Advice to a Painter Long since Proposed for the Conclusion of this Year 1688. By J. P. [i.e. John Phillips] |
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ADVICE TO A PAINTER.
Long since Proposed for the CONCLUSION Of this Year 1688.
By J. P.
Come
Painter, take a Prospect from this Hill,
And on a well spread Canvass shew thy Skill;
Draw all in Colours as they shall Appear,
And as they stand in Merit, place them there;
Draw, as the Heraulds do, a spacious Field,
And as directed, so let them be Fill'd.
First, draw a Popish Army, Brisk and Gay,
Fighting and Beat, Destroy'd and Run away:
Then draw a Hearse, and let it stand in View,
The Mourners more, far more than is in shew;
Cursing their Fate, their Stars, and in this Fear,
Shew, if thou canst, how these Damn'd Sots prepare
To run away, or stay in Holes alone,
By them this Motto, Gallows claim thy Own.
Now, to the Life, let thy brisk Pencil shew
Distinctly what they are, and what's their Due.
Now draw a Cloud, and Croud of Priests to Run,
Like Broken Merchants, when their Stocks are gone:
Save us, Saint Ketch, take all our Saints away:
Draw them in Hurry, running too and Fro,
Posting to Dover, Portsmouth, Tyburn To.
Next draw a Croud of Lords; This Label by
Our great design is lost, Alas! they cry,
Who'd serve a Cause of such curs'd Destiny?
Now draw four Priests, shew how they Rome Adore
And each Man's Scarf hang to be seen Before,
And of near kin unto the Scarlet Whore.
Then draw Four Bishops falling to Despair,
Arm'd Ca-pa-pe, but going God knows where;
That all who see it done, may say 'tis well,
Then draw the Judges there, with thy best Skill,
In Caps and Gowns, as They in order sate,
'Twixt Heaven and Hell, do you them elevate,
Their Learned Noddles can Dispence with that.
Now draw the Little Rogues, the Scoundrel Crew,
Knights, Knaves and Beggars, they must have their due,
Gadbury, Butler, ay and Roger too.
Amidst this Croud, on a fit spot of Land,
To Crown the Work, let a large Gallows stand,
All trembling by, arm'd with their Guilt and Fears,
Kneel to this Image, and pour out their Prayers,
And after Dye by Suffocation.
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