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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And lewdly bawl Things run too high;
They would Bare-fac'd, and not by Stealth,
Fain introduce a Commonwealth:
A Form of Government that's fitter
For Legion's Friends and Lambert's Litter,
Who, like those Hogs of old possessed
In happy Lands and Times most blessed,
Ran fiercely on to their Undoing:
But These are Worse to court their Ruine;
By false Republick's fatal Pranks,
And Treason's Practices, not Thanks;
Subversion study'd, not Subjection,
For their mild merciful Protection:
Else they must own to All the Nation,
That by Infernal Instigation,
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Ruines, to which they are no Strangers.
Needs must, they say, when Devils drive,
Or else the Swine had scap'd Alive.
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