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<HEAD>A De&s;cription of the late <HI>Rebellion</HI> in the WEST</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A HEROICK POEM.</HEAD>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>episodic depiction of Monmouth's rebellion</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>FROM <HI>Belgia</HI>'s &s;hore, with a pretended claim</L>
<L>On <HI>Junes</HI> eleventh in three &s;mall Ve&s;&s;els came,</L>
<L>(Though fatal to him in a fatal Time)</L>
<L>The Traytor <HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> and &s;urprized <HI>Lyme;</HI></L>
<L>I' th' <HI>We&s;t</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> whence o' th fourteenth day,</L>
<L>He marched with all his <HI>Rebel</HI> Rout away</L>
<L>Part of which fell on <HI>Bridport</HI> and their &s;bed</L>
<L>The Blood of Loyali&s;ts, but were repaid,</L>
<L>With tripple Deaths, there <HI>Rebel</HI> Blood fir&s;t &s;tain'd,</L>
<L>The guiltle&s;s Ground there Loyalty fir&s;t gain'd.</L>
<L>A lucky vantage, &s;eaven were kill'd outright,</L>
<L>Twenty three Pri&s;oners, made the re&s;t by Flight,</L>
<L>Scatt'ring their Arms, to their main Strength retreat,</L>
<L>And the &s;ad Tale of their Defeat relate.</L>
<L>No &s;ooner news of this <HI>Rebellious</HI> Crew,</L>
<L>To our dread Monarch and his Senate flew,</L>
<LG>
<L>On Fames &s;wift Wings, but an Attaindure's laid</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t <HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> and upon his <HI>Rebel</HI> Head</L>
<L>Five thou&s;and pounds to bring him alive or dead.</L>
</LG>
<L>When worthy <HI>Monaux</HI> on <HI>Junes</HI> nineteenth day</L>
<L>With twenty Hor&s;e the <HI>Rebels</HI> did di&s;may,</L>
<L>Killing them twelve, though in the valiant &s;trife,</L>
<L>Death (&s;till the Brave's wor&s;t Foe) &s;urpriz'd his Life:</L>
<LG>
<L>But unrevenged he did not long remain</L>
<L>Brave <HI>Oglethorp</HI>'s Commanded Troops di&s;tain</L>
<L><HI>Cani&s;ham</HI>'s Bridge with eighty Rebels &s;lain</L>
</LG>
<L>Whil&s;t bold <HI>Trevanion Lyme</HI>'s Recovery wrought,</L>
<L>With th' Arms and Powder which the <HI>Rebels</HI> brought,</L>
<L>And noble <HI>Pembroke</HI> entred factious <HI>Frome,</HI></L>
<L>Scatt'ring the Rabble that were thither come;</L>
<L>Took the Ring-leader and made him recant</L>
<L>The Trayterous Declaration he dur&s;t plant,</L>
<L>Up in the Market-place and Traytor own,</L>
<L><HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> to be who had &s;uch mi&s;chief done.</L>
<LG>
<L>Soon after thrice renowned <HI>Fever&s;ham</HI></L>
<L>Near to the Town call'd <HI>Phillips-Norton</HI> came</L>
<L>Where leading on the <HI>Rebels</HI> flank'd the Lane.</L>
</LG>
<L>Yet Hero like undaunted <HI>Grafton</HI> made</L>
<L>A brave attempt and beat their Ambu&s;cade,</L>
<L>Speaking in Thunder his un&s;haken &s;ence</L>
<L>Of Loyalty and Ju&s;tice to his Prince;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t from the Hill the loud mouth'd Cannons bent</L>
<L>Again&s;t the Foe, their Globes of Ruin &s;ent:</L>
<L>Wing'd with &s;wift Death, which made them &s;oon remove,</L>
<L>Not longer daring &s;uch de&s;truction prove:</L>
<L>But fearful of approaching Fate retire,</L>
<L>Before tho&s;e Swords that &s;poke a Monarchs Ire.</L>
<L>And pa&s;&s;ing many Towns, at la&s;t they came,</L>
<L>To <HI>Wells</HI> &s;o known for it <HI>Cathedrals</HI> fame:</L>
<L>Which impiou&s;ly with Sacrilegious Hands,</L>
<L>Fit for all horrid Mi&s;chief the&s;e black Bands</L>
<L>Rifl'd and &s;uch ba&s;e outrages commit,</L>
<L>As if they had been born the Sons of Spite:</L>
<L>Which done to <HI>Gla&s;&s;enbury</HI> &s;trait they drew,</L>
<L>From thence to <HI>Bridgwater</HI> and there make &s;hew,</L>
<L>As if they meant to fortefy the Town,</L>
