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R218164 WISE Senators! We much Congratulate / Your happy Meeting, for to heal our State: Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1360 A Congratulatory Poem / On the Sitting of the / Great Convention / In the Parliament House at Westminster, / January 22. 168 / 8 / 9. A Congratulatory Poem On the Sitting of the Great Convention In the Parliament House at Westminster, January 22. 1688 9. Morley, Thomas Printer W. Downing ?-?

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WISE Senators! We much Congratulate Your happy Meeting, for to heal our State: Our State was Sick, it lay much i th Head, We lookt upon ourselves as almost Dead, Had not our Israels Gideon came with speed, We could not now have said, Who did the Deed: But now the Tide is turnd, the Trap they made, Did catch themselves, we are not now dismayd. They now are frustrated in their Intention, That God hath Blest us with a Wise Convention. Now Justice will run down, and Judgment meet, And Righteousness and Peace, they will them greet. May Halcion days of Joy, always attend Our Noble Senators, until their Lives do end. These days of Purim, Why should we be sad? Though Haman must be Hangd, Let us be Glad. The Voice o th Turtle now is heard i th Nation, Which makes the Popelings Mad with Consternation: The time of Singing Birds, it is now come, Be packing all you Papists, now for Rome: There Plot, and Plot, and lay your Damnd design As low as Hell, wel find a Countermine: Call your Black Emissaries, let them go To those dark Cells, and dismal Vaults below; Where Massacrees and Murthers have their Birth, And Acted by the Devils Apes on Earth: Go, go, into your secret Cells, and Mourn Among the shady Groves, and silent Urns; Whilst our grave Patriots in Peace do Rest, In this our Land, with Joy and Plenty Blest. Long may you live State Pillars, whilst youre here, Till Heaven removes you to a higher Sphere: And may your Names for ever be Enrold, Mongst Famous Worthies, when this Globe grows Old. Rest then (Great Sirs) in Health and Happiness, If we can say no more, we wish no less.
(Tho. Morley. London, Printed by W. Downing in Bartholomew-Close.