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The Nine K---s.

Will 's wafted to Holland on some State Intrigue,
Or gone for to visit his Hog---ns at Hague;
For fear in his Absence his Subjects repine,
He canton'd his Kingdom, and left 'em to Nine,
Eight ignorant P---rs, and a Blockish D---ne.
To make up the Hydra there's C---, that dull Tool,
Who governs the Church as the State he does rule.
To make their Commissions more glibly run down,
'Twas wisely contriv'd to hedg in the Gown;
P---ke the Sage, who o'er all does preside,
Flush'd with Champaign is a giddy rash Guide.
If the Goblet but airs his Brain and his Pulse,
The State's in an Ague, and we are convuls'd.
D---e the Haughty, the Blustring Rake,
Is just fit to govern the Arse in the Peak;
Who tortures his Tenants, and nought will defray,
We quickly shall see how a Scepter he'll sway.
The K--- had better have kept to the Law,
To banter a Witness, and find out a Flaw,
What he knows in the State I'd not give him a Straw.
'Tis true, he's translated by some lucky Hit,
Like the Frog in the Fable he'll swell till he split;
The Conclusion will prove him to be a stark Ass,
He'd better have kept to his Fees and his Glass.
The Monarch was mad, or he'd ne'er have employ'd
A Blab in the State, that his Secrets descry'd.
Now M---b's advanc'd, yet most of the Wise
Will have him to rule as his Wife does advise.
Some Lady at Court perhaps may repine,
She is a Lord Justice as well as the Nine.