RYOT upon RYO
OR,
A Chant upon the Arresting the Loyal L. Mayor & Sheriffs:
Gallants, If you wou'd hear a Tale sung o'r,
So daring and bold, 'twas never done before:
See London's Loyal Sheriffs, and Lord Mayor,
Bearing the Sword, Arrested in the Chair.
To the Tune of, Burton Hall, or London's Loyalty.
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I.
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ROwze up Great MONARCH
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In the Royal Cause;
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The Great Defender
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Of our Faith and Laws:
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Now, now, or never,
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Crush the Serpent's Head,
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Or else the Poyson
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Through the Land will spread.
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The Noble MAYOR,
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And his two Loyal SHRIEVES,
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Bearing the Sword's, assaulted
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By Usurping Thieves,
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Who their Rebellious Ryots
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Would maintain by Law:
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Oh! London! London!
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Where's Thy Justice now?
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II.
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Smite, smite, the Snakes
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Did first their Sting reveal,
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Stabbing thy ROYAL
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BROTHER in the Heel;
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And struck so many
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Loyal Martyr's dead,
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Now in the Sun
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Flies boldly at the Head.
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Slaves that resist
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All Power but their own;
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He that would usurp the CHAIR,
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Would next usurp the THRONE,
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Who neither ROYAL HEIR
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Nor LOYAL MAYORS allow:
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Oh! London! London!
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Where's thy Charter now?
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III.
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LONDON, of Faction's
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The eternal Spring,
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Yet so much favour'd
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By a Gracious KING;
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Who dost such Deeds
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That have no parallel,
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Only to teach
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Thy Children to Rebel.
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This will record thee
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In the Books of Fame;
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This bold Attempt no Law,
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Nor Precedent can claim:
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Blood and the Crown, P---n
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And D---s out-do:
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Oh! London! London!
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Where's Thy Charter now?
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IV.
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Was this the way
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Your Ryots to repair;
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In spight o'th CHARTER.
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To Arrest the MAYOR?
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And 'gainst the SHERIFFS
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Your sham Actions bring,
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'Cause justly chosen,
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And approv'd by th' KING?
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What call you this, but TREASON?
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Whilst the Fool
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That did Arrest the MAYOR
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Expects himself to Rule;
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And, save his own, no other
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Power would allow:
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Oh! London! London!
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Where's thy Charter now?
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V.
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Hang up the Factious Heads
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That dare oppose
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The Sword of Justice,
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And the Ancient Laws:
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Who in his Office
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Dare Arrest the MAYOR,
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Disowns the Pow'r
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That plac'd Him in the Chair.
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Tantara-ra-ra!
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Let the Trumpets sound,
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Double all your Guards, and let
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The Cent'nels stand their ground:
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He that Arrests the MAYOR,
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Would bind the MONARCH too:
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Oh! London! London!
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Where's Thy Charter now?
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