Oh how Cheapside too did bawl
At those in the Poulterey,
For shame, leave acting your Droll,
And agree, ye rich Cuckolds, agree.
To the Senate then with Vigour,
The Old soon after address'd,
Tho' half were chous'd by the Tyger,
That wondrous politick Beast.
The whilst the unfortunate Rest,
In course outvoted must be,
Was ever known such a Jest,
Come, agree, ye rich Cuckolds, agree.
Tho' baulk'd by this Digression,
Yet moving another Spring,
They made amends the next Session,
And clearly carried the Thing:
To Court their Case then they bring,
And Reverence made on the Knee,
But the Answer got from the K
Was, Agree, ye rich Cuckolds, agree.
Tho' kept a while at Distance,
Yet least they should totally drop,
They got a legal Existence,
And then were strait cock-a-hoop:
But when the New ones did stoop,
The t'other as huffing would be,
For now again they got up,
Come agree, stubborn Cuckolds, agree.
The New with false, sham Storys,
Of which each Noddle was full,
Equip'd Sir W. N
An Envoy to the Mogul:
And he did the Colony fool,
With Tydings that never will be,
Were e'er Stockjobbers so dull,
Come agree, ye rich Cuckolds, agree.
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