-mountaines shake their heeles
To heare the gosh-hawke grumble
The rustie threed,

Begins to bleed,

And cobwebs elbows itches

The putrid skyes

Eat mulsacke pies

Backed up in logicke brecehes

Munday trenchers make good hay

The Lobster weares no dagger

Meale-Mouth'd shee-peacockes powle the starres

And make the lowbell stagger

Blew Crocodiles foame in the toe

Blind meal-bagges do follow the doe

A ribb of apple braine spice

Will follow the Lancasheire dice

Harke how the chime of Plutoes pispot cracks,

To see the rainbowes wheele ganne, made of flax.

On Oxford Schollers going to Woodstock to heare Dr. Corbet preach before the King.

He King, and the Court

THE

Desirous of sport,

At woodstock six dayes did lye
Thither came the Doctors

With their velvet sleev'd Proctors,

And the rest of the learned frie.

Some faces did shine

More with ale then with wine;

So that each man there was thought
And judged by theire hue

(As it was then true).

They were better fed then taught.

A number beside

With their wenches did ride

(For Schollers you know are kind)

And riding before

Leand back evermore

To kisse their wenches behind.
A number on foot

Without cloak, or boot

And yet to the Court they wou'd

Which was for to show

How farr they wou'd go

To doe his Majesty good.