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2.278 R173663 1 Lilli borlero Lilliburlero Lilliburlero I have been long in Custody here, / under strong bolts a Prisoner fast, the Hang-man, and cousen'd him of his Fees. [with variations] date from imprint and content; imprint unclear: Printed in the Year, 168[?9]. Pepys 2.278 Rollins (1) IV:276-278; Wing C1925[B]. Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 278 The Chancellors Resolution: / OR, / His Last Sayings a little before his Death. The Chancellors Resolution: OR, His Last Sayings a little before his Death. The Chancellor's Resolution: or, His Last Sayings a Little Before His Death. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 204 x 275 cropped bottom edge, damaged surface, uneven inking, set-off from another ballad cast fleurons 1689 Printed in the Year, 168[?9] Weinstein: imprint and content

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I have been long in Custody here, under strong Bolts a Prisoner fast, Being possest always with a fear, that I should live to swing at the last; Never was Man more tormented, sorrow and grief my sences does seize; I never was pitty'd, but faith I have fitted the Hang-man, and cousen'd him of his Fees. I have been made the scorn of the Town, who was of late next Man to a Throne; Every Rascal's running me down, so that I make most pittiful moan;
There's a thousand deaths invented, for honest George, who them did displease; but to their vexation, I shall cheat the Nation, and likewise the Hang-man of all his Fees. I was the whipping Scourge of this age, caus[ing] good Men to suffer with shame, [Therefore the Land] is all in a Rage, [wishing I] might partake of the same: Some [says scourge me, others hang] me, [thus e'ry] one condemns as they please; [But my speech] does falter, I shall scape the Halter, [and couzen] the Hang-man of all his Fees.
I wish the [rest] wou'd murder the Test, this is a Crime which none wou'd excuse; And the good Wives that lives in the West, hopes they shall see my dye in my Shooes; But they will not have their wishes, conquering Death does Chancellor seize; O let them not Cavel, the Gout and the Gravel, will couzen the Hang-man of all his Fees. Ever since I have lain in this Den, faith I have lost the Purse and the Mace, And am expos'd abroad amongst Men, under the terms of shame and disgrace; Some says hang me, others flee me, and twenty Deaths more cruel then these, But here I am lying, upon my Bed dying, I'll couzen the Hang-man of all his fees. William and Mary being Proclaim'd, this like an Arrow went to my heart, I with a Feavour straight was inflam'd, fearing I soon should have my desert: Thousands waited for my Tryal, a shameful end the Rabble wou'd please, Tho' they do crave it, they never shall have it, I'll couzen the Hang-man of all his fees. Now when I hear King William was Crown'd, and that the loud-mouth'd Cannons [did roar,] Presently I fell into a Swoon'd, never was man so daunted before; And my Stony old Distemper, violently my Body did seize; 'Tis no feigned Story, but in this I glo[ry] to couzen the Hang-man of all his fees. Some did declare I must loose my Head, others said Hanging wou'd be my Doom, 'Cause I for Honour had been misled, pleading always for Treacherous Rome; But i'faith they're disappointed, conquering Death my Spirits does seize, I'll make each a Lyar, and straightways expire, so couzen the Hang-man of all his fees.
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Printed in the Year, 168[9]