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<DATE>2008-09-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>A Nevv BALLAD</HEAD>
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<P>Of a Famous German <HI>PRINCE</HI> and a renowned Engli&s;h <HI>DUKE,</HI> who on St. <HI>James</HI>'s day One thou&s;and 666 fought with a <HI>Bea&s;t with Seven Heads,</HI> call'd <HI>Provinces;</HI> not by Land, but by Water; not to be &s;aid but &s;ung; not in high Engli&s;h nor <HI>Low Dutch;</HI> but to a new French Tune, called <HI>Mon&s;ieur Ragou,</HI> or, <HI>The Dancing Hobby-hor&s;es.</HI></P>
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<LG>
<L>THere happen'd of late a Terrible Fray</L>
<L>Begun upon our <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">On <HI>Saint James</HI>'s day <HI>(1581)</HI> the <HI>Seven Pro|vinces</HI> fir&s;t Re&s;olved them&s;elves into <HI>Free-States.</HI></NOTE> S. <HI>James</HI>'s day.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump, Thump, Thump, Thump,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> a <HI>Thump, Thump.</HI></L>
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<L>Where <HI>Rupert</HI> and <HI>George</HI> for CHARLEMAIGN</L>
<L>Swing'd the <HI>Dutch</HI> again and again,</L>
<L>(As if they had been but the <HI>French</HI> or <HI>Dane</HI>)</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Twas brave <HI>Tom Allen</HI> led the Van,</L>
<L>Stout <HI>&V;tber,</HI> and bold <HI>Tiddiman,</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>And then our Immortal GENERALLS</L>
<L>With twenty thou&s;and Thunder-balls</L>
<L>Pierc'd their boggie fle&s;h-mud-walls</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Game was hot, and then you'll &s;wear</L>
<L>That <HI>Jordan</HI> (Heart of Oak) was there</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>And gallant <HI>Holmes</HI> that never fails,</L>
<L>Torn and hurt, yet &s;till prevails,</L>
<L>Valiant with or without his Sails,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The <HI>Royal Charles</HI> was all their Aim</L>
<L>(For there they knew was Princely Game)</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L><HI>Seven Provinces</HI> here &s;pend their Quire,</L>
<L>(<HI>De Ruyter</HI>'s mighty Triple Tyre)</L>
<L>But had his An&s;wer all in Fire</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>For here our glorious <HI>Prince</HI> and <HI>Duke</HI></L>
<L>Gave him &s;uch a &s;ore Rebuke</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>That now <HI>De Ruyter</HI> finds it clear</L>
<L>The Warlike <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> have no peer,</L>
<L>Who dare do any thing but Fear</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>A <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The <HI>Soveraign</HI> came to revenge her Wrongs,</L>
<L>(Becalm'd a while for want of Lungs,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Without any <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.)</L>
</LG>
<L>But &s;oon as her dreadful Sail di&s;plaid</L>
<L>Good Lord what Lanes and Wrecks &s;he made!</L>
<L>The Devill a <HI>Dutch</HI> came nigh or &s;taid,</L>
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<L>For fear of a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her Balls of Fire the <HI>Flemming</HI> &s;ees</L>
<L>Are thrice as big as a Holland-Chee&s;e,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>And now they ran, they ran, they ran,</L>
<L>And left poor <HI>Zealand</HI> &s;hift as it can;</L>
<L>They made him the Rere, who would be the <HI>Van</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>-Van Trump, Trump, Trump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Kings own Colours (<HI>Red</HI> and <HI>White</HI>)</L>
<L>Pur&s;u'd the Boors all day and night</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>O how 'twould <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> plea&s;e</L>
<L>To &s;ee our <HI>Soveraign of the Seas,</HI></L>
<L>Cha&s;ing their <HI>Seven Provinces</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Over Flatts and Banks we fir'd their tails</L>
<L>(Till we heard their croaking Nightingales)</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>This difference 'twixt two Navies &s;tands,</L>
<L>Ours built for the Sea, and theirs for the Sands,</L>
<L>We had &s;ent them el&s;e to their la&s;t <HI>Netherlands</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their Shott &s;till at our Tackling flew,</L>
<L>Le&s;t when they ran we &s;hould pur&s;ue</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>For though the <HI>Dutch</HI> are <HI>Sea-men</HI> grown,</L>
<L>Bold <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> are the <HI>Marks-men</HI> known,</L>
<L>And therefore kill them &s;ix for one</L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>Our Rere was <HI>Smith,</HI> with other two</L>
<L><HI>(Spragge</HI> and <HI>Kempthorn)</HI> both true Blew,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<L>And here the <HI>Zealanders</HI> came on,</L>
<L>Who &s;toutly gave us Gun for Gun,</L>
<L>Till <HI>Holland</HI>-like they al&s;o run</L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L><HI>In In, In In,</HI> &s;aid Valiant <HI>Spragge,</HI></L>
<L>Wee'll beat this vapouring <HI>Trump</HI> to th' <HI>Hague</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>His Chaplain fell to his wonted work.</L>
<L>Cry'd <HI>Now for the King and the Duke of York!</HI></L>
<L>He pray'd like a <HI>Chri&s;tian,</HI> and fought like a <HI>Turk</HI></L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>Six thou&s;and <HI>Dutch</HI> (a Low-Country Di&s;h)</L>
<L>We &s;ent to their own Cozen the <HI>Fi&s;h</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>The re&s;t into Holes &s;o tamely crawl</L>
<L>That little <HI>Fanfan</HI> dar'd them all,</L>
<L>Great <HI>Rupert</HI>'s Sloop is an <HI>Admirall,</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>What <HI>Am&s;terdamnable</HI> Cowards are the&s;e</L>
<L>To boa&s;t that they were <HI>Lords of the Seas</HI></L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c!</L>
</LG>
<L>Their Impudent <HI>Gazette</HI> proclaims</L>
<L>How bravely they lock'd up the <HI>Thames!</HI></L>
<L>But had no leave from CHARLES or JAMES,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And therefore had a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>And now <HI>De Witt</HI>'s new <HI>Holland Rump</HI></L>
<L>(Who rides the <HI>States</HI>) will burn to th' Stump</L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>For <HI>George</HI> in <HI>England</HI> once before</L>
<L>Hath fir'd one <HI>Rump,</HI> and will do more</L>
<L>Till Men and Bells all <HI>Dutch-land</HI> o're</L>
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<L>Sing <HI>Rump, Rump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then let them invent &s;ome other Cheat,</L>
<L>Go hang their Captains 'cau&s;e th'are bear</L>
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<L>With a <HI>Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>Let <HI>Mon&s;ieur</HI> or <HI>Myn Heer</HI> that &s;narls</L>
<L>At our <HI>Soveraign</HI> and <HI>Royal Charles,</HI></L>
<L>Beware of <HI>Ruperts</HI> and <HI>Albemarles</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>With a <HI>Thump, Thump,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<P>Printed in the Year, 1666.</P>
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