1649.
The Commonwealth.
87
It talks of ſmall things,
But it ſets up all things;
This maſters money, though money maſters all things.
But it ſets up all things;
This maſters money, though money maſters all things.
It is not ſeaſon
To talk of reaſon,
Nor call it loyalty, when the ſ}word will have it treaſon.
To talk of reaſon,
Nor call it loyalty, when the ſ}word will have it treaſon.
It conquers the crown, too,
The grave and the gown, too;
Firſt it ſets up a Preſbyter, and then it pulls him down too.
The grave and the gown, too;
Firſt it ſets up a Preſbyter, and then it pulls him down too.
The ſubtlie diſaſter
Turns bonnet to beaver;
Down goes a biſhop, ſirs, and up ſtarts a weaver.
Turns bonnet to beaver;
Down goes a biſhop, ſirs, and up ſtarts a weaver.
This makes a layman
To preach and to pray, man;
And makes a lord of him that was but a drayman.
To preach and to pray, man;
And makes a lord of him that was but a drayman.
Far from the Gulpit
Of Saxby’s pulpit,
This brought an Hebrew ironmonger to the pulpit.
Of Saxby’s pulpit,
This brought an Hebrew ironmonger to the pulpit.
Such pitiful things be
More happy than kings be;
They get the upper hand of Thimblebee and Slingſbee.
More happy than kings be;
They get the upper hand of Thimblebee and Slingſbee.
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