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GOod people, I pray now attend to my Muse, / I'le sing of a Villain I cannot abuse, Sing hey brave Chancellor, oh fine Chancellor, / delicate Chancellor, oh. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 THE / Lord Chancellors Villanies / Discovered. / Or, His Rise and Fall in the Four Last Years. THE Lord Chancellors Villanies Discovered. Or, His Rise and Fall in the Four Last Years. THE Lord Chancellor's Villainies Discovered. Or, His Rise and Fall in the Four Last Years. ?-?

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1. GOod people, I pray now attend to my Muse, I'le sing of a Villain I cannot abuse, The Halter and Axe no such men will refuse; Sing hey brave Chancellor, oh fine Chancellor, delicate Chancellor, oh. 2. 'Tis he was the cause of the Nations dismay, He hath e'er been a Knave from his birth to this day To see that sot hang'd we will make Holiday: sing hey brave Chancellor, etc. 3. And first I will shew what he is in grain; I care not a pin for the boobee's disdain, His deeds now in brief unto you I'le proclaim: sing hey, etc. 4. He was the Inventer of Oate's punishment, From Newgate to Tyburn, and thither he sent, To have him well whipt he gave his consent; sing hey brave, etc. 5. The good Mr.Cornish did innocent die, And all by this Chancellor's curst Villany; His blood now from Heaven for Vengeance doth cry; sing hey, etc. 6. He was the first Author that open'd his Jaws To take off the Test and Priviledge Laws; The beheading of Russel, 'twas he was the cause. sing hey, etc. 7. Then next to the West he hurried with speed, To murther poor men, a very good deed, He made many honest mens hearts for to bleed. sing hey, etc. 8. The prisoners to plead to his Lordship did cry, but still did make answer, and thus did reply, We'll hang you up first, and then after we'l try: sing hey, etc.
9. Against their petitions then he stopt his Ears, And still did creat all their doubts and their fears, He left the poor Widows and Children in tears; sing hey, etc. 10. He was the Inventer that first did promote That place call'd the Ecclesiastical Court, And thither he made the poor Clergy resort: sing hey brave Chancellor, etc. 11. Of Magdalen-Colledge he thought it most fit To turn out the Fellows, a very fine trick, And place Father Walker, that curst Jesuite. sing hey brave, etc. 12. Then next to the Tower our Bishops he packt, And swore he had done a very good act, But now shall he try'd for the matter of fact. sing hey, etc. 13. And when that the Bishops were brought to be tryd To accept a petition they humbly desir'd; He swore he would prove it a Libel he cry'd; sing hey, etc. 14. What can he say now the Parliament fits? Alas, they will Vote him quite out of his Wits, They'l make him run mad, or fall into Fits; sing hey brave, etc. 15. In Wapping he thought for to make his escape, A very good Jest, but I faith it won't take, His head on the bridge must be stuck on a stake; sing hey, etc. 16. He many seditions Lines hath penn'd, And sent them to P----- his honest friend; My Muse she grows weary, and this she doth end, With pox o Chancellor, villanous Chancellor, Damnable Chancellor, oh.
London, printed in the Year, 1689.