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Of ev'ry Ornament they strip'd the Fair,
And hid their Bubbies with Paternal Care;
The Farthingall and Ruff appear'd no more,
And Ribbons favour'd of the Scarlet Whore;
With sad Simplicity they fill'd the Land,
Brought in the Forehead-Cloth and formal-Band.
In those Fanatic Times (the learned say)
Attempts were made to Preach the Smock away,
For Smocks, so near the Flesh, were Carnal, plain,
Too like the Surplice, and of course Profane;
The Zealous Kirk the godly Cause to Crown,
Clean Linnen, and the Common Pray'r put down;
And hid their Bubbies with Paternal Care;
The Farthingall and Ruff appear'd no more,
And Ribbons favour'd of the Scarlet Whore;
With sad Simplicity they fill'd the Land,
Brought in the Forehead-Cloth and formal-Band.
In those Fanatic Times (the learned say)
Attempts were made to Preach the Smock away,
For Smocks, so near the Flesh, were Carnal, plain,
Too like the Surplice, and of course Profane;
The Zealous Kirk the godly Cause to Crown,
Clean Linnen, and the Common Pray'r put down;
Oh!
