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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>THE New-Years-GIFT: BEING A PARAPHRASE ON A FABLE IN AESOP.</P>
<P>TO HIS HONOURED FRIEND John Mathew, <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for the Author, in the Year 1690.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<HEAD>THE New-Years-GIFT: BEING A PARAPHRASE ON A Fable in AESOP, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>IN Times when <HI>Brutes</HI> cou'd well expre&s;s their Mind,</L>
<L>And <HI>Froggs</HI> did <HI>Commonwealths</HI> a Burden find,</L>
<L>They jointly did <HI>Petition</HI> Greate&s;t <HI>Jove,</HI></L>
<L>To &s;end them down a <HI>Ruler</HI> from above;</L>
<L>This <HI>Ruler</HI> mu&s;t be <HI>KING.</HI> For weary quite</L>
<L>With their <HI>Inte&s;tine</HI> Jealou&s;ies, and Spite,</L>
<L>They <HI>One</HI> de&s;ir'd, to whom they <HI>All</HI> might &s;tand,</L>
<L>And pay Obedience to his <HI>Ju&s;t</HI> Command.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>"<HI>WE</HI> thy poor Creatures bred in <HI>Watery Mud,</HI></L>
<L>"And <HI>nothing</HI> equal <HI>dread</HI> unto a Flood;</L>
<L>"Of nothing under thy Great <HI>Seat</HI> more fond,</L>
<L>"Than to pre&s;erve our <HI>great</HI> and <HI>famous</HI> Pond:</L>
<L>"Weary'd with Fears and Jealou&s;ies at <HI>home,</HI></L>
<L>"And fearful what from <HI>other parts</HI> may come,</L>
<L>"Our Envy, Di&s;content, and Fears to heal,</L>
<L>"Do frankly now re&s;ign our <HI>Commonweal;</HI></L>
<L>"Be&s;eech <HI>Thy Maje&s;ty</HI> to &s;end that Thing</L>
<L>"So Sacred, called <HI>Thine Anointed King:</HI></L>
<L>"That under <HI>Thy</HI> Vice-gerents <HI>Godly</HI> Pow'r,</L>
<L>"We may both <HI>Him</HI> Obey, and <HI>Thee</HI> Adore.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>JOVE</HI> nodded; and no &s;ooner heard a <HI>KING,</HI></L>
<L>But &s;ent down <HI>pre&s;ently</HI> one on the Wing;</L>
<L>Who &s;wiftly to his <HI>New-Born-Empire</HI> flew,</L>
<L>And had <HI>Allegiance</HI> from the Watery Crew;</L>
<L>But in &s;hort time, this <HI>Stately Thing</HI> thought good,</L>
<L>In&s;tead of <HI>Ruling well,</HI> to <HI>make 'em Food,</HI></L>
<L>Bit 'em, and prick'd 'em, with <HI>Prerogative</HI> Bill,</L>
<L>And &s;orely <HI>Wounded</HI> tho&s;e he did not <HI>Kill.</HI></L>
<L>Weary of <HI>Him,</HI> they then <HI>again</HI> do fly,</L>
<L>To the <HI>Almighty</HI> Aid of the mo&s;t <HI>High.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>"<HI>Behold,</HI> we at the <HI>Foot&s;tool</HI> of thy <HI>Throne</HI></L>
<L>"<HI>Again</HI> lye pro&s;trate, <HI>here</HI> to make our moan!</L>
<L>"<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>King</HI> we did de&s;ire</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><PB N="2" REF="3">"One that <HI>devoures</HI> his Subjects, <HI>Head-&s;trong,</HI> Fierce,</L>
<L>"Doth with his <HI>Bill</HI> our <HI>lanker</HI> Bodies pierce;</L>
<L>"He never <HI>Dines,</HI> or &s;carce will ever <HI>Sup,</HI></L>
<L>"But one or other of us <HI>He</HI> eats up;</L>
<L>"<HI>We</HI> now be&s;eech for <HI>One</HI> of Temper mild,</L>
<L>"Rather than <HI>Tyrant,</HI> &s;end us down a <HI>Child,</HI></L>
<L>"Whom we may <HI>Tutor,</HI> till his <HI>Age</HI> &s;hall be</L>
<L>"Beyond the <HI>Age</HI> of a <HI>Minority.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>JOVE</HI> heard, and &s;trait <HI>di&s;patcht</HI> unto the Crowd</L>
<L>A <HI>KING,</HI> who&s;e <HI>Vertuous mind</HI> might make 'em proud</L>
