A New LITTANY, design'd for this Lent, and
to be Sung in all the Conventicles, in and about
London, for the Instruction of the Whiggs.
By T.D. Gent.
Set familiarly to an Excellent Old Tune, call'd Cavalilly Man.
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I.
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FRom Counsels of Six, where Treason prevails,
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From raising Rebellion in England, and Wales,
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From Rumbolds short Cannons, and Protestant Flayls,
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Forever good Lord deliver me.
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II.
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From Shaftsburys Tenets, and Sydnies Old Hint,
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From seizing the King by the Rabbles Consent,
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From owning the Fact, and denying to Print,
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Forever, etc.
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III.
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From Aiming at Crowns, and indulging the sin,
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From playing Old-Nols Game over agen;
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From a Son and a Rebel, stuft up in one skin,
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Forever, etc.
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IV.
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From Swearing of Lyes like a Knight of the Post,
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From Pilgrims of Spain, that should Land on our Coast,
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From a Plot like a Turd, swept about 'till 'tis Lost,
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Forever, etc.
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V.
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From Oatss clear Evidence when he was Vext,
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From hearing him squeak out Hugh Peters Old Text,
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From Marrying one Sister, and Raping the Next,
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Forever, etc
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VI.
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From tedious Confinement by Parliament Votes,
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From B--ts Whig Sermons and Marginal Notes;
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From saving our Heads, by Cutting our Throats,
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Forever, etc.
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VII.
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From Presbyter Bandogs, that Bite and not Bark,
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From losing ones Brains by a blow in the Dark,
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From our Friends in More-fields, and those at More-park,
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Forever, etc.
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VIII.
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From Citizens Consciences, and their Wives Itch,
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From Marrying a Widow that looks like a Witch,
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From following the Court with design to be Rich,
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Forever, etc.
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IX.
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From Trimmers arraigning a Judge on the Bench,
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From slighting the Guards, that we know will not Flinch,
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And from the Train'd Bands Royal-Aid at a Pinch,
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Forever, etc.
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X.
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From all that to Caesar sham duty Express,
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That cringe at his Couch, and smile in his Face,
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And two years agoe thought it scorn to Ad-dress,
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Forever, etc.
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XI.
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From having the Gout, and a very Fair Daughter,
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From being Oblig'd to our Friend cross the Water,
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From Strangling and Fleying, and what fol-lows after,
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Forever, etc.
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XII.
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From Wit that lies hidden in gay Pantaloons,
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From Womens ill Nature as frail as the Moons,
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From Franckyss lame Jests, and Sir Rogers Lampoons,
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Forever good Lord deliver me.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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1. Butler's Ghost, or the Fourth Part of Hudibrass.
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2. Scandalum Magnatum, or Potapskies Case.
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3. The Male-Content, or the Sequel of the Progress of Honesty, a Satyr upon the Times.
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4. A Collection of Songs. All Four by the same Author. Are Sold by Joseph Hindmarsh.
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