JEMMY & ANTHONY.
To the Tune of, Young Jemmy.
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(1)
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MONMOUTH is a Brave Lad,
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the likes not in our City;
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He is no TORY Blade,
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give ear unto my Ditty;
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Long may he live in happy Years,
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Victorious may he be;
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And prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(2)
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We care not for such Sots,
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as are the Crew of Papish;
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They with their Cursed Plots
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and Treasons, are so Apish;
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But all our City knows them well,
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bad Subjects for to be;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(3)
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Some say they was bad Men,
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that Swore against the Earl;
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Which hath to England been
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a costly precious Pearl:
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But may they be convinced, that
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their Errors do not see;
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And prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(4)
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Some say the Papists think
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to work their overthrow;
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And they so closely link,
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and Plotting was also;
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But God, who brings all things to light,
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his Eyes still open be;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(5)
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If that their Popish Plots
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had not soon come to light,
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Then all Good Protestants
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had been put to the flight;
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But God does bring them all to light,
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as you may plainly see;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(6)
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Great Monmouth theyve Abusd,
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and likewise Shaftsbury;
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And with their Tongue misusd,
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have said they Traytors be:
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But they that answer to the Laws,
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are Subjects good and free;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(7)
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And now the simple Men,
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they are at it again;
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They are not like to Men,
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they are more like to Swine:
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And now they think they are to prove
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self-Murder of Godfry;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(8)
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And now methinks tis strange,
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that he himself should Murder;
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No, no, tis but a Shamm,
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that came from Rome, or further:
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For Godfry was a Loyal Man
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to his King and Country;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(9)
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But these they know it well,
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it was their Popish Crew;
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By some of them he fell,
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for this Good Man they slew:
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But yet for all their cursed Plots,
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we fear not Popery;
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But prosper long our Noble King,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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(10)
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And now for to Conclude,
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I think it is no matter,
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If the Popish Plotting Crew
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was Hangd up in a Halter;
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Which maketh strife in this our Land,
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as you may plainly see;
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Then prosper long those Noble Peers,
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Monmouth and Shaftsbury.
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