<L>Of Temper <HI>mild,</HI> and of a <HI>gentle</HI> Soul,</L>
<L>That knew not how, or <HI>wou'd</HI> not them controul.</L>
<L><HI>He</HI> made a hideous noi&s;e at the <HI>fir&s;t</HI> fall,</L>
<L>And, with his <HI>Heavy Pre&s;ence,</HI> da&s;ht 'em all,</L>
<L>Until the <HI>Watery Smile,</HI> that <HI>after</HI> came,</L>
<L>Made up the Breach, and <HI>mended</HI> much the &s;ame.</L>
<L>At length they gather heart, and, as if lame,</L>
<L>They <HI>hopping</HI> to their <HI>New-rais'd-Soveraign</HI> came,</L>
<L>Admir'd his <HI>Gravity,</HI> and gentle mind,</L>
<L>And for the <HI>pre&s;ent Time</HI> no fault cou'd find;</L>
<L>Blinded with the <HI>Severities</HI> before</L>
<L>Had gall'd their <HI>Souls,</HI> and made their <HI>Bodies</HI> &s;ore.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus, <HI>dazled</HI> with the <HI>lu&s;tre</HI> of the Ray</L>
<L>That makes the brighte&s;t <HI>Shine</HI> of Summers day,</L>
<L>The <HI>Eye</HI> returns into the <HI>Houfe</HI> half blind,</L>
<L>And &s;ees no more <HI>before</HI> it, than <HI>behind;</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Mighty</HI> Beam ob&s;tructs the organ &s;o,</L>
<L>It nothing more, or le&s;s, can &s;ee, or know.</L>
<L>But, once <HI>too much</HI> brings but a <HI>&s;eeming</HI> Night,</L>
<L>It only <HI>Snuffs,</HI> and not <HI>puts out</HI> the light.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At la&s;t, perceiving that he did not <HI>move,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>wi&s;er</HI> Froggs &s;omewhat <HI>withdrew</HI> their love;</L>
<L>Su&s;pect his <HI>Gravity</HI> was &s;omething more,</L>
<L>Than what they had &s;ome thoughts of heretofore.</L>
<L>Some held it fit to make <HI>approach</HI> more near,</L>
<L><HI>Others</HI> &s;aid plain, <HI>This King we do not fear;</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>&s;ome</HI> to hop upon <HI>him</HI> did a&s;&s;ay,</L>
<L>But under <HI>that,</HI> and <HI>croaking,</HI> &s;till <HI>he</HI> lay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<LG>
<L>Then they <HI>again</HI> th' <HI>Almighty Jove</HI> addre&s;s;</L>
<L>"The <HI>King</HI> before, <HI>they &s;aid,</HI> we mu&s;t confe&s;s,</L>
<L>"Was <HI>more</HI> than King, and <HI>this</HI> we find is <HI>le&s;s.</HI></L>
</LG>
<L>"<HI>Rouze</HI> him from off <HI>his</HI> &s;lumber by <HI>thy</HI> call,</L>
<L>"<HI>A Drowzy Prince is next to none at all:</HI></L>
<L>"Vouch&s;afe the <HI>Spirit of Ruling</HI> to reveal,</L>
<L>"Or give him <HI>Grace</HI> to love a <HI>Commonweal!</HI></L>
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<LG>
<HEAD>MORAL.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Good God!</HI> How various is the <HI>mind</HI> of <HI>Mob?</HI></L>
<L>This day <HI>Ho&s;annah,</HI> and the next a <HI>Bob.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<HEAD>On the New Year <HI>1690.</HI></HEAD>
<L>WElcom, &s;weet <HI>Janus!</HI> With thy <HI>double face,</HI></L>
<L>A <HI>Janus</HI> different from the <HI>Romi&s;h</HI> Race;</L>
<L>And tho' thy <HI>Temple</HI> now does <HI>open</HI> &s;tand,</L>
<L>To <HI>&s;hut</HI> it up a <HI>Saviour</HI> may Command;</L>
<L><HI>Peace</HI> may &s;it on the fierce <HI>Bellona</HI>'s &s;eat,</L>
<L>And make <HI>this year,</HI> in all re&s;pects, <HI>Compleat.</HI></L>
<L>Welcom, <HI>two Faces!</HI> Looking both <HI>that</HI> way</L>
<L>No <HI>Janus</HI> ever did, before <HI>this</HI> day.</L>
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