28
Political Ballads.
1691.
Raiſ’d Inſurrections,
With baſe Reflections,
And labour’d tooth and nail to perfect his projections.
Rebellion in faſhion,
Declar’d throughout the Nntion,
Then turn’d his father out, and call’d it abdication.
With baſe Reflections,
And labour’d tooth and nail to perfect his projections.
Rebellion in faſhion,
Declar’d throughout the Nntion,
Then turn’d his father out, and call’d it abdication.
A Declaration[1]
For ſelf-preſervation
Was ſpread abroad, wherein was prov’d a father’s no relation.
Monarchy haters,
With Abdicators,
Did ſwell into a league of Dutchmen, Whigs, and traitors:
They enter indenture,
Soul and body venture,
Whilſt at Royal Jemmy’s head their Mmlice ſtill did center.
For ſelf-preſervation
Was ſpread abroad, wherein was prov’d a father’s no relation.
Monarchy haters,
With Abdicators,
Did ſwell into a league of Dutchmen, Whigs, and traitors:
They enter indenture,
Soul and body venture,
Whilſt at Royal Jemmy’s head their Mmlice ſtill did center.
What have we gain’d?
Grievances retain’d,
The Government is ſtill the ſame, the King is only chang’d.
Was ever ſuch a bargain!
What boots it a farthing,
Grievances retain’d,
The Government is ſtill the ſame, the King is only chang’d.
Was ever ſuch a bargain!
What boots it a farthing,
- ↑ Alluding to the famous Declaration of William, which was publiſhed a few hours only before his deſcent upon our ſhores.
