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<HEAD>ARSY VERSY: OR, The Second Martyrdom of the RUMP.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Blind Beggar of Bednall-green.</HI></OPENER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1.</HEAD>
<L>MY Mu&s;e, to prevent le&s;t an after-clap come,</L>
<L>If the wind &s;hould once more turn about for the Bum,</L>
<L>As a preface of honour, and not as a frump</L>
<L>Fir&s;t with a Sirreverence u&s;hers the <HI>Rump.</HI></L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2.</HEAD>
<L>I &s;hall-not di&s;pute whether Long-tailes of <HI>Kent,</HI></L>
<L>Or Papi&s;ts this name of di&s;grace did invent;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Legend of lies, to defame us the more,</L>
<L>Hath entail'd on us <HI>Rumps</HI> ne're heard on before.</L>
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<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3.</HEAD>
<L>But not on its Pedigree longer to think,</L>
<L>(For the more it is &s;tirr'd the more it will &s;tink)</L>
<L>'Tis agreed the <HI>Rump</HI>'s fir&s;t report in the Town</L>
<L>Did ari&s;e from the wooden invention of <HI>Brown.</HI></L>
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<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4.</HEAD>
<L>Old <HI>Oliver</HI>'s no&s;e had taken in &s;nuffe,</L>
<L>When it &s;ate long ago, &s;ome un&s;avoury pu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Then up went the <HI>Rump,</HI> and was ferkt to the qu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ck,</L>
<L>But it &s;etled in &s;pight of the teeth of poor <HI>Dick.</HI></L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5.</HEAD>
<L>Then the Knight of the Pe&s;tle, King <HI>Lambert,</HI> and <HI>Vane</HI></L>
<L>With a Scepter of Iron did over it reign:</L>
<L>But the <HI>Rump</HI> &s;oon re-&s;etled, and to their di&s;grace</L>
<L>Like Excrements voided them out of the place.</L>
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<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6.</HEAD>
<L>It did now, like a Truant's well-di&s;ciplin'd Bum,</L>
<L>With the Rod of affliction harder become;</L>
<L>Or el&s;e like the Image in <HI>Daniel</HI> it was,</L>
<L>Who&s;e head was of Gold, but who&s;e tail was of Bra&s;&s;e.</L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7.</HEAD>
<L>It endur'd the fir&s;t heat, and prov'd no &s;tarter,</L>
<L>But &s;ung in the mid&s;t of the flames like a Martyr</L>
<L>And whisk'd the tail like a terrible Farter,</L>
<L>And &s;ounded mo&s;t cheerfully, <HI>Vive Sir Arthur.</HI></L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8.</HEAD>
<L>But the next fire Ordeall put into a dump,</L>
<L>Sir <HI>Orlando</HI> the furious chief joynt of the <HI>Rump,</HI></L>
<L>That he look'd like the picture of <HI>Richard</HI> the Third,</L>
<L>Or like an ejected and fro&s;t-bitten t&mdash;</L>
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<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9.</HEAD>
<L>'Tis &s;aid that his <HI>Durindana</HI> he drew,</L>
<L>And a Wight on the Road mo&s;t manfully &s;lew;</L>
<L>But, pardon'd by <HI>Charls,</HI> made good what they tell us</L>
<L>How ill'tis to &s;ave a thief from the Gallows.</L>
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<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10.</HEAD>
<L>Being now to be burn'd, he &s;oon did expire,</L>
<L>For he was but a fla&s;h, and would quickly take fire,</L>
<L>So that their fewell upon him to &s;pend,</L>
<L>What was it but Coals to <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> to &s;end?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11.</HEAD>
<L>To bring 'em to th' &s;take as in order they lye,</L>
<L><HI>Harry Martin</HI> the next place mu&s;t occupy;</L>
<L>'Twas expected in vain he &s;hould blaze, for he &s;wore,</L>
<L>That he had been burnt to the &s;tumps before.</L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Tom Scot</HI> for the <HI>Bum</HI> mo&s;t &s;tifly did &s;tand,</L>
<L>Though once by a <HI>Bum</HI> he was fouly trapand;</L>
<L>But Time and his Office of <HI>Secretary</HI></L>
<L>Had learnt him his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e more private to carry.</L>
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<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13.</HEAD>
<L>Some thought he arriv'd at his dignity fir&s;t,</L>
<L>By being &s;o well in iniquity ver&s;t,</L>
<L>The my&s;tery of which he hath practis'd of late</L>
<L>In his function, which was, to be Baud to the S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> </L>
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<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Hob Morley</HI> in &s;ilence did &s;uffer the lo&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Of his <HI>Rump,</HI> and with patience took up the C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>That to &s;ee him &s;o findg'd and &s;o &s;corcht you w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">ear</L>
<L>No Camell more meekly his burden could bear.</L>
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<HEAD>15.</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Speaker</HI> was thought to the <HI>Rump</HI> to be true</L>
<L>Becau&s;e like a Part at the fir&s;t he burnt blew,</L>
<L>But &s;treight he was cunningly &s;een to retire,</L>
<L>For fear to endanger the Rolls in the fire.</L>
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<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16.</HEAD>
<L><HI>St. John</HI> a mortall of fle&s;h and of blood,</L>
<L>Swore by <HI>St.</HI> <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">He hath a great kindne&s;s for that Saint, not becau&s;e of his Keys, (which he knows he &s;hall never make u&s;e of) but in reference to <HI>Peterborough</HI> Min|&s;ter, the &s;tones of which built his new Hou&s;e.</NOTE><HI>Peter</HI> the example was good:</L>
