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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>An <HI>An&s;wer</HI> to a <HI>Printed Prote&s;tation</HI> made by &s;ome of the Societies of the <HI>Inns of Court,</HI> again&s;t <HI>Dutiful Addre&s;&s;es:</HI> with Thanks to His Maje&s;ty for his mo&s;t Gracious <HI>Declaration</HI> to all his Loving Subjects.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>Written by an Old Cavalier.</BYLINE>
<L><HI>GEntlemen,</HI> I admire not that you di&s;agree,</L>
<L>By Di&s;cords you have gotten many a Fee:</L>
<L>You now make known aver&s;ene&s;s to a thing,</L>
<L>When Loyal hearts do &s;trive to treat their King.</L>
<L>I do admire your Rea&s;ons, you &s;hould rather</L>
<L>Maintain tho&s;e Laws (perverted) kill'd his Father.</L>
<L>Tho&s;e noble good Laws which your &s;tudious care</L>
<L>Hath made you know, &s;hould have a double &s;hare</L>
<L>Of Loyalty and Duty, and not Pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>T' affront a Loyal zeal in &s;uch a fa&s;hion,</L>
<L>(As to prote&s;t again&s;t it:) be not furious,</L>
<L>Heats again&s;t Duty may become Injurious.</L>
<L>If the true matter may be freely &s;poken,</L>
<L>The <HI>Bond of Unity</HI> 'tis you have broken,</L>
<L>By your oppo&s;ing Duty, in a thing</L>
<L>Con&s;i&s;ting with the Laws; to thank their King</L>
<L>For's conde&s;cending Favours, which doth flow</L>
<L>From his pure Goodne&s;s, which doth always &s;hew</L>
<L>Bountiful Encouragements to your Profe&s;&s;ion;</L>
<L>And mu&s;t he be requited with Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion?</L>
<L>Can you but know that from the Kingly Powers,</L>
<L>Your Ri&s;e and Honours have had Sov'raign &s;howrs</L>
<L>Of bountiful Immunities from the Crown?</L>
<L>Which Lawle&s;s per&s;ons fain would tumble down.</L>
<L>The King hath promis'd, and doth &s;till declare,</L>
<L>To maintain the Laws again&s;t them that dare</L>
<L>Abu&s;e them; may you not fairly repo&s;e</L>
<L>In quiet, but create your &s;elves new Foes</L>
<L>Among&s;t your &s;elves, as though your learned Skill</L>
<L>Was thus to Rant, and vent your furious will?</L>
<L>Is't to be thought unwi&s;e if chat you bring</L>
<L>A thankful Offering to &s;o good a King?</L>
<L>A King that is &s;o jealous of th'abu&s;e</L>
<L>Of Laws, that he puni&s;heth the profu&s;e</L>
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Di&s;turbers of its peace, and doth command</L>
<L>A due Obedience throughout the Land:</L>
<L>And your Societies he doth maintain,</L>
<L>To your great Honour, and exceeding Gain.</L>
<L>Then &s;hould it be your Duty to give Thanks,</L>
<L>Not to oppo&s;e him with your vainer Pranks,</L>
<L>More looking like a Conventicle Fry,</L>
<L>Then from a learned grave Society;</L>
<L>Which &s;hould be Leaders on in &s;uch an Action,</L>
<L>But your high Walls I &s;ee can't keep out Faction;</L>
<L>A Lepro&s;ie &s;o &s;pread beyond its border,</L>
<L>And it is &s;trange it &s;hould beget di&s;order</L>
<L>In per&s;ons of great Parts and Education,</L>
<L>Should thus become Di&s;turbers of the Nation,</L>
<L>Or Animators in this evil day,</L>
<L>Where Lawle&s;s per&s;ons labour to bear &s;way;</L>
<L>Controul the Laws in force, make them as Flax,</L>
<L>And turn it to their u&s;e like No&s;e of Wax.</L>
<L>Let them have care that Hemp be not their merit,</L>
<L>A Tribute due to men of &s;uch a Spirit.</L>
<L>Con&s;ider it again this long Vacation,</L>
<L>The ill Example you have &s;hewn the Nation:</L>
<L>Other Societies, and of the Gown,</L>
<L>Have paid mo&s;t Loyal Duty from their Town;</L>
<L>Corporations have abounded with Addre&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>And mu&s;t yours be the only &s;owr Me&s;&s;es?</L>
<L>Mu&s;t the King &s;till have &s;uch un&s;avoury Diet?</L>
<L>Nothing of plea&s;ing Ta&s;t, le&s;t it di&s;quiet</L>
<L>Your &s;queazy Stomachs? you of your Profe&s;&s;ion</L>
<L>Should cheri&s;h Duty, not think't a Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion</L>
<L>For to be grateful; your Pre&s;ident is ill,</L>
<L>Y' encourage Slighting, and do Duty kill.</L>
<L>Con&s;ider it anew, return to Duty,</L>
<L>Then will you give Societies a Beauty</L>
<L>Which will look lovely, not like <HI>Janus</HI> Faces,</L>
<L>Look both ways, to your very great di&s;graces.</L>
<L>Remind your Educations and your Birth,</L>
<L>For Princely Powers can Honour you on Earth:</L>
<L>Powers Divine I'me &s;ure pays Gratitude,</L>
<L>Rejects th'ungrateful, pa&s;&s;ionate and rude</L>
<L>Oppo&s;ers of due Reverence to their Prince:</L>
<L>From &s;uch Societies, God keep me thence.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>N. T.</HI> 1681.</P>
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