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R220052 SOme Thieves, by ill hap, with an Honest Man met, / And with Armed Ruffins him round did beset; So 'tis Lawfully theirs, by a Vote of our State, / Because he did freely his Purse Abdicate. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1084 On the Word / ABDICATE. On the Word Abdicate. ?-?

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(1) SOme Thieves, by ill hap, with an Honest Man met, And with Armed Ruffins him round did beset; They made scurvy signs, he should yield up his Purse, Or if he durst keep it, he should fare the worse. He saw them so strong, And fearing great Wrong, And flying for safety, his Purse down he flung: So 'tis Lawfully theirs, by a Vote of our State, Because he did freely his Purse Abdicate. (2) A Virgin did fall in a Ravishers hands, And no way cou'd scape their Lawless Demands; They ty'd fast her Arms, and left her no Power, Their Will to resist, or her Honour t' secure. So the Maid they Abus'd, And at pleasure Misus'd, Yet the Ravisher's Honest, she Justly Accus'd; And made a meer Whore by a Vote of our State, she freely her Maiden-head did Abdicate. (3) Some Robbers broke into a Gentlemans House, They seiz'd his Arms, Pinion'd him, then let him loose: His Servants to th' Villains their help too did lend, So he fled, 'cause he cou'd it no longer defend. They Swore they'd still have it, Since they did not bereave it, But of his own free accord the Owner did leave it: So 'tis Lawfully theirs by a Vote of our State, Because he did freely his House Abdicate. (4) A Father did quietly enjoy his Estate, His Ambitious Son thought his turn wou'd come late; So his Armed Comrades, with some Tenant did joyn, To force him away, or to make him Resign:
Their pretence they did tell, That he Manag'd not well, And therefore it Lawfully to their shares fell: So they've Just Title to't, by a Vote of our State, Because he did freely his Right Abdicate. (5) An Ambitious Prince did strangely intend, To Dethrone his own Uncle, his Wife, Father & Friend: With some Treacherous Subjects the Plot was so lay'd, That they should Desert, while he did Invade: Power left he had none, To maintain his Own, So when he was bid, it was time to be gone: So he quite lost his Right by a Vote of our State, Because he did freely his Crown Abdicate. (6) Now unless the Word Abdicate bears this strange sense, New King and New Parliament are vanish'd hence; Coronation's a Foppery, our New Laws are gone, New Allegiance is Treason, New Officers none: Our Taxes are Robb'ry, We English Men Slaves, And all those odd Voters are so many Knaves: For all the whole Frame of our New-fashion'd State, Is built on the Nonsence of their Abdicate: For if James did not freely quit, then no new King And all that thence follows, hangs on the same String.
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