<L>So facing about and &s;hifting his &s;tation,</L>
<L>He turn'd o're a new leaf in <HI>St. John</HI>'s Revelation.</L>
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<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Harry Nevill</HI> that look's lik a <HI>Mahomet</HI>'s Pidgeon,</L>
<L>Accu&s;ed to be of a State-man's Religion,</L>
<L>Is left to his choice what Proce&s;&s;e he'l have,</L>
<L>To be burnt for an Athei&s;t, or hang'd for a Knave.</L>
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<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18.</HEAD>
<L>Now &s;top thy no&s;e, Reader, for <HI>Atkins</HI> does come,</L>
<L>That &s;hame to the Breeches as well as the <HI>Bum:</HI></L>
<L>To wi&s;h he were burnt were an idle de&s;ire,</L>
<L>For he comes provided to &s;hite out the fire.</L>
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<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19.</HEAD>
<L>But lea&s;t he without a Companion &s;hould be,</L>
<L>Here's <HI>Li&s;le</HI> that comes next &s;tinks wor&s;er than he;</L>
<L>So fouly corrupt, you may plac't in your Creed,</L>
<L>Such a <HI>Rump</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> alone &s;uch a Fi&s;tula breed.</L>
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<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20.</HEAD>
<L>Poor <HI>Ludlow</HI> was bogg'd in <HI>Ireland</HI> of late,</L>
<L>And to purg-him &s;elf came to the <HI>Rump</HI> of the State;</L>
<L>But gravely they told him he had acted ami&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>When he &s;ought to betray the <HI>Rump</HI> with a ki&s;&s;e.</L>
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<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Ned Harby</HI> was &s;ive an herb <HI>John</HI> in the pot,</L>
<L>Yet could he not &s;cape the dy&s;a&s;terous lot:</L>
<L>Scarce Church'd of the Gout was the tru&s;ty old Squire,</L>
<L>But he hopt from the frying-pan into the fire.</L>
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<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Robin Andrews</HI> was laid on la&s;t as they tell us</L>
<L>For a Log to keep down the re&s;t of his fellows;</L>
<L>Though he &s;pent on the City like one of the Roy&s;ters</L>
<L>Each morning his <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Some Authors hold it was but three half-pence, but Poetry will not admit of broken numbers.</NOTE> two-pence in Sack and in Oy&s;ters.</L>
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<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23.</HEAD>
<L>Next <HI>Prai&s;e-God,</HI> although of the <HI>Rump</HI> he was none,</L>
<L>Was for his Petition burnt to the <HI>Bare-bone:</HI></L>
<L>So <HI>Prai&s;e-God</HI> and <HI>Rump,</HI> like true <HI>Jo&s;ephs</HI> together,</L>
<L>Did &s;uffer; but <HI>Prai&s;e-God</HI> lo&s;t the more <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Courteous Reader, he is a Leather-&s;eller</NOTE> Leather.</L>
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<LG N="24">
<HEAD>24.</HEAD>
<L>There's <HI>Law&s;on</HI> another dag-lock of the tail,</L>
<L>That the fire to avoid to the water did &s;ail;</L>
<L>And in godly &s;implicity means (as they &s;ay)</L>
<L>To manage the Stern, though the <HI>Rump</HI>'s out of play.</L>
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<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25.</HEAD>
<L>But <HI>Overton</HI> mo&s;t with wonder doth &s;eize us,</L>
<L>By &s;ecuring of <HI>Hull</HI> for no le&s;s than Chri&s;t Je&s;us,</L>
<L>Hoping (as it by the &s;tory appears)</L>
<L>To be <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ere his Lieutenant for one thou&s;and years.</L>
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<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26.</HEAD>
<L>Lord <HI>Mon&s;on?</HI> Oh <HI>Venus!</HI> what do you hear?</L>
<L>I little thought you were a <HI>Rumper</HI> I &s;wear:</L>
<L>But an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Lord will thus far avail,</L>
<L>He w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> cloak to cover the tail.</L>
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<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27.</HEAD>
<L>To <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Mr. Salsbury</HI>'s come,</L>
<L>With <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Gold that fall from the <HI>Bum;</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ure 'twas <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">eccor, for I mu&s;t tell yee,</L>
<L>It &s;mell as were turning to th' Alderman's jelly.</L>
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<LG N="28">
<HEAD>28.</HEAD>
<L>Brother <HI>Pembrock</HI> comes la&s;t, and does not di&s;dain,</L>
<L>Though de<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pis'd by the world, to bear up the train;</L>
<L>But after new lights &s;o long he did run,</L>
<L>That they brought him to <HI>Bethlehem</HI> before they had done. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Not <HI>Bethlehem</HI> in <HI>Judea,</HI> (for he is none of the <HI>Magi.</HI>)</NOTE></L>
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<LG N="29">
<HEAD>29.</HEAD>
<L>Thus the <HI>Foxes</HI> of <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> that carried a Brand</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> to de&s;troy and to burn up the Land;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the flam<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">ey had kindred them&s;elves do expire,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">ive them brim&s;tone unto their fire.</L>
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