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R212049 WIthin this House is to be seen / Such a Monster as hath not been Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 123914 A strange Sight to be seen at Westminster. A strange Sight to be seen at Westminster. A strange Sight to be seen at Westminster. 1643-1643 Wil. Web

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WIthin this House is to be seen Such a Monster as hath not been At any time in England, nay In Europe, Affrick, Asia: Tis a round body without a head Almost these three yeares, yet not dead. Tis like that beast I once did see Whose tail stood where the head should be: And (which was never knowne before) Thought want a head, it has horns good store It has very little hair, and yet (Youl say) it has far more hair then wit: Thas may eyes, and many ears, Tis full of jealosies and fears; Thas many mouthes, and many hands, Tis full of questions and commands; Tis armd with muskets, pikes, it fears Nought in the world, but Cavaliers. Twas born in England, but begot Betwixt the English and the Scot; Though some are of opinion rather That the Divell was its father; And the City (which is worse) Was its mother, and its nurse. Some say (though perhaps in scorne) That it was a Cretian borne; But not unlike, for it has the fashion Just as may be of that Nation; For tis a liar, none oth least, A slow belly, an evill beast; Of what Religion none can tell, It much resembles that in hell: Some say it is a Jew disguisd, And why? because tis circumcisd; For twas deprived long ago Of many a Member we all know. In some points tis a Jesuited Priest, In some it is a Calvinist; For tis not justifid (it saith) By good works, but Publick Faith. Some calt an Anabaptist, some Thinke now that Antichrist is come. Tis a creature of an uncouth kinde Both for its body and its minde; Make haste to seet, or twill be gon, For now tis sick, and drawing on.
Finis. Oxford, Printed for Wil. Web. 1643.