The True Protestants
LITANY.
To the Tune, When Jockey first the Wars began.
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I.
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MOre Ballads - Here: Spick and Span: - new Suppli-cation,
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By Order of a Committee for the Reformation,
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To be Read in all Churches and Chappels of this Na-tion,
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Upon pain of slavery and Sequestration:
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From Knaves and Rumpers in a Parliament free,
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Libera nos Domine.
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II.
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From those that have more Religion and less Conscience than their fellows,
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From a Representative that's fearfull and jealous,
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From a starting Jadish People, that's troubled with the Yellows,
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And a Jesuit that Blows the Coal (a Turd in the Bellows)
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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III.
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From Shepherds that lead there flocks into the Bryers,
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And then Fleece them - from Vow breakers and Kings Tryers:
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Of Church and Crown Lands - from both Sellers and Buyers:
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Form Children of him that's Father of Lyers:
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From Knaves and Rumpers in, etc.
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IV.
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From the Doctrine and Dicipline of (Now and a Non)
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Preserve us and our Wives, from - Sedgwick and John,
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Like Master like Man, every way but One,
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The Master has a large Conscience - and the Man has none:
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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V.
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From those that sate in the High Court of Justice,
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From Usurpers that stile themselves the Peoples Trustees,
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From an Old Rump in which neither profit nor Gust is,
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And from the recovery of that which now in the Dust is:
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From Knaves and Rumpers in, etc.
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VI.
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From a backsliding Saint, that pretends t'acquiess,
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From the Popish Proverb (let 'um Hang that confess)
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From a Sniveling Cause in a pontificial dress:
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From two Lawyers, with the Devil and his Dam in a mess,
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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VII.
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From those that trouble the Waters, to mend the Fishing,
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And Fight the Lards Battel, under the Devil's Commission;
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Such as Eat up the Nation, while the Governments a dishing.
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And from a People when it should be a doing - stands wishing,
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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VIII.
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From an Everlasting mock parliament, and from None,
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From Straffords Old Friends - Harry - Jack and Pim John,
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From the Solicitors Wolf-Law, deliver our King's Son,
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And from the Resurrection of the Rump, that's dead and gone.
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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IX.
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From forein Invasions - and Commotions at home,
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From present Petitions, and from worse to come,
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From the same hand again - Smectymnuus or the Bum:
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And from taking Geneva, in our way to Rome;
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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X.
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From Saints and tender Consciences in Buff,
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From Mild - in a Foam and Hew! - in a Huff:
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From bold Petitioners that think they nere have Enuff,
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And from a Fools-head that looks through a Chain and a Ruff,
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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XI.
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Preserve us good Heaven from intrusting those,
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That have much to get and little to lose:
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That murder'd the Father, and the Son would depose,
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Sure they can't be our Friends that are their Countries foes,
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From Knaves and Rumpers, etc.
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XII.
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From Bradshaw's presumption and from Hoyles despairs;
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From rotten Members, blind Guides, preaching Aldermen, and false Mayors,
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From long Knives, long Ears, long Parliaments, and long prayers,
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In mercy to the Nation - deliver us and our Heirs:
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From Knaves and Rumpers in a Parliament free,
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Libera nos Domine.
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