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2.368 R172795 1 Russel's Farewel Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell YOu bloudy minded Sons of Rome,/ when will you leave this trade oh! Traytours, blush for shame. date from content; Barclay's Plot Pepys 2.368 Rollins (1) VII:189-192; Wing B3290[A] 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: 368 The Bloody PLOT:/ OR,/ A horrid Conspiracy against the Life of His Sacred Majesty, hap-/pily discover'd, and many of the Conspiraters taken, in order to be brought/ to Justice. The Bloody PLOT: OR A horrid Conspiracy against the Life of His Sacred Majesty, hap- pily discover'd, and many of the Conspiraters taken, in order to be brought to Justice. The Bloody Plot: or, a Horrid Conspiracy Against the Life of His Sacred Majesty, Happily Discovered, and Many of the Conspirators Taken, in Order to be Brought to Justice. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 180 x 282 uneven inking 1696 London: Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street. J. Deacon Weinstein

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YOu bloudy minded Sons of Rome, when will you leave this trade Of Plotting? see your dismal doom, you that would fain have laid Your cruel hands upon the King, William the Great by Name; This will yourselves to ruine bring, oh! Traytors, blush for shame.
A more victorious King than he, could never grace the Throne, Both far and near by Land and Sea, his Conduct is well known, Who ventures for the Nation's good, his Life in warlike fame; How could you think to shed his Bloud? oh! Traytors, blush for shame.
How often has he pardon'd those, who were his Enemies? His Mercy like a Fountain flows, which Villains seldom prize; But rather grow more insolent, and won't their Lives reclaim, For which too late they may repent, now, Traytors, blush for shame. You dig a Pit for other Men, and fall yourselves therein, For there's a God who sees you when, such Treasons you begin, And makes a clear discovery of what I weep to name, For your intended Villany, bold Traytors, blush for shame. The Duke of Barwick, we are told, was active in this Land, With other Traytors manyfold, who took this Plot in hand; They reckon'd to have kill'd the King, of royal Birth and Fame, And all the Realm to ruine bring, oh! Traytors, blush for shame. They thought, when he a hunting rid, for to have struck the blow, But God he did that Crime forbid, and let our Monarch know, Their horrid bloudy base design, for which some hither came; He's blest by Providence divine, then, Traytors, blush for shame. And likewise as his Majesty, went to the House of Prayer, It feems, this bloudy Tragedy, was to be acted there;
But blessed be the Lord on high, his Mercy let's proclaim, Who guards our King continually, oh! Traytors, blush for shame. The Lord's Anointed who shall touch, by either Word or Deed, His Wrath shall surely punish such, that Villains like proceed Against our royal crowned Head, of Dignity and Fame; His royal Bloud you thought to shed, oh! Traytors, blush for shame. Our Enemies they fret and shafe, because they han't their Will; But thanks to God, the King is safe from all their Malice still, He keeps him safe both night and day, oh, blessed be his Name, While bloudy-minded Traytors they have cause to blush for shame. If God he had not stood our Friend, they had our Ruine wrought; Therefore let those who did offend, be now to Justice brought, Who thought to dispossess the Throne, by a rebellious Flame, A deeper Plot scarce e're was known, oh! Traytors, blush for shame. Since God was pleas'd to manifest his Favours to this Land; Oh! let his Mercies be exprest, all round on e're hand: To him alone all Praise is due, then let's adore his Name, Who sav'd the King and Nation too, and cloaths our Foes with shame.
London: Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street.