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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081012.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="T">669.f.23[2]</STC>
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<HEAD>The Breech Wa&s;h'd By a Friend to the RUMP.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>IN an humor of late I was</HI></L>
<L>Ycleped a <HI>dolefull dump.</HI></L>
<L>Thought I &mdash; we're at a fine pa&s;&s;e;</L>
<L>Not a man &s;tands up for the <HI>Rump:</HI></L>
<L>But lets it be <HI>la&s;h'd</HI> o'r and o'r.</L>
<L>While it lies like a &s;en&s;ele&s;&s;e Fop&mdash;.</L>
<L>'T would make a <HI>man,</HI> a <HI>Whore,</HI></L>
<L>To &s;ee a <HI>Tail tew'd like a Top.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Though a</HI> Rump <HI>be a dangerous Bit,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And many a Knave runs mad ont't,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Yet verily as it may hit,</HI></L>
<L><HI>An hone&s;t man may be glad on't.</HI></L>
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<L>To abu&s;e a poor, <HI>Blind</HI> Creature &mdash;</L>
<L>I had like to have &s;aid, and a <HI>Dumb;</HI></L>
<L>But now it ha's gotten a <HI>Speaker,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Say</HI> is the <HI>Mouth</HI> of the Bum,</L>
<L>When <HI>Be&s;&s;e</HI> rul'd the Land there was no man</L>
<L>Complain'd, and yet now they <HI>Rail:</HI></L>
<L>I be&s;eech you <HI>what differs a woman</HI></L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> From a thing that's all Tongue, and Tail?</HI></L>
<L><HI>Though a</HI> Rump, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L>The <HI>Charter</HI> we've &s;worn to defend,</L>
<L>And <HI>propagate</HI> the Cau&s;e.</L>
<L>What call you tho&s;e of the <HI>Rump-end</HI></L>
<L>But <HI>Fundamental Laws?</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> is as clear as the Day,</L>
<L>There had been no Reformation,</L>
<L>If the <HI>Rump</HI> had not claw'd it away,</L>
<L>You had had no Propagation,</L>
<L><HI>Tho' a Rump, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>As a <HI>Body</HI>'s the better for a <HI>Purge,</HI></L>
<L>Tho' the <HI>Guts</HI> may be troubled with Grip<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s:</L>
<L>So the <HI>Nation</HI> will mend with a <HI>Scourge,</HI></L>
<L>Tho' the <HI>Tayl</HI> may be &s;ick of the <HI>Stripes.</HI></L>
<L>Ill <HI>Humors</HI> to conve<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">gh,</L>
<L>When the <HI>State</HI> hath taken a <HI>Loo&s;ne&s;&s;e,</HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>(Who can hold what will away?)</L>
<L><HI>The Rump mu&s;t doe the Bus'ne&s;&s;e.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tho' a Rump, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L>The <HI>bold Cavalier,</HI> in the Field,</L>
<L>That laughs at your <HI>Sword,</HI> and <HI>Gun&s;hot,</HI></L>
<L>An <HI>Ordinance</HI> makes him to <HI>yield,</HI></L>
<L>And he's glad to turn Tayl to <HI>Bum-&s;hot.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Old Oliver</HI> was a Teazer,</L>
<L>And waged warr with the <HI>Stump;</HI></L>
<L>But <HI>Alexander,</HI> and <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI></L>
<L>Did both <HI>&s;ubmit</HI> to the <HI>Rump.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tho' a Rump, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Let no man be further mi&s;led</L>
<L>By an Errour, pa&s;t Debate.</L>
<L>For <HI>Sedgwick</HI> has prov'd it the <HI>Head,</HI></L>
<L>At well of the <HI>Church</HI> as the <HI>State;</HI></L>
<L><HI>onest Hugh;</HI> that &s;till turnes up the <HI>Tippets,</HI></L>
<L>When he <HI>Kneels</HI> to <HI>Admini&s;ter;</HI></L>
<L>Sayes &mdash; a Rump, with <HI>Skippons &s;ippets,</HI></L>
<L>Is a Di&s;h for a <HI>Holy Sister,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tho' a Rump, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L>Through <HI>Pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">de</HI> of <HI>Fle&s;h,</HI> or <HI>State</HI></L>
<L><HI>Poor Souls are overthrown:</HI></L>
<L>How happy then is our Fate?</L>
<L><HI>Wee've a Rump to take us down,</HI></L>
<L>In matter's of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> 'tis true,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Some Differings <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> may</L>
<L>But give the <HI>Saints</HI> their due,</L>
<L>In the Rump they all agree.</L>
<L><HI>Tho' a Rump, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>'Tis good at <HI>Bed,</HI> and at <HI>Bord;</HI></L>
<L>It gives us <HI>Plea&s;ure</HI> and <HI>Ea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L>Will you have the re&s;t in a word?</L>
<L>'Tis good for the new di&s;ea&s;e,</L>
<L>(The Tumult of the Guts;)</L>
<L>'Tis a Recipe for the <HI>Kings Evil,</HI></L>
<L>Wa&s;h the Members as &s;weet as Nuts,</L>
<L>And then throw them all to the Devil.</L>
<L><HI>Though a</HI> Rump <HI>be a dangerous Bit,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And many a Knave runs mad on't,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Yet, verily, as it may hit,</HI></L>
<L><HI>An hone&s;t man may be glad on't.</HI></L>
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<P>Printed at <HI>Oxford</HI> for <HI>Carolus Gu&s;tavus.</HI></P>
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