A Free and Full Parliament.
OR
General MONKS restoring of Englands an-
tient Liberties.
To the Tune of, Fill up the Parliament full.
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WHat maketh the Souldiers
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To stand to their armes?
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Tis for what they profest,
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To keep us from harms,
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The Members Secluded
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Come now in by Swarms,
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To fill up the Parliament Full, full, full,
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To fill up the Parliament Full.
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You know that the City Gates,
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Late were thrown down,
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The Walls too were order'd
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By Parliament Frown:
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But General Monck, has pleas'd
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Souldier and Gown,
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And fild, etc.
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A dispute there was had,
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By the Members Secluded,
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Brave Monck was the Umpire,
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And found them Deluded,
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But Englands great joy,
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Is now wholy Concluded,
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For He's fild, etc.
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Sir Arthur the Valiant,
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Must make his Speech large,
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Lest the Members Excluded,
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Lay Treason to 's Charge,
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Heed better t have dealt,
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With his Newcastle Barge,
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Than to see the Old Parliament full, ful, full
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Than to see the Old Parliament full.
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The Aldermen Grave,
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And the Commons o' th City,
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Imprisoned were,
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The more is the pity,
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But Genral Monck said,
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That I will acquit ye,
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For the Parliament now shall be ful, ful, ful
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For the Parliament now shall be full.
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THe Parliament now will
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come into their Geers
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For secluded Prin
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(that once lost his ears)
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Marcht in witth his Rapier
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for Commons and Peers,
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To fill up the Parliament full, ful, ful,
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To fill up the Parliament full.
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Whose often declaring,
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Has furnisht the Nation
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With Parliament Arguments,
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Of the old Fashion,
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And would have both
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Commons, and Lords in this nation,
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To fill up, etc.
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Our brave General Monck,
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We bound are to thank,
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The Honest Lord Fairfax,
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Has plaid (to) his Prank,
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No thanks to be given,
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To the Rump nor the Shank,
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To fill up, etc,
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Had the City ne'r moved,
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Nor the Prentices strove,
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They'd lost their Old Charter,
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But Monck had a love,
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To challenge the Grand Ones,
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Which Mischiefs did move,
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And so fil'd up the, etc.
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But now our brave Members,
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Have taken their seats,
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The very first day,
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They did Honorable feats,
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For the good of this Nation,
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Which will prove no cheats,
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To fill up, etc.
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The Citizens ith Tower,
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At Liberty they have set,
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A more gallanter deed,
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Was never known yet,
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Then the setting them free,
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And th' brave Prentices to quit,
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For the Parliament now shall be ful, ful, ful
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For the Parliament now shall be full.
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Now to God let us pray,
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That all may be mended,
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That freedom may flourish,
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And all strife may be ended,
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For Generall Monck,
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Hath us hugely befriended,
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In filling the Parliament full, full, full,
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In filling the Parliament full.
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