Titus Tell-Troth:
OR,
The PLOT-FOUNDER Confounded.
A Pleasant New SONG. To the Tune of, Hail to the Myrtle Shades.
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HAil to the Knight of the Post; To Titus the Chief of the Town; Titus who vainly
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[d]id boast of the Salamancha-Gown; Titus who saw the world ore, from the Tower
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of Valadolid, Yet stood in the White-horse Door, and swore to it, like the Creed.
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[2]
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Titus at Watton in May,
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To Titus at Islington;
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[A]nd Titus the self same day
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Both Here and There again.
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Titus who ever swore Truth,
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His politick Plots to maintain,
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[A]nd never yet bawkd an Oath,
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When calld to the Test again.
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[3]
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[T]hen Titus was Meekest of all,
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When Never a Peny ins Purse,
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[A]nd oft did on Pickering call,
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His Charity to Imburse.
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[B]ut when He swore Damnable Oaths,
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And Lying esteemed no Sin,
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[T]hen Titus was One of those
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Whom the Devil had entred in.
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[4]
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[T]hen Titus the Frown of Heavn,
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And Titus a Plague upon Earth;
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[T]itus whol ner be Forgiven,
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Cursd from his Fatal Birth;
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[Ti] the Curse and the Doom
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Of the Rich and the Poor Man too;
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[O]h Titus, thou Shred of a Loom,
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What a plague dost thou mean to do?
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[5]
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[T]itus an Orthodox Beast,
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And Titus a Presbyter Tall;
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[T]itus a Popish Priest,
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And Titus the shame of all;
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Titus who ner had the skill
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The Wise with his Plots to deceive;
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But Titus whose Tongue can kill;
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Whom Nature has made a Slave.
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[6]
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Titus the Light of the Town,
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Where Zealots and Whigs do resort;
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Titus the Shame of the Gown,
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And Titus the Scorn of the Court;
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Titus who Spewd out the Truth,
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To Swallow the Covenant;
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Yet never blushd at an Oath,
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Whom Lying has made a Saint.
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[7]
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Yet Titus believed coud be
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Against any Popish Lord;
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Whilst still against S------
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The Witness and Truths abhorrd;
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So Titus got Credit and Gold
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For Lying, nor thought it a Sin;
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But against Dissenters bold
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The Truth is not worth a pin.
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[8]
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Thus Titus Swore on apace,
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Gainst those whom he never did see;
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Yet Titus with brazen Face
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Woud our Preserver be.
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But as Titus the foremost in Trust
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Discoverd this Mystery:
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May Titus so be the First
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That leads to the Triple-Tree.
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