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Chetham's Library - Halliwell-Phillipps
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The HAPPY RETURN.
OF THE
Old DUTCH-MILLER.
To the Tune of the First.

[1]
GOod People of England, I hope you have had
Experience of my Art in my Trade;
For I am the Miller that was here before,
That grownd Women young, of four or five score.
Then make hast Customers, bring in your Tribes;
Il'e quickly dispatch them without any Bribes.
For I am so Zealous for Whiglanders Crew,
Il'e cure their Distempers with one Turn or Two.

[2)
And now (for your comfort) I am come again,
To cure the defection amongst all your Men;
Whether they be Factious, Stupid or Lame;
Let's see er'e a Chymist that can do the same.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[3]
If you have e're a City that's troubl'd with Simples;
That's over-rich grown, and has Rebellious pimples
Il'e strip it of all these defects in an hour,
And make it submit to the King or the Tower.
Then come away Customers. etc.

[4]
If you have an Old Criple that sits and designs,
Which way to destroy the King and His Vines;
Or if that his Tap stand in the wrong place,
And piss above Navel, I'l cure his Disease.
Then come away Customers, etc.

[5]
In my Mill I will put him, 'twixt two Sainted Whores,
Who shall raise his Rudder with help of their Oars:
Between their warm Bellies, like Pug he shall lie,
Till they suck out his Senses, and leave his Tap dry.
Then come away Customers, etc.

[6]
Then out of Stew I'l hang him o'th' Top
Of one of my Sails, at the end of a Rope:
There in the wind he shall swing up and down,
Till he caper and grin with th' best Monkey in Town.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[7]
If you have e're a Fop that's proud of a String,
And fain would aspire to the Throne of a King:
Bring him to my Mill, I will presently shew
If he's qualified for a Mnonarch, or no.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[8]
If you have e're a Lord that's Pimp to his Wife,
And to hide his Horns would venture his Life:
Send her to my Mill. I'l venture a Tryal,
To make Her as Honest as e're He was Loyal.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[9]
If you have e're a Slabbering Lord that's a Fool,
And sits in Cabals, a Kingdom to Rule,
And stands for a States-man, I'l make him as able
As ever a Helper in all his own Stable.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[10]
If you have e're a Lord that used to Preach
I'th' Top of a Crab-Tree, above all your reach,
And still the Lords Super expos'd in Lambs-wool:
Send him to my Mill, I'le Reform his Skull:
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[11]
If you have e're a Knight that's Knave and Thred-bare,
That deals in Neck-Laces, and such kind of Ware:
And stole the best Plot, now hides in Bristol:
Bring him to my Mill, I'le make him confess't all.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[12]
If you have, or had, any Sheriffs that are Whigs,
That have cut off some Heads, and are cutting of Legs
Bring them, and their Perjur'd Juries together,
I'l turn'm all round in my Mill with the Weather.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[13]
If you have e're a Doctor that has ne'r a Mouth,
But Hole in the place for a Nose, North and South:
Put him in my Mill, I shall make him speak Sense
Behind and before, like a Quaker in Trance.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[14]
If He has been Perjur'd Ten Thousand times o're,
And for want of Imployment begins to grow Poor;
I'le make him as Rich (if he know his own Name)
As when he came mumping from Flanders or Spain.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[15]
if Forty Religions he dares to Believe,
And yet Preacheth Blasphemy, Fools to deceive:
Put him in my Mill, with more of the Grist,
I'le mak him a Devil, a Man, or a Beast.
Then make hast Customers, etc.

[16]
If you have any Plots, either Sham Ones or True Ones,
Bring out the Contrivers, both black ones & blew ones:
I'le either Refine 'em from all their past Ill,
Or else I will strangle them All in my MILL.
Then make hast Customers, bring in your Tribes,
I'le quickly dispatch them without any Bribes,
For I am so Zealous for Whiglanders Crew,
I'le cure their Distempers with One Turn or Two.


Printed for Allen Banks, MDCLXXXIII.

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