A Terror for TRAITORS
Or, Treason Justly punished.
[Be]ing a Relation of a Damnd Conspiracy against the life of the King, and the Subversion of the Government, hatchd and contrived by ill-
affected Persons, namely, Captain Thomas Walcot, William Hone, and John Rouse, who were drawn, hangd, and quarterd, for High-Trea-
son, on Friday the 20. of this instant July: As also, the Lord Russel, who was beheaded in Lincolns-Inn-fields, on the 21. of the same Mo-
neth, whose Fatal and deserved Punishments, may be a Warning for all others to avoid the like Crimes.
To the Tune of, Digbys Fare-well, Or, On the bank of a River, etc.
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YOU Traytors of England how dare you Conspire,
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Against such a Prince whose love we admire?
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And against his dear Brother that Royal brave Sparke,
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Right Heir to the Crown, sweet James Duke of York.
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But yet I do hope, that theyl ner have their will,
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To touch our dear Princes who nere thought them ill;
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O Russel you ploted against a good King.
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Whose fame through all Nations in AEurope doth Reign
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But Heavens will protect him and still be his guide,
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And keep him from danger and be on his side;
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And all that do plot against him or the Heir,
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I hope that their Feet will be catcht in a snare:
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By this Conspiration your Ruine youve caught,
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And under a hatchet your head you have brought:
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O Russel you plotted, etc.
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You might have livd manie a year in much Fame,
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And added much Honour unto your good Name;
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But now this a blot in your Scutcheon will be,
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For being concerned with this gross Villany;
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But now your dear Parents in heart may lament,
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Without all dispute theyve but little content,
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To think that you plotted, etc.
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Your Lady may grieve, and lament for her loss,
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To lose you for Treason it proves a great cross,
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But it was no more than what was your desert,
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No reason but that he should taste of the smart:
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[But] had you then been [a] good S[ubject] indeed,
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You would not have sufferd, you would have been freed.
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But Russel you plotted, etc.
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Now let me but ask you a question or two,
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What would you have had, or intended to do?
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The Laws of this Nation ye would have thrown down,
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Then ye would have aimd at the Scepter and Crown;
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But Heaven I hope will all Plotting disclose,
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And the Laws of the Nation shall punish the Foes
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Of our great Monarch, and gracious good King,
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Whose Fame through all Nations in AEurop doth Reign.
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When Persons have Honor and Pleasures great store,
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Yet still they are having and gruding for more;
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Their hearts are deceitful and puffed with pride,
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And Lucifer certainly stands by their side,To things most unlawful he makes them conspire,
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But he laughs at them all when they stick in the mire,
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O Russel you plotted, etc.
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True Subjects of England are filled with fears,
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And for their great Soveraign they shed many tears,
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To think this no reason will Traytors convince,
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But still theyle be plotting against a good Prince:
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Those that should have been a great help to the Land,
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They sought for our ruine we well understand.
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But Russel you plotted, etc.
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There was Walcot and Rouse were both in the plot,
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And Hone I do reckon must not be forgot;
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At Tyburn for certain, each man took his turn,
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And then in the fire their bowels did burn,
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A death so deserving, none will deny:
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For sure they plotted against a good King,
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Whose Fame through all Nations in AEurop doth Reign.
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Let this be a warning to Rich and to Poor,
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To be [true] to their King, and to plot so no more,
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And that our good King may have Plenty and P[eace,]
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And the Loyal Subjects may daily increase,
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There never were People more happy than we,
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If unto the Government all would agree.
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Then hang up those Traitors who love not the King,
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Whose Fame through all Nations in AEurope doth Reign.
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