Introduction.
in Church and State, that his Majeſty’s good Subjects are, by this Means, furnished with a Set of Songs, which repreſent, (in their proper and lively Colours,) the Madneſs and Horrors of the Great Rebellion; whereby they may be taught to ſing themſelves inſenſibly into a ſettled Loyalty, and (if poſſible) to make thoſe, who are of a contrary Opinion, aſhamed, if not convinced, of the Naughtineſs of their Principles.
For, when all’s ſaid and done, your ſerious Diſcourſes will not make that Impreſſion upon Minds, full of themſelves, and deeply prejudiced againſt Conviction, as will a witty Banter, or pleaſant Turn, which ſhews the Man to himſelf, and ſets his Opinion in a new and ſurprizing Light: Inſomuch, that we may venture to ſay, all the ſerious Arguments, which, for theſe many Years, have been advanced in behalf of Epiſcopacy and Monarchy, will not have the Effect upon a rigid Non-Conformiſt, either to overcome his Obſtinacy, or make him give up the Debate, as will, the Curtain Lecture, the Round-Head’s Race, the Scotch War, the Mad Zealot, the Holy Pedlar, or Cuckolds all a-row; the Scots Curanto, or Schiſmatick Rotundo’s; the Independents Reſolve, the Levellers Rant, or
