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4.316 R234657 1 Why are my Eyes still flowing Why Are My Eyes Still Flowing LEt true=hearted Protestans with me rejoyce / And set forth our Mirth in a laudable voice; Then, then we may hope for a Flourishing Trade. [stanzas 1-3; with variations] But others is come now to look for his Head. [stanzas 6-9; with variations] date from content; Monmouth Rebellion (1685); Parliament (1689) Pepys 4.316 Rollins (1) IV:105-109; Wing N786[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. 4: 316 A New Touch of the Times, / OR, / The Naton's Consent, For a Free Parliament. A New Touch of the Times, OR, The Naton's Consent, For a Free Parliament. A New Touch of the Times, or, the Nation's Consent, for a Free Parliament. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 203 x 315 holed and damaged surface, uneven inking vertical rule and cast fleuron 1689 Printed for, T. F. T. F. Weinstein: content

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LEt true-hearted Protestans with me rejoyce, And set forth our Mirth in a laudable voice; Since Popery out of this Nation we clear, And have none but honest true Protestants here; And therefore the Prince calls a Free Parliament, In order to Crown this great land with Content; And heal all the Breeches that long has been made, Then, then we may hope for a Flourishing Trade. The Papists has been a sad Stich in our side, But now we will down with their insolent Pride; And then we shall see a most rare Golden Age, When we of all Jesuits have clear'd the Stage: For they have such turbulent Spirits we know, That nothing pleas'd them but the lands overthrow They'r catch'd in the Snare which for others they laid And now we may hope for a Flourishing Trade.
We see that the Lords and Nobility, Likewise the Gentry of e'ry Degree; In one joynt consent they resolved to stand, To preserve the Church and the Laws of the Land; Which some evil Persons did strive to run down, All places of Trust both in City and Town The Papishes serv'd in, our Laws to Invade, And that was the absolute Ruine of Trade. Before this great Prince came our Rights to maintain Alas! we had reason enough to Complain: The Romans were coming to that height of Pride, That who would not turn, at a Stake must have dy'd Nay, Bridles and Grid-Irons, as some people say, They then had provided, our lives to betray; But now they'r confounded and left in the lurch, And Heaven preserv'd the true Protestant Church.
Some Turbulent Spirits were never at rest, But still they endeavour'd to take of the Test: How often together their Foddles was laid, To break all the Laws which wise Parliaments made And Papers was Printed the land to Convince; But then at the last comes a Protestant Prince, Then straightways their Glory did blast and decay, And some they were forced to scowre away. I likewise remembered a Person of late, Who bore a great sway then in matters of State, He hung up poor ignorant men in the West, And therefore I reckon amongst all the rest, He must give account here for e'ry offence Before he will ever have leave to go hence: And as for brave Monmouth, I say he is dead, But others is come now to look for his Head. How many poor men in the West lost their lives, And left thier poor Fatherless Children and Wives; No manner of pitty, alas! did they show, But did what they cou'd to prove their overthrow: That sharp bloody Sence will not soon be forgot, It was a meer Papist and Jesuit Plot; And valiant brave Monmouth I say he is dead, But others is come now to look for his Head. As soon as brave Monmouth was put to the [Rout] The Bald-pated Fryars they were so [Devout] That they sung their Masses, an old Antick Song, With Crossing and telling their Beads o're ding dong But now they will sing in a contrayry Tone, When under old Tyburn they make their sad moan, To think of that Souldier whose Breeches was Red, And some comes to London to look for his Head. Let us but consider the Jesuit bred, You'll find they're far better to Hang then to Feed; And therefore at present some must lye in Jayl, We won't take St. Patrick to be their Bayl; And therefore they now must submit to hard Fate, For Triumphing over brave Monmouth of late, Who some say is Living, and others he's Dead, So some's come to London to look for his Head.
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