The Captive-captain or, the restrain'd cavalier; Drawn to his full Bodie in these Characters ... Presented, and Acted to Life in a Suit of Durance; an Habit suiting best with the Place of his Residence [by Richard Brathwait] |
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Upon the FACE of REBELLION: By the Hand of a
ROYALLIST, ARTFULLY DEBLAZON'D. |
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Upon the FACE of REBELLION: By the Hand of a ROYALLIST, ARTFULLY DEBLAZON'D.
Rebellion headed Faction in this sort,But prais'd be Heav'n, some Heads were set up for't;
May Treason thrive so.-Seldom seen we have
Sedition go gray-headed to the Grave.
A Beast of Many Heads; we well may call
That Monsterous, which grows Anarchical:
Who kick at Princely Power, & spurn a Crown,
Yet could brook wel to wear one of their own.
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Who beggar'd their Friends by Publick Faith;
Grinding them to th' Bare Bones; much time misspent,
To make their Parliament a Jackalent,
Or a Shrove-Cock, a whirle-gig of State,
For ev'ry Wag to throw his Cudgel at.
These could not chuse, but they might clearly see,
No Station manag'd without Soveraignty.
Rivers owe their Allegeance to their Spring,
And, these, who had their Influence from the King
Became his Tyrants.—But, that Scean is done,
“May ne're such Acts stain th'face of Albion.
“And may our Scutchions still Distinction bear,
“Betwixt a Rebell and a Cavaliere.
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