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<DATE>2008-08-06</DATE>
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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080718.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Character of a Trimmer,</HEAD>
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<L>HAng out your <HI>Cloth,</HI> and let the <HI>Trumpet</HI> &s;ound,</L>
<L>Here's &s;uch a Bea&s;t as <HI>Africk</HI> never own'd.</L>
<L>A <HI>twi&s;ted</HI> Brute, the <HI>Satyr</HI> in the <HI>Story,</HI></L>
<L>That blows up the <HI>Whig-Heat</HI> and cools the <HI>Tory.</HI></L>
<L>A State <HI>Hermaphrodite,</HI> who&s;e doubtful <HI>Lu&s;t</HI></L>
<L>Salutes all <HI>Parties</HI> with an equal <HI>Gu&s;t.</HI></L>
<L>Like <HI>I&s;eland-Shocks,</HI> he &s;eems two Natures joyn'd,</L>
<L><HI>Savage</HI> before, and all <HI>Betrimm'd</HI> behind:</L>
<L>And the well tutor'd <HI>Currs</HI> like him will &s;train;</L>
<L>Come over for the <HI>KING,</HI> and back again.</L>
<L>'Tis &s;uch a <HI>Sphinx,</HI> the Devil can't unriddle,</L>
<L>A Human <HI>Schi&s;m</HI> upward from the middle,</L>
<L>And &s;plit again below, which gives us light</L>
<L>To the &s;ole <HI>Point</HI> that can all Sects unite.</L>
<L>Thus did the fam'd <HI>Dutch-double-Mon&s;ter</HI> Trimm,</L>
<L>And that cleft Soul's Pythagoriz'd in him.</L>
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<L><HI>Noah</HI> (whom for the &s;ake of <HI>Wine</HI> we love)</L>
<L>Sav'd <HI>Natures</HI> breed by <HI>Mandate</HI> from above,</L>
<L>But all the learned <HI>Sages</HI> doe agree</L>
<L>He kept his Ark from <HI>Mules</HI> and <HI>Leopards</HI> free,</L>
<L>All &s;uch mix'd <HI>Animals</HI> he &s;corn'd to float,</L>
<L>And would not &s;ave one <HI>Trimmer</HI> in his <HI>Boat.</HI></L>
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<L><HI>Bea&s;ts</HI> feed on <HI>Bea&s;ts,</HI> and <HI>Fi&s;hes</HI> Fi&s;h devour,</L>
<L>And o're weak <HI>Birds</HI> the Winged <HI>Tyrants</HI> tour;</L>
<L>But this &s;ame <HI>Land-Fi&s;h</HI> with his <HI>Feather'd-Finns</HI></L>
<L>Commits both <HI>Air,</HI> and <HI>Earth,</HI> and <HI>Water-Sins,</HI></L>
<L>Complies with tho&s;e that <HI>Fly</HI> and <HI>Walk</HI> and <HI>Dive,</HI></L>
<L>But fa&s;tens only upon tho&s;e that <HI>Thrive.</HI></L>
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<L>In &s;hort, his only <HI>Art</HI> is to inveagle,</L>
<L>Flatter the <HI>Popular-Power</HI> as well as <HI>Regal,</HI></L>
<L>Like a State <HI>Janus,</HI> or a Church <HI>Spread-Eagle.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>Jo. Hindmar&s;h</HI> at the Black Bull in <HI>Cornhil,</HI> 1683.</P>
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