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On the same.
Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail,
Upon the good Cause did turn his Tail,
For two thousand Pounds to buy Tent and Ale.
Which no body can deny.
Upon the good Cause did turn his Tail,
For two thousand Pounds to buy Tent and Ale.
Which no body can deny.
The Jury and Judg, to sham the Plot,
Freed the Traitors to prove that it was not,
But old England will stand when the Rogues go to pot;
Which no body can deny.
Freed the Traitors to prove that it was not,
But old England will stand when the Rogues go to pot;
Which no body can deny.
Scroggs was at first a Man of the blade,
And with his Father follow'd the Butcherly Trade,
But 'twas the Peter Pence made him a Jade;
Which no body can deny.
And with his Father follow'd the Butcherly Trade,
But 'twas the Peter Pence made him a Jade;
Which no body can deny.
He'd stand by the Protestant Cause he said,
And lift up his Eyes, and cry'd, We're betray'd;
But then the Pettifogger was in Masquerade.
Which no body can deny.
And lift up his Eyes, and cry'd, We're betray'd;
But then the Pettifogger was in Masquerade.
Which no body can deny.
When D---by mention'd to the King his Name,
He said he had neither Honesty nor Shame,
And would play any sort of Roguish Game.
Which no body can deny.
He said he had neither Honesty nor Shame,
And would play any sort of Roguish Game.
Which no body can deny.
He swears he'd confound Bedlow and Oates,
And prove the Papists Sheep, and the Protestants Goats,
And that he's a Fool that on Property doats.
Which no body can deny.
And prove the Papists Sheep, and the Protestants Goats,
And that he's a Fool that on Property doats.
Which no body can deny.
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