Category: Poetry
THE Cavalier Ballads of England, like the Jacobite Ballads of England and Scotland at a later period, are mines of wealth for the student of the history and social manners of our ancestors. The rude but often beautiful political lyrics of the early days of the Stuarts were far...
THE Cavalier Ballads of England, like the Jacobite Ballads of England and Scotland at a later period, are mines of wealth for the student of the history and social manners of ou...
2. Chapter 2Though people now walk in great fear Along the country everywhere, Thieves shall then tremble at the law, And justice shall keep them in awe: The Frenchies shall flee with their...
3. Chapter 3What though the wise make Alderman Isaac Put us in prison and steal our estates, Though we be forced to be unhorsed, And walk on foot as it pleaseth the fates; In the King’s arm...
4. Chapter 4The city of London made several demonstrations this year to support the Presbyterian party in the Parliament against the Independents and the army. In the latter end of Septembe...
5. Chapter 5Thus from the rout who can expect Ought but division? Since unity doth with monarchy Begin and end in one. If then when all is thought their owne, And lyes at their behest, Thes...
6. Chapter 6All he gets by’s pains i’ th’ close, Is, that he dy’d worth so much; Which he on’s doubtful seed bestows, That neither care nor know much: Then fortune’s favourite, his heir, Br...
7. Chapter 7COME, a brimmer (my bullies), drink whole ones or nothing, Now healths have been voted down; ’Tis sack that can heat us, we care not for clothing, A gallon’s as warm as a gown;...
8. Chapter 8“The condition of the State was thus: viz. the Rump, after being disturbed by my Lord Lambert, was lately returned to sit again. The officers of the army all forced to yield. La...
9. Chapter 9OF all the factions in the town Moved by French springs or Flemish wheels, None turns religion upside down, Or tears pretences out at heels, Like _Splaymouth_ with his brace of...
10. Chapter 10With that into the city Away the Devil went; To view the merchants’ dealings It was his full intent: And there along the brave Exchange He crept into the croud. Huggle Duggle, etc.
11. Chapter 11Then the King, I understand, Did kindly take him by the hand And lovingly did him embrace, Rejoycing for to see his face. Hee lift him from the ground With joy that did abound,...
12. Chapter 12And now for to conclude: The God of power Preserve and guide our King Both day and hour; That he may rule and reign Our hearts to cherish; And on his head, good Lord, Let his cr...
13. Chapter 13They all owne duty to their lawful prince, And loyal subjects should have been; But their duty is worn out long since, By the _Association_ seen. But these are the Whigs, That h...
14. Chapter 14And next here’s three bowls To all gallant souls That for the King did and will venture; May they flourish when those That are his and our foes Are hang’d, and ram’d down to the...
15. Chapter 15{4} The Excise, first introduced by the Long Parliament, was particularly obnoxious to the Tory party. Dr Johnson more than a hundred years later shared all the antipathy of his...
16. Chapter 16{96} Hugh Peters, the celebrated fanatic. In the margin of the original, opposite to the words “the Devil’s fees,” is the following note—“His numps and his kidneys.”—T. W.