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A BALLAD
[As close as a Goose]
As close as a Goose
Sate the Parlament house
To hatch this Royal Gul;
After much Fiddle-Faddle,
The Eg prov'd adle,
And Oliver came forth Nol.
Sate the Parlament house
To hatch this Royal Gul;
After much Fiddle-Faddle,
The Eg prov'd adle,
And Oliver came forth Nol.
Yet old Queen Madge,
Though things do not Fadge,
Wil serve to be Queen of a May-pole;
Two Princes of Wales,
For Whitsun-Ales,
And her Grace Mayd-Marrian Claypool.
Though things do not Fadge,
Wil serve to be Queen of a May-pole;
Two Princes of Wales,
For Whitsun-Ales,
And her Grace Mayd-Marrian Claypool.
In a Robe of Cow-hide
Sat yesty Pride,
With his Dagger and his slinge;
H' was the pertinentst Pere
Of al that were there,
T' advise with such a King.
Sat yesty Pride,
With his Dagger and his slinge;
H' was the pertinentst Pere
Of al that were there,
T' advise with such a King.
A great Philosopher
Had a Goose for his Lover,
That followd him day and night:
If it be a True Story
Or but an Allegory,
It may be both ways right.
Had a Goose for his Lover,
That followd him day and night:
If it be a True Story
Or but an Allegory,
It may be both ways right.
Strickland and his Son,
Both cast into one,
Were meant for a Single Baron;
But when they came to sit,
There was not wit
Enough in them both, to serve for [one].
Both cast into one,
Were meant for a Single Baron;
But when they came to sit,
There was not wit
Enough in them both, to serve for [one].
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Wherfore 'twas thought good
To ad Honeywood;
But when they came to trya[l,]
Each one prov'd a Fool,
Yet three Knaves in the whole,
And that made up a Pere-royal.
To ad Honeywood;
But when they came to trya[l,]
Each one prov'd a Fool,
Yet three Knaves in the whole,
And that made up a Pere-royal.
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