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JAMES BRYDGES[1] and the dean had long been friends;
James is beduk'd; of course their friendship ends:
But sure the dean deserves a sharp rebuke,
For knowing James, to boast he knows the duke.
Yet, since just Heaven the duke's ambition mocks,
Since all he got by fraud is lost by stocks,
His wings are clipp'd: he tries no more in vain
With bands of fiddlers to extend his train.
Since he no more can build, and plant, and revel,
The duke and dean seem near upon a level.
O! wert thou not a duke, my good duke Humphry,
From bailiff's claws thou scarce could'st keep thy bum free.
A duke to know a dean! go, smooth thy cr<own:
Thy brother[2] (far thy betters) wore a gown.
Well, but a duke thou art; so pleas'd the king:
O! would his majesty but add a string!
ON
DR. RUNDLE, BISHOP OF DERRY. 1734-5.
MAKE Rundle bishop! fie for shame!
An Arian to usurp the name!
A bishop in the isle of saints!
How will his brethren make complaints!
- ↑ James Brydges was created duke of Chandos, April 30, 1719.
- ↑ The hon. Henry Brydges, archdeacon of Rochester.
