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Poesis Rediviva

or, Poesie Reviv'd. By John Collop
 
 

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On Magna Charta.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

On Magna Charta.

The Judge that others doth by Law condemn,
Against himself a sentence gives in them.
The bench is silenc'd, ev'n by Common Pleas;
The Judge himself, may have a Writ of ease,
Remov'd to th' Kings bench from the Common Pleas;
The Cook himself, confess'd he lost his fees.
Against himself the Iustice swears the peace;
His office or his Conscience must cease;
There's no Aturney doth procure a writ,
But ea ad sat. against him is in it.
And Iack who most for Magna Charta pleads,
Blearey'd with prejudice there no sacriledge reads.
With knowing loyalty who have opticks strung,

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If they have eyes to see, must have no tongue?
Must th' people have their right, no Churchmen theirs?
Sure wicked grown, of th' Promise they're no heirs.
The benefit of their Clergy pray them give,
They may grow better, and deserve to live.
The Law is Reason, but can it be had?
Men passionate grown, Passion is Reason mad.
And oh for th' Rout, who do the Law unsheath,
May to mad men a naked sword bequeath.