%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> HUDIBRAS / On Calamy's Imprisonment, and Wild's Poetry. / To the Bishops. Sacheverell, George University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1663-1663 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/10/2018 36158

The University of California makes a claim of copyright only to original contributions made by Early Modern Center participants and other members of the university community. The University of California makes no claim of copyright to the original text. Permission is granted to download, transmit or otherwise reproduce, distribute or display the contributions to this work claimed by The University of California for non-profit educational purposes, provided that this header is included in its entirety. For inquiries about commercial uses, please contact:

Patricia Fumerton Early Modern Center - English Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America EMail: pfumer@english.ucsb.edu

R36803 1 NONE [unknown] MOst Reverend Lords, the Churches Joy and Wonder, / Whose Lives are Light'ning, and whose Do-(ctrine Thunder, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : HUDIBRAS / On Calamy's Imprisonment, and Wild's Poetry. / To the Bishops. HUDIBRAS On Calamy's Imprisonment, and Wild's Poetry. To the Bishops. Sacheverell, George 1663-1663

This document follows the guidelines specified for TEI.

XML Generated Automatically at 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM Using EMC

XBallad Parsing Engine developed by Carl G Stahmer.

TEI Template developed by Gerald Egan and Modified by Carl Stahmer

All apostrophes are encoded as '.

Any dashs occurring in line breaks have been removed;

All dashs are encoded as ‐ and all em dashes as —.

 Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction / health alcohol Americas animals / nature Bible / biblical figures buildings / architecture catastrophe children class clothing / appearance country / nation crime death economics / commerce entertainments family Featured folklore gender holidays / seasons infidelity labor / craft law London love maritime marriage military / war monstrosity mythology / Classical news nobility / court politics / government procreation punishment race / ethnicity religious concepts religious figures religious groups royalty rural life servitude sex / sexuality supernatural / magic travel trickery / deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgar humor youth / age Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 10/10/2018 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Bible / biblical figures religious concepts religious figures Ballads, English 17th century Broadsides, England 17th century 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM XBallad Sintura, Maria Created XML Version of Ballad 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM Transcription Supervisor McCants, Kristen Transcription of ballad manuscript 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM Double-Key Comparison and Merging Levinson-Emley, Rachel Transcription of ballad manuscript 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM Transcriptionist Two Collins, Monica Transcription of ballad manuscript 10/10/2018 3:50:12 PM Transcriptionist One Clark, Bailey Transcription of ballad manuscript 8/16/2018 Checker Minh Hua Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 12/11/2017 Checker Kristen McCants Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 12/1/2016 Bibliographer Kristen McCants Initial Ballad Catalogue Record Created
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="bold"><hi rend="italic">HUDIBRAS</hi></hi></seg> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">On Calamy's Imprisonment, and Wild's Poetry.</hi></seg> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="italic"><hi rend="bold">To the Bishops.</hi></hi></seg>
MOst Reverend Lords, the Churches Joy and Wonder, Whose Lives are Light'ning, and whose Do-ctrine Thunder, The rare Effects of both in this are found, Ye break Mens Hearts, yet leave their Bodies sound; And from the Court, (as David did, they say) Do with your Organs fright the Dev'l away: Awake: (for though you think the Days your own) The Cage is open, and the Bird is flown: That Bird (whom though your Lordships do despise) May Shite in Pauls, and Pick out Sheldons Eyes: 'Tis He who taught the Pulpit and the Press To mask Rebellion in a Gospel-dress: He who blew up the Coals of Englands Wrath, And Pick'd Mens Pockets by the Publick Faith: He who the Melting Sister's Bounty try'd, And Preach'd their Bodkins into Caesars side: That Crocodile of State, who wept a Flood, When he was Maudlin-drunk with CHARLES his Blood; Is by the Sisters Gold, and Brethrens Prayer, Become a Tenant to the open Air: For some were griev'd to see that Light expire, That lately help'd to set the Church on fire; And when their Ghostly Father was perplex't, Could wrest an Act, as he had done a Text. Now enter Wild, who merrily lets fly The Fragments of his Pulpit-Drollery: Though his Seditious Ballad pleas'd the Rout, The Verses (like the Author) had the Gout: Yet he proclaims the Show, invites the Crew; (The Presbyters have their Jack-Puddings too) He tells you of a Beast (had lately been Within the Walls of Newgate to be seen)
That with a Throat (wide as the Way to Hell) Could swallow Oaths would choak the Idol Bel, And burst the Dragon: yet he could not swear Obedience to the King, and House of Pray'r. Ingenious Wild, 'tis thy unhappy Fate That Iter Boreales out of date; Loves Tragedy's forgot: for (Oh Disgrace!) Peters succeeds him in his Martyrs place: Publish the Legend of that Reverend Brother, And act the one, as thou hast writ the other. For when St. Hugh did mount the Fatal Tree, He left his Coat a Legacy to thee. O may the Gout no more disturb thy ease, But Bishop Halter take his Diocese; And now th'art dead in Law, (though Zealots laugh) Impartial Truth shall write this Epitaph: This Presbyterian Brat was born and cry'd, Spit in his Mothers face, and so he dy'd. He dy'd, yet lives; and the unhappy Elf, Divides Beelzebub against himself; Abuses Calamy, that Tayl of Smec, And shoots the Prelates through his Brothers Neck. Bishops awake! and see a Holy Cheat; The Enemy sows Tares among your Wheat: Do ye not hear the Sons of Edom cry, Down with the Act of Uniformity? We will compound, and worship God by th' halves: Take you the Temples, and give us the Calves. Thus you behold the Schismaticks Bravado's; Wild speaks in Squibs, but Calamy Granado's. Kirk, still these Bearns, lest under Tyburn-hedge, The Squire of Newgate rock them on a Sledge.
FINIS.