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Add deſperately cut off his head,
Alſo his hands, and made him bleed.
Then in great triumph he did go,
To Edinburgh with a great ſhow!
Much boaſting that he had ſuppreft
The Cameronians in the weſt;
He did produce the hands and head
Of Cameron, whom he killed dead;
For which the Council did him pay
A large reward without delay;
And I myſelf on him did ſmile,
For that great action done in Kyle!
Becauſe that he avenged me
Upon my ſtated enemy.
His kindneſs ſhall not be forgot,
As long as my furnace is hot.
York, who great Charles did ſucceed,
He was my conſtant friend indeed;
He was bred with me all his days,
And never from my laws did ſtray ;
For he black Popery did profeſs,
In Scotland he ſet up the Maſs:
A toleration he did give,
That myſtery Babel might revive;
He took to him abſolute power,
For to advance the Romiſh whore.
He ſtripped all the penal laws,
Were made for weak'ning of my cauſe;
And gave a golden liberty
For all forts of idolatry.
It criminal was in his day
To own the covenanted way;
For he intended in a ſhort time,