<L>But now the fatal time came &s;wiftly on,</L>
<LG>
<L>To which <HI>Rebellions</HI> Puni&s;hment was due</L>
<L>On <HI>Julys</HI> fifth, when the bright Sun withdrew</L>
<L>And o're the World &s;ad night her Mantle threw,</L>
</LG>
<L>In Darkne&s;s &s;uiting with their Deeds the Rout,</L>
<L>From all their Quarters &s;ilently drew out,</L>
<L>With an inglorious purpo&s;e to &s;urprize</L>
<L>The Royal Army, but tho&s;e wakeful eyes,</L>
<L>Under &s;o great a Charge, no &s;lumber brook,</L>
<L>But in&s;tantly the hot alarum took.</L>
<L>And now no more but <HI>Neptune</HI>'s &s;ilver Hair,</L>
<L>Parting the threatning Fronts of cruel War;</L>
<L>The Leaden Thunderbolts on Lightnings Wing,</L>
<L>A &s;wift De&s;truction to the <HI>Rebels</HI> bring.</L>
<L>Not able to with&s;tand tho&s;e ju&s;ter Arms,</L>
<L>Their Hor&s;e affrighted, fly the fierce Alarms:</L>
<L>In much Di&s;order before every Charge,</L>
<L>And o're the field di&s;per&s;e them&s;elves at large:</L>
<L>Leaving the Foot, who faintly &s;tood a while,</L>
<L>But broken by the Hor&s;e they &s;oon Recoile.</L>
<L><HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> him&s;elf, <HI>GREY</HI>'s fortune follow &s;trait;</L>
<L>With thirty Hor&s;e betaking him to flight</L>
<L>Whil&s;t one the plain the &s;laughter'd Rabble lye</L>
<L>And &s;tain the Gra&s;s with a Rebellious dye.</L>
<L>Tho&s;e that e&s;cap'd the field for &s;afety &s;ought,</L>
<L>By wretched flight but that &s;mall fafety wrought</L>
<L>Heav'n had decreed to puni&s;h their bold guilt</L>
<L>And on their Heads, revenge the Blood they &s;pilt:</L>
<L>Two thou&s;and Lives they paid upon the place</L>
<L>And mo&s;t that fled were taken in the Chace.</L>
<L>So <HI>July</HI>'s happy &s;ixth their ruin view'd,</L>
<L>Saw them intirely broken and &s;ubdued;</L>
<L>On &s;ome of them the Martial Law took place,</L>
<L>And made them know what 'twas the Nation Peace</L>
<L>In &s;uch wild lawle&s;s Tumults to mole&s;t</L>
<L>Whil&s;t other Laws prepar'd to try the re&s;t:</L>
<L>And now the happy Vict'ry being known,</L>
<L>To Troops on divers Po&s;ts their care was &s;hown:</L>
<L>In &s;eizing all &s;u&s;pitious Travellers,</L>
<L>When near <HI>Holt-Lodge</HI> &s;ome Troopers unawars</L>
<L>Seiz'd on the late Lord <HI>GREY</HI> with him his <HI>Guide</HI></L>
<L>Who vainly &s;ought a refuge where to hide.</L>
<L>On <HI>July</HI>'s Eight <HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> was likewi&s;e found</L>
<L>Hid in a Ditch inclo&s;ing Ferney Ground;</L>
<L>With him the <HI>Brandenburg</HI> on whom a Guard,</L>
<L>Was &s;trongly plac'd which in&s;tantly prepar'd;</L>
<L>To bring them to <HI>Whitehall</HI> who there with <HI>GREY,</HI></L>
<L>Arriv'd &s;ecure on <HI>July</HI>'s thirteenth day;</L>
<L>Thence to the <HI>Tower</HI> they in a Barge were row'd</L>
<L>Whil&s;t on each &s;hore &s;tood the rejoycing Croud</L>
<L>Clapping their Hands to &s;ee the Puni&s;hment</L>
<L>Fall upon tho&s;e that others Ruins meant.</L>
<L><HI>MONMO&V;TH</HI> upon Attaindure being doom'd,</L>
<L>His Trea&s;ons meed no more on Life pre&s;um'd:</L>
<L>But on the fifteenth day being brought upon</L>
<L>A Mourning Stage, and there his Crimes made known;</L>
<L>Expre&s;&s;ing Sorrow for the wrong he did</L>
<L>To his dread Soveraign and the Blood he &s;hed,</L>
<L>Submitted patiently and lo&s;t his Head:</L>
<L>Which in a Coffin with his body laid</L>
<L>A Hear&s;e to their Interment them convey'd</L>
<L>So fell <HI>Rebellion</HI> and &s;o fall it &s;till,</L>
<L>So fare it with all tho&s;e that dare Rebel.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>September</HI> the <HI>7th</HI> 1685.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>R.L.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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