A Journey to Hell or, A Visit paid to the Devil. A poem. The Second Edition [by Edward Ward] |
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Pleaded Not-guilty, tho' they guilty were;
But Pluto's Evidence soon stretch'd their Throats,
And made the false Offenders change their Notes,
Who having not one Plea in their defence,
Left them to justifie their Innocence,
They in a rage fell foul upon the Evidence,
Call'd them High-Flyers, mercenary Rogues,
Non-jurants, Perkenites, and Popish Dogs,
Fools, Traytors, Jacobites, and fawning Slaves,
Tories, French Pensioners, and perjur'd Knaves.
This saucy usage in the open Court,
Inflam'd the Bench, and did themselves most hurt:
The Judge provok'd with such an envious Huff,
Gave the rash Pris'ners a severe reproof:
The Jury mov'd to hear them so enrag'd,
Found them all guilty of the Crimes alledg'd;
Which being done, the angry Judge arose,
Turn'd up his sable Whiskers to his Nose,
Compos'd his Looks, then gravely as he cou'd,
Pronounc'd the following Sentence as he stood.
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