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Advice to a Painter, 1701.
Painter, I've seen a Picture represent
The Five illustrious Gentlemen of Kent:
Just such a Piece as that, for size, I'd have,
But for each Hero there pourtray a Knave:
Each Traytor's Guilt discover in his Face,
And let just Art detect their want of Grace.
The Five illustrious Gentlemen of Kent:
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But for each Hero there pourtray a Knave:
Each Traytor's Guilt discover in his Face,
And let just Art detect their want of Grace.
Draw Robin Hood a plotting in a Chair,
And Little John well pleas'd to see him there,
Brothers in Villany as next in Shire.
Place H---t next, and then let F---ch appear;
Let Tallard's Gold and Sydney's Blood be there;
Then Kit the Trimmer, & when these you've drew,
The Merry Andrew of St. Bartholomew
Bring in with his Fool's Coat, and close the Shew.
And Little John well pleas'd to see him there,
Brothers in Villany as next in Shire.
Place H---t next, and then let F---ch appear;
Let Tallard's Gold and Sydney's Blood be there;
Then Kit the Trimmer, & when these you've drew,
The Merry Andrew of St. Bartholomew
Bring in with his Fool's Coat, and close the Shew.
But hold—there are a Couple wanting yet,
Whose Effigies thou art in England's Debt,
Old Ned; and let me see—a Coronet,
A Hide-bound Carkass, that deserves no Name,
But what of old in French from Dunkirk came;
When his vile Sire that Fortress did betray,
To those his Son would sell us all away.
Whose Effigies thou art in England's Debt,
Old Ned; and let me see—a Coronet,
A Hide-bound Carkass, that deserves no Name,
But what of old in French from Dunkirk came;
When his vile Sire that Fortress did betray,
To those his Son would sell us all away.
Now Auro Patriam for their Motto chuse,
And say, We have a Right to speak that lose.
And say, We have a Right to speak that lose.
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