In Imitation of Hudibras The Dissenting Hypocrite, or Occasional Conformist; with reflections On Two of the Ring-Leaders, &c. Viz. I. Their Works and Writings. II. Their Professions and Principles. III. Their Qualifications and Parts. IV. Their Persons and Practices [by Edward Ward] |
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This Snarling Curr his Teeth reveals;
He'll bite a Church-Man by the Heels;
But on an honest Whig will whine,
Like any loving Valentine;
Who doats upon his Frantick Brother
Orsin; as Mad the One as t'other.
He'll fawn and wag his Flatt'ring Tail,
And serve his Masters to a Jayl:
(Th'Elders will fail him, if he th'Elders fail.)
And farther too upon Occasion;
Create a Popular Invasion,
By dismal Apprehensions, blacker
Than Schomberg's Irish false Massacre,
Of Popish Bugbears, Cutting Throats;
When Mercies are our Real Faults.
Thus he'll, upon a fair Correction,
Revive th'old Civil Insurrection,
With lying Clamours and base Stories
Of rigid and pernicious Toryes;
Corrupt High-Flyers, Evil-Doers;
All favour'd by the Higher-Powers:
To cramp their Liberties with Frights;
To preach up Popery to rights;
To stop the Mouths of their dear Mob,
With Old Doctrines of PASSIVE OB.;
And from the Houses, some call Steeple,
Decry their Sov'reign Lord the People.
But for all this, who dares be Bold
To touch their Righteous Copyhold?
For if they lose an Inch of Ground;
With Royal Head they'll ne'er compound,
Till it's struck-off, or else at least Uncrown'd.
Rebellion's just and sanctify'd
In Courts, where Tyrant Kings are try'd.
This was their Quondam Canting Tone;
Uox Populi in Forty One:
And now again reviv'd Aloud,
Amongst the vast Dissenting Crowd,
With Menaces against Queen ANN;
If e'er She dare turn Cat in Pan.
He'll bite a Church-Man by the Heels;
But on an honest Whig will whine,
Like any loving Valentine;
Who doats upon his Frantick Brother
Orsin; as Mad the One as t'other.
He'll fawn and wag his Flatt'ring Tail,
And serve his Masters to a Jayl:
(Th'Elders will fail him, if he th'Elders fail.)
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Create a Popular Invasion,
By dismal Apprehensions, blacker
Than Schomberg's Irish false Massacre,
Of Popish Bugbears, Cutting Throats;
When Mercies are our Real Faults.
Thus he'll, upon a fair Correction,
Revive th'old Civil Insurrection,
With lying Clamours and base Stories
Of rigid and pernicious Toryes;
Corrupt High-Flyers, Evil-Doers;
All favour'd by the Higher-Powers:
To cramp their Liberties with Frights;
To preach up Popery to rights;
To stop the Mouths of their dear Mob,
With Old Doctrines of PASSIVE OB.;
And from the Houses, some call Steeple,
Decry their Sov'reign Lord the People.
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To touch their Righteous Copyhold?
For if they lose an Inch of Ground;
With Royal Head they'll ne'er compound,
Till it's struck-off, or else at least Uncrown'd.
Rebellion's just and sanctify'd
In Courts, where Tyrant Kings are try'd.
This was their Quondam Canting Tone;
Uox Populi in Forty One:
And now again reviv'd Aloud,
Amongst the vast Dissenting Crowd,
With Menaces against Queen ANN;
If e'er She dare turn Cat in Pan.
Dan's Fustian Zeal and zealous Fustian
Glows with such rapid fierce Combustion;
Sure this false furious fiery Prophet
Came from the burning Valley Tophet;
Would, as our Israel's damning Scoffer,
Her Truest Sons to Molech offer;
And at the Famous Hall call'd Salter,
Erect the Devil's Murd'ring Altar;
Or raise a Scaffold up at Pinners's,
To cut-off Anti-Whiggish Sinners.
Glows with such rapid fierce Combustion;
Sure this false furious fiery Prophet
Came from the burning Valley Tophet;
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Her Truest Sons to Molech offer;
And at the Famous Hall call'd Salter,
Erect the Devil's Murd'ring Altar;
Or raise a Scaffold up at Pinners's,
To cut-off Anti-Whiggish Sinners.
They rail at random, at all Ventures;
Make all Men Devils but Dissenters:
Or else they're Popishly-affected,
And don't deserve to be Protected,
By Sec'lar Laws or Ecclesiastick,
According to the Learned Bastwick.
But see how Civil Fashions vary
Since Good King William and Queen Mary.
When Kings of Modern Contract reign,
All's right in the Fanatick Vein.
At an Hereditary Queen
The Whigs do raise their poys'nous Spleen.
Is there a Stuart yet Alive,
That will not let Dissenters thrive?
What! Is there a Successive Sovereign
Hinders Republicans to govern?
Confusion always was their Pray'r,
Against the Kingdom's Lawful Heir:
Their Principles are to destroy All,
Both Root and Branch of Issue Royal;
Or teach 'em th'old Politick Dance,
And send 'em All away to France.
Make all Men Devils but Dissenters:
Or else they're Popishly-affected,
And don't deserve to be Protected,
By Sec'lar Laws or Ecclesiastick,
According to the Learned Bastwick.
But see how Civil Fashions vary
Since Good King William and Queen Mary.
When Kings of Modern Contract reign,
All's right in the Fanatick Vein.
At an Hereditary Queen
The Whigs do raise their poys'nous Spleen.
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That will not let Dissenters thrive?
What! Is there a Successive Sovereign
Hinders Republicans to govern?
Confusion always was their Pray'r,
Against the Kingdom's Lawful Heir:
Their Principles are to destroy All,
Both Root and Branch of Issue Royal;
Or teach 'em th'old Politick Dance,
And send 'em All away to France.
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