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<DATE>2010-12-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Paul Schaffner</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080712.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="T">669.f.22[49]</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99870157</BIBNO>
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<HEAD>THE APPRENTICES HUE-AND-CRY AFTER THEIR PETITION.</HEAD>
<L>WHo &s;o can Tidings bring of a Petition,</L>
<L>That's gone A&s;tray, and in a lo&s;t Condition.</L>
<L>Who &s;o can Adverti&s;e which way it went,</L>
<L>Shall be Rewarded, and have good Content.</L>
<L>But, whither is it gone? out of the Nation,</L>
<L>Or was it frighted by the Proclamation?</L>
<L>Or is it Dead, through many fears?</L>
<L>Or is it Bani&s;ht with the Cavaliers?</L>
<L>Or does it hide, like the Innocent Owls?</L>
<L>Or have the Red-Coats got it into <HI>Pauls?</HI></L>
<L>Or is it Fled and not Pur&s;ued?</L>
<L>Or is it carryed to be View'd</L>
<L>By the Lord <HI>Lambert?</HI> Or is't lo&s;t?</L>
<L>Or is it in the middle of the Ho&s;t</L>
<L>At <HI>Port&s;mouth?</HI> Or is it gone</L>
<L>Wandring to <HI>Scotland</HI> all alone?</L>
<L>Or has it taken Water to <HI>Graves End?</HI></L>
<L>Or to <HI>White Hall?</HI> Or dos't intend</L>
<L>To keep its Chri&s;tmas in a Country Town?</L>
<L>Or did the good Committee put it down?</L>
<L>Or did our Father <HI>Atkin</HI> (being anoy'd)</L>
<L>Up with his RUMP and make it void?</L>
<L>Surely 'tis gone we know not whither,</L>
<L>That and the An&s;wer both together,</L>
<L>But &s;hall't Impri&s;oned be? What &s;hall it die?</L>
<L>Shall it be lo&s;t for want of Hue-and-Cry?</L>
<L>Shall it grow out of Date through want of Care?</L>
<L>Shal't alwayes be detaind in Red-Coats Snare?</L>
<L>Shal't ne're be found? Through Negligence</L>
<L>Shall we be &s;till put off under pretence</L>
<L>Of a Re&s;pon&s;al? Yet we &s;ee</L>
<L>Nothing at all but meer Formality.</L>
<L>But &s;hall we part with't thus, and we not &s;ee?</L>
<L>Shall we &s;erve Seven Years and not be Free?</L>
<L>Shall we be Cheated &s;o? No, &s;tay,</L>
<L>We will Reduc't if gone A&s;tray.</L>
<L>If it be frighted by the Proclamation,</L>
<L>Our Swords E&s;tabli&s;h &s;hall a Reformation.</L>
<L>If it be Bani&s;hed, believe it,</L>
<L>Wee'l forfeit our Indentures to Reprieve it.</L>
<L>Or if the Red-Coats hav't in <HI>Pauls,</HI> no doubt,</L>
<L>Wee'l pull the Steeple down to fetch it out,</L>
<L>If <HI>Atkins</HI> blew't away, he &s;hall Adjourn</L>
<L>His Ar&s;e a while, the Wind wee'l turn</L>
<L>Into another Point, and he</L>
<L>Shall Fart no more &s;o eagerly.</L>
<L>If it be gon by Water or by Land</L>
<L>To <HI>Scotland, White Hall</HI> or <HI>Grave's End,</HI></L>
<L>If in a Country Town it make a &s;tay,</L>
<L>Our Writs &s;hall fetch it back before Twelfth day.</L>
<L>Wherever'tis, where e're 'tis gone</L>
<L>(Whether with Company, or all alone)</L>
<L>Heigh, all together, let us fetch it Home.</L>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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